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Direct linkSalem, Cherie B. – ProQuest LLC, 2019
This Dissertation in Practice (DIP) utilizes Action Research methods to answer the question of: What is the impact of utilizing an authentic study of an author's life and literary works to increase students' motivation to read in a third grade gifted and talented classroom? Through intentional questioning and inquiry, the following Chapters…
Descriptors: Biographies, Authors, Reading Motivation, Grade 3
Feille, Kelly Kathleen – ProQuest LLC, 2014
This research investigates the professional life histories of upper elementary science teachers who were identified as effective both within the classroom and in the outdoor learning environment (OLE). The narratives of five teachers collected through semi-structured and open-ended interviews provided the data for the study. Professional life…
Descriptors: Elementary School Science, Science Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Science Instruction
Lara, Margaret A. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This study discusses the results of a content analysis of 75 Latina biographies for primary and pre-adolescent students that were published over a 16-year period, spanning from 1995 to 2010. Significant to this study was how Latinas were represented in the biographies and what changes can be seen over time. Using a rubric based on research by…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Biographies, Females, Elementary School Students
Trotman, Alicia M. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this qualitative study was to analyze and interpret the stories told by one teacher, Ms. M, in a fifth grade science classroom. In this study, stories are defined as teacher utterances that are used in first person or third person narrative view, and are related to an experience that occurred outside the classroom. This research…
Descriptors: Elementary School Science, Elementary School Teachers, Grade 5, Classroom Environment
Griffin, Jennifer Adams – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This teacher research studied second graders' small-group, peer-led discussions about three genres of literature--realistic fiction, biography picture books, and science information books--across one school year (during three units in the fall, winter, and spring). It set out to explore how this peer talk, in general, mediated children's responses…
Descriptors: Picture Books, Grade 2, Fiction, Literary Genres
Cazers, Gunars – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The purpose of the following article-style dissertation was to present the life histories of three exemplary physical educators, to give them voice, explore ways in which they experienced marginalization, and describe how they persevered in spite of difficulties they experienced in their careers. The participants included (a) Robin, a female…
Descriptors: Stereotypes, Physical Education, Socialization, Self Efficacy
