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Tonya Lechelle Kelley – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This qualitative research study was conducted to gain insight into the perceptions of a small rural school district's dyslexia program. Dyslexia is a neurological reading disability affecting millions of students in public education. Students with dyslexia have a deficit in the phonological component of language causing their struggle with reading…
Descriptors: Dyslexia, Student Attitudes, Parent Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes
Michael J. Elder – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Administrators in school systems strive to ensure that the identification of giftedness in elementary students results in proportional demographic representation. Overly stringent or biased gifted identification results in deserving students receiving fewer opportunities-to-learn and exacerbates the excellence gap. My aim in this action research…
Descriptors: Action Research, Academically Gifted, Disability Identification, Nonverbal Communication
Hulya Ermis-Demirtas; Nicole Rizzo – Professional School Counseling, 2024
Upper elementary students in a Title I rural school participated in an expressive arts-based resiliency small-group intervention entitled Resilient Warriors (RWs). This mixed-methods study revealed positive changes in participating students based on teacher ratings on the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire. We also found four qualitative…
Descriptors: Art Education, Resilience (Psychology), Intervention, Small Group Instruction
Hemmler, Vonna L.; Azano, Amy Price; Dmitrieva, Svetlana; Callahan, Carolyn M. – Journal of Research in Rural Education, 2022
The enduring misperception that rural places are homogeneously White may contribute to the underrepresentation of Black students in rural gifted education programs. In this study, we sought to understand this relationship by examining the underrepresentation of Black students in rural gifted education programs through a theoretical framework of…
Descriptors: African American Students, Academically Gifted, Gifted Education, Disproportionate Representation
El-Abd, Maria; Callahan, Carolyn; Azano, Amy – Journal of Advanced Academics, 2019
The present study investigated predictive factors of literacy achievement in third-grade students identified as gifted in rural schools. The sample consisted of 180 identified students in a total of eight districts, three of which were randomly assigned to the treatment condition and five of which were randomly assigned to the control condition.…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Literacy, Reading Achievement, Elementary School Students
Boone, Peter; Fazzio, Ila; Jandhyala, Kameshwari; Jayanty, Chitra; Jayanty, Gangadhar; Johnson, Simon; Ramachandrin, Vimala; Silva, Filipa; Zhan, Zhaoguo – Centre for Economic Performance, 2013
We conducted a survey covering 20% of villages with 200-1000 population in rural Guinea-Bissau. We interviewed household heads, care-givers of children, and their teachers and schools. We analysed results from 9,947 children, aged 7-17, tested for literacy and numeracy competency. Only 27% of children were able to add two single digits, and just…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Rural Education, Literacy, Numeracy
Stockard, Jean – Journal of Research in Rural Education, 2011
Reviews of research on rural education suggest that identifying ways to help rural schools improve teachers' pedagogical skills should be a high priority. This article addresses this issue by examining changes in reading skills through the primary grades of students in three rural, Midwestern districts that occurred after the implementation of a…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Rural Schools, Rural Areas, Effect Size
Sheridan, Susan M.; Holmes, Shannon R.; Coutts, Michael J.; Smith, Tyler E. – Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families and Schools, 2012
Families in rural communities are often poorly connected to schools due to challenges associated with geographic isolation, poverty, inexperienced staff, inadequate resources, scheduling challenges, and low parental education. This creates problems with the access, availability, and acceptability of services. Teachers in rural schools often have…
Descriptors: Rural Areas, Rural Education, Consultation Programs, Rural Schools
Garcia, Cynthia M. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
As a result of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) of 2001, many school districts have reduced instructional time for the arts in order to focus on reading and mathematics. Accordingly, fine arts programs across the nation have become subject to budget cuts or elimination in order to meet federal accountability measures. Hit especially hard are…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Fine Arts, Federal Legislation, Economically Disadvantaged
Graham, Suzanne E.; Teague, Christine – Carsey Institute, 2011
This brief examines the complex interplay of family, school, and place factors in the reading achievement levels of third grade students. Third grade reading achievement is critical to later academic and occupational success. Using data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, the authors report that suburban children realize greater gains in…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Low Achievement, Kindergarten, Grade 3