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Examining the Forces That Guide Teaching Decisions
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Griffith, Robin; Massey, Dixie; Atkinson, Terry S. – Reading Horizons, 2013
This study of two successful first grade teachers examines the forces that guide their instructional decisions. Findings reveal the complexities of forces that influence the moment-to-moment decisions made by these teachers. Teachers repeatedly attempted to balance their desires to be student-centered while addressing state standards and…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Professional Development, Decision Making, Learning Activities
The Effect of Hidden Curriculum on the Criteria Parents Use to Select Schools and Teachers
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Sahan, Hasan Hüseyin – Educational Research and Reviews, 2014
A framework of school and teacher qualities has been established by research. The need to identify families' school and teacher selection criteria, in particular, is the main motive behind the present study. It mainly aims to identify the criteria parents use when selecting schools and teachers, or the influence of hidden curriculum on school and…
Descriptors: Hidden Curriculum, School Choice, Parent Attitudes, Decision Making
Response to Intervention Data in Grade Retention Decisions: How Is It Used?
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Mayfield, Cheryl Peters – ProQuest LLC, 2012
For over 100 years, retention has been an intervention used with students who are not performing at expected levels. Despite the lack of evidence that retention is an effective means of improving academic outcomes, retention continues to be used today. Response to Intervention (RTI) is a strategy to provide support to struggling students in an…
Descriptors: Response to Intervention, Grade Repetition, Decision Making, Data
An Investigation of How Elementary School Teachers Make Data-Driven Instructional Decisions in Literacy
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Pham, Cheryl Carangian – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The purpose of this mixed methods phenomenological study was to explore the data-driven instructional decisions that elementary teachers make in literacy. Educators have moved towards a culture of being data-driven, and have declared data use in schools to be significant to school improvement and accountability (Marsh, Pane, & Hamilton, 2006).…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Standardized Tests, Interviews, Program Effectiveness
First-Grade Student Retention within a 3-Tier Reading Framework
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Murray, Christy S.; Woodruff, Althea L.; Vaughn, Sharon – Reading & Writing Quarterly, 2010
First-grade students from 6 Title I schools participated in this study, which used a response to intervention (RTI) framework to examine the retention of 1st-grade students. Researchers examined reading and behavior data from 3 cohorts of students (1 historical control cohort and 2 cohorts receiving tiered reading instruction) and data gathered…
Descriptors: Grade 1, Elementary School Students, At Risk Students, Grade Repetition
Assessment of Program Impact Through First Grade, Volume II: Impact on Institutions. An Evaluation of Project Developmental Continuity. Interim Report X.
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Rosario, Jose; And Others – 1980
As part of a longitudinal study evaluating program effects, this report, the second in a series of six, describes the impact of Project Developmental Continuity (PDC) on the institutional policies and procedures of participating Head Start centers and elementary schools up to the time the evaluation study's cohort of children had completed grade…
Descriptors: Child Development, Control Groups, Cooperative Programs, Coordination