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Gubbins, E. Jean; Siegle, Del; Peters, Pamela M.; Carpenter, Ashley Y.; Hamilton, Rashea; McCoach, D. Betsy; Puryear, Jeb S.; Langley, Susan Dulong; Long, Daniel – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 2020
The underrepresentation of English learners (ELs) in gifted and talented programs is a societal and research problem that merits investigation. Three state departments of education and their state directors of gifted programs supported our access to 16 schools across nine districts. In these three states with gifted identification and programming…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Talent Identification, English Language Learners, Disproportionate Representation
Gubbins, E. Jean; Siegle, Del; Peters, Pamela M.; Carpenter, Ashley Y.; Hamilton, Rashea; McCoach, D. Betsy; Puryear, Jeb; Langley, S. D.; Long, D. – Grantee Submission, 2020
The underrepresentation of English learners (ELs) in gifted and talented programs is a societal and research problem that merits investigation. Three state departments of education and their state directors of gifted programs supported our access to 16 schools across nine districts. In these three states with gifted identification and programming…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Talent Identification, English Language Learners, Disproportionate Representation
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Jukes, Matthew C. H.; Turner, Elizabeth L.; Dubeck, Margaret M.; Halliday, Katherine E.; Inyega, Hellen N.; Wolf, Sharon; Zuilkowski, Stephanie Simmons; Brooker, Simon J. – Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2017
We evaluated a program to improve literacy instruction on the Kenyan coast using training workshops, semiscripted lesson plans, and weekly text-message support for teachers to understand its impact on students' literacy outcomes and on the classroom practices leading to those outcomes. The evaluation ran from the beginning of Grade 1 to the end of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Literacy Education, Faculty Development, Teacher Improvement
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Osborne, Jonathan; Simon, Shirley; Christodoulou, Andri; Howell-Richardson, Christina; Richardson, Katherine – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2013
This article reports the outcomes of a project in which teachers' sought to develop their ability to use instructional practices associated with argumentation in the teaching of science--in particular, the use of more dialogic approach based on small group work and the consideration of ideas, evidence, and argument. The project worked with four…
Descriptors: Persuasive Discourse, Science Instruction, Secondary School Science, Secondary School Teachers