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Isler, Tesha – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The problem examined in this study: Does the majority of teachers use rigorous teaching and testing practices? The purpose of this qualitative exploratory case study was to explore the classroom techniques of six effective teachers who use rigorous teaching and testing practices. The hypothesis for this study is that the examination of the…
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, Teaching Methods, Educational Testing, Achievement Gap
Haughton, Aaron E. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
In 2002, the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) legislation greatly enhanced the school accountability movement in the US and resulted in pervasive influence, mandating student achievement outcomes in low-income school communities. Of particular challenge has been the NCLB requirement to advance student achievement each year according to designated…
Descriptors: Principals, Instructional Leadership, Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation
Adams, Vicki – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Students do not pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) because of a lack of ability, but rather a lack of positive experiences with mathematics. Research has concluded that attitudes in math directly influence success in mathematics. As many as 75% of high school graduates in the United States suffer from mild to…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Anxiety, Student Attitudes, Negative Attitudes
Pingree, Amanda M. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
School leaders are seeking ways to improve teacher quality as expectations on high-stakes test scores increase. An elementary school has had difficulty meeting state standards in mathematics and has struggled to show that students have learned the content. Researchers have found that the beliefs and experiences of educators influence classroom…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Teacher Competencies, State Standards, High Stakes Tests
Neo, Kian-Sen; Heng, Buai-Chin – Online Submission, 2012
This article is based on a research investigating the communication in primary mathematics classrooms. One of the research's objectives was to determine what languages were used in the primary mathematics classrooms, and to what extent, do teachers and students resort to code-switching in teaching and learning mathematics. A total of 16 classroom…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Code Switching (Language), Mathematics Teachers, Elementary School Teachers
Lauritson, George Allen – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The federal government, through NCLB legislation, has provided target proficiency goals schools will be accountable to meet. Missouri public elementary schools use these target goals to determine their success. The focus of this study was to examine the highly effective public elementary schools in Missouri that met or exceeded the 2011 Adequate…
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, Elementary School Teachers, Principals, Educational Practices
Pierce, Lori – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This study examined the effectiveness of repeated readings in four second-grade classrooms in two urban elementary schools in Northwest Ohio. As determined by the Ohio Department of Education, 75% of the students in each building must score at or above the proficient level. For the 2008-2009 school year Building A, a school within one of Ohio's…
Descriptors: Poetry, Grade 2, Elementary School Students, Urban Schools
Gemellaro, Dorian Marrone – ProQuest LLC, 2012
In this study, the researcher examined the strength and direction of relationships between NJ School Report Card Variables (NJ SRC) and 2008-2009 NJ ASK 5 Math and Language Arts Literacy (LAL) student test scores. Variables found to have an influence on standardized test scores in the extant literature were evaluated and reported. Analyses were…
Descriptors: Report Cards, Mathematics Tests, Language Tests, Scores
Palenchar, Linda M. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of the study was to provide a data-based description of West Virginia special education teachers' roles, responsibilities, and practices relevant to their participation in selected components of the Response to Intervention (RTI) process. Special educators' practices related to assessment, tiered instruction, decision making, and…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Special Education Teachers, Teacher Role, Teacher Responsibility
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Goodson-Espy, Tracy; Cifarelli, Victor V.; Pugalee, David; Lynch-Davis, Kathleen; Morge, Shelby; Salinas, Tracie; Mawhinney, Katherine; Owens, Sharilyn; Savich, Paula; Anderson, Amanda; Schmal, Stephen – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2012
This study developed twelve instructional modules based on the National Assessment of Educational Progress for mathematics content and methods courses for preservice elementary and middle school teachers and examined their impact on PSTs' mathematical content knowledge and self-efficacy beliefs about teaching mathematics. The modules help…
Descriptors: National Competency Tests, Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Beliefs
Ferguson, Sarah – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2012
This paper reports on a study that explored the use of cognitively challenging tasks with low-attaining mathematics students and in particular, their teachers' attempts at scaffolding. A major finding was that responding appropriately to scaffolding opportunities was challenging for the teachers. In this paper two main factors are discussed which…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Educational Opportunities, Knowledge Base for Teaching
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Chen, Hsin-Jen; Wang, Ya-Hsaun – Educational Gerontology, 2012
Elder respect in East Asia has a long history that could be derived from Confucian philosophy. However, with the rapid development of westernization, younger people have gradually depreciated the value of elder respect and seek a reciprocal relationship with the elderly. A literature search revealed that age stereotypes would be both negative and…
Descriptors: Learning Motivation, Student Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Stereotypes
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Bostock, Louise; Boon, Helen – Australian and International Journal of Rural Education, 2012
The impetus for the study reported in this paper was Queensland's poor performance on 2008's NAPLAN testing, the Queensland Education Performance Review (Department of Education and Training, [DET]2009b) that followed and the subsequent adoption of pre-registration tests for aspiring Primary and Early Childhood teachers (Queensland College of…
Descriptors: Literacy, Rural Education, Foreign Countries, English
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Koh, Elizabeth; Kin, Yeo Gee; Wadhwa, Bimlesh; Lim, John – Simulation & Gaming, 2012
With the proliferation of entertainment games, supported by heavy investment in the underlying technologies, educators are now examining the educational values of gaming and attempting to incorporate games into their teaching. In Singapore, the game sector is worth many million Singapore dollars (SGDs), and gaming is an engaging activity of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Attitudes, College Faculty, Barriers
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de Boer, Anke; Pijl, Sip Jan; Post, Wendy; Minnaert, Alexander – Educational Studies, 2012
While there is an increased interest in describing attitudes of teachers, parents and peers towards students with special educational needs in regular education, there is a lack of knowledge about various variables relating to the attitudes of these three groups. The aims of this study are: (1) to examine which variables relate to the attitudes of…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Parent Attitudes, Special Education, Special Needs Students
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