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Factors influencing the personal pedagogical theory building of a first-year early childhood teacher.
(2003)
This case study addressed the ways in which Lisa, an early childhood first-year teacher, thought about teaching and learning. This investigation involved Lisa's theory-building process, rooted in her educational biography ...
The Role of Principals in Supporting Early Childhood Teachers
(2019-12-13)
Dissertation Abstract
As access to state-funded preschools continues to increase, a steady rise in the number of preschool children enrolled in public education has occurred across the United States. Since 2004, the ...
MATHEMATICS TEACHING IN AN URBAN SCHOOL: A CASE STUDY OF TWO TEACHERS
(2019-05-10)
Authentic teaching and learning practices have been part of the educational landscape for over two decades and include student-centered approaches such as construction of knowledge, disciplined inquiry, and finding value ...
Are we speaking the same language: Exploring meaning construction in a first-year composition classroom.
(1997)
Data revealed that disjunctions occurred between the teacher's intentions for making the assignments and the students interpretations of the assignments on some level with all three essays. Data analysis also indicated ...
“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, ...
Experiences of Early Childhood Educators Who Use Constructivist Approaches in an Era of High-Stakes Accountability
(2015-08)
Over the past thirty years, American education has moved toward a system of increased accountability. High-stakes accountability is characterized by the reliance of high-stakes testing, or assessments that lead to significant ...
Synergistic argumentation in a problem-centered learning environment.
(2002)
This research looks at argumentation in the whole-class sharing portion of a second grade problem-centered classroom learning environment in which making sense of mathematical ideas was the accepted norm. This research ...
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, ...
What can urban school systems learn about supporting and retaining African-American women leaders from African-American women leading in public charter systems?
(2022-05-10)
America is becoming more ethnically diverse, creating a significant demographic shift in the student composition in America’s public schools. To respond to the increase in student diversity, America’s systems and structures ...