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Carrie L. Gentner – ProQuest LLC, 2020
The purpose of this study was to investigate Florida's extended reading time (ERT) policy as enacted during the 2016-2017 school year. This policy requires elementary schools ranking among the 300 lowest performing in the state, as measured by state assessments, to provide an additional hour of reading instruction beyond the regular school day.…
Descriptors: Time Factors (Learning), Educational Policy, Reading, Elementary Schools
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Elander, Kelly; Cronje, Johannes C. – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2016
While learning interventions were traditionally classified as either objectivist or constructivist there has been an increasing tendency for practitioners to use elements of both paradigms in a consolidated fashion. This has meant a re-think of the two perspectives as diametrically opposite. A four-quadrant model, first proposed in this journal…
Descriptors: Statistical Analysis, Investigations, Models, Constructivism (Learning)
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A. Lopez, Alexis – Journal of Latinos and Education, 2023
In this study, I examined how 34 Spanish-speaking English language learners (ELLs) used their linguistic resources (English and Spanish) and language modes (oral and written language) to demonstrate their knowledge of proportional reasoning in a dual language mathematics assessment task. The assessment allows students to see the item in both…
Descriptors: Spanish Speaking, English Language Learners, Language Usage, Mathematics Instruction
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Liebenberg, Petria; van der Linde, Jeannie; Schimper, Isabella; de Wet, Febe; Graham, Marien; Bornman, Juan – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2023
Purpose: Language sample analysis is widely regarded as the gold standard of language assessment. However, the uncertainty regarding the optimal length of sample and the limited availability of developmental language data for nonmainstream languages such as Afrikaans complicate reliable use of the method. The study aimed to provide guidelines on…
Descriptors: Indo European Languages, Language Usage, Audiovisual Aids, Measurement Techniques
Alicia A. Stewart; Sharon Vaughn; Nancy Scammacca; Elizabeth A. Swanson – Remedial and Special Education, 2023
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is characterized by persistently high levels of inattention, hyperactivity, and/or impulsivity that interfere with functioning. Inattention is significantly related to lower reading outcomes, whereas hyperactivity/impulsivity alone is not. Strategies to Read Information Texts and Vocabulary…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Teaching Methods, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Comparative Analysis
Hoda Ahmed Yousry Mohammed – Online Submission, 2024
The aim of the current study is to investigate the effect of using life wide learning approach on developing English language Fluency for prep. stage students in the official Language Schools. The study adopted the one-group pre-post experimental design, with a pre-post fluency test along with a triangulation method that integrates both…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language Fluency, Learning Processes
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Brady, Shane R.; Spencer, Michael S. – Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2018
This study provides formative evaluation results from a pilot peer mentorship and teaching support program designed, implemented, and evaluated at a school of social work located in a major Midwestern Carnegie research I (RI) university over a 3-year span. Through utilizing an adult learning approach, the Teaching Excellence and Academic…
Descriptors: Mentors, Social Work, College Faculty, Formative Evaluation
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Sussman, Steve; Baezconde-Garbanati, Lourdes; Unger, Jennifer; Wipfli, Heather; Palinkas, Lawrence – Research on Social Work Practice, 2018
This article provides an overview of international translation of health behavior interventions. The ideas expressed in this article serve to provide direction when developing a health behavior program for a host country, utilizing previous programmatic knowledge from elsewhere. First, the authors discuss constituents of country-level variables…
Descriptors: Health Behavior, Intervention, International Education, Technology Transfer
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Powell, Sean R.; Weaver, Molly A.; Henson, Robin K. – Journal of Music Teacher Education, 2018
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between preservice music teachers' primary instrument background and their teaching effectiveness in brass and woodwind techniques classes. Study participants (N = 135) were preservice music teachers enrolled in secondary instrument techniques courses (brass and woodwinds) from fall 2011…
Descriptors: Correlation, Preservice Teachers, Music Teachers, Music
Davidson, Kristen; Case, Madeleine – Phi Delta Kappan, 2018
Research has shown that traditional ways of promoting family involvement in school are often ineffective, especially among families whose approach does not align with the middle-class child-rearing practices embraced in many U.S. schools. To encourage greater family involvement, a Colorado school district is piloting a program in which educators…
Descriptors: Trust (Psychology), Family School Relationship, Parent Participation, Child Rearing
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Bellino, Michelle J.; Hure, Mohamud – Childhood Education, 2018
As we innovate, it is important to keep in mind what might be the next stage for the recipients of our efforts on their behalf. This is particularly true when innovating in response to crisis circumstances. As we address the immediate challenge of ensuring children in refugee situations have their right to education met, we need to remember that…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Refugees, Partnerships in Education, Pilot Projects
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Jara, Magdalena – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2021
Supervisors play a crucial role in helping doctoral students to successfully complete their degree. Current practice in the development of doctoral supervisors is mostly focused on regulatory issues rather than on pedagogical topics. Existing research suggests a range of successful strategies for supervisor training including the development of…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Doctoral Programs, Doctoral Students, Supervision
UK Department for Education, 2021
In January 2018, the Department for Education (DfE) committed £7.7 million over five years to the Curriculum Fund, to help teachers deliver the more challenging National Curriculum introduced in 2014, while reducing the workload associated with curriculum planning and resourcing. As part of the Curriculum Fund, the DfE set up the curriculum…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, National Curriculum, Curriculum Implementation, Pilot Projects
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Nadja Rita Ging-Jehli; Deepa Manda; Jill Hollway; Elizabeth Hurt; Stacey Moone; L. Eugene Arnold – Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities, 2021
This pilot placebo-controlled trial (NCT00965068, 07/28/2009) explored effects of cholesterol supplementation on autism spectrum disorder (ASD) symptoms in children with abnormally low cholesterol. Fifteen children age 4-12 with ASD and cholesterol <5th percentile for age/sex were randomized to 225 mg cholesterol vs. matched placebo twice daily…
Descriptors: Pilot Projects, Biochemistry, Rating Scales, Autism Spectrum Disorders
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Bonnan-White, Jess; Lanaras, Emily – Journal of Community Engagement and Higher Education, 2019
Service-learning opportunities provide students with valuable professional experience beyond training and practical skills. In a pilot study of Criminal Justice students enrolled in an undergraduate Homeland Security class, student volunteers report opportunities for practicing leadership at an after-school program. Responses were also compared to…
Descriptors: Leadership Training, Service Learning, Pilot Projects, National Security
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