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Sweet, Kayla – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The No Child Left Behind Act, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, and the Race to the Top Initiative increased pressure to support academically below grade level students. Schools with large academically below grade-level students often have large Response to Intervention (RTI) groups. Large group sizes present challenges for high-quality…
Descriptors: Response to Intervention, Flipped Classroom, Grade 6, Mathematics Achievement
Milan Johnson – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The purpose of this quantitative ex post facto study was to determine if, and to what extent, differences existed in pre-and-post math scores following the VMath intervention for Title I 6th, 7th, and 8th graders in the Southwestern United States. Three research questions guided this study: (1) is there a statistically significant difference in…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Mathematics, Scores, Intervention
Tim Delphine; Glenn Auld; Julianne Lynch; Joanne O'Mara – English in Education, 2024
This article examines and critiques gap-based education policies that are based on statistical and reductive conceptualisations of success for First Nations students in Australia. The policy desire to achieve social justice underpinned by parity of outcomes across a range of life indicators (including standardised English literacy) between First…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Indigenous Populations, Educational Policy, Achievement Gap
Angula Marie Davis – ProQuest LLC, 2024
African American males often struggle with reading motivation and reading achievement. The problem addressed in this research study was that low reading motivation in African American males is associated with low scoring on standardized and summative reading assessments. The purpose of this qualitative case study was to explore the reading…
Descriptors: African American Students, African American Teachers, Reading Achievement, Student Motivation
Engagement and Science Achievement in the Context of Integrated STEM Education: A Longitudinal Study
Guzey, S. Selcen; Li, Weiling – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2023
A growing number of studies have shown the benefits of K-12 integrated science and engineering education. With this study, we add to the literature by documenting the relationship between STEM learning and engagement, and the demographic characteristics that impact achievement in STEM. This longitudinal study followed a diverse group of 245 middle…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8
Chunhan Huang; Junyun Shi; Xiaodong Zeng – SAGE Open, 2023
Gender disparity in education is a perpetually compelling issue. It is especially attention-grabbing in economically disadvantaged areas, as it may reinforce backwardness on top of economic vulnerability. Underpinned by the self-determination theory, this study examined the underlying mechanisms that gave rise to gender differences in the academic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Grade 4, Grade 6
Chi-Jen Lin; Husni Mubarok – Interactive Learning Environments, 2024
Fostering young learners' computational thinking in AI-based robots is a crucial issue in educational settings. However, there was the complexity of technology in supporting learning activities and the gender gap issue, so an appropriate strategy is needed to guide students to achieve the learning goals. In this study, an AI (Artificial…
Descriptors: Computation, Thinking Skills, Blended Learning, Artificial Intelligence
Karen Ramlackhan; Yan Wang – Urban Education, 2024
We used the Stanford education data archive (SEDA) data to examine the heterogeneity among urban school districts in the United States. The SEDA 2.1 includes data sets on students' mathematics (Math) and English language arts (ELA) achievement from 2008 to 2014 at the district level. Growth mixture modeling was used to uncover the underlying…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Academic Achievement, Mathematics Education, English Curriculum
Max Nachbauer – Online Submission, 2024
The current study evaluates effects of teaching factors and extended day programs regarding both average achievement and socioeconomic achievement gaps. Analyses are based on data from the National Educational Panel Study in Germany. The sample comprises 1523 students in 120 classes in 71 secondary schools. The investigation period covers fifth…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Middle School Students, Grade 5
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
Christopher Dignam; James A. Gates; Matthew A. Cooney – International Journal of Educational Leadership Preparation, 2024
Public school board members are charged with the responsibility and accountability to provide governance-level advocacy for equity and excellence in public education. This qualitative study examined the perceptions of school board members in three K--8 school districts in the midwestern part of the United States regarding the 50+ year Race-Based…
Descriptors: Governance, School Districts, Educational Administration, Leadership
Sumida, Sugata; Kawata, Keisuke – South African Journal of Education, 2021
The learning gap between urban and rural areas is a persistent problem in many sub-Saharan African countries. Previous studies have found that the urban-rural learning gap is attributed to the fact that student characteristics and school resources are different in urban and rural areas. Our study updates this finding by using the latest dataset…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Reading Achievement, Rural Urban Differences, Student Characteristics
Kyei, Pearl – Africa Education Review, 2021
Sub-Saharan African countries have made remarkable strides in closing the gender gap in primary enrolment and more girls than ever are attending school. With the existing gender differentials in youth literacy rates, an important question is whether they are learning as well as their male classmates. This article explored factors that contribute…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Reading Achievement, Reading Skills, Grade 6
Coleman, Amanda Elise – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This study examined the impact of knowledge-building curricula on raising reading achievement for students from high-poverty backgrounds. The overall purpose of the study was to contribute to our understanding of curricula that may be effective in closing achievement gaps for students from lower socioeconomic backgrounds compared to…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Reading Instruction, Poverty, Achievement Gap
Melitina Hernandez – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Research, conducted universally over two decades, suggests there is a significant disproportionality of achievement of housing displaced and highly mobile students (HDHM) compared to students who are in stable housing. HDHM students not only present with learning gaps but exhibit greater challenges in math. The purpose of this critical case study…
Descriptors: Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7