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Abendroth, Dorinda – Online Submission, 2012
Can increasing student perception and engagement though alternative teaching methods, such as introducing math in an everyday context improve student test scores? Literature on this subject suggests improving student engagement and introduction of math in everyday applications can improve student comprehension. This study looks at a second grade…
Descriptors: Student Improvement, Report Cards, Learner Engagement, Educational Assessment
Rowe, Sarah Stebbe – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Many schools are adopting a Response to Intervention (RTI) model to support and evaluate learning (Fuchs & Fuchs, 2006). Universal screening and progress monitoring are two essential components of RTI that generally support improved student outcomes (Shinn, 2007). In many schools, teachers collect and use a tool called oral reading fluency for…
Descriptors: Response to Intervention, Teacher Attitudes, Reading Fluency, Oral Reading
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Berebitsky, Dan; Goddard, Roger D.; Carlisle, Joanne F. – Teachers College Record, 2014
Background/Context: Little research has directly examined whether principal leadership can increase the degree to which teachers work together regularly in focused ways around content. Prior research has shown that reform efforts seeking to alter the process of teaching can be successful if teachers collaborate to build capacity and improve…
Descriptors: Teacher Administrator Relationship, Instructional Leadership, Teacher Collaboration, Capacity Building
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Carlisle, Joanne F.; Kelcey, Ben; Rowan, Brian; Phelps, Geoffrey – Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2011
This study developed a new survey of teachers' knowledge about early reading and examined the effects of teachers' knowledge on students' reading achievement in Grades 1 to 3 in a large sample of Michigan schools. Using statistical models that controlled for teachers' personal and professional characteristics, students' prior reading achievement,…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Early Reading, Reading Achievement, Statistical Analysis
Carlisle, Joanne F.; Kelcey, Ben; Rowan, Brian; Phelps, Geoffrey – Online Submission, 2011
This study developed a new survey of teachers' knowledge about early reading and examined the effects of teachers' knowledge on students' reading achievement in Grades 1 to 3 in a large sample of Michigan schools. Using statistical models that controlled for teachers' personal and professional characteristics, students' prior reading achievement,…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Teaching Methods, Statistical Analysis, Reading Comprehension
Phelps, Geoffrey; Johnson, David; Carlisle, Joanne – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2009
The research reported in this paper is focused directly on assessing the validity of the "Teaching Knowledge about Reading and Reading Practices" (TKRRP) assessment. Following the recommendations of the Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing (APA/AERA, 1999), the authors see validation as a process of constructing an…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Grounded Theory, Teacher Characteristics, Knowledge Level