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Ann Marie Avila – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The purpose of this phenomenological study was to explore the perceptions of experienced STEM teachers regarding STEM preparedness and implementation at a South Texas elementary school for grades kindergarten-five (K-5). This qualitative study used a phenomenological framework. The site for this study was a South Texas elementary school currently…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, STEM Education, Kindergarten, Grade 1
Hesseltine, April – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The purpose of this study was to discover the relationship between individual student reading levels to mathematics levels utilizing the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness, STAAR, scores for third- and fourth-grade students before and after the COVID-19 pandemic school closures. The study had four research questions examining third-…
Descriptors: Correlation, Comparative Analysis, Mathematics Achievement, Reading Achievement
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Sarah Baker-Cano – English in Texas, 2024
Professional learning should be designed in a way that is responsive to the needs of teachers and intentionally planned with adult learning principles in mind. This article outlines one practitioner's professional journey to redefine how professional learning is designed with best practices in adult learning in mind. Strategies utilized during…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Teacher Empowerment, Best Practices, Adult Learning
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Sarah R. Powell; Katherine A. Berry; Anna-Maria Fall; Greg Roberts; Marcia A. Barnes; Lynn S. Fuchs; Amanda Martinez-Lincoln; Suzanne R. Forsyth; Rebecca K. Vinsonhaler; Sarah A. Benz; Brenda L. Zaparolli; Xin Lin – Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2022
We conducted a randomized control trial assessing the effects of two variants of word-problem intervention with third graders (n = 304) experiencing mathematics difficulty. Students were assigned to a business-as-usual condition (BaU) or one of two variants of word-problem intervention. One variant included a pre-algebraic reasoning component…
Descriptors: Word Problems (Mathematics), Mathematics Achievement, Intervention, Program Effectiveness
Melissa A. Chalupsky – ProQuest LLC, 2022
In a time when educational leaders and stakeholders are called to do more to maximize student outcomes while drawing on dwindling resources, it is prudent to analyze all factors that contribute to increases in students' achievement trends. Earlier research has focused on the role teachers and principals have played in students' achievement. The…
Descriptors: Principals, Faculty Mobility, Persistence, Relationship
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Thompson, Erika L.; Zhou, Zhengyang; Garg, Ashvita; Rohr, Danielle; Ajoku, Brittany; Spence, Emily E. – Health Education & Behavior, 2022
Background: Evidence-based child sexual and physical abuse prevention programs delivered in schools are needed and require rigorous evaluation of program effects prior to widespread dissemination. The Play it Safe! program is a one-time session delivered by trained facilitators to teach students about recognizing, resisting, and reporting abuse.…
Descriptors: Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Child Abuse
Fleming, Tonya Rae – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The purpose of this narrative inquiry was to restory the lived experiences of educators teaching students identified as dyslexic in their public-school classrooms. This study was qualitative, using a narrative inquiry research design to understand the third and fourth grade teacher's thoughts and understanding of students identified dyslexic as…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Elementary School Teachers, Urban Schools, Dyslexia
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Robert C. Schoen; Catherine C. Lewis; Christopher Rhoads; Kevin Lai; Claire M. Riddell – Journal of Experimental Education, 2024
Lesson study, especially when conducted with support from targeted resources, is often identified as a potentially effective means to support teacher learning. In this study, 80 school-based teams of educators, representing 80 classrooms of third- or fourth-grade students in the US, were randomly assigned to one of four conditions: lesson study…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Faculty Development, Elementary School Teachers, Grade 3
Agamyrat Altyyev – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This study investigates the relationship between mastery goal performance and achievement on the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) test. With policies like the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) placing increased importance on standardized-state assessments, schools are making efforts to improve scores, often by focusing…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Elementary School Students, Secondary School Students, Grade 3
Richele Bailey Langley – ProQuest LLC, 2020
This mixed methods study of explanatory sequential design researching two elementary and two middle school campuses will present information on the amount of instructional time allotted to social studies in Texas schools and whether integrating social studies instruction with another subject, is feasible and produces positive assessment results.…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5
Kayla L. Caprio – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The purpose of this descriptive qualitative case study was to discover Second through Fifth Grade rural North Texas teacher perceptions focusing on reading and mathematics student achievement gaps resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. This study explores how the COVID-19 pandemic shutdown affected students not only academically but also socially…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Reading Achievement, Mathematics Achievement, Achievement Gap
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Tang, Shifang; Wang, Zhuoying; Sutton-Jones, Kara L. – Educational Studies, 2023
We examined student reading achievement in rural and non-rural school districts in Texas. Our research questions probed the improvement in student performance over time, differences in the number of students achieving at different performance levels, and the impact of district-level characteristics on reading achievement. Through quantitative…
Descriptors: Hierarchical Linear Modeling, Elementary School Students, Achievement Tests, Reading Tests
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Seowon Song; Tianyu Li; Michaela Quintero; Zhe Wang – Journal of Numerical Cognition, 2023
The present study tested the learning avoidance model by examining the degree to which learning avoidance in various afterschool settings mediated the negative association between math anxiety and math achievement. Participants consisted of 207 third to sixth graders. Using a path model, findings showed that students' math anxiety was negatively…
Descriptors: Mathematics Anxiety, Mathematics Achievement, Grade 3, Grade 4
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Almaguer, Isela; Esquierdo, J. Joy – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2022
This study aimed to compare the performance on the state assessment STAAR Reading between BLs in a one-way dual language program compared to the average scale scores of ELs in the state of Texas. The results of these data points taken in three different grade levels from the same group of bilingual learners demonstrate the beginning of positive…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Achievement Tests, Bilingual Students, Elementary School Students
Rosa del Carmen Chavez – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Research on mathematics classroom learning opportunities shows that student's experiences with mathematics affects not only what they learn, but also how they view themselves as learners and doers of mathematics (Boaler, 1997, 2016; Jackson, 2009; Langer-Osuna, 2016). High-stakes testing policies have implications for the kinds of mathematics…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Grade 3, Grade 4, Mathematics Education
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