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McCormick, Meghan; Mattera, Shira; Hsueh, JoAnn – MDRC, 2019
An investment in early childhood education pays off when the benefits continue into adulthood. Although many recent preschool interventions have had positive, short-term effects on young children's language, literacy, mathematics, executive function, and social-emotional development, studies show that related gains in cognitive and academic skills…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Primary Education, Alignment (Education), Outcomes of Education
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Yoon, Ma-byong; Baek, Je-eun – International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning, 2018
The purpose of this article was to develop an elementary school robot STEAM program and explore the possibility of field applications. To this end, the authors extracted the contents related to school achievement standards for 5th and 6th grade curricula around the topic of robot soccer, incorporating a relevant curriculum based on the extracted…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, STEM Education, Art Education
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Stuhr, Paul T.; Sutherland, Sue; Ressler, Jim; Ortiz-Stuhr, Esther M. – Strategies: A Journal for Physical and Sport Educators, 2016
Adventure-based learning (ABL) consists of highly structured physical activity with periods of reflection (i.e., debrief) that help promote personal and social development. It can be used as a valid curriculum in physical education to promote intrapersonal and interpersonal relationships. This type of curriculum can also help physical educators…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Physical Education, Physical Education Teachers, Best Practices
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Hasselbring, Ted S.; And Others – Focus on Exceptional Children, 1988
Computer-based drill and practice can develop math automaticity in learning handicapped children, but only when prior training for developing a declarative knowledge network is implemented. An experimental math program called "Fast Facts" successfully developed the recall of basic math facts in 160 mildly handicapped and nonhandicapped…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Drills (Practice), Elementary Education, Junior High Schools