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Kathy Swan; Laura Darolia; Nick Stamoulacatos – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 2024
In this article, the authors unveil the Trade Book Inquiry Design Model (IDM) blueprint. Anchored in a compelling question inspired by a trade book, the new blueprint is broken into two instructional blocks: "Reading and Comprehension" and "Living Social Studies." The inquiry template is designed to be instructionally efficient…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Books, Inquiry, Social Studies
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Kimberly Evagelatos Beck; Jessica F. Shumway; Umar Shehzad; Jody Clarke-Midura; Mimi Recker – International Journal of Education in Mathematics, Science and Technology, 2024
In the United States, school curricula are often created and taught with distinct boundaries between disciplines. This division between curricular areas may serve as a hindrance to students' long-term learning and their ability to generalize. In contrast, cross-curricular pedagogy provides a way for students to think beyond the classroom walls and…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Computer Science Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, Elementary School Teachers
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DeLeeuw, William; Otten, Samuel; Dundar, Ruveyda Karaman – Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK-12, 2021
Two of the Standards for Mathematical Practice (SMP) in the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics (CCSSM; NGA Center and CCSSO 2010), "Look for and use structure" (SMP 7) and "Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning" (SMP 8), are particularly abstract and sometimes clear only in the mind. For a given…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Common Core State Standards, Thinking Skills, Teaching Methods
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Stylianou, Polyxeni; Zembylas, Michalinos – Educational Action Research, 2019
As educational interventions that integrate death issues in the school curriculum are rarely designed, implemented and evaluated, our action research (AR) project aimed at investigating the complexities of integrating the concepts of loss and grief in the primary school curriculum of Cyprus. The purpose of this paper is to identify and analyze…
Descriptors: Intervention, Action Research, Research Projects, Foreign Countries
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Carpenter, Tara; Gandara, Jayme – Art Education, 2018
As defined by the Kennedy Center, arts integration is "an approach to teaching in which students construct and demonstrate understanding through an art form. Students engage in a creative process which connects an art form and another subject area and meets evolving objectives in both" (Silverstein & Layne, 2010). In arts integrated…
Descriptors: Art Education, Integrated Curriculum, Lesson Plans, Teaching Methods
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What Works Clearinghouse, 2020
This What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) report, part of the WWC's Teacher Excellence topic area, explores the effects of the "eMINTS Comprehensive Program," referred to as "eMINTS" in this report, on student achievement. The strong influence of teachers on student outcomes, as well as the variation in teacher effectiveness, has led…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Faculty Development, Teacher Improvement, Coaching (Performance)
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What Works Clearinghouse, 2020
This What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) report, part of the WWC's Teacher Excellence topic area, explores the effects of the "eMINTS Comprehensive Program," referred to as "eMINTS" in this report, on student achievement. The "eMINTS Comprehensive Program" aims to help teachers improve their practice and the outcomes of…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Faculty Development, Teacher Improvement, Coaching (Performance)