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Download full textBallen, Jennifer; Casey, Judi C.; de Kanter, Adriana – 1998
Strategies that the corporate world can use to create education alliances with schools are described in this report. It is argued that businesses must develop education partnerships with the same degree of strategic thinking used to advance any business objective or new product. These strategies are aligned with three fundamental benchmarks for…
Descriptors: Business Responsibility, Corporate Support, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education
Furinghetti, Fulvia, Ed. – 1991
Research reports from the annual conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education include: "A Comparison of Children's Learning in Two Interactive Computer Environments" (Edwards); "On Building a Self-Confidence in Mathematics" (Eisenberg); "Classroom Discourse and Mathematics…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Algebra, Beliefs, Computers
Alabama State Dept. of Education, Montgomery. – 1999
This document is designed to show the connection between the required state-written curriculum (courses of study) and the state-tested curriculum (the Alabama High School Graduation Examination and the Stanford Achievement Test, Ninth Edition [Stanford 9]) in Mathematics. The document illustrates that courses of study content standards embody both…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Correlation, Course Content, Curriculum
Nakahara, Tadao, Ed.; Koyama, Masataka, Ed. – 2000
The fourth volume of the 24th annual conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education contains full research report papers. Papers include: (1) "What are essential to apply the 'discovery' function of proof in lower secondary school mathematics?" (Mikio Miyazaki); (2) "The anatomy of an 'open'…
Descriptors: Algebra, Cultural Influences, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education
Banks, Karen E. – 1994
This paper examines political influences on assessment programs and their effects on local school systems. Specifically, it describes North Carolina's political climate and examines the impact of political influences on educational assessment in the state. The political climate in North Carolina has produced a plethora of state-mandated tests,…
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Assessment, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Thomas, R. Murray – 2000
This paper explores the practical use of risk theory in assessing people's sense of risk in relation to proposed educational development projects. It considers questions such as: How is people's behavior toward a development project influenced by their perception of the risks and benefits implied in the project? How can information about people's…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Attitude Measures, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
ACCESS ERIC, Rockville, MD. – 2000
This volume is a compilation of digests produced by the 16 Clearinghouses that constitute the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC). Each ERIC Clearinghouse covers a specific area of education, selects materials for an education database, develops publications, and responds to requests for information on education topics. The 80 ERIC…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, College Preparation, Educational Needs
Ohio State Dept. of Education, Columbus. Div. of Curriculum, Instruction, and Professional Development. – 1991
In 1983, the Ohio State Board of Education responded to the public's expectations for schools by adopting minimum standards requiring competency-based education in mathematics on a 5-year cycle, of each school district's competency-based education program; and to publish an annual report on competency-based education in Ohio. This document is the…
Descriptors: Algebra, Behavioral Objectives, Calculus, Competency Based Education
Powers, Myra L., Ed.; Hartley, Nancy K., Ed. – 1999
This monograph presents a collection of papers that focus on excellence in teacher education and examine questions which are critical to the reform of curriculum and pedagogy. The 10 chapters are: (1) "Using a Multi-Dimensional Web Site for Physics Instruction" (James P. Downing and Ruwang Sung); (2) "College Algebra Reform:…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Active Learning, Algebra, Chemistry
Hammerman, James K. – 1999
Arguing that transformative teacher professional development may require more than a shift in the content of teachers' thinking, this paper examines how the structure of teachers' meaning-making systems might affect their experiences in three mathematics teacher professional development programs. The paper describes the change goals of three…
Descriptors: Developmental Stages, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development
Borchers, Nancy, Ed.; Caniglia, Joanne, Ed. – 1994
This document is a collection of lesson plans written by 18 of Ohio's outstanding teachers chosen by the Ohio Council of Teachers of Mathematics. Each lesson plan includes reflection questions and some contain worksheets. Lesson plan titles for primary grades (grades 1-3) are: "Munching Fractions;""Math and…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Graphing Calculators, Learning Activities, Lesson Plans
College Board, Washington, DC. Washington Office. – 1996
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is a congressionally mandated project of the U.S. Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics. It assesses what students in the United States should know and be able to do in geography, reading, writing, mathematics, science, U.S. history, the arts, civics, and other…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation, Mathematical Concepts
Heiderson, Mazin; Stiles, Marion – 1994
The 16 states of the central migrant stream provide education to a third of U.S. migrant children. In 14 of these states, most central stream students are currently migratory Hispanic elementary school children from Texas. States must identify the instructional needs of migrant children in order to target resources and services, but data on the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Rating, Achievement Tests, Educational Needs
Kanes, Clive, Ed.; Goos, Merrilyn, Ed.; Warren, Elizabeth, Ed. – 1998
The second volume of this proceedings contains the papers presented at the 21st annual meeting of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia. Full papers include: (1) "Teachers Interpreting Algebra: Teachers' Views about the Nature of Algebra" (Brenda Menzel and David Clarke); (2) "Long Odds: Longitudinal Development of…
Descriptors: Algebra, Arithmetic, Calculators, Educational Assessment
Montgomery County Public Schools, Rockville, MD. – 1998
The Montgomery County (Maryland) school system evaluated its Success for Every Student Plan, an initiative designed to bring all children in the county's schools, regardless of race or socioeconomic status, to the same high achievement levels. The program was evaluated through school system records with attention to 12 outcomes. An average of 60%…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Improvement
