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Mattson-Gearhart, Jeanine – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The use of the cohorts in teacher education has steadily increased over the last decade. Research indicates both beneficial and negative aspects to this approach, with the field undecided. This study focuses on a Midwestern university's accelerated graduate program for special educators. The program uses a mixed cohort approach to model…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Graduate Study, Special Education Teachers, Cohort Analysis
Kingsborough, Joseph – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The landmark educational reform legislation known as the No Child Left Behind Act (2001) brought sweeping change to the educational establishment through clearly defined learning goals and equally clear consequences for poorly performing schools. The present study sought to determine the impact of a remediation program in mathematics at a suburban…
Descriptors: Remedial Instruction, High School Students, Grade 8, Mathematics Instruction
Plony, Doreen A. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this ex post facto study was to analyze archive data to investigate the effects of Read 180, a computer-based supplemental reading intervention, on students' academic achievement for the academic school year 2011-2012. Further analyses examined if influences existed in variables such as grade level, gender, and ethnicity of the…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation, Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains
Moore, Kenneth L. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this study was to determine if the use of the reading component of Ticket to Read®, a computer-based educational program, developed to improve hearing students' fluency could improve deaf students' fluency in order to improve comprehension. Fluency, the ability to read text accurately and automatically, forms a bridge from…
Descriptors: Deafness, Assistive Technology, Reading Achievement, Reading Improvement
Reynolds, Corey W. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The purpose of this inductive and quantitative research study is to examine the influence of dual language education upon the development of literacy skills in English proficient kindergarten through grade 2 students. Secondly, this research is purposed to aid in filling the void in the limited way in which educational researchers have examined…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Grade 1, Grade 2, Reading Skills
Boisvert, Michelle K. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
There is a national shortage of school-based Speech Language Pathologists (SLP). Schools located in rural and geographically remote areas are often impacted by the shortage, and as a result students with an autism spectrum disorder may not receive services that are mandated by their Individual Education Plan. This study examined the use of…
Descriptors: Investigations, Speech Language Pathology, Intervention, Autism