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Sheets, DeAnna J. – ProQuest LLC, 2022
In response to legislation from the federal government and the rising number of ELs in public schools many school districts are searching for ways to ensure ELs are making adequate progress on English proficiency. The problem is defining the best method for teaching ELs in the mainstream classroom is difficult. The current gap in educational…
Descriptors: Andragogy, English Language Learners, Grounded Theory, Language Teachers
Melissa Ottenbacher – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Educational research has been around for over one hundred years and has faced periods of optimism, pessimism, and skepticism. Currently, there is a plethora of educational research available for teachers and districts to use. However, there is a research-practice gap. This gap refers to the amount of research available and educators using the…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3
Rosa del Carmen Chavez – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Research on mathematics classroom learning opportunities shows that student's experiences with mathematics affects not only what they learn, but also how they view themselves as learners and doers of mathematics (Boaler, 1997, 2016; Jackson, 2009; Langer-Osuna, 2016). High-stakes testing policies have implications for the kinds of mathematics…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Grade 3, Grade 4, Mathematics Education
Mary Elizabeth Pettit – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The ongoing cycle of educational reform in America has led policymakers and educational leaders to prioritize test-based results and de-prioritize noncognitive skills, equitable outcomes, and crucial socio-emotional aspects of schooling (Lynch et al., 2009). Despite the equitable goals outlined in previous education policy reforms, intended…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Leaders, Attitudes, Elementary Education
Chavez, Kathryn J. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
This study investigated two questions: a) What is the relationship between reflection and professional development? and b) What is the role of reflection in teachers' instructional decision-making? Teachers are often conflicted by competing theories (e.g. behaviorist vs. constructivist) and principles (progressives vs. essentialists) at both…
Descriptors: Reflection, Faculty Development, Decision Making, Conflict
Leondus Farrow Jr. – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Regardless of the school community or type of school in the United States, Black students are disproportionately excluded from school at a higher rate than any other student group. These discipline practices are a matter of race that negatively impact educational outcomes for Black students and have a direct correlation with their involvement in…
Descriptors: African American Students, Racism, Social Justice, Discipline
James Lamar Foster – ProQuest LLC, 2022
A growing number of schools are adopting social-emotional learning (SEL) programs to address students' social, emotional, and academic needs. The proliferation of school-based SEL programs has spurred more research to investigate the ways in which educators enact SEL in schools. However, very few studies have considered the role school leaders…
Descriptors: Social Emotional Learning, Program Implementation, Instructional Leadership, School Administration
Davis, Amy P. – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Character education, an educational construct which emphasizes educational strategies and targets the specific moral development needs of children (Berkowitz & Bier, 2007), is often taught in the school setting through direct instruction by the school counselor using simple tools such as books and movies. However, there is absence of…
Descriptors: Films, Counseling Techniques, Bibliotherapy, Values Education
Weimer, Sarah – ProQuest LLC, 2019
This concurrent multi-phase mixed methods study investigated whether indicators of Social Cognitive Theory could be observed in Grades 3-5 classrooms and if these indicators could be used to describe teacher effectiveness in high poverty schools. The conceptual framework drew upon Bandura's (1997) measurement of the individual self-efficacy of…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Student Behavior, Teacher Effectiveness, Grade 3
Jane Mwihaki Mburu – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Public schools in the United States are becoming increasingly diverse with students from differing racial, ethnic, cultural, linguistic and socioeconomic backgrounds bringing to the classrooms varied expectations, experiences, and ways of knowing (Woodward, 2018). While the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES, 2018) projects that the…
Descriptors: Theory Practice Relationship, Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Culturally Relevant Education
Pesarchick, Melanie R. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
This study explored the use of critical literacy practices employed by five third-grade teachers during their shared reading instruction. These individuals worked within a community of elementary classrooms. The purpose of the research study was to understand what critical literacy practices looked like as teachers learned about and then refined…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Grade 3, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary School Students
Tsiokos, Robyn – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Carol Dweck's Mindset Theory suggests that a teacher who has a growth mindset believes that a student's basic qualities are things you can cultivate through effort. Dweck's theory explains that by applying a growth mindset towards children, they begin to change the way they take on challenges in their education (Dweck, 2006). One way that…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Theories, World Views, Suburban Schools
Sierra, Kimberly Eudora – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The purpose of this quantitative causal comparative study was to examine to what extent if any, there was a difference in academic and recreational reading motivation and reading achievement between third grade students who participated in the Accelerated Reading curriculum (AR) (reading software management system), as defined in definitions and…
Descriptors: Acceleration (Education), Recreational Reading, Grade 3, Elementary School Students
Anderson, Elizabeth – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Student engagement has been shown to be essential to the development of research-based best practices for K-12 education. It has been defined and measured in numerous ways. The purpose of this research study was to develop a measure of online student engagement for grades 3 through 8 using a partial credit Rasch model and validate the measure…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Online Courses, Electronic Learning, Student Behavior
Carter, Bridget C. – ProQuest LLC, 2019
The purpose of this quantitative study was to examine the relationship of language proficiency (WIDA) on the performance of third, fourth, and fifth grade English language learners who were administered the Virginia Standards of Learning (SOL) assessments during the 2017-2018 assessment year. The Virginia Standards of Learning (SOL) reading and…
Descriptors: Language Proficiency, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, State Standards
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