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CHARACTERISTICS OF HEAD START TEACHING TEAMS: ASSOCIATIONS WITH CLASSROOM QUALITY AND CHILD OUTCOMES
(2017-12)
The primary objectives of the present study were to describe the characteristics of Head Start teaching teams, investigate perceptions of teamwork and explore how these characteristics and perceptions associate with classroom ...
Are our children reading proficiently and how would we know? An examination of state and national elementary reading assessments.
(2007)
The states were divided into groups by performance levels based on the difference in the proportion of students scoring at proficient levels and above between their state and the NAEP 2005 fourth grade reading assessments ...
Using hermeneutic phenomenology to investigate pre-service secondary mathematics teachers' beliefs about mathematics and the teaching and learning of mathematics
(2013-11-25)
This research used an interpretive paradigm and a hermeneutic phenomenology methodology to investigate matehmatical belief systems of pre-service secondary mathematics teachers enrolled in a small private mid-western ...
"SHOULDN'T EVERYONE KNOW ABOUT THEIR GOVERNMENT?": AN EXPLORATION OF CURRICULAR VALUES IN ADVANCED PLACEMENT GOVERNMENT CLASSES
(2012)
Prevalent models of secondary education in the United States have tended to privilege the acquisition of knowledge of scientific disciplines that is often peripheral to the experiences of students. My Advanced Placement ...
A study of the effects of professional development related to foreign language and culture instruction in elementary classrooms.
(2003)
Acceptance and understanding emerged as a finding related to the impact attending the foreign language institutes had on elementary teachers. This acceptance and understanding included the teacher's acceptance of the ...
Student Perceptions of Patriotism in England and the United States of America
(2013)
The perceptions held by high school students concerning patriotism is an indicator of whether education is influencing students to become active citizens in a democratic nation. The United States and England share a common ...
UNTANGLING A TEACHER'S STORY THROUGH HEURISTIC INQUIRY: A LIFE PROJECT
(2013)
This dissertation examines the professional and personal growth of a teacher after he became frustrated and burned out after a successful career in education and in ministry. By looking through 15 years of data (notebooks, ...
NATIVE AMERICAN YOUTH EXPLORING AND EXPRESSING WHO THEY ARE THROUGH DIGITAL STORYTELLING
(2020-05)
This holistic single-case study aims to understand the impact of digital storytelling on the identity development of Native American youth. The question that guides the study asks, “How do Native American adolescents in a ...
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(1997)
The results of this study substantiated aspects of the learning theories which were applied. It was observed, however, that classroom instruction was in many instances not consistent with such theories and in these cases ...
Modifying social studies curriculum in the classroom: Case study regarding inclusive practices for engaging young adolescents in learning in the face of external constraints.
(2003)
In studying this group of six teachers, four themes emerge to describe classroom practices to engage all students in learning. Teachers negotiate learning space to include diverse perspectives and cultural pluralism; ...