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Aimee Lintner – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2024
The purpose of the case study was to understand the use of technology, particularly AI, for public middle school teachers in Michigan for critical thinking and problem-solving skills among students. The theory that guided this study was the constructivist theory. The constructivist learning theory involves people learning from their experiences…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Artificial Intelligence, Middle School Students, Public Schools
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Choppin, Jeffrey; Roth McDuffie, Amy; Drake, Corey; Davis, Jon – Mathematical Thinking and Learning: An International Journal, 2022
We studied how the distal policy mechanisms of curricular aims and objectives articulated in official curriculum documents influenced classroom instruction, and the factors that were associated with the enactment of those curricular aims and objectives. The study was set in the U.S. context, where there is an ambitious effort to transform…
Descriptors: Instructional Materials, Common Core State Standards, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Curriculum
Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports, 2024
This demonstration brief provides teaching and learning stories from districts and schools implementing PBIS with an integrated systems focus and is organized across the following areas: (a) the context of the school/district, (b) the changes made in the systems, (c) the impact of the changes made in the systems, and (d) next steps to improve the…
Descriptors: Positive Behavior Supports, Multi Tiered Systems of Support, Low Income Students, Middle School Students
Madeline Mavrogordato; Peter Youngs; Morgaen L. Donaldson; Hana Kang; Shaun M. Dougherty – Educational Administration Quarterly, 2023
Purpose: This mixed-methods study examined the association between the degree to which principal evaluation systems include intrinsic and extrinsic sources of motivation and principals' perceptions of whether their district's evaluation system promotes leadership change and improvement. We also investigated how principals experience intrinsic…
Descriptors: Principals, Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Evaluation, Elementary Schools
Tara Kilbride; Abigail Girardot; Jesse Nagel – Education Policy Innovation Collaborative, 2022
The state of Michigan is increasing its commitment to deeper learning strategies to transform classroom instruction and learning through a competency-based approach to education. Competency-based education (CBE) is a school-based shift in teaching and learning designed to give students individualized support and opportunities to advance based on…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Program Implementation, Teacher Attitudes, Student Attitudes
Adrea J. Truckenmiller; Eunsoo Cho; Gary A. Troia – Grantee Submission, 2022
Although educators frequently use assessment to identify who needs supplemental instruction and if that instruction is working, there is a lack of research investigating assessment that informs what instruction students need. The purpose of the current study was to determine if a brief (approximately 20 min) task that reflects a common middle…
Descriptors: Middle School Teachers, Middle School Students, Test Validity, Writing (Composition)
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Dyann C. Logwood – Afterschool Matters, 2024
In the wake of current sociopolitical movements, research on the lives of Black girls and women is gaining momentum. However, studies providing Black girls space to voice their experiences within learning and afterschool environments remain a crucial--and often ignored--component of this conversation. This study had three primary objectives. The…
Descriptors: Mentors, African American Students, Females, Middle School Students
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Ben D. Kern; Wesley J. Wilson; Chad Killian; Hans van der Mars; Kelly Simonton; David Woo; Tristan Wallhead – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2025
Purpose: Our purpose was to gather and evaluate accurate, up-to-date information on physical education (PE) policy implementation across multiple U.S. states and regions. Methods: A U.S. Physical Education and Physical Activity Policy questionnaire was developed and completed by 4,845 public-school PE teachers from 25 U.S. states. The U.S.…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Physical Education, Public Schools, Regional Characteristics
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Nicole Russo-Ponsaran; Ashley Karls; Dennis Sotelo Martinez; Allison Wainer; Sandra Barrueco – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2023
Background: The number of English learner (EL) students has been steadily increasing within the United States and currently includes more than 5M students. The National Education Association (2020) estimated that by 2025, nearly 25% of all learners will be EL students. Curricula, interventions, and assessments for both diagnostic and academic…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, Community Involvement, Student Recruitment, Spanish
Williams, Mark Allen – ProQuest LLC, 2023
There is a problem in the state of Michigan's evaluation system regarding the training received by those conducting classroom teacher observations. A performance gap between teachers and students and provides training solutions for classroom observers was identified. The purpose of this basic qualitative study was to explore the perceptions of…
Descriptors: Observation, Administrators, Classroom Observation Techniques, Administrator Education
DeGrow, Ben; Klingler, Ronald – Mackinac Center for Public Policy, 2020
This publication marks the fourth edition of the Context and Performance (CAP) Report Card for Michigan elementary and middle schools, published every two years since 2013. The goal is to compare Michigan schools' relative performance by factoring in the role student poverty plays in affecting academic achievement. The CAP Report Card uses…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Middle School Students, Educational Quality, Public Schools
Anna Shapiro – Grantee Submission, 2022
There is growing evidence that school starting age impacts children's likelihood of receiving special education services, but less is known about variations in this effect. Using a regression discontinuity design, I found that the youngest students in a kindergarten cohort are 40% more likely (p < 0.001) to be placed in special education than…
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, School Entrance Age, Special Education, Age Differences
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Szafranski, Austin; Protacio, Selena – Kappa Delta Pi Record, 2023
The authors offer a creative solution to help engage and meet the needs unique to English learners during remote learning. Voice recorders are introduced as a low-tech, versatile, and valuable tool that can be used in a variety of ways both in and out of the classroom.
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Language Teachers, Distance Education
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Bouck, Emily C.; Park, Jiyoon; Bouck, Mary K.; Sprick, Jessica; Buckland, Angela – Preventing School Failure, 2019
Response to intervention (RtI) in secondary schools is a viable option for mathematics, but limited research exists. In the study, students who received just Tier 1 (i.e., general education mathematics class) and students who received both Tier 1 and Tier 2 (i.e., a math lab) completed a pretest and posttest of grade-level content. The results…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Middle School Mathematics, Mathematics Education, Response to Intervention
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Meina Zhu; Cheng Wang – International Journal of Computer Science Education in Schools, 2023
Given the increasing needs of employees with computational skills, understanding the core competencies of K-12 computer science (CS) education is vital. This phenomenological research aims to identify critical factors of CS education in K-12 schools from the perspectives and visions of CS faculties in higher education and teachers in K-12 schools.…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Elementary Secondary Education, Teacher Attitudes, Universities
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