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Title: An Investigation of Literature Circles and Critical Literacy: Differentiated Learning Opportunities for High-Ability Students
Author: Soares, Lina
Date Created: 2009
Subjects--Topical: Education, Elementary, Reading, Curriculum planning
Description: ABSTRACTThis qualitative research study investigated how literature circles provide an optimal differentiated learning context for high-ability (sixth-grade) readers that centered on the connection between critical pedagogy and collaborative readi...

Title: The Effects of Explicit Self-regulated Learning Strategy Instruction on Mathematics Achievement
Author: Jenkins, Janet
Date Created: 2009
Subjects--Topical: Mathematics--Study and teaching, Curriculum planning
Description: Self-regulated learning includes the use of a set of strategies for planning, monitoring, and self-evaluating students' efforts toward reaching specific learning goals. This study examined the extent to which explicit self-regulated learning strat...

Title: The Effects of a College Preparatory Program on Social Capital, Student Achievement, and College Matriculation
Author: Mack, Victor
Date Created: 2012
Subjects--Topical: Education, Curriculum planning
Description: With an unstable economy and non-diverse populations in STEM-related majors and fields, the United States of America is faced with unprecedented challenges in meeting the growing demands of a technical society. The lack of minorities in STEM-relat...