This research study investigates how elementary teachers' mathematical knowledge for teaching (MKT) relates to their mathematical self-efficacy (MSE) and whether the MKT can predict the MSE. Researchers administered the MSE scale and the MKT test to 86 in-service elementary mathematics teachers. Two-step regression analyses results indicated that…

Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education is important to producing students prepared for problem solving, critical analysis, and collaborative approaches to address the needs of the 21st century. For meaningful and intentional STEM instruction to occur, teachers need support and professional development. This paper…

Self-regulated learning (SRL) environments provide the context for students?to have more control over their own learning and have the potential to greatly benefit students. However, more research is needed to understand how teachers approach their interactions with students in these settings and how teachers actualize effective teaching practices…

This study explores music teachers' beliefs of student agency in whole-class playing and investigates what characterises student agency through teachers' values, actions and observations within this unique multimodal and -dimensional learning environment. Our abductive analysis of 11 interviews reveals that the role of teacher support is…

Patricia Carini's philosophy and ways of seeing and doing were born at a small, independent school in rural Vermont, but the reach of her ideas extended to teachers working in a variety of different settings. This article documents the impact of Carini's work on the practices of the staff at The Cedar School (pseudonym) a small, progressive,…

Math anxiety, a lack of mathematics understanding and unproductive beliefs surrounding mathematics have the potential to cause math teaching anxiety in pre-service elementary teachers. This study sought to investigate the causes of math anxiety in pre-service elementary teachers and develop a course sequence to address those causes, thereby…

Engaging more teachers in leadership may be a solution to some of the most significant difficulties facing school leaders today. This qualitative research study examined the experiences of teachers and administrators in schools with widespread teacher leadership. The purpose of this research was to understand a principal's impact on teacher…

The purpose of this study was to investigate the status of teachers' engagement in action research and identify their challenges and opportunities to undertake such projects in primary schools of Bahir Dar City, Ethiopia. The study was conducted as part of a collaborative action research project that aimed at improving practice. For this purpose,…

The establishment of Title 1 schools in America was to provide additional financial support for schools predominately serving children from low-income communities. However, Title 1 schools often encounter teacher attrition, leading to unpredictable workloads for remaining teachers. The purpose of this qualitative descriptive case study was to…

This qualitative study focused on the perceptions three elementary school teachers had regarding their ability to integrate technology into the writing curriculum as well as their understanding of how technology and multimodalities can actually be integrated. The three teachers were asked to reflect on their technology use in teaching writing for…

This program evaluation of the Early Intervention Program reduced class-size model was used to provide evidence about the quality of implementation and how the model was used to increase reading achievement for students. This study used a mixed-methods approach to analyze student achievement data and teacher perception data. The qualitative data…

This report describes a problem based learning project examining the roles and responsibilities of teachers in building parent engagement, the training elementary teachers within the Archdiocese of St. Louis have had regarding these roles and responsibilities and the perceived adequacy of the training they have received regarding these roles and…

This report describes a problem based learning project examining the roles and responsibilities of teachers in building parent engagement, the training elementary teachers within the Archdiocese of St. Louis have had regarding these roles and responsibilities and the perceived adequacy of the training they have received regarding these roles and…

Majestic County Schools (pseudonym), a large southeastern school district, has implemented changes in instruction to align with more rigorous state and national mathematics standards. The rigor of the new standards has led to changes in instruction to help students master the standards with evidence from the state-wide standardized test. Although…

Elementary students at a Title 1 school district in a south-central state in the United States have scored significantly low on the state assessment, leading to the state's warning of a district takeover due to little progress in reading scores. This basic qualitative study aimed to explore elementary administrators' perceptions of supporting…