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Gabrielle S. Jones – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Mobile and other internet-connected devices infiltrate society, including K-12 classrooms. A large body of research indicated that these devices might distract students; however, other studies have revealed many benefits when the devices are used for educational purposes. This study aimed to examine the relationships between the use of mobile…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Telecommunications, Technology Uses in Education, Performance
Griffin, Jacqueline Laverne Meeks – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Many students in third, fourth and fifth grades struggle at the lowest levels of reading proficiency. In fact, fewer than 40% of fourth graders in the United States read at or above the "proficient" level on state standardized tests in 2009 (D'Ardenne, Barnes, Hightower, Lamason, Mason, Patterson, Stephens, Wilson, Smith & Erickson,…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Remedial Reading, Reading Tests, Scores
Williams-Wright, Vera – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this research study was two-fold. The first purpose was to investigate the impact of looping on academic achievement of students in selected public schools in Mississippi. The students' results on the 2010 and 2011 Mississippi Curriculum Test, Second Edition (MCT2) were used to determine whether looping students score differently in…
Descriptors: Public School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Looping (Teachers), Academic Achievement
Mississippi State Dept. of Education, Jackson. – 1975
Phase III of a five-phase project which has implications for the improvement of instructional programs in Mississippi's elementary and secondary schools is described. In phase III, specifically stated objectives or competencies in language arts, designed to accomplish the educational objectives stated in phase II, are cataloged. Fourteen sections…
Descriptors: Course Objectives, Creative Writing, Curriculum Development, Educational Objectives