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Gurganious, Norris – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The pressure to have students perform well on standardized tests can serve as a stressor to some teachers in their efforts to autonomously teach their students, particularly those of low socioeconomic status (SES). However, the relationship between teachers' sense of autonomy, teachers' attitudes and behaviors, SES, and student's academic success…
Descriptors: Science Achievement, Correlation, Professional Autonomy, School Districts
Bedasse, Marcia M. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Federal and state legislation focused on closing the achievement gap, have placed emphasis on providing students with teachers who display specific characteristics. While this has been the mandate, many schools still fail to close the achievement gap and research linking specific teacher characteristics with student achievement, validates the…
Descriptors: Teacher Characteristics, Academic Achievement, State Standards, Federal Legislation
Nearor, Nicole D. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The main focus of this study was to investigate if, or to what extent, there is a significant relationship between high school science course sequencing and proficiency on 11th grade Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) Science. The Florida Legislature mandated a specific number of sciences as a requirement for graduation. High schools…
Descriptors: Secondary School Science, High Schools, Courses, Science Achievement
Danelczyk, Ewa Krystyna – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this quantitative causal-comparative study was to investigate the relationship between the instructional effects of the interactive whiteboard and students' proficiency levels in eighth-grade science as evidenced by the state FCAT scores. A total of 46 eighth-grade science teachers in a South Florida public school district completed…
Descriptors: Statistical Analysis, Comparative Analysis, Influences, Science Achievement