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Peer reviewedGerber, Susan B.; Finn, Jeremy D.; Achilles, Charles M.; Boyd-Zaharias, Jayne – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2001
Studied whether the presence of a teacher aide in the classroom has noticeable impact on student learning using data for more than 6,300 students in 79 Tennessee schools. Findings suggest that teachers' aides have little, if any, positive effects on student learning. Results also indicate that many aides are required to perform tasks for which…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Education, Learning, School Aides
McIlhenny, Anne – 1979
This study examines the changing role of the paraprofessional as viewed from the vantage point of the English as a Second Language (ESL) Bilingual classroom. The difficulty in encountering material on the role of the paraprofessional has led to some confusion in the minds of teachers as to how these assistants in the classroom are to be utilized.…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Bilingual Teacher Aides, Bilingual Teachers
Price, Gary G.; And Others – 1978
A detailed description is provided of the variable, procedures fostering coordination and improvement of the school program (GOSB), which is part of the analysis in phase I of the Evaluation of Practices in Individualized Schooling. The variable is defined; the questionnaires on which the variable is based are listed; the procedures used to scale…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Educational Improvement, Elementary Education, Family School Relationship
