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Melissa King – Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom, 2024
Professional learning that includes coaching is an effective method of supporting teachers to make changes to their teaching practice. This article provides an overview of the initial in-situ professional learning and coaching in a primary school in Western Sydney facilitated by a Mathematics Teaching Educator. In this article I present the…
Descriptors: Coaching (Performance), Faculty Development, Mathematics Instruction, Educational Change
Shari Y. Ehly – ProQuest LLC, 2024
In 2019, declines in reading achievement across Texas motivated changes for teacher recertification, which required 60-hour professional development in the science of teaching reading (STR). The problem this study addressed was the challenges K-Grade 3 reading teachers encountered when implementing the recently adopted Reading Academy content at a…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3
H. Charles McPhee – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This qualitative descriptive study explored how general education K-6 teachers describe their ability to implement student Individualized Educational Plans (IEP) in their classrooms and the supports needed for effective implementation of IEPs in Ohio. Self-Efficacy has been defined as the confidence that an individual has in their ability to…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3
Laura Roeker – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This study examines the experiences of six K-5 elementary school teachers in professional learning spaces for antiracism. Teachers from two elementary schools established school-university partnerships to begin antiracist work: one on a whole-school level, the other a group of teachers meeting voluntarily with university faculty. Given the paucity…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Kindergarten, Grade 1, Grade 2
Corovic, Ellen; Downton, Ann – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2022
This study reports on an early career Year 2 teacher's reflections of enacting specifically structured resource materials and her practice change when participating in a mathematics professional learning project. A qualitative case study was designed to examine the reflections of a teacher's pre-service and in-service teaching experiences. Data…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Mathematics Instruction, Case Studies, Preservice Teacher Education
Laura Jessica Romo – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Students with disabilities have been inequitably served by the United States educational system for decades. This research study explores general education teachers' beliefs and pedagogical approaches to the incorporation of students with disabilities into their classrooms. 22 general education teachers (teaching grades 1-5) participated in a…
Descriptors: Regular and Special Education Relationship, Inclusion, Individualized Education Programs, Students with Disabilities
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Justice, Laura M.; Jiang, Hui; Purtell, Kelly M.; Lin, Tzu-Jung; Ansari, Arya – Early Education and Development, 2022
Research Findings: The present study examined the extent to which instructional practices, including curriculum, in pre-K through third grade are vertically aligned. Attention was directed to teachers' grouping practices, academic content, and pedagogical methods given their importance for students' learning. Variable- and person-centered analyses…
Descriptors: Primary Education, Teaching Methods, Educational Practices, Elementary School Students
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Jackson, Jarvais; Collins, Saudah N. T.; Baines, Janice R.; Boutte, Gloria Swindler; Johnson, George Lee, Jr.; Folsom-Wright, Nichole – Social Studies, 2021
Africa is the cradle of civilization, yet its rich history and culture is undertaught--especially in elementary P-5 classrooms. In this article, we share Adinkra symbols from West Africa which can be used for interdisciplinary instruction and classroom management. We offer Adinkra symbols as an organizing theme for teaching in the spirit of not…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, African Culture, Teaching Methods, Interdisciplinary Approach
Justice, Laura M.; Jiang, Hui; Purtell, Kelly M.; Lin, Tzu-Jung; Ansari, Arya – Grantee Submission, 2021
Research Findings: The present study examined the extent to which instructional practices, including curriculum, in pre-K through third grade are vertically aligned. Attention was directed to teachers' grouping practices, academic content, and pedagogical methods given their importance for students' learning. Variable- and person-centered analyses…
Descriptors: Primary Education, Teaching Methods, Curriculum, Educational Practices
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Boyd, Maureen P.; Jarmark, Christopher J.; Edmiston, Brian – Pedagogies: An International Journal, 2018
Collaborative social practices that people participate in to coauthor, or co-create, support, and sustain, a classroom community are challenging to research and represent because they are fluid and emergent, and interdependent and cumulative, as they develop across time and space, across experiences and relations. In this article, we take a…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Educational Practices, Longitudinal Studies, Classroom Techniques
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Watson, Kelly – Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom, 2016
In order for students to move from using concrete materials to using mental strategies and from additive to multiplicative thinking, the use of arrays and visualisation is pivotal. This article describes a lesson in which students are taken through a Concrete-Representational-Abstract (CRA) approach that involves noticing structure, using…
Descriptors: Multiplication, Visualization, Mathematics Instruction, Problem Solving
Alexandra Owens – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The purpose of this qualitative phenomenological study was to examine teachers' knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs about executive functions utilized in reading instruction of kindergarten through third-grade students. This research study used open-ended, semi-structured interview questions to gain a better understanding of what teachers know and…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Kindergarten, Grade 1, Grade 2
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Rodríguez, Ana María León; Becerra, Absalón Jiménez – Journal of Pedagogy, 2022
This article presents an analysis of the links between teacher practice and forced displacement based on a theoretical conceptualization and the narratives of the main actors: teachers and students of the first cycle of two schools in the city of Bogota. We analyze the contexts of the schools and the dynamics of the school scenarios. The research…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Practices, Teacher Attitudes, Student Attitudes
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Troncale, Jennifer M. – Science and Children, 2016
Reading and writing are essential skills that students use as they learn science. For students to attain scientific literacy, they must create meaningful lessons capitalizing on curiosity and natural wonders about the world, through which students speak, read, and write about their science experiences. The inquiry-based lesson described in this…
Descriptors: Scientific Literacy, Science Education, Scientific Concepts, Lesson Plans
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Francis, Marj; Paige, Kathryn; Hardy, Graham – Teaching Science, 2016
An invitation to be part of a small research project with science teacher educators focusing on the Australian Curriculum--Science as a Human Endeavour strand provided an opportunity for professional learning in science for an early career teacher working with Year 1-2 students. This article explores how the use of students' photography of local…
Descriptors: Questioning Techniques, Photography, Water, Natural Resources
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