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Keith Smolkowski; Hill Walker; Brion Marquez; Derek Kosty; Claudia Vincent; Carey Black; Gulcan Cil; Lisa A. Strycker – Grantee Submission, 2022
This paper reports the results of a randomized controlled trial evaluating "We Have Skills," a brief curriculum designed to teach early elementary students academic and social skills as well as improve teacher efficacy in classroom management. Intervention efficacy was tested with 127 teachers, randomly assigned to condition, and 2,817…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Interpersonal Competence, Skill Development, Social Development
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Abi Nader, Patrick; Hilberg, Evan; Schuna, John M., Jr.; John, Deborah H.; Gunter, Katherine B. – Journal of School Health, 2019
Background: Classroom-based physical activity (CBPA) breaks are a common strategy to increase elementary school children's physical activity (PA) levels. There is limited research examining how teacher-level factors impact teacher implementation of CBPA breaks. In this study, we assessed the relationship of teacher-level factors with teacher use…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Physical Activity Level, Teacher Role, Elementary School Teachers
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McKim, Aaron J.; Velez, Jonathan J. – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2017
To extend current understanding of school-based agriculture teacher development, this study explored the relationship between teacher development experiences and the self-efficacy of early career agriculture teachers. Three teacher development experiences were of interest: (a) preservice coursework, (b) student teaching, and (c) professional…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Preservice Teachers, Student Teaching, Faculty Development
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Kovarik, Dina N.; Patterson, Davis G.; Cohen, Carolyn; Sanders, Elizabeth A.; Peterson, Karen A.; Porter, Sandra G.; Chowning, Jeanne Ting – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2013
We investigated the effects of our Bio-ITEST teacher professional development model and bioinformatics curricula on cognitive traits (awareness, engagement, self-efficacy, and relevance) in high school teachers and students that are known to accompany a developing interest in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) careers. The…
Descriptors: Biotechnology, High Schools, Secondary School Science, STEM Education