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Elizabeth S. Park; Di Xu – Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2024
Growing literature documents the promise of active learning instruction in engaging students in college classrooms. Accordingly, faculty professional development (PD) programs on active learning have become increasingly popular in postsecondary institutions; yet, quantitative evidence on the effectiveness of these programs is limited. Using…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Learner Engagement, College Faculty, Faculty Development
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Julian R. Betts; Andrew C. Zau; Karen Volz Bachofer; Dina Polichar – Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2024
The paper evaluates math performance at four high-need middle schools during a four-year intervention, which was designed to help math teachers diagnose students' areas of need and to design lesson plans responsive to those needs. Before the intervention began, the researchers pre-selected four comparison schools by matching based on achievement…
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, Middle School Students, Intervention, Mathematics Instruction
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Elizabeth Swanson; Alicia A. Stewart; Elizabeth A. Stevens; Nancy K. Scammacca; Philip Capin; Bethany H. Bhat; Greg Roberts; Sharon Vaughn – Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2024
This study addressed the effects of Strategies for Teaching Reading, Information, and Vocabulary Effectively (STRIVE), a distributed professional development (PD) model designed to help teachers implement reading comprehension and vocabulary practices in fourth grade social studies classes. Schools (n = 81 schools, n = 235 teachers, n = 4,757…
Descriptors: Grade 4, Reading Instruction, Faculty Development, Reading Strategies