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Mastery Learning: A Mixed-Methods Study of Teacher Efforts Implementing Key Components of the Mastery Learning Framework
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LaShay Conley – ProQuest LLC, 2020
This study works to assess the degree to which the impact of implementation of Mastery Learning can be described through teacher perception, academic achievement, and student growth. Elementary school teachers in a suburb in North Carolina implemented the Mastery Learning framework. The school's end-of-grade test scores were above state and…
Descriptors: Mastery Learning, Program Implementation, Academic Achievement, Teaching Methods
Fostering Students' Creativity via Educational Robotics: An Investigation of Teachers' Pedagogical Practices Based on Teacher Interviews
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Yang, Yuqin; Long, Yanwen; Sun, Daner; Van Aalst, Jan; Cheng, Sanyin – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2020
This study explored how educational robotics (ER) was implemented in classrooms to foster creativity among elementary school students and identified challenges associated with its implementation. Twenty-six teachers at different elementary schools were interviewed. In-depth teacher interviews and grounded theory were used to collect and analyze…
Descriptors: Creativity, Creative Development, Technology Uses in Education, Robotics
Randomized Controlled Trial of Edgenuity's Pathblazer in Floyd County Schools
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Wolf, Betsy; Cook, Michael A.; Eisinger, Jane; Ross, Steven – Center for Research and Reform in Education, 2020
Pathblazer is a supplemental, online intervention program that helps struggling learners in grades K-8 achieve grade-level proficiency in mathematics and reading. It offers students individualized learning progression paths with fun, motivating content that addresses skill and concept gaps. Using existing student data or results from a screener,…
Descriptors: Randomized Controlled Trials, Intervention, Elementary School Students, Middle School Students
Program Evaluation of the Direct Instruction Reading Interventions: Reading Mastery and Corrective Reading
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Jarvis, Nita M. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
The purpose of this program evaluation was to evaluate the Direct Instruction programs, Reading Mastery and Corrective Reading, from SRA McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, which were being used as a school-wide reading intervention. These programs were implemented at a small elementary school in the Piedmont area of North Carolina beginning in the…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Reading Programs, Direct Instruction, Teaching Methods
Program Fidelity in Two "Reading Mastery" Classrooms: A View from the Inside
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Shelton, Nancy Rankie – Literacy Research and Instruction, 2010
This article reports research that examines the impact of fidelity to a scripted program in two third-grade classrooms. The data was drawn from a study conducted in an elementary school functioning under pressure from state and district policy to increase student standardized reading test scores. Thematic analysis was used to analyze observation…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Oral Reading, Reading Tests, Mastery Learning
The Effects of Modified Classwide Peer Tutoring Procedures on the Generalization of Spelling Skills of Urban Third-Grade Elementary Students
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Hashimoto, Kazunari; Utley, Cheryl A.; Greenwood, Charles R.; Pitchlyn, Carol L. – Learning Disabilities: A Contemporary Journal, 2007
A single-subject reversal design with counterbalanced phases across two classrooms was used to measure the effects of peer tutoring on the retention and generalization of spelling words in two third-grade general education classrooms. The results revealed that the mean pretest-posttest gain scores during all the peer tutoring phases of the two…
Descriptors: Spelling, Generalization, Peer Teaching, Tutoring