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Alicia Schroeder-Schock – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This action research study in a North Dakota public school addresses the need for effective professional development (PD) to enhance instruction and academic outcomes for mathematically promising learners. Despite annual PD investments, concerns persist regarding the limited efficacy of short-term workshops (Knight & Skrtic, 2021; Kraft et…
Descriptors: Coaching (Performance), Grade 1, Elementary School Teachers, Individualized Instruction
Arren Duggan – ProQuest LLC, 2021
This dissertation showcases collective sensemaking in action. The study was situated in a larger North Carolina project, in which educators took a systems approach to update the state's instructional guidance infrastructure during content standards reform. Specifically, I investigated how K-5 educators from multiple stakeholder groups--teachers,…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Mathematics Curriculum, Elementary Education, Grade 3
Christy Sutton – ProQuest LLC, 2024
As the popularity of growth and fixed mindset in education grows, there is an increasing need to investigate how mindset is actually portrayed in the classroom, especially from the students' perspectives. This dissertation proposal aims to build upon the research conducted in the previous phase of the study. The research component study revealed a…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Poverty Areas, Disadvantaged Environment, Public Schools
Lopuch, Jeremy Jon – ProQuest LLC, 2016
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of diagnostic formative assessment feedback on early literacy skills. The participants were 12 first-grade general education teachers and 51 of their students who were assigned to the following treatments, diagnostic feedback and skills feedback (control) which lasted for 10 weeks. During the…
Descriptors: Progress Monitoring, Feedback (Response), Emergent Literacy, Academic Achievement
Swanson, Chad C. – ProQuest LLC, 2014
Early literacy and reading skills are both important predictors of an individual's future success in school and employment settings (Moats, 1999). Moreover, poor reading performance in elementary school has been associated with future conduct problems and juvenile delinquency by age fifteen (Williams, 1994). Research supports the notion that…
Descriptors: Phonics, Curriculum Based Assessment, Reliability, Validity