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Diamond, James; Gonzalez, Pilar Carmina – Center for Children and Technology, Education Development Center, Inc, 2014
This study contributes knowledge about how a digital badge system integrated into an online, subject-matter-specific, and competency-based professional development (PD) program affected teachers' experiences with and perceptions of the program activities. The report presents findings from a one-year exploratory study of an online PD program, and…
Descriptors: Recognition (Achievement), Information Storage, Online Courses, Faculty Development
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Bateman, Blair E.; Wilkinson, Sara L. – Foreign Language Annals, 2010
Although much attention has been given in recent literature to the teaching of Spanish as a heritage language (HL), few studies have been published on specific Spanish HL programs, especially in states such as Utah that have only recently seen a large increase in the number of heritage students of Spanish. This study reports the results of a…
Descriptors: Secondary School Teachers, Spanish Speaking, Teaching Methods, Teacher Surveys
Greenberg, Julie; Jacobs, Sandi – National Council on Teacher Quality, 2009
As a follow up to the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) national studies of how well elementary teachers are prepared to teach reading and mathematics, NCTQ looked at preparation in both subjects in all undergraduate teacher preparation programs in Utah. This study evaluated Utah's nine undergraduate elementary teacher preparation…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Methods Courses, Textbooks, Reading Instruction
Utah State Board of Education, Salt Lake City. – 1996
This paper presents the revised Core Curriculum standards (the essential ideas, concepts, and skills) for the K-6 reading language arts required of students in Utah. It notes that the Core should be taught with respect for differences in learning styles, learning rates, and individual capabilities without losing sight of the common goals.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Communication Skills, Core Curriculum, Elementary Education
Brown, Nancy; And Others – 1981
This handbook contains information to assist English as a Second Language (ESL) teachers and administrators in developing a course for pre- and semi-literate adults, testing, determining criteria for hiring ESL teachers, and training teachers. In the first section an outline is provided for teaching basic literacy (reading and writing) skills. The…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Annotated Bibliographies, Classroom Techniques
Griffin, Bruce; And Others – 1985
The Utah state foreign language mastery curriculum is outlined in the form of specific behavioral objectives for listening, thinking, speaking, reading, and writing skills, accuracy, and cultural awareness at four levels (novice, intermediate, advanced, and superior). The curriculum represents a change in overall emphasis from grammar to speaking…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Classroom Techniques, Communicative Competence (Languages), Correlation