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Jason Michael Koepke – ProQuest LLC, 2024
When observing and consistently hearing about the obstacles our current public educational system faces, many are left wondering what can be done to produce genuine, significant, and continuous improvement. Upon deeper analysis of educational systems, one can see that many areas need system improvement. SOAR School (pseudonym) is a Pre-K-5 school…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Grade 3, Reading Teachers, Reading Instruction
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Robert C. Schoen; Catherine C. Lewis; Christopher Rhoads; Kevin Lai; Claire M. Riddell – Journal of Experimental Education, 2024
Lesson study, especially when conducted with support from targeted resources, is often identified as a potentially effective means to support teacher learning. In this study, 80 school-based teams of educators, representing 80 classrooms of third- or fourth-grade students in the US, were randomly assigned to one of four conditions: lesson study…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Faculty Development, Elementary School Teachers, Grade 3
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Da Ponte, João Pedro; Quaresma, Marisa; Mata-Pereira, Joana – International Journal for Lesson and Learning Studies, 2023
Purpose: This paper seeks to understand how teachers' mathematical knowledge for teaching (MKT) is developed during a lesson study regarded as a professional development process that places particular emphasis on teachers' knowledge of tasks, representations and students' learning. Design/methodology/approach: This study is based on the networking…
Descriptors: Teacher Improvement, Teacher Collaboration, Faculty Development, Communities of Practice
Carol Ligon McGinnis – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) teaching and learning have increasingly become a part of educational practice and pedagogy. Educators, business leaders, and policy-makers seek to get involved with funding and making decisions for STEM initiatives. Stakeholders include those looking forward to preparing students for future…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Faculty Development, STEM Education, Engineering Education
Erika Cruz – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The purpose of this dissertation-in-practice was to examine the perceptions, attitudes, and beliefs of K-5 elementary school teachers in a suburban Central Texas school on their use of blended learning in the classroom. Before conducting the study, previous research on blended learning was reviewed in the areas of student achievement, student…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Blended Learning, Teacher Attitudes, Beliefs
Choy, Ban Heng; Dindyal, Jaguthsing; Yeo, Joseph B. W. – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2022
Mathematics education research has focused on developing teachers' knowledge or other visible aspects of the teaching practice. This paper contributes to conversations around making a teacher's thinking visible and enhancing a teacher's pedagogical reasoning by exploring the use of pedagogical documentation. In this paper, we describe how a…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Logical Thinking, Teacher Behavior, Division
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Julia Shields Chrestay; Kyra Atterbury, Contributor; Janet Chance, Contributor; Stecy Mbemba, Contributor; Helena Miller, Contributor; Joe Alberti, Contributor; Sara Caselle, Contributor; Suzanne Cilli, Contributor; Katherine Collier, Contributor; Erica Darken, Contributor; Emily Goedde, Contributor; Rochelle Krauss, Contributor; Bernadine Magee, Contributor; Noga Newberg, Contributor; An Nguyen, Contributor; Candice Smith, Contributor – Penn GSE Perspectives on Urban Education, 2024
Need in Deed's work with Philadelphia public school teachers and their students centers empathy, informed investigation, and civic action. Bolstered by these values and with the support of the My Voice framework and dedicated Need in Deed staff, educators are equipped to co-create authentic classroom communities with their students. In Need in…
Descriptors: Intelligence, Citizen Participation, Public School Teachers, Empathy
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Druken, Bridget Kinsella – Mathematics Teacher Education and Development, 2023
Although lesson study has been shown to improve the teaching and learning of mathematics, little research has focused on reasons for engaging in it from a teacher's perspective, particularly after sustained engagement with lesson study. This qualitative study reports on thirty-three teachers from the United States who were involved in twelve…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Mathematics Instruction, Teacher Attitudes, Algebra
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Gartland, Sara – Journal of Experiential Education, 2021
Background: Critical service-learning provides an opportunity for culturally sustaining and experiential learning across a variety of contexts. This study took place alongside a larger study examining the implementation of a year-long community-based critical service-learning initiative at an underresourced elementary school. While the larger…
Descriptors: Team Teaching, Grade 3, Elementary School Students, Service Learning
Dettmann, Rebecca K. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
This study was conducted in order to determine if the engagement of teachers in professional learning communities (PLCs) made a difference on student reading comprehension scores. Literacy is a critical skill needed throughout the schooling years as well as into adulthood and educators are continually seeking ways to improve the reading skills of…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Communities of Practice, Reading Comprehension, Scores
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Huang, Rongjin; Kimmins, Dovie; Winters, Jeremy; Rushton, Gregory – Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education (CITE Journal), 2020
To address obstacles of adopting lesson study at scale, this study investigated how a technology-assisted lesson study (TALS) approach could remove the obstacle of scheduling while retaining positive effects of traditional lesson study (LS). The TALS approach involves embedding lesson study within teachers' normal schedules, videotaping the…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Communities of Practice, Technology Uses in Education, Scheduling
Comly, Rachel; Fink, Ryan; Pierce, Jill; Flack, Adrianne – Philadelphia Education Research Consortium, 2019
The City of Philadelphia has identified improving early literacy as a key civic priority. The goal is to support children's literacy development in school, at home, and in the community--regardless of where students live or attend school in Philadelphia. For this reason, civic efforts have sought to engage families, communities, and the city's…
Descriptors: Private Schools, Charter Schools, Emergent Literacy, Primary Education
Joyner, Barbara – ProQuest LLC, 2017
In 1 urban Tennessee school, students in Grades 3 through 5 had not met adequate yearly progress in reading for the past 5 years. The purpose of this case study was to explore teachers' perceptions of current district-recommended teaching practice in reading. The research questions related to current instructional strategies, teaching practices,…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Teaching Methods, Reading Instruction, Reading Strategies
Schilder, Diane – Center on Enhancing Early Learning Outcomes, 2018
The New York State Department of Education (NYSED) has been supporting selected districts in the planning and implementation of PreK-3rd Grade systems. NYSED is supporting the use of the Framework for Planning, Implementing, and Evaluating PreK-3rd Grade Approaches developed by Kauerz and Coffman (2013). Recognizing the ultimate goal of PreK-3rd…
Descriptors: Primary Education, Preschool Education, Kindergarten, Grade 1
Reinhard, Mary Jo – Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education, 2017
Part of the Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education (SCOPE) research series titled "Teachers' Time: Collaborating for Learning, Teaching, and Leading," this case study looks at Pagosa Springs Elementary School, which is located in the Town of Pagosa Springs, Colorado. The school serves students in kindergarten through fourth…
Descriptors: Teacher Collaboration, Elementary School Teachers, Kindergarten, Grade 1
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