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Gordesky, Joshua Todd – ProQuest LLC, 2016
The purpose of this research was to determine what type of correlations existed between student and parent attitudes towards using smartphones in school and the resulting impact on achievement, specifically for low-achieving students. Participants in the study were third-grade students and their parents from a primary school in Singapore. The…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Personal Autonomy, Parent Attitudes
Santau, Alexandra O.; Maerten-Rivera, Jaime L.; Huggins, Anne Corinne – Science Education, 2011
As part of a 5-year professional development intervention aimed at improving science and literacy achievement of English language learning (ELL) students in urban elementary schools, this study examined fourth-grade students' science achievement across a 3-year (2005-2008) implementation of our professional development intervention consisting of…
Descriptors: Intervention, Achievement Gains, Second Language Learning, Teacher Workshops
Lee, Okhee; Mahotiere, Margarette; Salinas, Alejandra; Penfield, Randall D.; Maerten-Rivera, Jaime – Bilingual Research Journal, 2009
As part of our professional development intervention, this study examined third-grade ELL students' writing achievement that included "form" (i.e., conventions, organization, and style/voice) and "content" (i.e., specific knowledge and understanding of science) in expository science writing. The study included six treatment schools from a large…
Descriptors: Science Achievement, Urban Schools, Intervention, Writing Achievement
Lee, Okhee; Penfield, Randall; Maerten-Rivera, Jaime – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2009
This study examined the effect of fidelity of implementation (FOI) on the science achievement gains of third grade students broadly and students with limited literacy in English specifically. The study was conducted in the context of a professional development intervention with elementary school teachers to promote science achievement of ELL…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Intervention, Science Achievement, Achievement Gains
Lee, Okhee; Maerten-Rivera, Jaime; Penfield, Randall D.; LeRoy, Kathryn; Secada, Walter G. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2008
This study is part of a 5-year professional development intervention aimed at improving science and literacy achievement of English language learners (or ELL students) in urban elementary schools within an environment increasingly driven by high-stakes testing and accountability. Specifically, the study examined science achievement at the end of…
Descriptors: Intervention, Elementary Schools, Science Achievement, Achievement Gains