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Lavern Gottshalk – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The problem that the researcher addressed through this study was that third- to fifth-grade teachers found it challenging to incorporate explicit comprehension strategies to reading in an elementary school in southeastern Virginia. The purpose of the study was to examine third- to fifth-grade teachers' perceptions of and experiences when…
Descriptors: Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Elementary School Teachers
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Wells, Melissa Summer – Teacher Educators' Journal, 2021
High-quality field-based experiences are at the core of teacher preparation programs; however, the COVID-19 pandemic severely limited access to such placements for pre-service teachers. This descriptive study examined how virtual tutoring in a summer-semester intermediate literacy course impacted both pre-service teachers and students served.…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Teacher Education Programs, Field Experience Programs
Fischer, Adrienne; Syverson, Eric – Education Commission of the States, 2020
Children should develop literacy skills that progress from learning to read to reading to learn as they move from kindergarten through early elementary. These skills support reading proficiency and build knowledge in all subject areas. Students who struggle with literacy skills as early as kindergarten often continue to read below grade level…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Emergent Literacy, Early Childhood Education, Reading Skills
Ross, Steven M.; Laurenzano, Mary; Madden, Nancy A. – Center for Research and Reform in Education, 2017
During the fall of the 2016-17 school year, first, second, and third grade students in six elementary schools -- two in St. Paul and Eagan, Minnesota, and four in Bedford County in the Piedmont region of Virginia -- were assigned to take part in randomized efficacy trials carried out for the purpose of rigorously evaluating the impact of…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3
Greve, Andrew W. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The principal is ultimately responsible for decisions regarding the master schedule at the elementary level of education (Canady & Rettig, 2013; Young, 2008), and these scheduling decisions are influenced by multiple factors (Benamati, 2010; Harris, 2013; Howard & Rakoz, 2009). Although principals have become increasingly aware of the need…
Descriptors: Grade 3, School Schedules, Scheduling, Physical Activities
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Pianta, Robert C.; Belsky, Jay; Vandergrift, Nathan; Houts, Renate; Morrison, Fred J. – American Educational Research Journal, 2008
This nonexperimental, longitudinal field study examines the extent to which variation in observed classroom supports (quality of emotional and instructional interactions and amount of exposure to literacy and math activities) predicts trajectories of achievement in reading and math from 54 months to fifth grade. Growth mixture modeling detected…
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, Elementary School Students, Longitudinal Studies, Literacy