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H. Charles McPhee – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This qualitative descriptive study explored how general education K-6 teachers describe their ability to implement student Individualized Educational Plans (IEP) in their classrooms and the supports needed for effective implementation of IEPs in Ohio. Self-Efficacy has been defined as the confidence that an individual has in their ability to…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3
Nicholas E. Leeth – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Student mental health disorders have seen an uptick in prevalence in the United States within the past five years. The current study explores the idea of improving student mental resilience as a way to combat the rising percentages of students who suffer from mental disorders. The study uses a mixed-method design that quantitatively includes an…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 4, Grade 6, Depression (Psychology)
Ball, Jamie L. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Bullying prevention in schools has arguably met with limited success in the United States. Diversity negatively impacts the success of bullying prevention programs. Furthermore, researchers do not agree upon intervention timing and appropriate grade-level to implement bullying prevention and social-emotional learning and skill-building programs.…
Descriptors: Bullying, Prevention, Urban Schools, Elementary Schools
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Manouchehri, Azita; Yao, Xiangquan; Fleming, Ali; Gomez, Monelle – Athens Journal of Education, 2016
In this work we examined the content of approximately 950 mathematics questions used in measuring achievement among 4th, 5th and 6th graders in the US in an attempt to determine how the current standardized examinations, which were developed to reflect new national curricular mandates, compared to the old measures used for the same purpose. Using…
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Tests, Item Analysis
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Blank, Rolf K.; Smithson, John L. – Journal of Research in Education, 2014
The paper presents a model for addressing the critical question of opportunity to learn for students with disabilities. The model was tested through a two-year study with schools and teachers in three states. Opportunity to learn analysis is critical in this educational era of push toward access and inclusion. The study results indicate that…
Descriptors: Educational Opportunities, Disabilities, Alignment (Education), Common Core State Standards
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Franco, M. Suzanne; Seidel, Kent – Education and Urban Society, 2014
Value-added approaches for attributing student growth to teachers often use weighted estimates of building-level factors based on "typical" schools to represent a range of community, school, and other variables related to teacher and student work that are not easily measured directly. This study examines whether such estimates are likely…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Academic Achievement, Models, Computation
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Abraham, Michelle M.; Kerns, Kathryn A. – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2013
This study examined whether emotions and coping explain (mediate) the association between mother-child attachment and peer relationships. Attachment, positive and negative emotion experience, coping, and peer relationships were examined in 106 fourth-grade through sixth-grade girls attending a 6-day residential camp. Attachment, experience of…
Descriptors: Emotional Response, Coping, Parent Child Relationship, Attachment Behavior
Wagner, Barbara Gail Allen – ProQuest LLC, 2012
One of the educational reform methods sanctioned under No Child Left Behind legislation is the development of charter schools (King, 2007). While many studies have focused on comparing the student academic achievement rates of charter schools to traditional public schools, little empirical research exists comparing student academic achievement…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Comparative Education, Comparative Analysis, School Effectiveness
Schmidbauer, Hollace J. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
In the late 1990s, teachers in five pilot districts in Ohio were trained during the Baldrige in Education Initiative (BiE IN). Training included Baldrige's theory, quality process and quality tools. The study was a follow-up to determine the effect of the use of the Ohio Baldrige Initiative training in the pilot districts (and other early…
Descriptors: Research Design, Grades (Scholastic), Total Quality Management, Achievement Tests
HORN, R.A. – 1962
DURING A WORKSHOP HELD TO IMPROVE PRIMARY AND INTERMEDIATE ARITHMETIC PROGRAMS FOR THE ACADEMICALLY GIFTED CHILDREN IN THE CINCINNATI SCHOOLS, THE TEACHER PARTICIPANTS DEVELOPED A SERIES OF IDEAS AND EXERCISES. THE MATERIAL IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE CHALLENGING ENRICHMENT EXPERIENCES FOR MANY CHILDREN AND TO BE OF HELP TO ADMINISTRATORS AND TEACHERS…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Enrichment, Gifted, Grade 4
MANDLE, WILLIAM DEE – 1967
THE PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY WAS TO INITIATE A PROGRAM FOR TEACHING MUSIC READING SKILLS, USING THE PIANO KEYBOARD IN COMBINATION WITH PROGRAMED LEARNING, AND TO COMPARE IT WITH CONVENTIONAL METHODS OF MUSIC INSTRUCTION. FOURTH, FIFTH, AND SIXTH GRADERS AT ONE CLEVELAND PUBLIC SCHOOL COMPRISED THE CONTROL GROUP RECEIVING CONVENTIONAL MUSIC READING…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Conventional Instruction, Experiments, Grade 4
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Roby, Douglas E. – Educational Research Quarterly, 2004
The research and analysis completed for this study focuses on one variable and its relationship to student achievement: school wide student attendance. It is a variable that is often overlooked or taken for granted as an interesting but meaningless statistic, however, the positive impact of good school attendance on academic achievement may be…
Descriptors: Attendance Patterns, Achievement Tests, Academic Achievement, Urban Schools
Warren City Schools, OH. – 1973
The career education curriculum guide, contrary to its title, encompasses grades 3-6; other grade levels will be treated in forthcoming guides. Material in the guide is divided into two levels: grades 3-4 and grades 5-6. Five concepts underlying the guide's structure are: the self and environment; education and training; economics; employment and…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Career Awareness, Career Development, Career Education