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Fifth graders' conceptualization of basal reader vocabulary
… Test was controlled to be no more difficult than fifth grade level, and the test was read aloud to the students to minimize differences in reading ability.Two-hundred-ninety-eight fifth graders from a middle size Mid-western city were tested with the Levels of Meaning Test,. Results on the Levels …
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A comparison of fifth-graders' oral and written stories
… and analyzed the differences between eighteen fifth-graders' oral and written stories. I also conducted interviews to determine students' perceptions of their preferred composing situation and particular story preferences. Among the findings were that these students' oral stories were longer …
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Fifth Graders Talk about Leisure Reading: a Series of Focus Groups
… the attitudes, behaviors and interests of fifth grade students concerning leisure time reading. The subjects consisted of nine focus groups of five students each (n=45) selected from fifth grade classes within Monroe County school districts. The schools were stratified by location including …
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Fifth Graders' Interpretations when Reading Literary Works from Two Different Asian Cultures
… different. This case study assessed whether fifth graders in a public elementary school in the Southeast raised their awareness of similarities and differences between two Asian cultures after reading Journey to Topaz (1971), written by Yoshiko Uchida, and Dragon's Gate (1993), written by …
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Deeper Engagement: A Qualitative Study of Multicultural Fifth Graders' Involvement With Literature
… diverse and scholastically heterogeneous fifth grade class; the school is located in a low socioeconomic area of a Midwestern community. Data were audiotapes of in-depth interviews with the participants, student response journals, audio- and videotapes of small literature group …
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A Study of the Ability of Fifth-Graders to Handle Conditional Logic
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Effects of bibliotherapy on fourth and fifth graders' perceptions of physically disabled individuals
… reading of selected fiction books to fourth and fifth grade students by their classroom teacher.The experimental design of the study compared six groups (a total of sixteen classrooms) using pretest/posttest measures:Experimental Group I and Control Group I each consisted of three intact …
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The effect of alternate visual formats on the reading comprehension of fifth graders
The purpose of this study was to determine whether the Alternate Visual Formats (AVFs) would cause a significant difference in the subjects' comprehension as compared to their comprehension of a passage in the Traditional Visual Format (TVF). The study used an equal number of male and female …
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The efficacy of art as a medium for teaching concepts to fifth graders
This quasi-experimental study investigated the hypothesis that specially designed art lessons can be used as a vehicle to enhance the learning of specific concepts. The concepts selected were ones traditionally taught in an elementary art program coinciding with those measured on standardized …
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Transition to middle school : self concept and student perceptions in fourth and fifth-graders
The transition from elementary to middle school is a significant period of change for adolescents and is remarkable for several reasons, including the opportunity for new experiences and the potential for other developmental changes to occur simultaneously. Existing literature on transition …
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Imagication = Imagination + Education: What Fifth Graders Think About Arts Integration in Public Elementary Schools
<p>During the 2011-12 school year, a fifth grade class in a diverse San Francisco public elementary school collaborated with the Arts Resources In Action (ARIA) program of the San Francisco Opera's Education Department to create a teacher-guided opera. The students wrote the story, music and lyrics …
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Relationship between Implementing Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences and Fifth Graders' Attitudes toward School.
… Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences and fifth graders' attitudes toward school. The focus population consisted of fifth grade students within a 300-mile radius of Kingsport, Tennessee. Surveys were administered to students at 15 elementary schools. Data were collected from five schools …
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How Does the Use of Simulations Enhance Fifth Graders' Multicultural Understanding of Social Studies
<p>Fifth graders are expected to learn a Social Studies curriculum that requires knowledge of cultures as well as facts in history. The study proposes that simulations are a way to enhance the Social Studies curriculum by increasing students’ multicultural awareness through involvement. Simulations …
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A Descriptive Study of the College Elementary School Camping Experience of Four Fifth Graders
… College Elementary School, and a study of four fifth grade children before, during, and after their first school camping experience. Interviews, observations, written tests, sociograms, examination of records, and standard camp evaluations were utilized.
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The Relationship Between Word Consciousness and Vocabulary Growth and Achievement in Fourth and Fifth Graders
… design with no control group. The 142 fourth and fifth grade participants came from an elementary school located in the Midwest. Quantitative and qualitative analyses were conducted to determine whether an increase in word consciousness occurred, a relationship between outcomes on the WCA and the …
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Applying Curriculum Treatments to Improve STEM Attitudes and Promote STEM Career Interest in Fifth Graders
… career content on the career interest of fifth-grade students as compared to traditional classroom methods. It found that there is an upward trend in career interest with the use of these curriculum treatments, but it is not a significant change, likely due to the short time period of the …
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Using directed listening-thinking activities to increase production in English for Spanish speaking fourth and fifth graders
… language skills for Spanish speaking fourth and fifth graders.
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Using directed listening-thinking activities to increase production in English for Spanish speaking fourth and fifth graders
… language skills for Spanish speaking fourth and fifth graders.
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Listening To Student Voices: Fifth Graders' Perceptions Of Their Mathematics Learning Within The Context Of A Mathematics Reform
This qualitative study explored fifth graders' perceptions of their mathematics learning within the context of a reform effort. Students' voices are the focus of this study due to the paucity of literature on student learning from the students' perspective (Erickson & Shultz, 1992), particularly …
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