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Direct linkAthans, Sandra K.; Devine, Denise Ashe – Eye on Education, 2010
"Motivating Every Student in Literacy (Including the Highly Unmotivated!), Grades 3-6" provides an effective model for improving reading levels and increasing motivation. Under the guidance of Athans and Devine, classroom leaders develop their own Motivation Improvement Action Plans, where small-group instruction, end-of-unit assessments, and…
Descriptors: Small Group Instruction, Student Motivation, Case Studies, Elementary School Students
Peer reviewedLesaux, Nonie K.; Harris, Julie Russ; Sloane, Phoebe – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2012
In a large urban district's ELA classrooms, an academic vocabulary intervention designed to improve linguistically diverse 6th-graders' reading and language skills was implemented and evaluated. These classrooms were characterized by high numbers of struggling readers, and linguistic diversity was the norm. As part of the evaluation, this study…
Descriptors: Intervention, Language Skills, Focus Groups, Student Motivation
Krol, Karen; Janssen, Jeroen; Veenman, Simon; van der Linden, Jos – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2004
In this study, the effects of a school improvement program on cooperative learning (CL) with respect to the elaborations of 6th grade students working in mixed ability and mixed sex dyads on 2 cooperative tasks were examined. A post test only design with a control group was used to investigate the provision and receipt of elaborations within the…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Grade 6, Teaching Methods, Interpersonal Relationship
