There is a national push from many directions to improve student achievement in all STEM areas. A study done by Harvard University's Program on Education Policy and Governance (HuffPost, 2012) found that the United States ...

The purpose of this study was to measure the effect of Scaffolded Silent Reading on third grade students’ reading comprehension and fluency. During Scaffolded Silent Reading participants read independently and silently ...

Finding the most successful method for helping students with special needs learn and excel in the least restrictive environment is a mission of school districts and special education programs. A guiding objective has been ...

Understanding children?s drawings is a very complex task as it involves a lot of steps and practice. Also the relationship between the child and art therapist plays a roll into how accurate the understanding of the image ...

Response to Intervention (RtI) is a framework used to increase student performance by continuously monitoring student progress and then differentiating instruction to meet students' needs (Minnesota Department of Education, ...

Paraprofessionals often work in a variety of roles directly with students with disabilities. Previous research on paraprofessionals has indicated that they are often undertrained for the jobs they are asked to perform. ...

Home is a student's first classroom, and parents are a student's first teacher. School aged children spend 70% of their waking hours (including weekends and holidays) outside of school (Education, 2003). With such a high ...

Online learning is used in multiple fields of study. Having the ability to take classes online and having the flexibility to learn at a student’s own convenience is one of the rewards of learning online. Some subjects may ...

Increasingly, there have been calls for science educators to teach science through scientific inquiry as research has shown that students who learn via scientific inquiry better understand how to practice science as well ...

The study looked at the success of students who used the strategies of writing to learn. The data in this study strongly suggested that writing in connection to reading, particularly through the activities of journaling, ...