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Phu Vu; Lan Vu – Networks: An Online Journal for Teacher Research, 2024
This paper focuses on an action research project that integrated the "Daily 5" literacy framework into a fourth-grade classroom in a small rural town in Kansas. The study aimed to enhance the literacy skills of English Language Learners (ELL) using the Daily 5 method, which includes five key activities: Read to Self, Work on Writing,…
Descriptors: Grade 4, Rural Schools, English Language Learners, Intervention
Dempewolf, Andrew Ryan – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine building and district administrators' perceptions of the Kansas Dyslexia Initiatives. Their awareness and experiences may influence how administrators understand, plan for, and align the current approach for reading instruction within their respective buildings or district in relation to the…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Administrator Attitudes, Principals, Central Office Administrators
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Johnson, Lisa – ERS Spectrum, 2009
This article analyzes teacher induction policy and practice in 12 districts in the urban Midwest. Attention is paid to induction policy as well as the enactment of induction in urban, suburban, and rural school districts. Findings suggest marked differences between district programs and little difference between states despite different policy…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Unions, Logical Thinking, Metropolitan Areas
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What Works Clearinghouse, 2007
"ClassWide Peer Tutoring" ("CWPT") is a peer-assisted instructional strategy designed to be integrated with most existing reading curricula. This approach provides students with increased opportunities to practice reading skills by asking questions and receiving immediate feedback from a peer tutor. Pairs of students take turns…
Descriptors: Intervention, Reading Fluency, Beginning Reading, Reading Achievement
Anderson, Margaret A.; Kleinsasser, Audrey M. – 1986
A year-long study investigated the perceptions, attitudes, and beliefs of rural educators concerning gifted learners and their educational needs. Participants were all K-12 teachers (43) and administrators (3) in a single, rural southeastern Kansas school district serving 518 students. During the study, conducted in school year 1985, teachers…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development, Gifted
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Matson, Eric; DeLoach, Scott; Pauly, Robyn – Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 2004
The "Robot Roadshow Program" is designed to increase the interest of elementary school children in technical disciplines, specifically math and science. The program focuses on children from schools categorized as rural or underserved, which often have limited access to advanced technical resources. We developed the program using robots…
Descriptors: Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary School Science, Elementary School Students, Rural Schools