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Nye, Susan B. – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2008
Seeking help with academic tasks has been regarded as an important strategy to enhance student learning (Newman, 1994; Ryan, Gheen, & Midgley, 1998; Zimmerman & Martinez-Pons, 1986). Seeking help is conceptualized as student-initiated efforts to secure task information or solicit advice when a deficiency in their understanding of the content…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Research Design, Physical Education, Qualitative Research
Hodges, Kimberly – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this dissertation study was to determine if a relationship existed between problem-based learning (PBL) content acquisition and academic achievement on teacher-made tests in Career and Technical Education (CTE) courses at the middle school level. The study sample consisted of 20 seventh-grade students enrolled in a CTE keyboarding…
Descriptors: Standardized Tests, Problem Based Learning, Pretests Posttests, Test Theory
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Stout, William – Journal of Educational Measurement, 2007
This article summarizes the continuous latent trait IRT approach to skills diagnosis as particularized by a representative variety of continuous latent trait models using item response functions (IRFs). First, several basic IRT-based continuous latent trait approaches are presented in some detail. Then a brief summary of estimation, model…
Descriptors: Identification, Item Response Theory, Scoring, Middle Schools
Kamal, Abdulrahman – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this study was to investigate teacher practices of enabling factors in the implementation of technology-assisted PBL, in Tatweer schools in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. This study also explored how the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) National Education Technology Standards for Teachers (NETS.T) were used in Tatweer…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Technology Uses in Education, Active Learning, Student Projects
Brown, Kimberly Jonetta – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this study was to explore the factors that have influenced the literacy success of the Knowledge is Power Program (KIPP) students in the low-income, poverty stricken Delta Region of a mid-south state. The study examined the progress made since the implementation of the KIPP Program and the influence the program has made upon student…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Academic Achievement, Student Improvement, Reading Achievement
Duffy, Mark; Park, Elizabeth – Research for Action, 2012
To support the implementation of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS), the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation invested in the development and dissemination of two tools aimed at operationalizing classroom instruction based on the standards: (1) the Literacy Design Collaborative (LDC)'s Framework; and (2) the Math Design Collaborative (MDC)'s…
Descriptors: State Standards, Core Curriculum, Curriculum Implementation, Literacy
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Guzey, S. Selcen; Roehrig, Gillian H. – Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education (CITE Journal), 2012
The integration of technology in teaching is still challenging for most teachers, even though there has been a historical growth of Internet access and available educational technology tools in schools. Teachers have not incorporated technology into their teaching for various reasons, such as lack of knowledge of technology, time, and support. In…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Internet, Science Instruction, Technology Integration
Devlin, James M.; Seidel, Steven – Online Submission, 2009
The content of violence within media has significantly increased over the years and has been approached using a diverse empirical research representation. Within these empirical attempts, the area of music violence has only been approached through the utilization of randomized experiments and thereby presses the need to explore the alternative…
Descriptors: Music, Aggression, Middle School Students, Early Adolescents
Alonzo, Julie; Anderson, Daniel; Tindal, Gerald – Behavioral Research and Teaching, 2009
We present scaling outcomes for mathematics assessments used in the fall to screen students at risk of failing to learn the knowledge and skills described in the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) Focal Point Standards. At each grade level, the assessment consisted of a 48-item test with three 16-item sub-test sets aligned to the…
Descriptors: At Risk Students, Mathematics Teachers, National Standards, Item Response Theory
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Musco, Ann Marie – Contributions to Music Education, 2009
This study examined the effects of playing by ear in selected keys on the abilities of musicians (N = 28) to play by ear and sight-read in those keys. Middle school band students in the experimental group learned melodies by ear in one familiar and two unfamiliar keys, and did no music reading in the new keys, while students in the contact-control…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Student Attitudes, Music Reading
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Goldston, M. Jenice; Nichols, Sharon – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2009
This study situated in a Southern resegregated Black middle school involved four Black teachers and two White science educators' use of photonarratives to envision culturally relevant science pedagogy. Two questions guided the study: (1) What community referents are important for conceptualizing culturally relevant practices in Black science…
Descriptors: Critical Theory, Oral Tradition, Middle School Teachers, Teaching Methods
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Saderholm, Jon; Ronau, Robert; Brown, E. Todd; Collins, Gary – School Science and Mathematics, 2010
The Diagnostic Teacher Assessment in Mathematics and Science (DTAMS) was developed to measure the content knowledge and pedagogical content knowledge of middle-school teachers. Its reliability and validity were initially established by reviewing national standards for content and use of expert question writing teams and reviewers. DTAMS was…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Mathematics Achievement, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Item Response Theory
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Alliman-Brissett, Annette E.; Turner, Sherri L. – Journal of Black Psychology, 2010
Using an extended model of social cognitive career theory, this study investigated ways in which African American middle school adolescents perceive racism and the associations among various aspects of perceptions of racism, other background factors, and math-based career interests, efficacy, and outcome expectations. Results indicated that…
Descriptors: Science Interests, Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Family Influence
Witt, David J. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This case study analyzed interview data for the perceived support of professional development provided to new science teachers by a large suburban school district. Twelve new middle school teachers and 5 administrators were interviewed. Findings suggested the most useful adult learning occurred in the learning communities model of professional…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Learning Theories, Suburban Schools, Teacher Collaboration
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Sheehy, Margaret – Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 2009
This research examines whether non-school literacies can be used to teach school content. Debates around this question have hinged on two arguments: (1) that the structure of school literacy is not compatible with the structure of non-school literacies and (2) that literacies are so hybrid that their use across different domains is not an issue.…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Learning Strategies, Educational Practices, Literacy
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