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Examining the Sustained Effects of Reading Recovery
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D'Agostino, Jerome V.; Lose, Mary K.; Kelly, Robert H. – Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 2017
Though the immediate effect of Reading Recovery (RR) is both strong and well established, the longer term or sustained effect has been less studied and the evidence regarding it has been less conclusive. Michigan Reading Recovery students (n = 328) were compared to control students (n = 264) while in first (2009-2010), third (2011), and fourth…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, Reading Instruction, Control Groups, Experimental Groups
How Do Teachers' Beliefs Predict Children's Interest in Math from Kindergarten to Sixth Grade?
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Upadyaya, Katja; Eccles, Jacquelynne S. – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2014
The present study investigated to what extent teachers' beliefs about children's achievement contribute to the development of children's math interest. In addition, the extent to which other possible predictors, such as performance in math, gender, and race/ethnicity would contribute to the development of children's math interest was examined.…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Mathematics Achievement, Gender Differences, Racial Differences
An Examination of Teachers' Perceptions of Principal Support for Change and Teachers' Collaboration and Communication around Literacy Instruction in Reading First Schools
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Berebitsky, Dan; Goddard, Roger D.; Carlisle, Joanne F. – Teachers College Record, 2014
Background/Context: Little research has directly examined whether principal leadership can increase the degree to which teachers work together regularly in focused ways around content. Prior research has shown that reform efforts seeking to alter the process of teaching can be successful if teachers collaborate to build capacity and improve…
Descriptors: Teacher Administrator Relationship, Instructional Leadership, Teacher Collaboration, Capacity Building
Teachers' Knowledge about Early Reading: Effects on Students' Gains in Reading Achievement
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Carlisle, Joanne F.; Kelcey, Ben; Rowan, Brian; Phelps, Geoffrey – Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2011
This study developed a new survey of teachers' knowledge about early reading and examined the effects of teachers' knowledge on students' reading achievement in Grades 1 to 3 in a large sample of Michigan schools. Using statistical models that controlled for teachers' personal and professional characteristics, students' prior reading achievement,…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Early Reading, Reading Achievement, Statistical Analysis
Teachers' Knowledge about Early Reading: Effects on Students' Gains in Reading Achievement
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Carlisle, Joanne F.; Kelcey, Ben; Rowan, Brian; Phelps, Geoffrey – Online Submission, 2011
This study developed a new survey of teachers' knowledge about early reading and examined the effects of teachers' knowledge on students' reading achievement in Grades 1 to 3 in a large sample of Michigan schools. Using statistical models that controlled for teachers' personal and professional characteristics, students' prior reading achievement,…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Teaching Methods, Statistical Analysis, Reading Comprehension