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WCER Highlights 1996-1998

Winter 1998, Vol. 10, No. 4
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> After-School Programs and Children’s Adjustment
> Understanding Begins With Full Inquiry
> Students Learn Science As An Emerging System
> Community Social Class Affects Teachers’ Perspectives and Practices

Fall 1998, Vol. 10, No. 3
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> Roots of a New American Literacy: Hmong Writing in Laos and the U.S.
> Classroom Discussions Can Enhance Student Writing
> Let’s Make Wise Use of New Teacher Assessments
> Small-Group Learning Boosts College Students’ Science Achievement

Summer 1998, Vol. 10, No. 2
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> Seeing Through the “Meritocracy”
> Identifying OCD More Accurately
> NISE Enters Fourth Year, Adds New Projects
> Let’s Renovate Our School Finance Systems

Spring 1998, Vol. 10, No. 1
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> More Coursework Benefits All Students
> The Why Files Users Match Profile
> Peer Review Supports Teaching
> Link Funding to Standards Reform

Winter 1997, Vol. 9, No. 4
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> Math and Science Teachers Deserve Better Professional Development
> Kentucky’s School Reform Efforts Bear Fruit
> Alignment Critical to Successful Reform

Fall 1997, Vol. 9, No. 3
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> NISE Project Addresses College ScienceTeaching and Learning
> Shaping Effective Systemic Reform
> Learning to Read and to Write
> Effective Leaders Embrace Paradoxes

Summer 1997, Vol. 9, No. 2
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> Charting the evolution of successful teaching
> Engage Parents in Mathematics Reform
> Composition studies -- a child of the sixties
> Mathline takes learning to teachers
> Institute benefits high school mathematics teachers
> New tool helps teachers monitor progress of a learning disorder


Spring 1997, Vol. 9, No. 1
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> Making school reform work
> Building models enhances understanding
> Supports and impediments to mathematics reform
> Let's focus on intellectual quality
> Implementing site-based management


Winter 1996-1997, Vol. 8, No. 4
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> Making sense of our world
> Mathematics curriculum boosts performance
> Measuring the performance of students with disabilities
> The Why Files
> Coming up with statistics


Fall 1996, Vol. 8, No. 3
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> Research findings to guide policy and practice
> Authentic pedagogy boosts student achievement
> An algebra for all students
> Finance reforms aim to improve equity


Summer 1996, Vol. 8, No. 2
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> A quality undergraduate education
> Faculty collaboration improves undergraduate teaching
> Innovative course develops statistical reasoning skills
> Hispanic student dropout rate a national crisis


Spring 1996, Vol. 8, No. 1
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> WCER welcomes national centers
> Restructuring high schools can improve student achievement
> Innovative courses boost math achievement
> Tutorial software enhances students' problem-solving skills

Winter 1995-96, Vol. 7, No. 3
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> Restructuring study released
> Putting Mathematics in Context
> Successful school restructuring involves four components
> Myths cloud nature of school funding