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Marilyn J. Barriera-Manrique – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The problem addressed in this study was that many urban minority students in a Midwestern state begin school without the requisite emergent literacy skills. The purpose of this qualitative single case study was to explore the instructional approaches used by early childhood education (ECE) teachers in an urban community in a selected Midwestern…
Descriptors: Minority Group Students, Urban Schools, Literacy Education, Reading Skills
Hakim, Khalel – ProQuest LLC, 2014
The purpose of this study was to describe and explain the 5th grade mathematics teaching practice of an African American female teacher in a predominantly African American classroom that consistently meets and/or exceeds Michigan's mathematics proficiency standards. Using multiple emancipatory lenses, and a single case study method that employed…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Mathematics Instruction, African American Children, Grade 5
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Pearson, P. David – Journal of Literacy Research, 2010
In this article, the author reports on what he found impressive in the evaluation results of the program Reading First (RF) in four states: Utah, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Florida. The author states that responding to these four exemplary state-level studies of Reading First evoked mixed feelings. He noticed three things: (1) the RF effect…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Teaching Methods, Change Strategies, Program Effectiveness
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Brown, Bryan A.; Spang, Eliza – Science Education, 2008
This research project explores the language practices that emerged as a teacher taught a lesson designed to promote science literacy development for traditionally underrepresented students. This ethnographic study of a Detroit, Michigan, school examined the teacher's use of science language and its influence on students' use of science language.…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Discourse Analysis, Scientific Literacy, Minority Groups
Trombley, William, Ed. – National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, 2005
The primary purpose of "National CrossTalk" is to stimulate informed discussion and debate of higher education issues. This issue contains the following articles: (1) A Legacy to Overcome: The University of Georgia Hopes to Become a More Desirable Destination for Black Students (Don Campbell); (2) Oklahoma's Brain Gain: A Comprehensive…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Student Recruitment, Minority Group Students, Human Capital