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Direct linkBristol, Travis J.; Esboldt, Joy – Harvard Educational Review, 2020
In this article, Travis J. Bristol and Joy Esboldt examine the supports and constraints teachers at one midsized urban school serving predominately Latinx students encountered during school-based professional development aligned with becoming a National Board Certified Teacher (NBCT). Research has established that Black and Latinx students have…
Descriptors: Teacher Certification, Urban Schools, Direct Instruction, Faculty Development
Download full textTorgesen, Joseph K.; Houston, Debra D.; Rissman, Lila M.; Decker, Susan M.; Roberts, Greg; Vaughn, Sharon; Wexler, Jade; Francis, David J.; Rivera, Mabel O.; Lesaux, Nonie – Center on Instruction, 2017
This document was prepared to assist literacy specialists in the national Regional Comprehensive Center network as they work with states to improve educational policy and practice in the area of adolescent literacy. It comprises three major parts: Part One: "Improving academic literacy instruction for students in grades 4-12." Based on…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Literacy Education, Content Area Reading, Content Area Writing
Melnick, Hanna; Cook-Harvey, Channa M.; Darling-Hammond, Linda – Learning Policy Institute, 2017
The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) requires state accountability systems to include indicators of "school quality and student success" along with indicators of academic outcomes. The new law provides an important opportunity for states to broaden the definition of student success to include measures of students' social-emotional, as…
Descriptors: Social Development, Emotional Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Legislation
Lencioni, Gina M. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of explicit direct instruction and cooperative learning on reading comprehension in fourth grade students. A quasi-experimental design was used. There were six cognitive and three affective measures used to collect quantitative data. Cognitive measures included California State Test scores,…
Descriptors: Direct Instruction, Teaching Methods, Cooperative Learning, Reading Comprehension
McGuire, Lauren A. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This study investigated the effect of direct instruction in rhetorical analysis on students' critical thinking abilities, including knowledge, skills, and dispositions. The researcher investigated student perceptions of the effectiveness of argument mapping; Thinker's Guides, based on Paul's model of critical thinking; and Socratic questioning.…
Descriptors: Direct Instruction, Pretests Posttests, Critical Thinking, Student Attitudes
Throne, Kurt Christopher – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this study was to discover what teaching strategies were utilized by Special Day Class (SDC) teachers to prepare their 9-12 grade students to pass a course in Algebra 1 and the mathematics section of the California High School Exit Exam (CAHSEE). This study used a mixed methodology involving a quantitative survey and qualitative…
Descriptors: Graduation Requirements, Exit Examinations, High School Students, Grade 9
Bantis, Alexandros Merkouris – Online Submission, 2008
The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of task based writing instruction (TBwI) on English language acquisition and differentiated instruction for minority language students during the Independent Work Time instructional component of the Open Court Reading program. One teacher and 10 third grade students (8-9 years old)…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Individualized Instruction, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
