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Using Professional Learning to Develop a Standards-Aligned Curriculum at Saint Edmond's Academy
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Steven Keyser Skolfield – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Saint Edmond's Academy is a small, independent, Catholic school in Wilmington, Delaware. Students in Grades 4 to 7 are falling below their peers in other independent schools on standardized tests in mathematics, specifically the Educational Advisory Company Comprehensive Testing Program assessment. Within the scope of this work, my goal was to…
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Private Schools, Small Schools, Grade 4
What Influences Whether the Social Studies Are Taught in Elementary Schools? A Mixed-Methods Study Investigating the Instructional Time for and the Impact of Educational Reform on Social Studies Instruction
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ProQuest LLC, 2016
This mixed-methods study was designed to understand the perceptions of K-5 elementary educators in regard to social studies, methods of instruction, and the amount of instructional time spent on social studies in relation to other core subjects. The descriptive study utilized a cross-sectional survey design to understand the perceptions of 153 K-5…
Descriptors: Influences, Social Studies, Elementary School Students, Time Factors (Learning)
Investigating a Developmentally Focused Youth Sports Program for Girls in Elementary Grades
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Feathers, Rebecca Zarzycki – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this study was to identify the impact the Girls on the Run (GOTR) program had on the New Castle County, Delaware, third, fourth, and fifth grade girls who participated in the spring 2011 season. Specifically, this study examined short-term changes in the participants as they related to self-esteem, body image, physical activity…
Descriptors: Females, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5
An Analysis of the Statistical Differences between Student Writing Scores for Students of Delaware Writing Project Partnership Teachers and Students of Teachers Not Participating in the Delaware Writing Project Partnership
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Lazar, Carolyn – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of the study was to discover if there exists a statistically significant difference in DSTP student writing scores from spring 2007 third grade to spring 2007 fifth grade student writing scores for students of Delaware Writing Project (DWP) Partnership teachers and students in classrooms with teachers not participating in the DWP…
Descriptors: Classrooms, Grade 5, Grade 3, Professional Development