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What Works Clearinghouse, 2020
Improving vocabulary and reading comprehension is critical to students' academic success, particularly for English learners who may have less exposure to academic language than native English-speaking students. "Word Generation" is a supplemental program that aims to improve students' reading comprehension by building students'…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Vocabulary, Reading Comprehension, Academic Language
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What Works Clearinghouse, 2020
Improving vocabulary and reading comprehension is critical to students' academic success, particularly for English learners who may have less exposure to academic language than native English-speaking students. "Word Generation" is a supplemental program that aims to improve students' reading comprehension by building students'…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Vocabulary, Reading Comprehension, Academic Language
Gonzalez Hernandez, Vanessa; Shneyderman, Aleksandr – Research Services, Miami-Dade County Public Schools, 2020
This report examines one component of the current school accountability system--learning gains. We find that learning gain percentages are affected by a variety of factors including starting achievement level, socioeconomic status, and English language learner status when the current definition of learning gains is used. Hence, we propose a new…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Socioeconomic Status, English Language Learners, Definitions
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Garrett, Rachel; Gonzalez, José; Davis, Elisabeth; Eisner, Ryan – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2020
The Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) has seen the number of English learner students in grades K-12 increase in recent years, even as overall enrollment has decreased. In addition, the English learner student population has grown more diverse in race/ethnicity, country of origin, and native language. The increasingly diverse English…
Descriptors: Student Characteristics, Institutional Characteristics, Academic Achievement, English Language Learners
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Cairney, John; Clark, Heather; Dudley, Dean; Kriellaars, Dean – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2019
Purpose: Physical literacy (PL) has been proposed as a key construct for understanding participation in physical activity. However, the lack of an agreed-upon definition and measure has hindered research on the topic. The current study proposed and analyzed the construct validity of a PL model comprised of motor competence, perceived competence,…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Literacy, Physical Education, Children
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Steinmann, Isa; Strietholt, Rolf – International Journal for Research on Extended Education, 2018
Several countries have expanded extended education in recent years. In Germany, the most substantial educational reform is the ongoing transformation of the traditional half-day school system into an all-day school system. Among politicians, expectations are high that all-day schools will promote student achievement and reduce social achievement…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, School Schedules, Grade 5, Grade 7
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Solís, Michael; El Zein, Farah; Black, Marie; Miller, Alexandra; Therrien, William J.; Invernizzi, Marcia – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2018
This multiple baseline across participants study examined the efficacy of a data-based individualization word study intervention for students with autism spectrum disorder (N=5) and low word reading skills. An experienced interventionist provided 1:1 word reading instruction in 30-minute sessions five times per week for an average of 10 sessions…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Word Study Skills, Intervention
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Hainsworth, Mark; Hainsworth, Laura – Technology and Engineering Teacher, 2018
In this article the authors describe an Integrative Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Education Design-Based Learning (I-STEM ED DBL) activity that invites students to delve into the science, technology, and engineering related to the production of Ötzi's copper axe and to speculate about the circumstances surrounding his…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Science Activities, Metallurgy, Summer Programs
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Douglas, Kerrie A.; Moore, Tamara J.; Johnston, Amanda C.; Merzdorf, Hillary E. – International Journal of Education in Mathematics, Science and Technology, 2018
Assessment of students' critical thinking and problem solving in engineering is a real challenge for classroom teachers and researchers. Yet, students demonstrate evidence of learning through multiple means, including written reflections. The purpose of this study was to explore how students in grades 5 and 7 reflect on what they had learned about…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Design, Student Attitudes, Content Analysis
Santone, Thomas – ProQuest LLC, 2018
This dissertation analyzes data in order to answer the research question, "Do eighth grade students who have participated regularly in their school band programs for four consecutive years achieve higher scores in New Jersey's Grade Eight PARCC Assessment than students of similar ability who do not play a musical instrument?" Data was…
Descriptors: Music Education, Musical Instruments, Grade 8, Charter Schools
Webb, Anne Frank – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Although there are several comprehensive measures of children's anxiety symptoms, many have limited utility for screening within school settings. As such, the primary purpose of this dissertation was to develop a brief self-report anxiety measure appropriate for use with students in Grades 3-8. An initial pool of 50 items was developed based on…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Anxiety, Screening Tests, Grade 3
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Dunn, Michael; Zajic, Matthew C.; Berninger, Virginia – International Journal of School & Educational Psychology, 2021
Dysgraphia, a specific learning disability, impairs legible and automatic letter production by hand, which can interfere with written composing. The goal of the current study was not to investigate effective methods for teaching self-regulated writing to students with dysgraphia, but rather to investigate their self that is involved in their…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Writing Skills, Writing Instruction, Grade 4
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Coskuner, Zeki; Büyükçelebi, Hakan; Kurak, Kemal; Açak, Mahmut – International Journal of Progressive Education, 2021
Life skills are applicable psycho-social skills and abilities to develop desired qualities such as self-confidence and socialization. In this context, the research aims to investigate how participation in sports activities during secondary education affects an individual's life skills. In the research, the sample group consists of a total of 698…
Descriptors: Athletics, Secondary School Students, Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries
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Hargreaves, Eleanore; Buchanan, Denise; Quick, Laura – Oxford Review of Education, 2021
Nancy Fraser describes parity-of-participation in social interaction as an important component of social justice. In this paper, we explore the participatory experiences of primary-school-children who have been labelled 'lower-attainers' in mathematics and/or writing. The paper explores justice drawing on the perspective of these pupils, in…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Student Attitudes, Success, Social Justice
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Woodard, Grace S.; Brewer, Stephanie K.; Fuller, Anne K.; Lennon Papadakis, Jaclyn; DeCarlo Santiago, Catherine – Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 2021
High rates of trauma exposure can impede school functioning, which is predictive of many negative long-term outcomes. This study examined school functioning in Latinx children with clinically elevated levels of posttraumatic stress symptoms. We found that child gender, parent language use, and parent school involvement were associated with school…
Descriptors: Trauma, Gender Differences, Parent Participation, Language Usage
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