Computer-aided design -- Study and teaching (Secondary); Space perception -- Testing; Educational technology -- Study and teaching (Secondary)
The purpose of this study is to identify if a three-dimensional computer aided drafting program will help high school students improve their spatial reasoning skills (n=20). Technology changes at a rapid pace and is predicted to change even faster...
Mathematics -- Study and teaching; Brain -- Research; Learning -- Physiological aspects
The purpose of this meta-study is to investigate current research on the use of the brain in learning mathematics, and its implications for teachers of mathematics. With the new and numerous demands on educators along with an increase in the...
Reading (Elementary); Teachers -- Professional relationships; Professional learning communities
This mixed methods case study using convergence of evidence examined data-based decision making teams that function like professional learning communities (PLCs) and the impact of the teams on reading achievement. The study used a professional...
Autistic children -- Education -- United States; Autism spectrum disorders; Parents of autistic children
This qualitative study investigated parent perceptions of school programming for children with Asperger syndrome in a high performing, midsize, suburban district. The sample included twelve families with children attending elementary, middle, or...
Mathematics -- Study and teaching (Primary); Music in mathematics education
Many teachers today use various strategies when teaching mathematics. The focus is often on mastering underlying concepts, like multiplication facts. These multiplication facts must be memorized and students must be able to retrieve them quickly...
First year teachers -- In-service training -- Connecticut; Teacher orientation -- Connecticut
This naturalistic, mixed methods study analyzed how micro-level structures interpret and manifest macro-level policy. It examined a statewide decentralized teacher induction program through the lenses of organizational structure, public action...
Mathematics -- Study and teaching (Primary); Word problems (Mathematics)
This research focuses on the role of instruction in improving student responses to open ended questions in elementary mathematics. The participants in the study were elementary school students in third grade. The participants were chosen based on...
This special project studied a group of 25 urban high school students from a level 2 (low level) Geometry class. The class participated in a transformational geometry unit that was taught over a period of 5 weeks. The students utilized dynamic...
Mathematics--Study and teaching (Secondary); Ability grouping in education.
Thesis advisor: S. Louise Gould.; "Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in Mathematics for Certified Secondary School Teachers."; M.S.,Central Connecticut State University,,2012.; Includes...
English language -- United States -- Foreign words and phrases -- Spanish; English language -- United States -- Foreign elements -- Spanish; English language -- Variation -- United States; Spanish language -- Influence on English; Hispanic...
Spanglish is a catch-all term for a way of speaking by some Spanish-English bilinguals that has been disparaged, maligned, and vilified by both monolingual Spanish and monolingual English groups alike, with criticism towards it extending from even...
Secondary educators covering the topic of American slavery have the arduous challenge of breaking down one of the darkest periods of United States History. A daunting prospect for the classroom teacher is the idea of helping their students...
Mathematics -- Study and teaching (Preschool); Gifted children -- Education (Preschool); Teachers of gifted children -- Training of
The purpose of this record is both to explore and enlighten our understanding of the relationship between the capabilities of highly gifted youth and the current recommendations for teaching such students, and to describe the process of one such...
This was a qualitative study documenting a constructivist teaching model, with intermediate level literacy students. Data used determined if Cambourne's Conditions of Learning and Dimensions of Teaching contributed to longitudinal success. Findings...
This qualitative inquiry explored student experiences and responses while producing and evaluating computer-generated art. In our highly technological world, art can be digitally rendered. And while students are excited and eager to explore the...
United States. No Child Left Behind Act of 2001; Children with mental disabilities -- Ability testing; Children with mental disabilities -- Education; Deaf -- Ability testing
This study explored instruments for measurement of Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) for deaf mentally-retarded students under No Child Left Behind (NCLB). The study sought to determine if such assessments could measure progress and were also useful...
Mathematics -- Study and teaching (Secondary); Academic achievement -- Evaluation; Educational tests and measurements
The use of formative assessment has come to the forefront as a means of enhancing student achievement in mathematics. The hallmarks of formative assessment are questioning, immediate feedback to teachers and students, peer-review, task-focused...
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...
Academic achievement -- Evaluation; Mathematics -- Study and teaching
The purpose of this thesis is to examine and explore the implementation of formative assessment in a mathematics class and determine its effectiveness in improving student achievement in mathematics. Wiliam and Black (1998) define formative...
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...
Evolution-education in America has been a fascination of the public ever since the Scopes trial of the 1920's. The controversy has not subsided despite the supreme court's rulings regarding this topic. As has been the case with many controversial...
