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Barcelo-Martinez, Maria – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This action research study was conducted in an elementary school with a team of seven fourth- grade teachers. Transcripts of the fourth-grade teachers' discussions during their common planning sessions were recorded and analyzed. The data revealed that during collaborative planning sessions the teachers repeatedly referred to authentic…
Descriptors: Performance Based Assessment, Elementary School Teachers, Grade 4, Discussion
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Mensah, Felicia Moore – Journal of Negro Education, 2011
In this article, the researcher discusses three elementary pre-service teachers' experiences in co-planning and co-teaching a Pollution Unit in a 4th-5th grade science classroom in New York City. The study makes use of microteaching papers, lesson plans, researcher classroom observations, interviews, and informal conversations to elicit lessons…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Science Teachers, Grade 5, Microteaching
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Reid, Mark J. – Curriculum Journal, 2009
Few reports have been published about the deliberations on classroom curriculum conducted by teachers. This qualitative case-study explored the curriculum deliberations of three fourth-grade teachers who met weekly to plan social studies and science lessons. The teachers participated voluntarily and routinely produced viable plans for the coming…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Experienced Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Volunteers