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Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education

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2008

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The Process Of Tracking In Mathematics In Box Elder School District, Megan Haramoto Bushnell Dec 2008

The Process Of Tracking In Mathematics In Box Elder School District, Megan Haramoto Bushnell

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Educational policymakers have used tracking to instruct students in a variety of subjects, including mathematics. Tracking, which has also been called ability grouping, is a process by which students in the same grade are placed into different classes based on academic ability. Few educators and sociologists have looked at the process by which students are placed in different mathematics tracks. The research design of this study focused on accumulating, evaluating, and reporting the understanding and observations of 12 teachers and 4 counselors as they discussed their knowledge and involvement in the mathematics placement procedures from the intermediate and middle school …


What Funding Resources Are Available To School Libraries And How To Best Access Them, Yvonne Marie Hughes Apr 2008

What Funding Resources Are Available To School Libraries And How To Best Access Them, Yvonne Marie Hughes

All Graduate Projects

This project is intended to substantiate the need for school libraries. A great deal of research is presented which links the quality of school libraries to their students' academic success. The serious decline in the current level of funding for school libraries is discussed. The goal is to provide librarians with funding resource options to pursue, which can be used to supplement any district or other funding that they do receive.