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A Journey of Understanding: Empowering Teachers by Adjusting Professional Learning Design and Practices
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Sarah Baker-Cano – English in Texas, 2024
Professional learning should be designed in a way that is responsive to the needs of teachers and intentionally planned with adult learning principles in mind. This article outlines one practitioner's professional journey to redefine how professional learning is designed with best practices in adult learning in mind. Strategies utilized during…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Teacher Empowerment, Best Practices, Adult Learning
Exploring Corequisite Developmental Education Models in the Lone Star State: A Third Report on Student Success and Corequisite Coursework
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Toby J. Park-Gaghan; Christine Mokher; Taylor Burtch; Morgan Danyi – Grantee Submission, 2024
Florida State University researchers spent the last year collecting and analyzing data on corequisite developmental education (DE) models in Texas as part of a four-year study that received a $1.5M grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences. This study was proposed in response to Texas House Bill (HB) 2223, which…
Descriptors: Developmental Studies Programs, Remedial Instruction, Required Courses, Models
Impact of Online Learning and Students' Personal Factors on Students' NWEA Scores
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Sahin, Alpaslan; Coleman, Stephanie; Koyuncu, Aziz – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2022
This study examines the COVID-19 shift to online instruction and its impact on a charter school system (CSS) 3rd-10th grade students' academic achievement through the lens of noncognitive factors. We recruited 693 students and utilized qualitative and quantitative analyses. We found that students' NWEA math and ELA scores continued to increase…
Descriptors: Scores, Mathematics, English Instruction, Language Arts
Inquiry into the Efficacy of Interactive Word Walls with Older Adolescent Learners
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Vintinner, Jean Payne; Harmon, Janis; Wood, Karen; Stover, Katie – High School Journal, 2015
This study analyzed the perceptions of five high school English teachers of the efficacy of interactive word walls in high school classrooms. Through data collected during interviews and professional reflective journals, as well as the review of student artifacts, this article presents the themes that emerged from effective classroom teachers.…
Descriptors: Late Adolescents, High School Students, Secondary School Teachers, English Instruction
Developing Reading and Writing Skills of Learners' from Arabic-Speaking Backgrounds
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Fuqua, Jason – Canadian Journal of Action Research, 2015
The number of native Arabic-speaking students coming to America to study English in university programs has grown over the past few years, and continues to be substantial. It has also been noticed by the English Language Institute (ELI) at Sam Houston State University (SHSU) that these students often struggle more with reading activities in class,…
Descriptors: Writing Skills, Reading Skills, Semitic Languages, Arabs
Texas Junior High School Study: Teacher Self-Reports and Student Outcomes. Appendix A, Examples of Interview and Questionnaire.
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Evertson, Carolyn M.; And Others – 1980
The primary emphasis of the Texas Junior High School Study was the investigation of process-outcome relationships in 136 junior high school math and English classes. A total of 68 teachers were observed in nine junior high schools in a large urban school district. Teachers also responded to a questionnaire and an interview focusing on presage…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Observation Techniques, English Instruction, Interviews