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Direct linkJackson, Virginie – Current Issues in Education, 2016
This research was designed to investigate the effectiveness of using the think-aloud strategy to improve the reading comprehension in the content area of science. Based on state standards assessments, many early elementary grade students who were considered fluent readers struggled with evaluative science comprehension. In this quasi-experimental…
Descriptors: Protocol Analysis, Reading Comprehension, Science Instruction, Content Area Reading
Ortlieb, Evan; McDowell, F. D. – Current Issues in Education, 2015
Reading comprehension levels of elementary students have not significantly improved in the 21st century and as a result, the need for systematic and intensive reading interventions is as high as ever. Literacy clinics are an ideal setting for struggling readers to experience success through the implementation of a cyclical approach to individual…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Literacy Education, Reading Instruction, Elementary School Students
Download full textMichael DiCicco; Ryan Alverson – Current Issues in Middle Level Education, 2023
This study seeks to share teachers' and principals' voices from middle schools in the Southeastern United States who are attempting to help their students achieve academic success. Obtaining a snapshot of middle schools in the Southeastern United States provides opportunities to recognize trends and identify challenges about the current…
Descriptors: Middle School Teachers, Principals, Barriers, Teacher Attitudes
Casler-Failing, Shelli L.; Stevenson, Alma D.; King Miller, Beverly A. – Current Issues in Middle Level Education, 2021
This manuscript shares the implementation of an after-school literacy in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) program designed for middle grades students to increase their interest in science and mathematics learning. This program was conducted at our local Boys and Girls Club facilities where students learned about four…
Descriptors: STEM Education, After School Programs, Culturally Relevant Education, Literacy Education
Norman, Taylor A.; Wall, Amanda – Current Issues in Middle Level Education, 2020
Curriculum integration is a hallmark of middle level education. This approach to education involves blending topics across content areas as a way of studying topics and problems of interest to young adolescents. Approaches to curriculum integration and interdisciplinary curriculum overlap with concepts like democratic education, place-based…
Descriptors: Integrated Curriculum, Middle Schools, Interdisciplinary Approach, Place Based Education
Hunt, Annita W.; Nipper, Kelli L.; Nash, Linda E. – Current Issues in Middle Level Education, 2011
Are virtual manipulatives as effective as concrete (hands-on) manipulatives in building conceptual understanding of number concepts and relationships in pre-service middle grades teachers? In the past, the use of concrete manipulatives in mathematics courses for Clayton State University's pre-service middle grades teachers has been effective in…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Teacher Education Programs, Middle School Teachers
