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Sarah Baker-Cano – English in Texas, 2024
Professional learning should be designed in a way that is responsive to the needs of teachers and intentionally planned with adult learning principles in mind. This article outlines one practitioner's professional journey to redefine how professional learning is designed with best practices in adult learning in mind. Strategies utilized during…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Teacher Empowerment, Best Practices, Adult Learning
Kishema Yolanda Simms – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Social networking tools are innovative practices utilized by higher education institutions to promote the development of literacy skills and encourage engagement in an online learning platform. There is limited understanding of whether social networking tools have a similar effect on fourth-grade students' literacy development and engagement. The…
Descriptors: Grade 4, Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Language Arts
Jessica Smith-Jaekel – ProQuest LLC, 2023
While numerous studies have been conducted to determine the impact of grade retention on future academic achievement and psychosocial development, few studies have targeted Florida-specific grade retention as mandated by Florida law. As it exists today, there is very little evidence that the practice of retaining students resulted in increased…
Descriptors: Grade 3, Grade Repetition, Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education
DeLaShell Harmon Thornton – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The purpose of this quantitative, ex post facto study was to determine the difference in students' LEAP ELA achievement scores in grades 3-5 based on the teacher's level of dyslexia knowledge. This study used the Phonological Deficit Theory (PDT) and the Criterion Referenced Assessment Theory (CRT) as its foundation. PDT describes the levels of…
Descriptors: Knowledge Level, Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, English Instruction
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Brownell, Cassie J. – Teachers College Record, 2021
Background/Context: Educators have considered how Minecraft supports language and literacy practices in the game and in the spaces and circumstances immediately surrounding gameplay. However, it is still necessary to develop additional conceptualizations of how children and youth's online and offline worlds and experiences are blurred by and…
Descriptors: Grade 4, Elementary School Students, Writing Assignments, English Instruction
Amanda Slaysman – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The problem addressed in this study was that in response to low standardized test scores, instructional strategies were required to be implemented in English Language Arts (ELA), but teachers in Grades 1 through 5 in the study site experienced challenges using these strategies to meet student learning needs. The explored teachers' experiences and…
Descriptors: Language Arts, Teaching Methods, Elementary School Teachers, Grade 1
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Susana Claro; Susanna Loeb – Educational Researcher, 2024
Previous research provides evidence that developing a growth mindset--believing that one's capabilities can improve--promotes academic achievement. Although this phenomenon has undergone prior study in a representative sample of ninth graders in the United States, it has not been studied in representative samples of other grade levels or with…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Individual Development, School Districts, Academic Achievement
Gabrielle S. Jones – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Mobile and other internet-connected devices infiltrate society, including K-12 classrooms. A large body of research indicated that these devices might distract students; however, other studies have revealed many benefits when the devices are used for educational purposes. This study aimed to examine the relationships between the use of mobile…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Telecommunications, Technology Uses in Education, Performance
Heather J. Hough; Belen Chavez – Policy Analysis for California Education, PACE, 2024
In October 2023, the California Department of Education released test scores for all students in Grades 3-8 and 11 for the 2022-23 school year. These results represent an opportunity to analyze whether and to what extent student learning has rebounded after the dramatic declines in scores resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic and related school…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Scores, Grade 3
Jennifer Nicole Durbin – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Instructional coaching has been associated with increased student achievement therefore much research has been devoted to the components of effective instructional coaching. Although some of the literature implies a need for consistency in instructional coaching, no research had been done to determine if student achievement was impacted by the…
Descriptors: Coaching (Performance), Academic Achievement, English Instruction, Language Arts
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Chandra L. Alston; Jessica L. Eagle – Journal of Literacy Research, 2024
The purpose of this study was to understand the nature of writing instruction across time and grade bands. We used quantitative and qualitative analyses of teacher interviews and video records of classroom instruction of English language arts writing instruction in 97 fourth- through eighth-grade classrooms in 2010 and 2018. Video records showed a…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, English Instruction, Language Arts, Grade 4
Rachel L. Schechter; Isabella Ilievski; Rachel Gross – Online Submission, 2024
LXD Research was engaged by 95 Percent Group to conduct a third-party, mixed-methods efficacy study of their 95 Phonics Core Program (95 PCP) to evaluate the impact on fourth and fifth grade literacy outcomes over the school year 2023-2024. LXD analyzed the formative assessment data from i-Ready, focusing on overall scale scores, subdomains, and…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, Program Evaluation, Program Effectiveness, Reading Instruction
Ashley Anne Grant; Michael A. Cook; Steven M. Ross – Center for Research and Reform in Education, 2023
The purpose of this evaluation was to examine the impact of i-Ready Personalized Instruction on reading achievement, as measured by SBA scores. We compared students in schools using i-Ready Personalized Instruction school-wide (Treatment students) to students who only received i-Ready Diagnostic assessments and who were in schools only partially…
Descriptors: Individualized Instruction, Reading Achievement, Influences, Evaluation
Logan C. Elliott – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Highly effective elementary teachers faced challenges to professional development which differed from their urban or suburban peers. With the increasing need for student proficiency in reading, strategies to help grow their engagement and motivation were necessary to investigate and apply to instructional habits. The purpose of this basic…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Reading Motivation, Learner Engagement, Reading Strategies
Courtney Wood Samuelson – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This ethnographic case study investigated literacy instruction and intervention practices within a Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) framework in upper elementary school. Multi-Tiered Systems of Support has been proposed as a system of schoolwide reform aimed to support students' academic and social-emotional development and is often used…
Descriptors: Multi Tiered Systems of Support, Elementary Schools, Educational Practices, Teaching Methods
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