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Bloom, Lisa A.; Doss, Kristy K.; Sastre, Cameron; Martin, Todd H. – Gifted and Talented International, 2019
The purpose of this research was to determine the effects of explicit instructions on children's divergent and creative thinking. Fifty-two children were assigned to one of four groups. Two of the groups were presented a problem with a model and instructions for solving the problem first and then presented problems with no instructions/model. The…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Direct Instruction, Thinking Skills, Problem Solving
Courtland Dwayne Coffer – ProQuest LLC, 2020
The purpose of this qualitative transcendental phenomenological research was to describe the experiences of students of alternative North Carolina high schools as they transitioned from traditional conventional high schools to an exclusively online curriculum at alternative high schools and to understand the impact of that educational format on…
Descriptors: Student Experience, High School Graduates, Nontraditional Education, High Schools
Yetter, Dylan; Tripp, Simon – SNAP, 2020
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is a signature federal program that in FY2019 provided financial assistance to 35 million low-income Americans. SNAP is a focused program that increases food access, reduces hunger, and improves the nutrition and health of low-income American families. It is in the interest of the nation and…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Low Income Groups, Food, Nutrition
Jarvis, Nita M. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
The purpose of this program evaluation was to evaluate the Direct Instruction programs, Reading Mastery and Corrective Reading, from SRA McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, which were being used as a school-wide reading intervention. These programs were implemented at a small elementary school in the Piedmont area of North Carolina beginning in the…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Reading Programs, Direct Instruction, Teaching Methods