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Download full textBowman, Mary Lou; Potts, Annmarie – 2001
This action research report describes a program to improve and enhance students' social skills in and out of the classroom. The targeted population consisted of two fourth grade classrooms at two different suburban sites. The need to address this issue seems to have grown due to an increase in school violence and the decline of the traditional…
Descriptors: Action Research, Classroom Environment, Grade 4, Intermediate Grades
Duer, Marg; Parisi, Adam; Valintis, Mark – 2002
An action research project developed a program for implementing character education to improve behavior, particularly as related to respect and responsibility and to reduce inappropriate behavioral choices. Targeted population consisted of junior high and high school students at three sites in a community located in a Midwestern suburban…
Descriptors: Action Research, Classroom Techniques, Discipline Problems, Instructional Effectiveness
Gohlinghorst, Nancy; Wessels, Becky – 2001
This action research project developed and implemented a program to improve student knowledge of social sciences and application in the real world. The targeted population consisted of fourth grade students in a K-5 accelerated elementary school in a midwestern state. The problem was documented through the results of standardized tests which were…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Action Research, Classroom Techniques, Grade 4
Appleton, Beth; Karlson, Stephanie; Mendez, Donna – 2002
This report describes phonics programs that will increase students' fluency and independent reading skills. The targeted population consisted of second grade students in a growing affluent community and first grade students in a large metropolitan city. The first and second grade students demonstrated a lack of awareness between phonemes and their…
Descriptors: Action Research, Instructional Effectiveness, Phoneme Grapheme Correspondence, Phonics
Jeffreys, JoAnn; Spang, Joan – 2001
This action research outlines an early reading intervention project for improving students' reading skills and promoting the implementation of early reading intervention programs. The targeted population includes first and second grade students in one school located in the suburbs of a major city in Illinois. The problem of early reading…
Descriptors: Action Research, Early Intervention, High Risk Students, Instructional Effectiveness
Christmas, Jack – 1993
A program was designed to improve the reading achievement of second grade students in a rural Georgia school. An analysis of the problem indicated that: a higher percentage of second grade students from low socioeconomic conditions scored lower on standardized reading achievement tests than other second grade students; students who scored lower…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 2, Parent Participation, Primary Education
Bohanon, Patricia L. – 1999
This study reports on the results of a mail questionnaire administered to 25 tribal community college libraries in 1999, 6 years after "Pathways to Excellence: A Report on Improving Library and Information Services for Native American Peoples" was released. Data obtained from nine respondents, representing 36% of those surveyed, provided…
Descriptors: Access to Information, American Indian Education, American Indians, College Libraries
