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Direct linkZohar Roy Badenhausen – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This study addresses a problem of practice at Nipmuc Elementary School (NES), a large urban elementary school in New England. State standardized test data and student writing samples showed that students were performing well-below grade level in writing. The primary factors driving this problem included teachers' lack of knowledge and low…
Descriptors: Grade 4, Self Efficacy, Writing Instruction, Communities of Practice
Peer reviewedFitzpatrick, J.; O'Grady, E.; O'Reilly, J. – Irish Educational Studies, 2018
Building on the various works of theorists pertaining to curriculum negotiation, the Negotiated Integrated Curriculum (NIC) initiative detailed in this article attempts to redress the imbalance within curricular decision-making whereby student voice and learner agency is largely absent. The NIC initiative enquires into students' concerns about…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Curriculum Implementation, Student Empowerment, Foreign Countries
Download full textLakkala, Suvi; Uusiautti, Satu; Kyrö-Ämmälä, Outi; Grönfors, Perttu – International Journal of Whole Schooling, 2020
In this study, we assessed how Finnish teachers' professional actions support their students' engagement and positive self-image at school. This qualitative multimethod study is comprised of three sub-studies: (1) the research Data Set A included pedagogical reflective journals, observations of, and interviews with, two Finnish teachers and their…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Learner Engagement, Learning Activities, Teaching Methods
Atkinson, Terry S.; Swaggerty, Elizabeth A. – Language Arts, 2011
NCTE's Framework for 21st Century Literacies (2008) prompted collaboration between a university professor and classroom teacher resulting in a professional inquiry project utilizing a Web 2.0 tool, Scrapblog, with fourth-grade students. This article describes implementation of this project, including both challenges and positive outcomes. The…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Student Empowerment, Cooperation, Rewards
Carey, Jenna L.; Howard, Cameron C.; Leftwich, Rebecca J. – Online Submission, 2013
The purpose of this action research project report was to increase engagement during independent reading for 32 fourth-grade students and 26 seventh-grade science students. At Site A, data was collected from August 27, 2012 through December 14, 2012. At Site B, data was collected from September 24, 2012 through December 14, 2012. Students'…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Student Behavior, Elementary School Students, Grade 4
Parsons, Linda T. – Language Arts, 2009
In this article, the author explores how a group of ten fourth-grade students who were avid readers became a community of inquiry. The primary goal of this study was to document the children's reading engagement: how they created, entered, and sustained the world of the story. This article also reflects the impact of three elements--data…
Descriptors: Student Empowerment, Group Discussion, Reading Motivation, Learner Engagement
