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Educational Math Games For First Grade, Shelly Christine Harberts Jan 2000

Educational Math Games For First Grade, Shelly Christine Harberts

All Graduate Projects

The purpose of the project is to create appropriate educational math games for first grade. Thirty-six new games were generated to replace the math games used in the Everyday Math curriculum used in my classroom. The games were taught to twenty first graders. The results showed that using mathematical games relating to the concepts being taught, helped students better understand and master the concepts.


[Accepted Version] Empowering Families In Hands‐On Science Programs, James Shymansky, Larry Yore, Brian Hand Jan 2000

[Accepted Version] Empowering Families In Hands‐On Science Programs, James Shymansky, Larry Yore, Brian Hand

Educator Preparation & Leadership Faculty Works

This paper presents the results of the Science Parent, Activities, and Literature (Science PALs) project. This project aims to promote parent involvement in children's hands-on science education by using take-home, literature-based inquiry, problem solving, and design activities that connect school and home. Parents are the most effective source of positive or negative attitude influences toward science and mathematics. The lack of science in home environments depends largely upon parents' fear or lack of success in science. The Science PALs project uses parents as a key instructional factor and involves them in their children's education. Teachers help parents in this involvement …


The Effect Of In-Class Support On Mathematics Performance Of Classified And Non-Classified High School Students, Lorraine Schlarman Jan 2000

The Effect Of In-Class Support On Mathematics Performance Of Classified And Non-Classified High School Students, Lorraine Schlarman

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

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