Independent projects for Gifted and advanced (page 3)
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- Putting PjBL to the Test: The Impact of Project-Based Learning on Second Graders’ Social Studies and Literacy Learning and Motivation in Low-SES School Settings (2021)Page
Second graders whose teachers taught four project-based social studies units, with professional development, grew more in social studies and informational reading than the comparison group, but not in writing or…
- Report of the National Reading Panel: Teaching Children to Read: An Evidence-Based Assessment of the Scientific Research Literature on Reading and Its Implications for Reading Instruction (2000)Page
A national panel reviewed the experimental research on teaching reading. It found that systematic phonics instruction improves children's success in learning to read, that teaching children to manipulate the sounds in…
- Retrieval Practice Consistently Benefits Student Learning: a Systematic Review of Applied Research in Schools and Classrooms (2021)Page
Counting only experiments run in real classes, retrieval practice improved learning across education levels, subjects, test formats and delays, and 57% of the effect sizes were medium or large. Only 6% of the…
- Scaffolding and Achievement in Problem-Based and Inquiry Learning: A Response to Kirschner, Sweller, and Clark (2006) (2007)Page
A reply to Kirschner, Sweller and Clark: problem-based and inquiry learning are highly scaffolded, so they shouldn't be grouped with unguided discovery. The authors present evidence that both are effective, use…
- The Effectiveness of Direct Instruction Curricula: A Meta-Analysis of a Half Century of Research (2018)Page
Every estimated effect of the scripted Direct Instruction programs was positive, and all were statistically significant except those for attitudes and feelings. Effects held up after the programs ended and were larger…
- The Power of Feedback Revisited: A Meta-Analysis of Educational Feedback Research (2020)Page
Feedback had a medium effect on learning on average, but results varied so much that feedback can't be treated as one consistent treatment. What the feedback said mattered most, and feedback affected thinking and motor…
- Using Spacing to Enhance Diverse Forms of Learning: Review of Recent Research and Implications for Instruction (2012)Page
A review for teachers: final test performance improves when study sessions are spaced apart rather than massed together. It covers which kinds of learning benefit, demonstrations in real educational settings, and how…
- What One Hundred Years of Research Says About the Effects of Ability Grouping and Acceleration on K–12 Students’ Academic Achievement (2016)Page
Students benefited from grouping within a class, from grouping across grades for a subject, and from special grouping for the gifted, but not from being sorted into separate classes by ability; effects were similar for…
- Why Minimal Guidance During Instruction Does Not Work: An Analysis of the Failure of Constructivist, Discovery, Problem-Based, Experiential, and Inquiry-Based Teaching (2006)Page
Drawing on how working memory works and on half a century of studies, the authors argue that minimally guided teaching is less effective and less efficient for novices than teaching with strong guidance. The advantage…
- Project rubricPrintable
A free general project rubric in three grade bands (K–2, 3–5, 6–8): task, content, planning, quality and sharing, for solo or group projects.
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- Science project rubricPrintable
A free science project rubric for elementary and middle school (K–2, 3–5, 6–8): the science idea, the model, the explanation, safety and the finished work.
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- Science fair project rubricPrintable
A free science fair project rubric in three grade bands (K–2, 3–5, 6–8): question, test plan, data, conclusion, display board and the talk to the judges.
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- Science experiment rubricPrintable
A free science experiment rubric in three grade bands (K–2, 3–5, 6–8): question, prediction, procedure and safety, observations and conclusion.
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- Poster rubricPrintable
A free poster rubric in three grade bands (K–2, 3–5, 6–8): title and main idea, content, layout, pictures and labels, and neat, correct writing.
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- Art project rubricPrintable
A free elementary art rubric in three grade bands (K–2, 3–5, 6–8): effort and craftsmanship, the art element taught, creativity, reflection. It never grades talent.
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- Research report rubricPrintable
A free research report rubric in three grade bands (K–2, 3–5, 6–8): focus, facts and research, sources, organization and conventions.
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- Group work rubricPrintable
A free group work rubric in three grade bands (K–2, 3–5, 6–8) that scores what each student does: shares the work, listens, adds ideas and stays on task.
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- Biography rubricPrintable
A free biography report rubric in three grade bands (K–2, 3–5, 6–8): sources, key life events in order, why the person matters, and writing in your own words.
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- Timeline rubricPrintable
A free timeline project rubric in three grade bands (K–2, 3–5, 6–8): order, accurate dates, spacing or scale, explanations and visuals.
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- Map project rubricPrintable
A free map project rubric in three grade bands (K–2, 3–5, 6–8): title, key, compass rose, labels, scale, accuracy and neatness.
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- Diorama rubricPrintable
A free diorama and 3D model rubric in three grade bands (K–2, 3–5, 6–8): the scene, accurate details, labels, craftsmanship and effort.
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- Video project rubricPrintable
A free video project rubric in three grade bands (K–2, 3–5, 6–8): storyboard, clear message, audio, editing and credits for sources.
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- Coding project rubricPrintable
A free coding project rubric in three grade bands (K–2, 3–5, 6–8) for block or text code: it works, planning, debugging, readable code and explaining it.
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- Graph and data rubricPrintable
A free graphing rubric in three grade bands (K–2, 3–5, 6–8): title, labeled axes, scale, accurate plotting, and what the data shows; 6–8 adds graph choice and trend.
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