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Showing 1 to 20 of 77 for “"middle grades"”.
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Differences in the professional norms of middle grades teachers with and without middle grades certification/endorsement
Advocates of middle grades reform often argue that teaching at that level requires different norms and technical skills than does teaching at either the elementary or secondary level. Recently, states have begun to accept this argument and require separate certification or endorsement for middle …
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Statistics Education in the Middle Grades
… a field, and the teaching of statistics at the middle grades level.</p> <p>Included in the examination will be a discussion of educator preparation to teach statistics, the requirements set forth by teaching and education standards, and technology standards that can be applied in the teaching of …
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Number Sequences as Explanatory Models for Middle-Grades Students' Algebraic Reasoning
… algebra. Accordingly, this research examines how middle-grades students' arithmetic reasoning, classified by their number sequences, can be used to model their algebraic reasoning as it pertains to generalizing, writing, and solving linear equations and systems of equations. In the quantitative …
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Middle Grades Mathematics Teachers’ Learning through Designing Structured Exercises and Learner Generated Examples
… The aim of this study was to understand how middle school mathematics teachers develop their knowledge about designing and implementing sets of structured exercises and LGEs and the factors that influenced their use and implementation of structured exercises and LGEs. Four middle grades …
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Student Achievement in Middle Grades: Gauging the Effect of Teacher Training on Student Learning
… limited to high school. However, in recent years middle grades have been increasingly viewed as a starting point for success in high school and college, which led many school districts to require advanced training for middle grades teachers. To examine the effectiveness of advanced teacher …
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INCREASING STUDENT LEARNING THROUGH THE USE OF DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICES IN MIDDLE GRADES MATHEMATICS
… and teacher perceptions of student learning in middle grades mathematics classrooms. The study was guided by three inquiry questions: (a) What is the effect of differentiated instruction on student proficiency in middle grades mathematics classrooms? (b) How does the use of differentiated …
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The Impact of Recent Research Trends on the Teaching of Writing in the Middle Grades
… the attitudes and practices of teachers in the middle grades concerning the teaching of writing. Subjects were 42 teachers of writing in grades five through eight in four small rural school systems. The data gathering instrument was a questionnaire devised by the researcher which employed a …
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Affordances of Computer-Based and Physical Geoboards in Problem-Solving Activities in the Middle Grades
A major finding of the research was that the computer-based and physical geoboards have different affordances. For example, the capability of putting a color inside a shape might be an affordance of the computer-based geoboard. Allowing students to make a shape easily, by just looking at its form, …
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A Study of the Effects of Thinking Maps on the Achievement of Students in Middle Grades Science
… Maps® influenced the achievement scores of middle grades students in science on the Georgia Criterion-Referenced Competency Tests (CRCT) over a period of two years. Science test scores for the 2012-2013 and 2013-2014 school years were analyzed by grade level and usage in SPSS and SAS, and …
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To What Extent is There a Relationship Between Middle Grades Educator Stressors and Phases of the Career Teacher?
… with little comparative data recorded for middle grades teachers. Along with this shortage of middle school educator stress data, is the rarely investigated variable of phases of the career teacher as it relates to middle grades educator stress. The intention of this research is to …
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Articulated learning trajectories related to the development of algebraic thinking that follow from patterning concepts in middle grades mathematics
… which to view and analyze content development in middle grades mathematics textbooks. The ALTs identified and described were used to characterize the development of patterning and sequence concepts as they relate to algebraic thinking in four middle grades textbook series. The perspectives of …
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Using schools to watch program's self-study and rating rubric to examine middle-grades education in an urban district
… multiple characteristics of high-performing middle schools as identified in the schools to watch rubric and how those characteristics as well as grade configurations may affect students’ progression through their first year of high school. A student’s middle level experience strongly impacts …
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Perceptions of Low SES, High Academic Achievement Vietnamese Middle Grades Students of Factors that Have Contributed to Their School Achievement
… status, high academic achievement Vietnamese middle grades students in the Vietnamese community with respect to the roles that their parents and communities play in supporting academic achievement. Previous research has established the positive relationships between parent involvement and …
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An Investigation Into The Learning Experiences Of Adolescents With Perceived Dual Exceptionalities Within Gifted And Special Education Middle Grades Settings
… themselves. While it may be subjective to ask middle schoolers what they think, perception is reality, and however they feel about their experiences <em>is</em>their current reality. The conceptual framework that undergirds this study is the Constructivist Theory offered by Piaget (1952) and …
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