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An examination of Project Team Life: Two case studies.
(2003)
The study revealed little difference in the curriculum development schemes between the two cases. Implementation occurred in both cases and was achieved in different ways. Of all the themes, the resources theme was found ...
Studies of the content and process of environmental education.
(2002)
In order to examine the extent to which four-year institutions in the U.S. provide for the environmental education of students in nonenvironmental majors, and to identify various approaches to increasing environmental ...
A different digital divide: A mixed-method exploration of teacher and student use of hyperlinked multimedia in teaching and learning.
(2007)
The survey consisted of 48 items clustered around the six themes. Teachers were recruited from two southwestern urban districts. Ten teachers and their classes completed the surveys. The class average for each student group ...
The evolution of a science teacher: An autobiography.
(2006)
This qualitative study explores the experiences of a science teacher as he seeks to understand the foundations of his pedagogy, his view of learning, and his role as a teacher. By using the autobiographical style of currere, ...
The relationship between developmentally appropriate practice and social behaviors of third-grade students.
(2001)
This study examined the relationship between the social behaviors of third grade students (N = 47) enrolled in 4 classrooms, and the developmentally appropriate practices demonstrated by their classroom teachers. Teachers ...
Peer tutoring and at-risk students: The effects of peer tutoring on attendance rates, misbehavior in school, and academic progress for students identified as at risk for dropping out of high school.
(2000)
When at-risk students who participated in a six-week tutoring project were compared to at risk students who did not participate as a tutor, significant differences were found in academic performance in math class and on ...
A case study of systemic curricular reform: A forty-year history.
(2005)
What follows is a description of the development of a particular inquiry-based elementary school science curriculum program and how its theoretical underpinnings positively influenced a school district's (K-12) science ...
Employed, rural high school seniors, mandatory attendance, and senior English: A phenomenological exploration.
(2007)
This phenomenological study examines the lived experiences of seven employed high school seniors to explore the research question: How do rural, employed high school seniors approach learning in English, their only required ...
Joy, passion and tenacity: A phenomenological study of why quality teachers continue to teach in high-challenge urban elementary schools .
(2007)
Over the last decade, research into the importance of teacher quality has shown that the quality of the teacher in the classroom plays a very important role in student achievement. (Bembry, Jordan, Gomez, Anderson & Mendro, ...
Fiscal equity comparison between current and capital education expenditures and between rural and non-rural schools in Oklahoma.
(2005)
Accordingly, the data to be analyzed with resource accessibility measures and wealth neutrality measures was reported by schools through the Oklahoma Cost Accounting System (OCAS). Specifically, all current expenditures ...