Despite various efforts made by the Indonesian government to improve students' language arts mastery, students still consider the language arts subject uninteresting and difficult to learn. This qualitative study explored the implementation of literature based instruction, a lan…
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The purpose of this study is to investigate if the academic preparation received at a private university in Puerto Rico prepares elementary 4th to 6th grade teacher candidates to teach mathematics as required by the reform of mathematics education. This case study used various q…
Equity in educational outcomes, particularly reading, is an important policy issue in countries around the world. This dissertation used data from PIRLS 2006 to explore an approach to measuring equity in reading achievement internationally at the fourth grade. Relative risk rati…
In the present study we investigated the relative importance of phonological and orthographic skills in Persian children's reading and spelling development. Persian has a mixed orthography that allows one to study within one language characteristics typically found in shallow or…
This study explored the use of children's nonfiction trade books in social studies instruction. A split classroom of fourth and fifth grade students that applied informal education participated in this descriptive study. Three research questions guided this study to determine: (…
This study explored school effectiveness in mathematics and science at the fourth grade using data from IEA's Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS). Fourteen of the 26 countries participating in TIMSS at the fourth grade possessed sufficient between-school va…
Textbooks are often considered as key elements in education. For many students, especially in developed countries, textbooks are their first and early exposure to books and to reading. The education policy in Jordan is trying to design a new curriculum for reading textbooks. Thi…