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Bailey A. Brown; Amber R. Reed – Georgia Educational Researcher, 2023
The Georgia Department of Education has clearly defined standards for learning about Africa in the seventh grade. However, there exists great variation in how textbooks present this material and address these standards. Using a qualitative content analysis approach, we assess the presentation of Africa in three widely used Georgia social studies…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Content Analysis, Social Studies, Foreign Countries
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Nagle, Tori – Georgia Educational Researcher, 2020
This piece summarizes one teacher's experiences during the abrupt move to digital learning due to COVID 19. This is not a full research study.
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Virtual Classrooms, Transitional Programs, Middle School Teachers
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Johnson, Sarah A.; Cuevas, Josh – Georgia Educational Researcher, 2016
Inquiry-based learning approaches have been promoted as an instructional method for students at all levels. An inquiry approach requires students to discover or construct knowledge through relevant activities and personal investigations. Due to the student driven nature of inquiry learning, it is reasonable to believe that students will become…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Student Projects, Reading Motivation, Inquiry
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Martinez, James; Tost, Jeremy R.; Wilfred, Shani P.; Hilgert, Larry D. – Georgia Educational Researcher, 2014
The current Georgia study examines middle-school-aged gang and non-gang members regarding the risk factors of gang membership and potential effects of these risk factors on academic achievement. Participants, 406 eighth grade students from a suburban middle-school, completed a 42-item survey assessing an array of demographic and risk factor…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Juvenile Gangs, Grade 8, Suburban Schools
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Lim, Woong; Guerra, Paula – Georgia Educational Researcher, 2013
This study provided a springboard for teacher preparation evaluation studies by examining what content and pedagogical content knowledge mathematics pre-service teachers demonstrated in the 4-8 mathematics teacher preparation program at an urban research university. Twenty nine pre-service students participated in an assessment called Diagnostic…
Descriptors: Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Middle School Teachers, Mathematics Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education