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Abahusain, Wedad A. – Education, 2016
This study aims at highlighting the reasons behind the variation of the level of the parents' satisfaction with the services provided by the resources rooms to their children with learning disabilities in Saudi Arabia. The study sample consisted of 283 parents of female students. The instrument of data collection was a questionnaire consisting of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parent Attitudes, Learning Disabilities, Intervention
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Boonen, Tinneke; Van Damme, Jan; Onghena, Patrick – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2014
The present study investigates the effects of teachers (background qualifications, attitudes and beliefs, and instructional practices) on student achievement in mathematics, reading, and spelling in 1st grade. Its theoretical framework and methodology are based on recent work by Palardy and Rumberger (2008). Data from the SiBO Project, a…
Descriptors: Teacher Background, Teacher Qualifications, Teacher Attitudes, Teaching Methods
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Desimone, Laura; Long, Daniel A. – Teachers College Record, 2010
Background/Context: Although there is relative agreement on the pattern of the achievement gap, attributing changes in the gap to schooling is less clear. Our study contributes to understanding potential teacher and teaching effects on achievement and inequality. Purpose/Objective/Research Question/Focus of Study: We intend our work to contribute…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Mathematics Achievement, Low Achievement, Disadvantaged
Graue, Elizabeth – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2010
The traditional kindergarten program often reflected a rich but generic approach with creative contexts for typical kindergartners organized around materials (manipulatives or dramatic play) or a developmental area (fine motor or language). The purpose of kindergarten reflected beliefs about how children learn, specialized training for…
Descriptors: Play, Dramatic Play, Young Children, Kindergarten
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Palardy, Gregory J.; Rumberger, Russell W. – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2008
This study uses Early Childhood Longitudinal Study data to investigate the importance of three general aspects of teacher effects--teacher background qualifications, attitudes, and instructional practices--to reading and math achievement gains in first grade. The results indicate that compared with instructional practices, background…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Effectiveness, Federal Legislation, Achievement Gains