The notion of "student voice," or a student role in the decision making and change efforts of schools, has emerged in the new millennium as a potential strategy for improving the success of school reform eff
The American Association for the Advancement of Science and the National Academy of Science have emphasized the need to design curriculum such that students do not simply learn about science, but also do sci
Using an ecological model, this study explored the effects of distal and proximal sources of influence on students' learning.
This study was designed to (a) test the psychometric properties of a new observation measure of developmentally appropriate classroom practices in kindergarten through third-grade classrooms, and (b) determi
This paper analyzes data from the Pennsylvania Educational Quality Assessment (EQA) and the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) to provide a description of grouping, staffing, and scheduling p
This study investigated the combination of mothers' and fathers' parenting styles (affection, behavioral
Traumatic childhood experiences have been found to predict later internalizing problems.