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Leadership and Organizational Practices to Support Upper Elementary Student Proficiency in Mathematics
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Jermaine D. Dickerson Sr. – ProQuest LLC, 2024
A Title I elementary school in New York City faced a challenge in supporting students in Grade 3 to Grade 5 who did not meet state proficiency standards in mathematics. The student body of approximately 300 was 80% Black and Brown students, with 40% of students identified as English language learners or students with disabilities. The assistant…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Schools, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5
Teaching Vocabulary and Morphology in Intermediate Grades
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Palumbo, Anthony; Kramer-Vida, Louisa; Hunt, Carolyn V. – Preventing School Failure, 2015
Direct vocabulary instruction of Tier 2 and Tier 3 words in intermediate-grade curricula is an important tool of literacy instruction because English is a language grafted from many roots and has not developed a one-to-one phoneme-grapheme correspondence. In addition to knowing graphemes and phonemes, students must formally learn words that cross…
Descriptors: Morphology (Languages), Vocabulary, Intermediate Grades, Word Recognition
Promoting Mathematical Argumentation
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Rumsey, Chepina; Langrall, Cynthia W. – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2016
The Standards for Mathematical Practice (SMP) in the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics (CCSSM) (CCSSI 2010) highlight the mathematical habits that educators should be fostering in mathematics classrooms throughout K-grade 12 education. That argumentation and discourse are important components of developing mathematically proficient…
Descriptors: Mathematics, National Competency Tests, Mathematics Tests, Academic Standards
Examining Predictive Validity and Rates of Growth in Curriculum-Based Measurement with English Language Learners in the Intermediate Grades
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Farmer, Ella – ProQuest LLC, 2013
In the current educational climate, school districts and states are being held accountable for the progress of all students. Students who speak another language at home and have limited English proficiency, known as English Language Learners (ELLs), continue to underperform when compared to English proficient peers. The purpose of the study was to…
Descriptors: Predictive Validity, English Language Learners, Language Proficiency, Hierarchical Linear Modeling
A Comparison of Teacher Classroom Management Practices and Presage Variables on High and Low Performing Elementary Schools
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Kinloch, Karen Elizabeth – ProQuest LLC, 2013
According to an extensive review of the literature, effective instructional delivery and "classroom management" practices are critical factors to elevate student achievement (Shindler, Jones, Williams, Taylor, & Cadenas, 2012). The purpose of this study was to analyze a comparison of classroom management practices on student…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Comparative Analysis, Predictor Variables, Elementary Schools
The Texas Professional Development and Appraisal System: Links to Student Achievement
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Pate, Glynna Y. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The following study investigated the relationship between teacher effectiveness, as defined by the teacher's proficiency score on Domain VIII of the Texas Professional Development and Appraisal System (PDAS), and student achievement on the fourth- and fifth-grade Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) reading and mathematics tests. This…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Academic Achievement, Mathematics Tests, Predictor Variables
Filling the Potholes in the Road to Inclusion: Successful Research-Based Strategies for Intermediate and Middle School Students with Mild Disabilities
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Bucalos, Anne B.; Lingo, Amy S. – TEACHING Exceptional Children Plus, 2005
Teachers have sought appropriate strategies to ensure that students with disabilities receive the support they need within the general education classroom (Klingner, Vaughn, Hughes, Schumm, & Elbaum, 1998). Paving the road to inclusion with successful academic experiences for students with mild disabilities has been especially challenging in the…
Descriptors: Mild Disabilities, Educational Strategies, Cooperative Learning, Peer Teaching