Teaching FSL with AIM? An elementary school case study

A Case Study of a Highly Effective , Inclusive Elementary School

Current federal legislation holds schools accountable for ensuring that all students, including those with disabilities, make adequate yearly progress on academic achievement measures, while also including students with disabilities in general education settings whenever possible. Schools are thus expected to be both excellent and equitable in addressing the needs of all students. Evidence reve...

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...

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...

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...