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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"middle-grade students"”.
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Summer Credit Recovery and Middle Grade Students
… the difference in student success by retained students who participate in the Hamblen County (Tennessee) Credit Recovery Program [HCCRP] in the year prior and following their participation. HCCRP is an alternative intervention for students who have been retained in the middle grades of Hamblen …
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Modeling Middle Grade Students' Algebraic and Covariational Reasoning using Unit Transformations and Working Memory
… reasoning approach to examining and modeling students' mathematical thinking and development in various domains. From this approach, secondary and post-secondary researchers have focused on students' ability to reason about how two quantities vary together (covariational reasoning). However, …
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An Evaluation of Educator Perceptions Regarding the Level of Family Engagement in Appalachian Kentucky Schools with Middle Grade Students
… in rural Appalachian Kentucky schools with middle grade students. The research contributes to the field of rural family engagement studies by providing baseline metrics of educator perceptions on the current level of family engagement. The sample consisted of 95 educators working in …
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A study of certification for the middle grade mathematics teacher
… beliefs about state certification for the middle grades mathematics teacher.</p> <p>A mail-in survey was conducted among teachers at forty-eight public schools serving middle grade students in Camden County. A fourteen-item questionnaire obtained opinions from teachers teaching in the …
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A Model Reading Program For Gifted Students
… was to design a model of a reading program for middle grade students (grades four, five, and six) in a mid-size urban parochial school. The rationale for the study abided in the fact that a basic tenet of our democratic society is that each child is entitled to an education that is best suited …
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Improving Parent Involvement For Culturally And Lingustically Diverse Parents Of Middle School Students With Disabilities From Urban Settings in Suburban Schools
… and linguistically diverse (CLD) parents of students with disabilities. Historically, these individuals have had limited interactions with special education services and professionals, particularly at the middle school level. To improve the collaborative relationship between CLD families and …
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A Case Study of Academic Performance in a K-8 School Model
… historical and current dispute on how to educate middle grade students continues to puzzle today’s leaders of school systems nationwide. As a result of conflicting research on academically high performing schools, scholars and school decision makers continue the discussion on the influence of …
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Teachers Re-Imagining Parental Involvement: Using Parents' Funds of Knowledge in Math Lesson Designs
<p><strong>Abstract</strong></p> <p>Students often possess unique extensive bodies of knowledge that they have acquired through social, historical, and cultural backgrounds and experiences from their homes that are valuable in the teaching and learning of mathematics. This study, “Teachers …
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Sixth-, Seventh-, and Eighth-Grade Students' Experiences with the Internet and Their Internet Safety Knowledge.
… surveys completed by 6th-, 7th-, and 8th-grade students in a rural school district in East Tennessee.</p><p>An analysis of the research confirmed that as children mature, they increase their use of the Internet and their participation in unsafe online practices. The findings indicated that …
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TOWARD A DATA LITERACY ASSESSMENT THAT IS FAIR FOR LANGUAGE MINORITY STUDENTS
… world. Researchers emphasize the need for K-12 students to attain data literacy. However, few available instructions have incorporated validated assessments. Therefore, I developed and implemented the Data literacy Assessment for Middle graders (DLA-M) that can diagnose students’ current stages …
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Female slave portrayals in child and young adult historical fiction by African American authors
… United States written by African-Americans for middle-level children. This exploration juxtaposed portrayals of female slaves developed by African-American female authors with portrayals created by African-American male authors. Historical fiction for children and young adults was collected and …