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Science Writing Instruction Efficacy Beliefs of Secondary and Post-Secondary Science Instructors
(2015-05-08)
Discipline-specific writing standards at the secondary level and writing intensive course requirements at the post-secondary level require science teacher and science instructors to teach science writing skills. However, ...
LITERATURE AND RACIAL SOCIAL SENSITIVITY AT A RURAL TWO-YEAR COMMUNITY COLLEGE
(2020-05-08)
According to The Pew Research Center (Jurkowitz et al., 2020), the US is becoming more divided based on political affiliation, religion, race, lifestyle preferences and economic status. If students are not exposed to ...
ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN THE COUNCIL FOR THE ACCREDITATION OF EDUCATOR PREPARATION
(2019-05)
The standard of excellence in teacher preparation is accreditation by the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP). Millions of dollars, untold hours of human effort, and countless pages of reports go ...
The [Integrated] Art of Teaching: Early Career Teachers' Perceptions of Integrated Arts Practices and their Creative Self-Efficacy
(2019-05-10)
From teacher preparation programs, preservice and novice teachers understand the expectations and their responsibility to prepare secondary students for tests required for postsecondary opportunities. But often forgotten ...
The relationship among the cognitive development level, learning style, achievement, and retention of preservice elementary teachers in a content course in mathematics.
(1999)
The purpose of the present study was to examine three ideas. First, the relationship between learning style preferences and the level of cognitive development of preservice teachers who are currently enrolled in a content ...
Reading readers: An examination of the aesthetic reading events of four experienced readers of narrative fiction reading self-selected novels.
(1997)
This investigation focused on (1) transactions between the readers and the novels they had chosen, (2) the readers' purposes and processes, (3) and the contexts, experiential and socio-cultural, that influence these readers ...
A comparison of one-star, two-star, and accredited child care programs in Oklahoma.
(2001)
When centers varied by region, rural centers scored lower, however rural centers were not necessarily worse than urban centers. When centers varied by auspice, non-profits scored lower, however non-profit centers were not ...
"It Seemed Like a Wonderful Way to Influence the World and to Touch Lives": Exploring Reasons Teachers Stay in the Classroom
(2020)
Retaining experienced, effective teachers in the classroom is essential. In fact, research shows it is the most significant factor in student achievement and the stability of the learning environment (Carver-Thomas & ...
Negotiating the Transition: How Secondary English Language Arts Interns Transfer Theory To Classroom Practice
(2009)
This qualitative research examined and described the process of transitioning from theory to practice as experienced by 7 English Language Arts (ELA) teacher candidates during their student teaching internship semesters. ...
Hope, Strength, and Perseverance...Community and Connectedness Through Service Learning: Active Participation in the Oklahoma City Memorial Kids' Marathon
(2010)
Many complex problems affect the lives of our citizens, including our children. A particularly important problem is a lack of a sense of community and connectedness (Belenky, et. al, 1986; Bellah, et. al, 1985; Dewey, 1938; ...