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Carrie Emerick – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This study sought to find if the implementation of the strategy of goal setting and reflective portfolios would improve reading comprehension among long-term English learners (LTELs), which in turn would impact their FastBridge aReading scores. LTELs have difficulty reclassifying, resulting in negative outcomes regarding graduation rates and…
Descriptors: Reading Skills, English Language Learners, Reflection, Goal Orientation
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Rosenheck, Louisa; Lin, Grace C.; Nigam, Rashi; Nori, Prasanth; Kim, Yoon Jeon – Information and Learning Sciences, 2021
Purpose: When using embedded, student-centered assessment tools for maker education, understanding the characteristics of a body of evidence can help teachers guide the assessment process. This study aims to examine assessment artifacts from a makerspace program and present a set of qualities that emerged, which researchers and maker educators can…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Learning Processes, Evidence
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Prichard, Stephanie – Journal of Research in Music Education, 2021
The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of music practice instruction on middle school band students' ability to articulate and incorporate practice strategies. Participants were middle school band students at a large suburban middle school (N = 105). Using a pretest-posttest quasi-experimental design, participants were divided…
Descriptors: Music Education, Music Activities, Teaching Methods, Middle School Students
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Ritchhart, Ron; Turner, Terri; Hadar, Linor – Metacognition and Learning, 2009
A method for uncovering students' thinking about thinking, specifically their meta-strategic knowledge, is explored within the context of an ongoing, multi-year intervention designed to promote the development of students' thinking dispositions. The development of a concept-map instrument that classroom teachers can use and an analytic framework…
Descriptors: Concept Mapping, Concept Formation, Student Attitudes, Metacognition