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NCES constantly uses graphs and charts in our publications and on the web. Sometimes, complicated information is difficult to understand and needs an illustration. Other times, a graph or chart helps impress people by getting your point across quickly and visually. Here you will find four different graphs and charts for you to consider.
Engineering thinking is a new area of exploration within engineering education that is based on the developmental engineering hypothesis suggesting that young children’s exploratory, inquisitive, and creative behaviors resemble traits highly desirable in engineering (Evangelou, in press). In this paper, we present initial findings from a ...
Read our: Create A Graph Tutorial. The NCES Kids' Zone provides information to help you learn about schools; decide on a college; find a public library; engage in several games, quizzes and skill building about math, probability, graphing, and mathematicians; and to learn many interesting facts about education.
Bar Graph. There are all kinds of charts and graphs, some are easy to understand while others can be pretty tricky. There are many different types because each one has a fairly specific use. Bar graphs can be used to show how something changes over time or to compare items. They have an x-axis (horizontal) and a y-axis (vertical).
1—Sketch-To-Stretch One of the best known pre-writing activities is Sketch-to-Stretch (Seigel, 1984). This strategy is introduced and modeled by the teacher several times before the students work either individually or as part of a group. After reading, pupils create a sketch based on their understanding of the text.
This new practice guide, developed by the What Works Clearinghouse™ (WWC) in conjunction with an expert panel, distills contemporary early childhood and preschool education research into seven easily comprehensible and practical recommendations that preschool educators can use to prepare young children for school.
This article will outline specific research-based adaptations and accommodations to help stu-dents be successful in the early childhood classroom environment; and, will also outline which type of student would most benefit from them. Areas researched in-clude: autism, behavior disor-ders, learning disabilities, sen-and an increase in compliance.
New on-demand webinars about WWC standards and procedures. The WWC has two new on-demand webinars about the WWC standards and procedures. These webinars are intended primarily for those who are already certified in WWC group design standards version 5.0, but they may also appeal to researchers who aim to conduct studies that meet WWC group design standards.