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Shields-Lysiak, Lauren K.; Boyd, Maureen P.; Iorio, John P., Jr.; Vasquez, Christopher R. – Iranian Journal of Language Teaching Research, 2020
In classrooms, the act of saying hello - the ritual of shaking hands or hugging, and taking the time to exchange information -- can enact relational values of "We"-ness, of belonging. In this paper we highlight how one second grade teacher's personalized and consistent use of greetings, and apprenticeship of students into how to greet…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Language Usage, Grade 2, Elementary School Students
Odipo, Kelley E. – ProQuest LLC, 2019
This study represents findings of a case study focused on the connections between balanced literacy and the reading development of African American students in first and second grade. Utilizing a conceptual framework of culturally relevant pedagogy, this study investigated: (a) the ways in which teachers understood and implemented balanced…
Descriptors: African American Students, Sense of Community, Culturally Relevant Education, Teaching Methods
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Lewis, Stephen T.; Chao, Theodore; Battista, Michael – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2017
We report on the development and evaluation of MathVision, a mobile-application designed to develop Virtual Professional Learning Communities through asynchronous discussion about 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students' mathematical thinking. MathVision allows teachers to upload videos of problems solving sessions using Cognition Based Assessment…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Handheld Devices, Computer Oriented Programs, Mathematics Teachers
Intrator, Sam; Park, Soyoung; Lit, Ira – Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education, 2015
This case study is one of five publications from the larger study, "Teaching for a Changing World: The Graduates of Bank Street College of Education." Established in 1989, Midtown West is a New York City public elementary school serving approximately 350 students from kindergarten through grade five. With the support of Tony Alvarado,…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Art Education, Interaction, College Graduates
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Weshah, Hani A.; Al-Faori, Oraib; Sakal, Reham M. – College Student Journal, 2012
The purpose of this research was to report on a Child-Friendly School (CFS) initiative pilot project in Jordan, which aims at initiating the creation of CFS and to raise stakeholders' awareness of the importance of this project in promoting and implementing Child Rights Conviction (CRC) in Jordan. The study was conducted by a joint team selected…
Descriptors: Stakeholders, Pilot Projects, Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries
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Park Rogers, Meredith – International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 2011
The purpose of this study was to explore the role that a collaborative teaching approach, referred to as a community of practice (CoP), had on a team of four second grade teachers' implementation of a science-based interdisciplinary curriculum. Data was collected in the form of extensive observation notes gathered over 10-weeks of twice weekly…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Grade 2, Teacher Collaboration, Communities of Practice
Biddle, Julie K. – 2000
This report presents a case study of the World of Wonders Accelerated Learning Community School (WOW). A community school in Ohio is a new kind of public school-an independent public school that is nonsectarian and nondiscriminatory. The report presents three contexts for the study--historical, local and methodological--and highlights some of the…
Descriptors: Acceleration (Education), Case Studies, Community Schools, Educational Development