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Stephanie Michelle Horton – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Recent data have shown that up to 65% of students in Grades 4 and 8 are reading below grade level. The problem addressed in this study was that students with a high dialect density have a more difficult time with mastery of foundational skills in reading, leading to unfortunate reading mastery outcomes as they progress through school. The purpose…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Student Role, Dialects, Rural Education
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Curby, Timothy W.; Rimm-Kaufman, Sara E.; Ponitz, Claire Cameron – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2009
This study examined the extent to which the quality of teacher-child interactions and children's achievement levels at kindergarten entry were associated with children's achievement trajectories. Rural students (n = 147) were enrolled in a longitudinal study from kindergarten through first grade. Growth trajectories (initial level and slope) were…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Phonological Awareness, Young Children, Kindergarten