Sentences with phrase «learn social studies content»

Ninth - grade students identified as good and poor readers were randomly assigned to learn social studies content either with the typical textbook lessons or lessons constructed around the Frayer Model steps (Peters, 1974 — 1975).

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The outcomes on standards - based social studies and content literacy assessments indicated that the project - based learning curriculum virtually erased the achievement gap between second graders of high and low - socioeconomic backgrounds (Halvorsen, Duke, Burgar, Block, Strachan, Berka, & Brown, 2012).

Harvard Graduate School of Education will work with the Strategic Education Research Partnership and other partners to complete a program of work designed to a) investigate the predictors of reading comprehension in 4th - 8th grade students, in particular the role of skills at perspective - taking, complex reasoning, and academic language in predicting deep comprehension outcomes, b) track developmental trajectories across the middle grades in perspective - taking, complex reasoning, academic language skill, and deep comprehension, c) develop and evaluate curricular and pedagogical approaches designed to promote deep comprehension in the content areas in 4th - 8th grades, and d) develop and evaluate an intervention program designed for 6th - 8th grade students reading at 3rd - 4th grade level.The HGSE team will take responsibility, in collaboration with colleagues at other institutions, for the following components of the proposed work: Instrument development: Pilot data collection using interviews and candidate assessment items, collaboration with DiscoTest colleagues to develop coding of the pilot data so as to produce well - justified learning sequences for perspective - taking, complex reasoning, academic language skill, and deep comprehension.Curricular development: HGSE investigators Fischer, Selman, Snow, and Uccelli will contribute to the development of a discussion - based curriculum for 4th - 5th graders, and to the expansion of an existing discussion - based curriculum for 6th - 8th graders, with a particular focus on science content (Fischer), social studies content (Selman), and academic language skills (Snow & Uccelli).

Active lesson ideas to enhance the learning of content in math, reading / language arts, health, physical education, science and social studies

Students still learn science and social studies, but they are taught within the literacy content, she said.

The school's philosophy is that student interest drives learning, and much of the traditional academic content (math, English, social studies, science) works to enhance students» career and technical interests.

Content: For classes in English, social studies, health, science and the arts, this site provides lesson plans and learning guides based on feature films and movies (both full length and clips).

Ann and Jeanette's colleague Jeffrey Bernadt (@JeffreyBernadt) elaborated on the concept and shared how he leveraged blended learning to provide his high school social studies students with multiple options for acquiring content knowledge — video, digital text, paper or e-books, or face - to - face conversation.

Learn how one school district that was using tablets made believers of their Social Studies teachers when they provided digital content that helped to boost Social Studies scores at the secondary level.

in low - SES schools who tend to have fewer learning opportunities in social studies and content literacy than children in

encourage and study more effective forms of integration that benefit student learning in both social studies and content

As evidenced by students» responses during one - on - one assessments before and following the interactive read - alouds, students made statistically significant learning gains in both social studies and content literacy.

Social studies and literacy content, too, can be adapted into PBL units to benefit teaching and learning, the authors argue.

Building on theories of learning, motivation, and curriculum design, teachers next learn to apply newly developed technology skills to language arts, social studies, math, science, and technology curricular content.

A + Educators has identified focus standards in the core content areas of mathematics, reading, writing, science and social studies, and has developed meaningful student projects utilizing Web 2.0 tools that include engaging qualities of student work and assessment of and for learning.

Learn - Abouts assist in developing strong literacy skill while focusing on content area learning as it relates to science and social studies.

The ASCD Virtual Learning Network covers four content areas: mathematics, English language arts, science, and social studies.

Mentored field experiences begin with a one - day - a-week school placement in freshman year, include pre-practicum experiences in schools, and culminate with full - time student teaching in a social studies classroom during senior year, affording preservice teachers the opportunity to design and implement inquiry - based, content - rich units of study, and to assess students» learning.

As the consumption - based model of technology integration transitions to a participatory approach and technology transitions from a tool for accessing information to a tool to (a) support student authoring and creativity, (b) facilitate collaboration, communication, and social learning, (c) allow for more efficient organization and accumulation of resources, (d) provide venues for student voices through publication and sharing, and (e) support student immersion in learning environments, educators also transition from «extending learning beyond what could be done without technology» (Mason et al., 2000) to «use technologies to promote effective student learning» (Hicks et al., 2014) In the revisioning of the first principle, the authors did a commendable job of affording increased value to range of tools, methods, content, abilities, and varied contexts of social studies classrooms.

According to the New York State Board of Regents Learning Standards for various content areas, the teaching of geography is the job of the social studies teacher.

This research study explores a project, The Digital Historical Agent Profile Project, in which fifth - grade students engaged in the learning of historical content and were asked to convey information about the life of someone from the past through the medium of the present and future: a social networking profile page.

During the social studies and science time, teachers are responsible for using nonfiction books to assist with content learning, thereby meeting the requirement of more nonfiction reading.

Study Island combines rigorous content that is highly customized to specific state standards in math, reading, writing, science, and social studies with interactive features and games that engage students and reinforce and reward learning achievement.

ESPAÑOL delivers grade - appropriate nonfiction content differentiated to each student's individual reading level, with 8 levels in Spanish, and builds transferable literacy skills with a custom strategic curriculum aligned to the New Jersey Student Learning Standards and New Jersey's grade - level science and social studies standards.

Designed to facilitate more authentic and deeper learning, teachers will brainstorm ways to integrate the Essential Skills in Economics to also develop students» mastery of other K - 12 English / language arts and social studies skills such as analyzing and synthesizing primary and secondary sources; using evidence to draw conclusions and make generalizations; articulating and defending positions using content vocabulary; comparing and contrasting historical, cultural, and political perspectives; explaining cause - and - effect relationships; and practicing good citizenship skills while collaborating and compromising.

Social studies teacher educators and researchers have noted film's affordances for learning content, developing empathy, practicing analysis, and engaging in civic preparation (Marcus, 2007).

Toews was concerned about how the district is identifying and preparing advanced learning students beyond the core content areas of math, language arts, science and social studies.

Many students struggle to learn challenging content area material across the curriculum (Ness, 2009), largely due to lack of student interest, even apathy, in important topics like experimental design in science, order of operations in mathematics, cultural and social change in social studies, and inferential thinking in language arts.

These statistics are staggering since much of what we learn about content areas like social studies and science is through reading.

My students» scores on our state social studies assessment showed that they learned required content about the Civil War; 96 percent of them met or exceeded state standards.

Content and lessons that reflect National Association for the Education of Young Children's (NAEYC) developmentally appropriate practice (DAP); Service - Learning Standards for Quality Practice; Common Core State Standards in English language arts and mathematics; national standards in social studies, science, fine arts, technology, and health; and Head Start Child Development and Early Learning Framework

As I had learned in a Teaching Social Studies class, the manner in which Standards are integrated could be the difference maker that allows instructors to cover both important content and required Standards.

Participants were 11th and 12th grade students identified with learning disabilities in reading and writing from two intact, self - contained social studies classes.During the three weeks of the study, students in the experimental group received content regarding the Industrial Revolution via a conceptually framed, computer - adapted text, while students in the control group were taught the same content using the district adopted textbook.

Emphasis was placed on the current science landscape and how it supports and overlaps student learning in math, ELA, and social studies by examining the skills of engaging in argument from evidence and supporting student discourse in the classroom in each of these content areas.

English literacy is infused with Social Studies content, and Spanish literacy supports learning in Science.

Beyond Common Core State Standards in English / language arts and mathematics, DC has adopted these rigorous content - area learning standards and guides for arts, early learning, health and physical education, science, social studies, technology and world language.

Passages provide an opportunity to learn words in the context of academic text and support knowledge - building in history and social studies content.

Learning List recently reviewed BrainPOP's core content resources (i.e., science, social studies, mathematics, and English language arts) for grades K - 8.

Drawing on the skills and content from English language arts and mathematics, and combining with the Missouri Learning Standards in science and social studies, integrated projects enable meaningful learning through life - based, active projects that allow children to experience learning within a real world Learning Standards in science and social studies, integrated projects enable meaningful learning through life - based, active projects that allow children to experience learning within a real world learning through life - based, active projects that allow children to experience learning within a real world learning within a real world context.

Debate, discussion, and engagement with the big ideas of social studies require the selection and effective use of content - rich learning material.

The field guide principles and practices apply to all content areas (including science and social studies) and apply to 6th, 7th, and 8th graders (including students who are learning English).

The Simple Rigor ® model of combining independent student learning and practice with teacher - led instruction is a good match for the flipped classroom, especially in the content areas like science and social studies.

A synthesis and meta - analysis of reading interventions using social studies content for students with learning disabilities.

Whether in an elementary math lesson or a secondary social studies lesson, teachers must scaffold content, process, and product on the basis of student needs, setting aside time to meet with small groups of students to address gaps in learning.

The one area where one might imagine learning to be most impacted by technology students acquiring information, analyzing ideas, and demonstrating and communicating content understanding in secondary school science, social studies, mathematics, and other academic work involves computers significantly in only a small minority of secondary school academic classes.

Science, social studies, math and other content area teachers can use the word lists found on VocabularySpellingCity to provide practice with new vocabulary words and review previously learned terms.

CCSS for English Language Arts (ELA) & Literacy in History / Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects, or CCSS for ELA / Literacy, are designed to extend literacy learning beyond ELA to other content areas.

In a controversial 2014 study, Facebook used machine learning to classify social media posts based on their emotional content and found that positive and negative posts are contagious and allow emotions to essentially spread through social media.

The Foundations include the following content areas: English / language arts, mathematics, social emotional skills, approaches to play and learning, science, social studies, creative arts, and physical health and growth.

Georgia Milestones measures how well students have learned the knowledge and skills outlined in the state - adopted content standards in language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies.