Estimates of quantity by elementary teachers and college juniors

1963 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 347-353
Author(s):  
Clyde G. Corle

A research study published in THE ARITHMETIC TEACHER1 described the performance of 147 fifth and sixth grade pupils when these pupils estimated and measured ten simple quantities. The ten quantities included weight, linear measure, time, temperature, and capacity. The gross error of estimate reported by this study averages nearly 600 percent for fifth graders and almost 150 percent for sixth grade pupils. Nearly 240 percent average gross error by fifth grade children and more than 75 percent average gross error by sixth grade pupils occurred when these pupils selected measuring instruments and measured the quantities.

2000 ◽  
Vol 632 ◽  
Author(s):  
William E. Brower

ABSTRACTThe fifth grade inner city volunteer teaching project (5GVP) at Marquette University's College of Engineering has attempted to inform and inspire Milwaukee's inner city fifth graders about engineering for the last ten years. Each year I have recruited our engineering students to volunteer to take self contained science lessons into the Milwaukee Public Schools'fifth grade classrooms. Although the lessons are on science and the career touted is engineering in general, the lessons are flavored by my being in MSE. Being excited about a career is certainly a precursor to choosing that career. I have found the fifth graders very excited about seeing and experiencing science in action as the engineering students present it to them. Hopefully, the program at Marquette will result in more inner city students choosing to enter college as engineers, with MSE garnering its usual share.


2020 ◽  
pp. 016235322097830
Author(s):  
Diane Barone ◽  
Rebecca Barone

This study explored understandings shared by fifth-grade gifted students as they read the book Restart, which explores bullying. Students read, created representations, and discussed the text. Grounded by Langer’s stances of envisionment, this descriptive case study analyzed student representations and conversations. Each of the stances was represented with most responses being represented in Stances 1 (getting a sense of the text), 2 (interpreting text), and 4 (analyzing the text). In addition, most students viewed bullies and their behavior as being in a fixed state, which was tied to the perceived power a bully held. The results from this study have implications for teachers who work with gifted and talented students, counselors who work with students in mental health and resilience programs, and the collaboration of these school personnel.


1999 ◽  
Vol 47 (4) ◽  
pp. 357-369 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janice Killian

The present study was designed to explore the idea that boys' voices may be changing earlier than indicated in previous research. Singing and speaking voices of fifth-grade (h = 56) and sixth-grade (h = 43) boys were categorized and compared with the Cooksey changing voice stages. Data consisted of grade in school, age in years, highest and lowest sung pitches, overall singing range, speaking pitches, and voice stage categorization. Results indicated an earlier voice change than in previous research. Findings consistent with previous research included the fact that singing and speaking pitch lowered with each successive voice-change stage, the overall range narrowed in the predicted stages, and the speaking pitch remained 2-3 semitones above lowest sung pitch, regardless of voice stage.


1976 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 289-297 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandra S. Smiley ◽  
Frank L. Pasquale ◽  
Cristine L. Chandler

The word pronunciations of good and poor seventh-grade readers were compared to second-, fifth-, and sixth-grade readers previously tested on similar lists of actual and synthetic words. On the actual word list, poor readers correctly pronounced about the same number of words as a combined group of normal second- and fifth-grade readers, but fewer words than did the seventh-grade good readers. On the synthetic word list, the performance of the poor readers was comparable to good seventh-grade readers except for the long vowels where their performance most closely resembled poor second-grade readers. The implications of this pattern of results are discussed.


CoDAS ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 113-118 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nathane Sanches Marques Silva ◽  
Patrícia Abreu Pinheiro Crenitte

Objective: To compare the spelling ability of schoolchildren from the fourth to sixth grades of the elementary schools in the private and public schools of Bauru, São Paulo, and to verify whether errors are overcome as studies progress and the hierarchy of errors as to how often they occur. Methods : A dictation was applied to 384 schoolchildren: 206 from the private schools: 74 were at the fourth grade, 65 at the fifth grade, and 67 at the sixth grade; and 178 from the public schools; 56 at the fourth grade, 63 at the fifth grade, and 59 at the sixth grade of elementary school. Student's t test was used. Results: In comparison of total spelling errors score, difference was found among the fourth and sixth grades of the private and public schools. Spelling errors decreased as education progressed, and those related to language irregularities were more common. Conclusion: Spelling ability and performance of students from the private and public schools are not similar in the fourth and sixth grades, but it is in the fifth grade. Spelling errors are gradually overcome as education progresses; however, this overcome rate was considerable between the fourth and fifth grades in the public schools. Decrease in the types of spelling errors follows a hierarchy of categories: phoneme/grapheme conversion, simple contextual rules, complex contextual rules, and language irregularities. Finally, the most common type of spelling error found was that related to language irregularities.


1969 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 99-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marshall S. Swift ◽  
George Spivack

Using the Devereux Elementary School Behavior Rating Scale, a device developed to identify achievement related classroom behaviors in kindergarten through sixth grade, 298 ratings were made of children designated as achievers and underachievers at the fifth grade level. Achievement criteria were subtest scores on a group test and teacher assigned report card marks. The analysis of the relationship between classroom behavior and the achievement criteria indicates that when a child is underachieving, this is evident not only in the grade or test scores he receives but also in his broader functioning in the classroom. In addition to the poor achievement scores they receive, underachievers are clearly different, in terms of maladaptive overt behavior, from their achieving peers. This is particularly true when the achievement criterion is the teacher's judgment of the quality of the child's efforts.


Author(s):  
Muhammad Nur Farid

Penelitian ini bertujuan mengkaji bagaimana pelaksanaan muatan lokal batik tulis Lasem pada tingkat sekolah dasar di Kecamatan Lasem sebagai bentuk pelestarian budaya lokal. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan pelaksanaan muatan lokal batik tulis Lasem pada kelas empat dan kelas lima. Masing-masing tingkatan mempunyai fokus kemampuan yang berbeda. Fokus kelas empat adalah pengenalan tentang batik, alat dan bahan membatik serta pengenalan ragam hias batik, sedang fokus kelas lima adalahpenjelasan sejarah batik tulis Lasem, tahapan membatik batik tulis Lasem, ragam hias batik tulis Lasem. Praktik pada kelas lima mulai dari ngethel, membuat pola, nglengkreng, nerusi, dan isen-isen. Pelaksanaan muatan lokal batik tulis Lasem kelas enam yaitu tentang sejarah dan ragam hias batik tulis Lasem melanjutkan tahapan dari kelas lima yang belum selesai. Muatan lokal tersebut berhasil menanamkan kepedulian dan kecintaan anak-anak pada batik tulis Lasem.The objective of this study is to examine  the implementation of the local content batik Lasem at primary school in Lasem subdistrict as a form of local cultural preservation. The result of this study demonstrates that t local content batik Lasem is  implemented in fourth, fifth and sixth grade. Each level has different focus. The focus of the fourth grade is the introduction of batik, batik tools and materials as well as the introduction of decorative batik. The focus of the fifth grade is on the history of Lasem batik, barik stages, decorative Lasem batik. The practice in fifth grade include ngethel, make patterns, nglengkreng, nerusi, and isen-isen. The implementation of the local content batik Lasem at sixth grade is about the history and decorative batik Lasem continuing the unfinished subjects in the fifth grade. Local content successfully instill kids’ awarness and love on batik Lasem.


Author(s):  
Olga Aleksandrovna Voskrekasenko

The paper reveals the essence and features of adap-tation of students during the transition to the fifth grade. The determination of the complexity of the course of adaptation is shown by the coincidence in time of external and internal crises associated with changes in the educational situation and the entry of fifth-graders into the younger adolescent age. The indicators of students' readiness to transfer to basic school and factors determining its effective-ness are presented. The role of purposeful activity in pedagogical attention to successful adaptation of fifth-graders is revealed. The main directions and content of the process of pedagogical attention to adaptation of students during the transition to the fifth grade are characterized. A complex of propae-deutic measures carried out in the fourth grade is listed. The work of the subjects of pedagogical at-tention to adaptation of students, carried out direct-ly in the fifth grade, is characterized.


Sex Education ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helen P. Koo ◽  
Allison Rose ◽  
M. Nabil El-Khorazaty ◽  
Qing Yao ◽  
Renee R. Jenkins ◽  
...  

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 10-19
Author(s):  
Amra Mačak Hadžiomerović ◽  
Amila Jaganjac ◽  
Dijana Avdic ◽  
Emira švraka ◽  
Arzija Pašalić ◽  
...  

Introduction: The most common health problem associated with the negative effect of heavy school bags is back pain, and non-specific back pain is frequently observed in childhood. The prevalence of back pain in schoolchildren varies from 12% to 92%, depending on the age and affected region of the back. To prevent the occurrence of back pain in schoolchildren, the weight of school bag should not exceed 10% of the child’s body mass.Methods: This was a descriptive, cross-sectional study conducted in April 2017. We included 79 students of the fifth and sixth grade from the elementary school in Sarajevo. Information on the weight and type of school bag, method of carrying a school bag, and feelings of pain and tiredness due to school bag were obtained by questionnaire.Results: In the total sample, the majority of the students (64.6%) reported occasional back pain while carrying the bag, 20.3% of students reported no back pain, and 11.4% of students experienced frequent back pain. The mean school bag weight in the fifth grade was 4.01 ± 0.57 kg, and it was significantly higher (4.61 ± 0.86 kg) in the sixth grade. About 48.5% of the students in the fifth and 50% in the sixth grade carried school bags weighing more than 10% of the body mass. A higher mean weight of school bag was significantly more frequent in students who reported always feeling tired (11.03 ± 2.74%) compared to those who did not feel tired while carrying the school bag (8.41 ± 2%).Conclusions: Overall, more frequent occurrence of back pain and tiredness in schoolchildren was associated with heavier school bags (>10% of the body mass), and the occurrence of back pain due to school bag was related to gender (i.e., back pain was more common in girls compared to boys).


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