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Pham, Cheryl Carangian – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The purpose of this mixed methods phenomenological study was to explore the data-driven instructional decisions that elementary teachers make in literacy. Educators have moved towards a culture of being data-driven, and have declared data use in schools to be significant to school improvement and accountability (Marsh, Pane, & Hamilton, 2006).…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Standardized Tests, Interviews, Program Effectiveness
Harper, Bridgette D.; Lemerise, Elizabeth A.; Caverly, Sarah L. – Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 2010
We investigated whether induced mood influenced the social information processing steps of goal clarification and response decision in 480 1st-3rd graders, and in more selected groups of low accepted-aggressive (n = 39), average accepted-nonaggressive (n = 103), and high accepted-nonaggressive children (n = 68). Children participated in two…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Goal Orientation, Grade 3, Grade 2
Vaessen, Anniek; Bertrand, Daisy; Toth, Denes; Csepe, Valeria; Faisca, Luis; Reis, Alexandra; Blomert, Leo – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2010
Although the transparency of a writing system is hypothesized to systematically influence the cognitive skills associated with reading development, results of cross-language investigations are inconsistent and usually do not address this issue in a developmental context. We therefore investigated the cognitive dynamics of reading fluency of…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Investigations, Reading Fluency, Written Language
Kim, Mihyeon; Bland, Lori C.; Chandler, Kimberley – Science and Children, 2009
"The Wheel of Scientific Investigation and Reasoning" (Kramer 1987; Paul and Binker 1992) is a graphic representation of the scientific investigative process. The scientific process is depicted in a wheel rather than in a list because "the process of scientific inquiry can begin from any stage, and that stage may be revisited as often as the…
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Science Education, Science Activities, Inquiry
Lorent Deegan, Chanin E. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This study combined both qualitative and quantitative research to determine the impact of instructional practices on comprehension improvement in second grade Guided Reading groups. Four second grade teachers and their 73 students ages seven through eight years old participated in this study. Additionally, the study examined the effects of Guided…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Reading Comprehension, Test Results, Reading Tests
Soboleski, Penny K. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The three-fold purpose of this quasi-experimental study was to examine the impact of the computer-based reading program Fast ForWord (FFW) on the reading achievement of second-grade students in an Ohio school district. The sample included 360 students (treatment group, n = 85; control group, n = 275) from four elementary buildings. FFW is an…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Investigations, Intervention, Reading Programs
Champion, Tempii B.; Rosa-Lugo, Linda I.; Rivers, Kenyatta O.; McCabe, Allyssa – Topics in Language Disorders, 2010
Purpose: Research has established that African American (AA) children are lagging behind other children in their reading skills. A number of factors have been proposed to account for the literacy gap; however no single factor has entirely explained this disparity. This investigation examined the appropriateness of the Gray Oral Reading Test-Fourth…
Descriptors: African American Students, Speech Communication, Investigations, Language Variation
Maestas, Gary E. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The problem investigated in this research study relates to the referral rate for special education evaluations between students of teachers who were exposed to the professional development and resources associated with the federally funded Reading First program and students of teachers who were not exposed to the program. The purpose of this study…
Descriptors: Research Design, Lunch Programs, Program Effectiveness, Multivariate Analysis
Heisey, Natalie Denise – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of questioning "during" a read-aloud and questioning "after" a read-aloud, using science-related informational tradebooks with first-and second-graders. Three thematically-related tradebooks were used, each portraying a scientist involved in authentic investigation. Students in two first/second…
Descriptors: Grade 1, Grade 2, Primary Education, Reading Aloud to Others
Stein, Mary Kay; Kaufman, Julia H. – American Educational Research Journal, 2010
This article begins to unravel the question, "What curricular materials work best under what kinds of conditions?" The authors address this question from the point of view of teachers and their ability to implement mathematics curricula that place varying demands and provide varying levels of support for their learning. Specifically, the…
Descriptors: Mathematics Curriculum, Content Analysis, Teacher Attitudes, Investigations
Jahns, Aimee J. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This research investigated how teacher dispositions along with content knowledge and pedagogical knowledge work together in the action of second grade classrooms through two descriptive case studies. Focus of the observations was on the interactions between two expert second grade teachers and their students during times of reading and writing. A…
Descriptors: Grade 2, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Classroom Techniques, Investigations
Franzen, Kate; Kamps, Debra – Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 2008
Rates of problem behavior at urban elementary school playgrounds are of growing concern. The purpose of this study was to examine how the implementation of a recess intervention within the context of School-wide Positive Behavior Support (SwPBS), a systemwide, team-driven, data-based decision-making continuum of support, affected disruptive…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Behavior Problems, Student Behavior, Investigations
Whitin, David J. – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2008
David Schwartz's classic book "How Much Is a Million?" can be the catalyst for sparking many interesting mathematical investigations. This article describes five episodes in which children in grades 2-5 all heard this familiar story read aloud to them. At each grade level, they were encouraged to think of their own way to explore the concept of…
Descriptors: Numeracy, Investigations, Mathematical Concepts, Problem Solving
Hapgood, Susanna; Magnusson, Shirley J.; Sullivan Palincsar, Annemarie – Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2004
In this descriptive case study, we describe a 10-day program of study of motion down inclined planes during which a class of 21 second graders investigated scientific relations such as mass and speed, speed and momentum, and mass and momentum via both text-based experiences ("second-hand investigations") and hands-on, materials-based experiments…
Descriptors: Grade 2, Motion, Investigations, Science Instruction
Wang, Jia; Baker, Eva L. – National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST), 2006
This project was initiated in order to evaluate two literacy and science integrated instruction units, "Shoreline Science" and "Terrarium Investigations," designed by the Lawrence Hall of Science "Seeds of Science/Roots of Reading" Project ("Seeds/Roots"). We examined how the integrated units affect student…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Statistical Analysis, Integrated Curriculum, Science Education