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Allyson H. Goff – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The debate between cooperative group learning and individual instruction has long been a focal point in educational discourse. This research study explored these two instructional methodologies' comparative efficacy and benefits in fostering learning outcomes and skill development. This research study was conducted using fifth-grade classes from…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Cooperative Learning, Individualized Instruction
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Claire McKinley Yoder; Mary Ann Cantrell; Janice L. Hinkle – Journal of School Nursing, 2024
Multiple factors influence a student's success in high school graduation. Individual factors such as disability, racial or ethnic identity, and gender may result in inequity in the school environment, interfering with learning and possibly leading to poorer educational outcomes. This secondary analysis of student educational records (N = 3,782)…
Descriptors: High School Graduates, Graduation Rate, Students with Disabilities, Racial Differences
Lorraine Reese Blatt – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Racial/ethnic and economic school segregation represent pervasive instantiations and perpetuators of educational inequity in the United States. Although the U.S. is becoming increasingly racially and ethnically diverse, schools are racially/ethnically isolated. Rising income and wealth inequity are also exacerbating economic school segregation.…
Descriptors: School Segregation, Equal Education, Racial Differences, Ethnicity
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Julianne Reas; Kathryn T. Stevenson; Lauren Gibson; Justin Beall; Lincoln R. Larson – Environmental Education Research, 2024
Many previous studies have measured elementary-aged students' connection to nature (CTN), but few have explicitly considered how the use of different terminology (e.g. 'nature' "versus" 'the outdoors') can influence those connections. We utilized a quasi-experimental design to test for differences in affective and self-reported…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 4, Grade 5, Natural Resources
Josh Leung-Gagné – AERA Open, 2023
Though schools do not track in Brazil, I find that racial classroom segregation in Brazil is on par with recent estimates from North Carolina high schools (Clotfelter et al., 2020). How does racial classroom segregation occur without tracking, and in a supposed "racial paradise," no less? Using national, student-level data spanning from…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary Education, Grade 5, Grade 9
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Jiaxin Jessie Wang – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2024
Background/Context: As of Fall 2021, approximately 7.3 million students between the ages 6 to 21 were served under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, which accounts for approximately 15%of students in that age range (U.S. Department of Education, 2022). Students with disabilities receiving special education services are guaranteed a…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Teacher Role, Regular and Special Education Relationship, Inclusion
Scot Tyler – ProQuest LLC, 2021
African American males inequitably experience two to three times more out-of-school suspensions among other exclusionary discipline practices in comparison with other racial groups, which causes them to become academically disengaged, increases their association with deviant peers, makes them resent of school personnel, and leads them to…
Descriptors: African American Students, Males, Disproportionate Representation, Suspension
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Pane, John F.; Seaman, Dorothy; Doss, Christopher Joseph – RAND Corporation, 2023
This report evaluates the effects of Lexia[TM] Core5[TM] Reading (Core5) -- a product of Lexia Learning Systems -- on the reading achievement of students in grades 3-5 during the 2021-2022 academic year. Core5 is a program that focuses on various student literacy skills, such as fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension. This report represents the…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Reading Programs, Reading Improvement, Reading Achievement
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Germinaro, Kaleb; Dunn, Erin; Polk, Kayla D.; de Vries, Hannah G.; Daugherty, Devin; Jones, Janine – Journal of Experiential Education, 2022
Background: Outdoor education plays a significant role in social emotional development; however, research on the benefits of outdoor education has focused on white student populations. Purpose: This pilot-study examines social emotional learning (SEL) growth, measured by instructor ratings, across a multicultural group of students who participated…
Descriptors: Outdoor Education, Student Diversity, Social Emotional Learning, Grade 5
Caitlin Anna Dougherty – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This study is a language policy ethnography of the families of four Latina fifth-grade students at a TWBE elementary school as they transition to middle school. Parents and their children jointly acted as policy agents as they navigated the school district's open enrollment system and, through their choices, co-created policy. Situated within…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Language, Ethnography, Hispanic Americans
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Szczytko, Rachel; Stevenson, Kathryn Tate; Peterson, Markus Nils; Bondell, Howard – Journal of Environmental Education, 2020
Connection to nature (CTN) can help promote environmental engagement requisite for addressing extreme environmental challenges. Current generations, however, may be less connected to nature than previous ones. Spending time in nature can counter this disconnect, particularly among children. In relation to CTN, this study evaluates the relative…
Descriptors: Recreational Activities, Predictor Variables, Natural Resources, Social Environment
Howell, Emily Lynn – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship of the Leader in Me philosophy to students' equitable achievement in school, by measuring the academic achievement of third through fifth graders in suburban Missouri public schools. A secondary purpose of the study was to inform teachers and school leaders of effective strategies for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Equal Education, Program Effectiveness, Leadership
Christopher Cleveland; Ethan Scherer – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2024
A growing body of research shows that students benefit when they demographically match their teachers. However, little is known about how matching affects social-emotional development. We use student-fixed effects to exploit changes over time in the proportion of teachers within a school grade who demographically match a student to estimate…
Descriptors: Teacher Characteristics, Student Characteristics, Social Emotional Learning, Persistence
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Richardson, Sonyia; Hancock, Stephen – Education and Urban Society, 2023
Math programming that includes assessments to predict standardized mathematics scores can help evaluate student performance and growth during the academic year. ACALETICS® is a highly interactive, culturally inclusive mathematics program that utilizes posttests as continuous comprehensive assessments to evaluate student mathematical knowledge.…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Grade Prediction, Mathematics Achievement, Minority Group Students
Andrew Weaver – Grantee Submission, 2023
This study explores whether teacher reports of executive functions predict change in reading performance (i.e., reading development) for elementary-aged students when controlling for direct assessments of executive functions and for teacher reports of students' literacy skills. Prior research has raised problems with the construct validity of…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Reading Achievement, Reading Skills, Elementary School Students
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