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Learning Assessments in Ghana. IIEP Information Sheet
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Raudonyte, Ieva – UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning, 2021
Large-scale learning assessments can be used to generate performance and contextual data on student learning outcomes. They can be national, regional, or international; school based or household based. The UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP-UNESCO) has conducted a qualitative study to explore both how and why learning…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Measurement, Data Use, Educational Planning
Child Participation in South African Primary Schools: How Useful Is the Lundy Model?
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Kelly A. Long; Carolyn Grant – South African Journal of Childhood Education, 2024
Background: The concept of 'learner voice' has received global attention in recent years, frequently credited to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). The UNCRC recognises that children have (1) the right to express a view and (2) the right to have the view given due weight. However, in many countries, including South…
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, Foreign Countries, Grade 2, Grade 3
Effective Leadership for Change in Alabama Science of Reading Spotlight Schools
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Laura Sims; Anna Teal – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Researchers used Lewin's Three-Step Model as the theoretical framework in determining effective leadership for change in Alabama Science of Reading Spotlight Schools by grouping the themes into the phases of Unfreezing, Moving, and Refreezing. This qualitative descriptive study used interview and focus group data to research the experiences of K-3…
Descriptors: Leadership Effectiveness, Reading Instruction, Early Childhood Teachers, Kindergarten
Effective Leadership for Change in Alabama Science of Reading Spotlight Schools
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Anna Teal; Laura Sims – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Researchers used Lewin's Three-Step Model as the theoretical framework in determining effective leadership for change in Alabama Science of Reading Spotlight Schools by grouping the themes into the phases of Unfreezing, Moving, and Refreezing. This qualitative descriptive study used interview and focus group data to research the experiences of K-3…
Descriptors: Leadership Effectiveness, Reading Instruction, Early Childhood Teachers, Kindergarten
Increasing Story-Writing Ability through Self-Regulated Strategy Development: Effects on Young Writers with Learning Disabilities
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Saddler, Bruce – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2006
In this replication study, supplemental writing instruction in strategic planning was used to improve the story writing ability of young writers with learning disabilities (LD) and poor writing skills. Six 2nd-grade students with learning disabilities who experienced difficulty with story writing were taught a strategy for planning and writing…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Learning Disabilities, Writing Skills, Teaching Methods
Estimating Numerosity in a Rectangular Grid: The Development of a Clever Estimation Strategy.
De Corte, Erik; And Others – 1997
This study investigates the development of an adaptive strategy for estimating numerosity from the theoretical perspective of strategic change. A simple estimation task was used. Participants of 3 different age groups (20 university students, 20 sixth-graders and 10 second-graders) had to estimate 100 numerosities of colored blocks presented in a…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Style, College Students