NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 6 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Dagada, Murunwa – South African Journal of Education, 2022
The reading ability of learners in the Foundation Phase through the development of reading proficiency at an early age could determine learning. With the study reported on here I intended to explore the challenges faced by Foundation Phase teachers in teaching reading. I used a qualitative approach and employed an explanatory case study design.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Instruction, Barriers, Reading Difficulties
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Konstantopoulos, Spyros; Shen, Ting – Large-scale Assessments in Education, 2023
This study examines the association between class size, teacher characteristics and five non-cognitive student outcomes (i.e., self-control, interpersonal skills, approaches to learning, externalizing and internalizing problem behaviors) in grades K-3. Individual fixed-effects, that control for observed and unobserved time-invariant factors,…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Surveys, Children, Class Size
von Hippel, Paul T. – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2021
In an effort to reduce viral transmission, many schools are planning to reduce class size if they have not reduced it already. Yet the effect of class size on transmission is unknown. To determine whether smaller classes reduce school absence, especially when community disease prevalence is high, we merge data from the Project STAR randomized…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Disease Control, Class Size
Klousnitzer, Lindsay Erin – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Knowing that each student's academic success relies on his/her reading proficiency, schools must implement effective instructional reading models so that students can move from learning to read to reading to learn in the early years of development. The purpose of this inquiry was to evaluate the effectiveness of a kindergarten and first grade…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Grade 1, Beginning Reading, Reading Programs
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Esther R. Lindström; Emma Fisher; Megan Cook; Mariangela Perrella; Kimberly A. McFadden; Rui Chen; Mohammad Bahadori Fallah – Grantee Submission, 2023
This observation study documents the amount and quality of mathematics instruction provided to students with intellectual and developmental disabilities in kindergarten through second grade in self-contained special education settings. We observed six special education teachers and their students (N = 12) during a total of 967 min allotted to…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Students with Disabilities, Elementary School Students
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Hamed, Muftah; Fadhil, Tahar – Journal of Education and Learning (EduLearn), 2021
The Libyan Ministry of Education has taken important steps to introduce English from the 1st grade (age 6) since autumn semester 2018/2019, yet without taking into considerations the issues that will be faced in teaching English in primary schools. This study, therefore, aimed to identify the issues encountered in the teaching of English from the…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Elementary School Students