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Seo, Sunmi; Yang, Joo Young; McDonald, Kristina L. – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2023
Many adolescents want to be popular. Popularity goals are associated with adolescents' relational and overt aggression and aggression has been linked to greater risk for victimization. The current study sought to examine if popularity goals may be linked to victimization through associations with aggression and if self-perceived popularity and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Grade 7, Grade 8, Junior High School Students
Tadlock, J. – Southern Regional Education Board (SREB), 2022
In this case study, learn how the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) partnered with 12 schools in Jefferson County, Alabama, to form networked improvement communities focused on promoting meaningful, sustainable change. Their goal was simple yet bold: Harness improvement science and continuous improvement strategies to accelerate eighth- and…
Descriptors: Grade 8, Grade 9, Blacks, African American Students
Dawn C. Mann – ProQuest LLC, 2020
The purpose of this quantitative study was to investigate the perceptions of the sixth, seventh, and eighth-grade teachers in Tuscaloosa City Schools about technology-enhanced practices and student engagement as a result of the "Digital Transformation Initiative." The Pre-service Teacher's Knowledge of Teaching and Technology TPACK…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Middle School Teachers, Grade 6, Grade 7
Office of English Language Acquisition, US Department of Education, 2021
The School Survey Dashboard provides insights into learning opportunities offered by schools during the COVID-19 pandemic. The survey collected data five times, once a month from January through May of 2021 and will contribute to the Institute of Education Sciences' response to the Executive Order on Supporting the Reopening and Continuing…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, COVID-19
Amrein-Beardsley, Audrey; Geiger, Tray; Winn, Kevin – Cogent Education, 2022
Researchers explored how 13 states in which policymakers have adopted an A-F school letter grade accountability system performed on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) post-policy implementation. Researchers found mixed results, with approximately half of these 13 states increasing achievement post-policy, and the other…
Descriptors: National Competency Tests, Mathematics Tests, Reading Tests, Mathematics Achievement
A Study of Teacher Perceptions on the Impact of Technology-Enhanced Practices and Student Engagement
Brandon O. Mann; Dawn C. Mann – ProQuest LLC, 2020
The purpose of this quantitative study was to investigate the perceptions of sixth, seventh, and eighth grade teachers in Tuscaloosa City Schools in relation to technology-enhanced practices and student engagement as a result of the "Digital Transformation Initiative". The Pre-service Teacher's Knowledge of Teaching and Technology TPACK…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8
Gokbel Elif N.; Alqurashi, Emtinan – International Journal of Technology in Education, 2018
Teacher professional development is considered as one of the key factors for improving the quality of teaching and learning. This study aimed to investigate teachers' participation in technology professional development across the states between 2005 and 2015. The present study explored the differences in students' mathematics achievement scores…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Mathematics Achievement, Teacher Competencies, Technological Literacy
Guo, Hongwen; Zhang, Mo; Deane, Paul; Bennett, Randy E. – Journal of Educational Data Mining, 2020
This study investigates the effects of a scenario-based assessment design on students' writing processes. An experimental data set consisting of four design conditions was used in which the number of scenarios (one or two) and the placement of the essay task with respect to the lead-in tasks (first vs. last) were varied. Students' writing…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Vignettes, Writing Processes, Learning Analytics
Zhang, Mo; van Rijn, Peter W.; Deane, Paul; Bennett, Randy E. – Educational Assessment, 2019
Writing from source text is critical for developing college-and-career readiness because it is required in advanced academic environments and many vocations. Scenario-based assessment (SBA) represents one approach to measuring this ability. In such assessment, the scenario presents an issue that the student is to read and write about. Before…
Descriptors: Writing Evaluation, Vignettes, Essays, Scores
Morgan, Paul L.; Woods, Adrienne D.; Wang, Yangyang; Hillemeier, Marianne M.; Farkas, George; Mitchell, Cynthia – Exceptional Children, 2020
Whether students of color are more or less likely to be identified as having disabilities than similarly situated students who are White in U.S. states with histories of de jure and de facto racial segregation is currently unknown. Unadjusted analyses of large samples of students attending elementary and middle schools in the U.S. South yielded…
Descriptors: Racial Segregation, Geographic Regions, Special Education, Minority Group Students
McCullough, Brittany Nicole – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Project-based learning (PBL) is an instructional method that has grown in popularity across all grade levels and subject areas, in both K-12 schools and higher education institutions. PBL embraces the integration of curriculum across subjects, the engagement of home and community in school learning, and the involvement of students in cooperative…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Student Projects, Mathematics Instruction, Evaluation Methods
Paradise, Shamarick Yvonne Jones – ProQuest LLC, 2016
The sample of this study consisted of 1,077 eighth grade students and 442 eighth grade teachers from nine states--Alabama, California, Connecticut, Colorado, Florida, Indiana, Massachusetts, Minnesota, and North Carolina during the TIMSS 2011 study. The instrument used to measure student and teacher self-efficacy, student task value, and teacher…
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, Middle School Mathematics, Middle School Students, Grade 8
Mudrich, Rachel Marie – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this research study was to determine if project-based learning activities (PBLA) incorporated into an eighth-grade mathematics classroom have an effect on students' academic achievement and motivation toward learning. The control group used the traditional instruction method to cover mathematic objective skills that are Common Core…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Student Projects, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Achievement
Harper, William A.; Ivankova, Nataliya V. – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2017
Principals are increasingly held accountable for school achievement. This paper reports the results of a mixed methods sequential Quan --> Qual research study to explore how middle school principals created a culture of academic optimism (AO) that promoted high student achievement (SA). Based on the analysis of AO scores from 26 schools, mostly…
Descriptors: Principals, Academic Achievement, Middle School Students, High Achievement
Southeast Comprehensive Center, 2018
The Alabama State Department of Education (ALSDE) was grappling with several issues including: (1) A respectable rate of growth in student achievement for both fourth- and eighth-grade math in the state of Alabama, as measured by the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), but below the national average; and (2) A growing concern about…
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, Grade 4, Grade 8, National Competency Tests