An Evaluation of an After-School Mathematics Tutorial Programs Effect on Male and Female Students Academic Achievement at an Elementary School in South Florida

This applied dissertation was submitted by Adel Abdalla under the direction of the persons listed below. It was submitted to the Fischler School of Education and Human Services and approved in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Education at Nova Southeastern University.This applied dissertation is designed to provide teachers an intervention program for elementary students to help them improve their academic performance in Mathematics. The After-School Mathematics...

Montessori Curriculum

A curriculum involves both formal and informal initiatives that affect the effectiveness of relationships, equal chances at life, and the principles on which the structure, procedures, and management of a school are anchored (Eschenbach, 2010 Schmoker  Marzano, 1999 Westbury, 1970). Informal curricula pertain to the implicit alternatives to imparting formal content (Epstein, 1994, 1997). A curriculum is not a means of imbibing lessons from the teacher to the student instead, it is a dynamic...