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An Investigation of Teachers' Attitudes, Concerns and Self-Efficacy toward Inclusive Education in STEM Classrooms
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Kumar, Shiv – Online Submission, 2019
Research in this study examined the factors that affect teachers' attitudes, concerns, and self-efficacy toward inclusive education in the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) classrooms. The study was driven by the following overarching research question: Is there a significant correlation between teachers' attitudes and teachers'…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Self Efficacy, Inclusion, STEM Education
Is There an App for That?: Describing Smartphone Availability and Educational Technology Adoption Level of Louisiana School-Based Agricultural Educators
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Smith, H. Eric; Stair, Kristin S.; Blackburn, J. Joey; Easley, Madelyn – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2018
The purpose of this study was to describe smartphone availability and usage for teaching by agricultural educators in Louisiana. Further, this study sought to describe the level of educational technology adoption of these teachers. Data were collected at each Louisiana FFA Leadership Camp session during the summer of 2016. Teachers were asked to…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
Sustaining a Sense of Success: The Protective Role of Teacher Working Conditions during the COVID-19 Pandemic
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Kraft, Matthew A.; Simon, Nicole S.; Lyon, Melissa Arnold – Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2021
COVID-19 shuttered schools across the United States, upending traditional approaches to education. We examine teachers' experiences during emergency remote teaching in the spring of 2020 using responses to a working conditions survey from a sample of 7,841 teachers across 206 schools and 9 states. Teachers reported a range of challenges related to…
Descriptors: Teaching Conditions, COVID-19, Pandemics, Emergency Programs
The Revised School Culture Elements Questionnaire: Gender and Grade Level Invariant?
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DeVaney, Thomas A.; Adams, Nan B.; Hill-Winstead, Flo; Trahan, Mitzi P. – Research in the Schools, 2012
The purpose of this research was to examine the psychometric properties of the RSCEQ with respect to invariance across gender and grade level, using a sample of 901 teachers from 44 schools in southeast Louisiana. Reliability estimates were consistent with previous research and ranged from 0.81 to 0.90 on the actual and 0.83 to 0.92 on the…
Descriptors: Questionnaires, School Culture, Psychometrics, Test Reliability
An Evaluation of Louisiana's 1989-90 Model Career Options Program for Teachers.
Whelan, Carol Scott; Duncan, Billy – 1990
The Louisiana Model Career Options Program (MCOP) is intended to encourage eligible, experienced teachers to explore new avenues in education and gain additional pay while remaining in the classroom. This evaluation provides information to decision makers at the state and local levels to assist them in making judgments about the extent to which…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Career Development, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education
The Influence of High-Stakes Evaluation Conditions on Educators' Verifications of Assessment Indicators of Effective Teaching and Learning.
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Evans, Lynn; And Others – 1992
The System for Teaching and Learning Assessment and Review (STAR) is a comprehensive on-the-job teacher assessment system designed to collect information and make important decisions about the quality of effective teaching and student learning in classrooms within an interactive framework of professional development and support. The Louisiana STAR…
Descriptors: Administrators, Attitude Measures, Content Validity, Decision Making
"Expert" Verification of Classroom-Based Indicators of Teaching and Learning Effectiveness for Professional Renewable Certification.
Naik, Nitin S.; And Others – 1991
The results are provided of a statewide content verification survey of "expert" educators designed to verify indicators in the 1989-90 System for Teaching and Learning Assessment and Review (STAR) as reasonable expectations for beginning and/or experienced teachers (BETs) in Louisiana and as providing professional endorsement at the…
Descriptors: Administrators, Beginning Teachers, Classroom Observation Techniques, College Faculty