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Gülen, Salih – Science Education International, 2020
The aim of this study was to determine the knowledge of fifth-grade students about the sun, earth, and moon and to examine the fact that this information can be reflected with different measurement tools. A mixed method was used in the research. Quantitative data were collected using a 3-point Likert-type questionnaire and a true-false test; and…
Descriptors: Grade 5, Knowledge Level, Testing, Objective Tests
Steeg, Susanna M. – Journal of Language and Literacy Education, 2016
Professional learning communities (PLCs) constitute worthwhile spaces in which to study teacher participation in the reflective practices that have potential to shift their teaching. This qualitative case study details the interactions between dual-language and ELL teachers in a grade-level PLC as they met together to confer over video-clips of…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Communities of Practice, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Jaquith, Ann; Snyder, Jon – Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education, 2016
Can the National Board certification process support school improvement where large proportions of students score below grade level on standardized tests? This SCOPE study examines a project that sought to seize and capitalize upon the learning opportunities embedded in the National Board certification process, particularly opportunities to learn…
Descriptors: Alternative Teacher Certification, National Standards, School Culture, Educational Improvement
Jaquith, Ann; Snyder, Jon – Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education, 2016
Can the National Board certification process support school improvement where large proportions of students score below grade level on standardized tests? This SCOPE study examines a project that sought to seize and capitalize upon the learning opportunities embedded in the National Board certification process, particularly opportunities to learn…
Descriptors: Alternative Teacher Certification, National Standards, School Culture, Educational Improvement
Rowland, Amber Heiserman – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This study identified the content of educator conversations and determined how social interactions contributed to participant learning. Data sources included videos from face-to-face conversational sessions and individual, video stimulated-recall (SR) interviews conducted virtually. Participants included fifth and sixth-grade teachers from five…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Grade 5, Grade 6, Interpersonal Communication
Capobianco, Brenda M. – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2011
This study examines a fifth grade science teacher's attempts at integrating engineering design using the construct of uncertainty. Collaborative action research served as a supportive mechanism to uncover and confront the teacher's uncertainties. Data were gathered through semi-structured interviews, reflections, classroom observations, lesson…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Action Research, Interviews, Engineering
Matsumura, Lindsay Clare; Garnier, Helen E.; Spybrook, Jessaca – Journal of Teacher Education, 2012
This study examines the effect of a comprehensive literacy-coaching program focused on enacting a discussion-based approach to reading comprehension instruction (content-focused coaching [CFC]) on the quality of classroom text discussions over 2 years. The study used a cluster-randomized trial in which schools were assigned to either CFC or…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Individualized Instruction, Reading Instruction, Coaching (Performance)
Yilmaz, Sinem; Akcan, Sumru – ELT Journal, 2012
This study explores the way in which the European Language Portfolio (ELP) is used for teaching English as a foreign language to young learners with the aim of enhancing their involvement in the language learning process. The data for the study were collected through observations in a fourth-grade and a fifth-grade classroom (students' ages varied…
Descriptors: Portfolios (Background Materials), Focus Groups, Interviews, Grade 4
Pathways to Critical Consciousness: A First-Year Teacher's Engagement with Issues of Race and Equity
McDonough, Kathy – Journal of Teacher Education, 2009
In this article, the author considers the ways in which a White first-year teacher performs critical racial consciousness in the context of her urban fifth-grade classroom. The process of critical racial consciousness engagement is complex as well as understudied outside of preservice courses. The findings of this study fall into three…
Descriptors: Racial Identification, Beginning Teachers, Teaching Experience, Whites
Hartman, Stephanie – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This multiple case study examined the efforts of six elementary school teachers in their implementation of new instructional strategies in their fifth grade social studies classrooms following their participation in a weeklong Summer Institute focusing on American history. The study was guided by one grand tour question and one sub-tour question.…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, United States History, Self Efficacy, Data Analysis