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Erica Joy Cupuro – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This study evaluated the effectiveness of faithful use of Imagine Math, a computer adaptive math intervention for elementary students in grades three through five. To achieve this objective, the researcher compared the math achievement growth as measured by the NWEA MAP math assessments from fall 2021 to spring 2022 between the treatment group and…
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, Program Implementation, Fidelity, Intervention
White, Jeremy – Online Submission, 2022
Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) is a concept that is gaining a following worldwide as a cost-effective means for schools to provide 21st-century skills (Bell, 2010) with limited funding. The current paper shows the results of a survey into the opinions and perceptions of parents of Japanese K1-3 students' use of technology, specifically the…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Private Schools, Kindergarten, Family Environment
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Gherardi, Stacy – Leadership and Policy in Schools, 2020
Educational success stories are powerful tools that shape the decisions of policymakers. This study explores the ways in which these stories are crafted and how they differ among various educational stakeholders. Using administrator and teacher interviews from a school district which earned accolades for implementation of a 1:1 laptop program,…
Descriptors: Success, Teacher Attitudes, Administrator Attitudes, Laptop Computers
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Powell, Douglas R.; Diamond, Karen E. – Journal of Early Intervention, 2013
Structural, process, and content dimensions of a coaching-based professional development (PD) intervention were examined in an implementation fidelity study. The intervention focused on Head Start teachers' vocabulary and phonemic awareness instruction, and was delivered through onsite classroom visits and technologically mediated methods that…
Descriptors: Fidelity, Program Implementation, Faculty Development, Coaching (Performance)
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Hennessy, Sara; Haßler, Bjoern; Hofmann, Riikka – Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 2015
This article examines the supporting and constraining factors influencing professional learning about interactive teaching and mobile digital technology use in low-resourced basic schools in sub-Saharan Africa. It draws on a case study of iterative development and refinement of a school-based, peer-facilitated professional learning programme…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Education, Professional Development, Educational Technology
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Chen, Deborah; Klein, M. Diane; Minor, Lavada – Infants and Young Children, 2009
This article describes the development, implementation, and evaluation of an online professional development course designed to develop an understanding of the foundations, perspectives, and strategies used by key disciplines (e.g., occupational therapy, physical therapy, speech-language pathology, early childhood special education, visual…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Feedback (Response), Early Intervention, Visual Impairments
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Chen, Jie-Qi; Chang, Charles – Early Education and Development, 2006
This study describes the development and implementation of a comprehensive approach to computer technology training for early childhood teachers. Departing from the singular goal of conveying skills and knowledge, a comprehensive program targets the development of teachers' attitudes and practices as well as knowledge and skills. All 3 areas are…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Comprehensive Programs, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology