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Polanin, Joshua; Caverly, Sarah; Pollard, Erin; Bzura, Robin; Davis, Elisabeth; Goldston, Cora; Gnedko-Berry, Natalya; Lindsay, Jim; Nolan, Elizabeth; Song, Mengli; Swan, Danny; Tanner-Smith, Emily; Taylor, Joe; Valentine, Jeff; Williams, Ryan – What Works Clearinghouse, 2021
The What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) is an investment of the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences. Its purpose is to provide educators, policymakers, researchers, and the public with a central and trusted source of scientific evidence on what works in education. The WWC's goal is to produce high-quality products that help…
Descriptors: Clearinghouses, Federal Programs, Educational Research, Instructional Effectiveness
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What Works Clearinghouse, 2022
This protocol guides the What Works Clearinghouse's (WWC) systematic reviews of evidence on interventions to improve the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) knowledge and skills of students in preschool (PK) to grade 12 (or ages 3-21). To conduct the systematic review, use this protocol in conjunction with version 4.1 of the…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Intervention, Program Effectiveness, Evidence
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What Works Clearinghouse, 2021
This document includes instructional tips on: (1) Building on students' informal understanding of sharing and proportionality to develop initial fraction concepts; (2) Helping students recognize that fractions are numbers that expand the number system beyond whole numbers, and using number lines to teach this and other fraction concepts; (3)…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Instructional Effectiveness, Fractions, Elementary School Students
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What Works Clearinghouse, 2021
This protocol guides the What Works Clearinghouse's (WWC) systematic reviews of evidence on interventions designed to improve the English language and literacy skills of students in kindergarten to grade 12. To conduct the systematic review, this protocol is used in conjunction with version 4.1 of the WWC Standards and Procedures Handbooks and the…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, English Instruction, Language Arts, Instructional Effectiveness
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What Works Clearinghouse, 2016
This review protocol from the What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) covers the following issues relevant to screening criteria and full review for the Access to Higher Education Practice Guide: (1) time frame; (2) study design; (3) age and/or grade range; (4) brief description of intervention; (5) key subgroups; (6) location and language; (7) outcomes…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Access to Education, Evaluation Criteria, Research Design
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What Works Clearinghouse, 2014
Character education is an inclusive concept regarding all aspects of how families, schools, and related social institutions support the positive character development of children and adults. "Character" in this context refers to the moral and ethical qualities of persons as well as the demonstration of those qualities in their emotional…
Descriptors: Values Education, Intervention, Ethics, Elementary Schools
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Siegler, Robert; Carpenter, Thomas; Fennell, Francis; Geary, David; Lewis, James; Okamoto, Yukari; Thompson, Laurie; Wray, Jonathan – What Works Clearinghouse, 2010
This practice guide presents five recommendations intended to help educators improve students' understanding of, and problem-solving success with, fractions. Recommendations progress from proposals for how to build rudimentary understanding of fractions in young children; to ideas for helping older children understand the meaning of fractions and…
Descriptors: Mathematics, Problem Solving, Young Children, Elementary Education
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What Works Clearinghouse, 2014
The "Teaching Academic Content and Literacy to English Learners in Elementary and Middle School" practice guide was developed by the What Works Clearinghouseâ„¢ (WWC) in conjunction with an expert panel to support teachers in providing language instruction. The practice guide provides teachers with guidelines and examples of ways to…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Literacy