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Influence of CASE (Cognitive Acceleration through Science Education) on Student Achievement and Pedagogical Practice - A Longitudinal Study
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Siew Fong Yap – Teaching Science, 2024
In Australia, it has been observed that there have been significant declines in the proportion of students studying senior sciences over the last two decades (Commonwealth of Australia 2017 & 2018; Steidtmann et.al, 2023). It has been suggested that one of the causes for this decline could be a link between students' literacy achievement and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Literacy, National Competency Tests, Numeracy
Afterschool Providing Key Literacy Supports to English Language Learner Students. Dollar General Afterschool Literacy Issue Brief. No. 69
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Afterschool Alliance, 2017
The academic struggles of English language learners highlight the essential need to provide additional supports for this growing body of students. Given the multiple hurdles facing ELL students as they move through school, it is difficult for schools alone to provide ELL students the extra supports necessary for them to succeed academically.…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, After School Programs, Literacy Education, Skill Development
Civic Education and Charter Schools: Current Knowledge and Future Research Issues
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Chudowsky, Naomi; Chudowsky, Victor – Center on Education Policy, 2012
In recent years, as schools have shifted more attention to English language arts and mathematics, several groups have made a plea for renewed attention to civic education for all students. One such group is the Spencer Foundation, which promotes research to improve students' civics knowledge and skills and their dispositions for responsible…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Charter Schools, Traditional Schools, Comparative Analysis
What Is Happening in the Teaching of Writing?
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Applebee, Arthur N.; Langer, Judith A. – English Journal, 2009
It has been almost 30 years since the last systematic look at writing instruction in middle schools and high schools in the United States (Applebee, Writing). Since that report, there have been a number of significant changes in the contexts in which teachers teach and in which their students learn to write. Stretching back to the 1969-70 school…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Writing Achievement, State Standards, High Stakes Tests
Strategic Interventions
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Deshler, Donald D.; Tollefson, Julie M. – School Administrator, 2006
Despite numerous successes achieved by American schools in recent years, one of the remaining challenges is the large number of adolescents who lack basic literacy skills. Nearly 25 percent of 8th and 12th graders score below the basic level in reading on the National Assessment of Educational Progress and only 70 percent of all high school…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Literacy, Learning Strategies, Graduation Rate
Student Work and Teacher Practices in Mathematics.
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Mitchell, Julia H.; Hawkins, Evelyn F.; Jakwerth, Pamela M.; Stancavage, Frances B.; Dossey, John A. – 1999
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is mandated by the United States Congress to survey the educational accomplishments of U.S. students and monitor changes in those accomplishments. For more than 25 years, NAEP has assessed the educational achievement of 4th-, 8th-, and 12th-grade students in selected subject areas, making it…
Descriptors: Course Selection (Students), Elementary Secondary Education, Grade 12, Grade 4