Sentences with phrase «fourth grade students study»

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For the study, the researchers assessed the lunch intake and physical activity of 151 fourth and fifth grade students from two low - income schools.

Students in all grade levels studied, fourth through sixth, benefited in terms of having significantly more favorable perceptions of the school environment.

In a study of fourth - and fifth - grade students, we found that those randomly assigned to learn the WWWDOT framework became, as compared to their pre-test and to a control group, more aware of the need to evaluate information on the internet for credibility and better able to evaluate the trustworthiness of websites on multiple dimensions (Zhang & Duke, 2011).

In 1996, Jim Dieckmann's fourth - and fifth - grade students in Chula Vista, California, studied insects by collecting specimens, obtaining information from Web sites on entomology, and creating multimedia reports.

Eight assessments generate valid estimates of U.S. national reading performance: the Main NAEP, given at three grades (fourth, eighth, and 12th grades); the NAEP Long Term Trend (NAEP - LTT), given at three ages (ages nine, 13, and 17); the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS), an international assessment given at fourth grade; and the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), an international assessment given to 15 - year - olds.

Guest blogger Ross Cooper, a fourth grade teacher with a creative approach to literature study, gets his students into the authors» heads by having them imagine an interview and then construct it via app smashing.

In this randomized controlled study on the impact of the arts on performance in traditional academic subjects, theater arts were integrated into language arts and social studies curricula for fourth - and fifth - grade students (14 experimental classrooms, 14 control classrooms).

«Once we started to gather information on the Orphan Train, we knew it would work well with the fourth grade curriculum on immigration,» said Tilmont, «and we thought it would be a great way to make social studies come to life for our students.»

Cooper, a fourth grade teacher with a creative approach to literature study, gets his students into the authors» heads by having them imagine an interview and then construct it collaboratively via app smashing.

When Renee Krantzer, of the University of Missouri College of Education, heard of the Orphan Train project, she invited the classes to participate in a videoconference with Janice Uptegrove's fourth grade students in Smithville, Missouri, who were also studying the topic, and with Shirley Andrews, the daughter of Orphan Train rider Irma Craig.

Since standardized tests are typically not given before third grade, charter students included in the study consisted mainly of students who moved from traditional public school to a charter school in fourth grade or later.

Last year, Julia Jacobson, a fourth - grade teacher in the network (and a fellow HGSE alum), studied student teams and wrote a paper on methods of improving group work.

Imagine a teacher is introducing fourth - grade students to the concept of good citizenship and volunteerism during a social studies unit.

American students in fourth grade are among the leaders on math assessments worldwide, but by the time students graduate from high school, they are nearly last among 41 nations, according to the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS).

In 1995, Brian Maguire, a teacher at Gilbertsville - Mount Upton Central School District, was studying the writing process with his fourth - grade students.

Other studies have found that younger students (e.g., in kindergarten) often have better scores in the fall than in the spring, while older elementary students (e.g., fourth and fifth grade) reverse that trend.

In 2011, the five yearly testing cycle for PIRLS (Progress in International Reading Literacy Study) came in to alignment with the four - year cycle for TIMSS, allowing countries who were participating in both of these international studies to gain comprehensive information about the achievement of their fourth grade students in three core curriculum areas - reading, mathematics and science.

This one analyzed the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) and the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) achievement scores of 185,475 fourth - grade students in 34 countries.3

Another study of fourth - grade students suggested that «reading may be a necessary and important component in overall math competence and should not be overlooked in drawing conclusions about mathematics skills.»

The study, just completed, compared test scores of 46,000 charter school [fourth - grade] students in 20 states and the District — almost every student attending the special schools with fewer restrictions than traditional public schools.

The fourth grade teachers said that the experience in the park and the accompanying lessons were a great opportunity for their students to make connections between the community and what they were studying in the classroom.

A pre / post study of 455 fourth - and fifth - grade students in a small urban school district evaluated the efficacy of the Second Step curriculum.

Fourth grade students amazed the Parker community once again with the Egyptian Museum, the culminating activity of their recent studies of Egypt

The study, by Christopher Lubianski and Sarah Theule Lubianski of the University of Illinois, compared fourth - and eighth - grade math scores of more than 340,000 students in 13,000 regular public, charter and private schools on the 2003 National Assessment of Educational Progress.

Fourth grade students shared time with a hieroglyphics expert to add some layers of context and understanding to their ongoing study of Egypt and ancient Egyptian cultures

This study explores the ways in which male students in 23 first through fourth grade classrooms in a single all - male Hong Kong elementary school viewed and experienced drama integrated learning.

This study, by Raj Chetty and John N. Friedman of Harvard University and Jonah E. Rockoff of Columbia University, was influential because it involved a huge database of one million students followed from fourth grade to adulthood.

Researchers conducted a case study of two fourth - grade boys in a special education class of students classified as «emotionally disturbed» to determine whether music listening could motivate these boys to improve in writing.

Madden et al. (1986a) studied CIRC among 461 third - and fourth - grade students in 21 classes in a suburban Maryland school district.

The researchers studied 2,406 students in fourth, fifth, seventh, and eighth grade in a diverse group of 12 public schools at which arts specialists delivered integrated and discipline - based arts instruction.

This study examines the relationship between drama - based reading instruction and reading comprehension among fourth - grade students.

North Carolina researchers analyzing another large data set found similar results in 2007.27 More recently, in a study published by the Institute of Labor Economics, researchers and university economists found that low - income black male students in North Carolina who have just one black teacher in third, fourth, or fifth grade are less likely to drop out of high school and more likely to consider attending college.

Students in fourth, eighth and 10th grades will continue to take the WKCE for science and social studies until new standards in those subjects are adopted and new tests are developed, which could be a few years away, according to Department of Public Instruction spokesman John Johnson.

Position Overview The Nueva Lower School is currently seeking a full - time fourth grade humanities... Formal or informal experience with elementary aged students * Demonstrated mastery in area of study...

Over the course of the large - scale, 3 - year research study, more than 200 fourth - grade teachers from more than 80 schools will receive training on practices to improve reading and social studies knowledge, reaching more than 5,000 students.

Fourth and 5th grade teachers and students applied the project approach to study a local park, focus on reading and writing, and make connections across the curriculum.

Students in fourth grade from southern California suburban elementary schools participated in the study, which included28 % English Learners, 37 % qualified for Title I services, 8 % eligible for speech and language services, and 5 % with learning disabilities.

The history of the United States and the students» home state are common topics for social studies in fourth grade.

He says Hong Kong covers only 40 percent of the topics in the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), an assessment given to fourth and eighth - grade students in more than 60 countries, including the U.S.

We use panel data in Washington State to study the extent to which teacher assignments between fourth and eighth grade explain gaps between advantaged and disadvantaged students — as defined by underrepresented minority status (URM) and eligibility for free or reduced price lunch (FRL)-- in their eighth grade math test scores and high school course taking.

A statewide study of the effects of differentiated instruction on fourth grade students» mathematics and reading achievement.

This study examined the year - long process in which a teacher and her fourth - and fifth - grade students with diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds implemented Book Club, a literature - based instructional program.

For example, the Government Accountability Office's 2016 study identified one voucher school that required all students in fourth grade and above to follow a list of religious principles.

Fourth grade social studies teaches students about the different states and regions in the country, with specific emphasis on their home state.

Studies suggest that two - thirds of students who struggle with reading by fourth grade will run into trouble with the law at some point.

A pre-post design of 455 fourth - and fifth - grade students in a small urban school district was studied to evaluate the efficacy of the Second Step curriculum.