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The Iatrogenic Consequences of Standards-Based Education
(2006)
Standards-based assessments were prescribed as the cure for the poor accountability of public schools. Billions of dollars have been spent on curricula, tests, and scoring rubrics so that federal and state agencies can ...
“ME NO MORE COME”: PERSISTENCE AND QUITTING AMONG ADULT SPANISH-SPEAKING ENGLISH LEARNERS
(2018-08)
The purpose of this qualitative case study was to explore what makes adult Spanish-speaking English learners (ELs) stay or drop out of English class in a non-profit English literacy center in a city in a southwestern state ...
WHY USE STUDENT-CENTERED TEACHING IN HIGHER EDUCATION? A STUDY OF ONE TEACHER’S CHALLENGES AND SUCCESSES
(2018-05-11)
Modern educational practices have fostered relationships that place instructors and teachers as the experts or central authorities regarding academic knowledge, academic disciplines, and teacher-student relationships, ...
Authentic instruction: A comparative case study of three urban high schools.
(2005)
All five of these teachers were part of the National Science Foundation (NSF) sponsored (grant #0086415) Authentic Teaching Alliance (ATA) which involved public school teachers, graduate and advanced undergraduate fellows, ...
Emerging voices of undergraduate writers: A study of the phenomenon of writing changes during the college years.
(2007)
College faculty can support the growth of undergraduate writers by establishing a learning community focused on learning as motivation. Conferences that provide specific, concrete suggestions, as well as leading questions, ...
A phenomenological study of National Board Certified Teachers use of reflective practice to improve pedagogy.
(2006)
Upon completion of the data collection strategies, the interview transcriptions were analyzed and coded into meaning clusters. From the interview transcription the researcher identified formulated meanings of significant ...
To journey into creativity.
(2005)
Every year, in schools across America, children walk past framed statements asserting that one of the primary missions of their school is to foster creativity in its students. School districts, in addition to stating their ...
CHARTER SCHOOLS AND INCLUSIVE SCIENCE EDUCATION: THE CONCEPTUAL CHANGE AND ATTITUDES OF STUDENTS WITHOUT DISABILITIES
(2014-03-06)
As a philosophy and educational approach, inclusive education provides opportunities for all students to have effective conceptual understanding and positive social attitudes (Idol, 2006). With inclusion, educators incorporate ...
The apparent strategies of universities with exemplary retention rates: A synthesis of academic cocurricular programming.
(2003)
Many institutions of higher education offer cocurricular programming opportunities outside of the classroom to supplement learning and to impact retention. While many retention studies have focused on social programming ...
Parents' perceptions of a change in parental involvement in an urban school.
(2001)
This qualitative study examined one urban school's successful attempt to increase parental involvement. The phenomenon was examined from the parents' perspective in order to expand the current literature base, to inform ...