Literacy -- Study and teaching (Middle school); Boys -- Education (Middle school) -- Evaluation
The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of Reciprocal Teaching on literacy achievement of boys. This mixed method, quasi-experimental study was conducted by a teacher researcher in her seventh grade World Geography class. Treatment,...
This study examined whether RAFT (Role, Audience, Format and Topic) writing prompts had an impact on students mathematical open ended responses. This study was conducted over the course of five months and took place in a public school in...
Graphic calculators; Mathematics -- Study and teaching (Middle school)
Students can create graphs and tables with relative ease using graphing calculators. Yet some teachers employ this technology via the occasional hands-on activity, if at all, and if time permits. Middle school educators are largely responsible for...
Educators are aware that there are different types of assessment. Researchers have reported that not only are assessments different, but the way in which a question is phrased on an assessment can affect whether or not students answer...