Qualities Related to Success in Elementary School Teaching

Teaching Science to Elementary School Deaf Children in Brazil

Discussions related to teaching deaf students in Brazil are mainly focused on language problems, and only a few address other issues, for example, teaching science for this group. During the observation of the recurrent successful results obtained by the experimental methodology used in science short courses for secondary school Deaf pupils, performed by the Deaf Project—UFRJ, the possibility o...

Research on Effective Teaching in Elementary School Physical Education

Some remarks on the teaching of fractions in elementary school

It is widely recognized that there are at least two major bottlenecks in the mathematics education of grades K–8: the teaching of fractions and the introduction of algebra. Both are in need of an overhaul. I hope to make a contribution to the former problem by devising a new approach to elevate teachers’ understanding of fractions. The need for a better knowledge of fractions among teachers has...

Predictive factors in the success of intervention to treat obesity in elementary school children.

BACKGROUND Currently, a generalizable conclusion on the effectiveness of treatment programs for childhood obesity cannot be drawn, and how practical and effective the intervention strategies are remains a controversial subject. METHODS AND RESULTS In the present study 36 obese elementary school children who visited an intervention program at least 4 times were followed for 12 months or more. ...

Elementary School Teachers’ Life Experience with the Challenges of Teaching in Farsi in Bilingual Areas

Elementary School Teachers’ Life Experience with the Challenges of Teaching in Farsi in Bilingual Areas   M. Ghaaderi, Ph.D.* K. Bolandhemmataan, Ph.D.** F. Havaasbeigi*** S. Babakaani****   To identify the challenges facing elementary school teachers in teaching bilingual students in Farsi, a group of 31 such teachers (14 of them men) ages 28-43 and 5-29 years of teachin...