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Saraniero, Patricia; Goldberg, Merryl R.; Hall, Brenda – Journal for Learning through the Arts, 2014
This paper examines the impact of two approaches to teacher professional development in arts integration--a summer institute model and a model combining the summer institute with instructional coaching. In an experimental design, the intervention trained third and fourth grade teachers to integrate visual arts and theater into reading curriculum.…
Descriptors: Art Education, Integrated Curriculum, Faculty Development, Institutes (Training Programs)
Ray, Karen J.; And Others – 1985
An observational study was conducted of a third grade teacher as she changed her classroom practices to reflect the changes in her theory of writing instruction which were prompted by a graduate course. One of the three researchers was primarily responsible for observing the class on a regular basis during the scheduled writing time. A second…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Educational Change, Educational Theories, Grade 3
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Mitchell Davis, Mimi; Wilson, Elizabeth K. – Reading Research and Instruction, 1999
Compares previous research findings that examine the consistency between a Title I teacher's beliefs about reading and her instructional practices at the third- and seventh-grade levels. Supports (1) the need for teacher improvement programs; (2) the need to coordinate Title I instruction with regular classroom instruction; and (3) the importance…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Elementary Education, Grade 3, Grade 7
Featherstone, Helen; And Others – 1995
As reformers urge elementary and secondary school teachers to teach mathematics in new ways that highlight problem solving and engage students in important mathematical ideas, researchers have been pointing out that few public school teachers know mathematics in the ways that they would need to know it in order to teach in these new ways. These…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Elementary School Mathematics, Faculty Development, Grade 2
Wilson, Suzanne M.; Ball, Deborah Loewenberg – 1991
Reform proposals for mathematics teaching and learning have clear implications for significant change in curriculum and in traditional teacher roles. One contribution to the reform effort was the SummerMath for Teachers program, an inservice program committed to helping teachers develop constructivist orientations to teaching and learning by…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary School Teachers
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Wright, Janice – Teaching and Change, 1995
A Quality and Curriculum pilot summer school program paired teachers of remedial students, provided classroom volunteers, and arranged for teachers to attend sessions on reflection and learning in quality and curriculum each afternoon. Teachers then implemented new strategies with the summer school students. This article describes the program's…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students