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The Investigation of Peer Assessment in Primary School Cooperative Learning Groups with Respect to Gender
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Yurdabakan, Irfan – Education 3-13, 2011
There are studies especially at higher education level investigating the subsequent responses of students towards reciprocity, tacit agreement and assessment of peers, but research on the effect of gender on peer assessment is limited. The present study focuses on whether peer assessment used in cooperative learning groups varies with respect to…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Social Sciences, Cooperative Learning, Grade 4
Do Gifted Students Really Prefer to Work Alone?
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French, Lisa R.; Walker, Cheryl L.; Shore, Bruce M. – Roeper Review, 2011
Gifted students' preference to work alone is widely espoused, but studies vary widely in their explanations. We re-examined this notion in terms of motivation and social constructivism among 247 school-identified gifted and high-achieving and regular-education students in Grades 4 through 12. Survey data assessed learning style, interests,…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Cognitive Style, Student Attitudes, Academically Gifted
Relationship between Metacognitive Strategy Instruction and Reading Comprehension in At-Risk Fourth Grade Students
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Diebold, Tamara W. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
In spite of efforts to achieve the reading proficiency requirements mandated by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, students' inability to comprehend text and meet grade level standards on state and national assessments continues to be problematic. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of explicit direct instruction of…
Descriptors: Direct Instruction, Reading Comprehension, Intervention, Federal Legislation
The Impact of the Primary Years Program of the International Baccalaureate Organization on the English Language Arts State Test Scores of Third, Fourth, and Fifth Grade Students in South Carolina
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Jordan, Frank – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The "No Child Left Behind Act" (NCLB, 2001) required schools to make adequate yearly progress, use disaggregated data in planning, and employ highly-qualified teachers. The school leaders became those responsible for the success of the school. In South Carolina the Department of Education has recently sought to address adequacy needs…
Descriptors: Educational Indicators, Federal Programs, Academic Achievement, Primary Education
Is In-Class Physical Activity at Risk in Constructivist Physical Education?
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Chen, Ang; Martin, Robert; Sun, Haichun; Ennis, Catherine D. – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2007
Constructivist physical education emphasizes cognitive engagement. This study examined the impact of a constructivist curriculum on in-class physical activity. Caloric expenditure in metabolic equivalents (MET) and vector magnitude count (VM) data from a random sample of 41 constructivist lessons were compared with those from a random sample of 35…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Physical Education, Physical Activities, Cognitive Processes
Using Sociotransformative Constructivism (sTc) to Unearth Gender Identity Discourses in Upper Elementary Schools
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Rodriguez, Alberto J.; Zozakiewicz, Cathy – Penn GSE Perspectives on Urban Education, 2005
In this article, the authors discuss a two-year long professional development research project that took place in the borderlands of the U. S. Southwest and involved a partnership between university and local school district faculty. This intervention project, called Maxima, was designed to positively impact the attitudes and participation of…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Cultural Pluralism, Sexual Identity, Females