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Annie H. Turman – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This dissertation was designed to examine and assess teachers' perceptions of the effectiveness of Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS) during virtual instruction resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. The study examined whether teachers' race/ethnicity, years of teaching experience, level of education, and gender separately and…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Program Effectiveness, Positive Behavior Supports, COVID-19
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Logan, Brenda E.; Wimer, Gregory – Research in Higher Education Journal, 2013
Though there appears to be an onslaught of No Child Left Behind, there is still more emphasis on testing than ever before. With the new implementation of national common-core standards, many school districts have moved towards full inclusive classrooms. However, it is rare that teachers have any input on whether such major decisions are apropos…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Inclusion, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation
Shirk, Kymberly M. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this dissertation was to discover the perceived effect that eliminating instructional coaches has had on teachers, professional development, and student achievement in one elementary school in the Southeastern Georgia School District. The methodology for this study was qualitative using a basic qualitative design. This study…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Instructional Improvement, Coaching (Performance), Elementary School Teachers
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Webster, Collin A.; Connolly, Graeme; Schempp, Paul G. – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2009
Background: Based on the idea that students remember best what is presented last, the lesson closure is commonly identified as an important component of effective teaching and has recently surfaced as a routine practice of expert teachers in sport. Despite its link to both effective and expert instruction, the lesson closure has seen scarce…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Teacher Effectiveness, Racquet Sports, Athletics
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Goebel, Camille A.; Umoja, Aminata; DeHaan, Robert L. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2009
Undergraduate college "science partners" provided content knowledge and a supportive atmosphere for K-5 teachers in a university-school professional development partnership program in science instruction. The Elementary Science Education Partners program, a Local Systemic Change initiative supported by the National Science Foundation,…
Descriptors: Teacher Empowerment, Elementary School Science, College Students, Mentors
Henry, Gary T.; Gordon, Craig S.; Mashburn, Andrew; Ponder, Bentley D. – 2001
The Georgia Prekindergarten Program was established in 1993 to provide the state's 4-year-olds with high-quality preschool experiences. A five-year, longitudinal study examined the ways in which differences in prekindergarten services received by 3,639 Pre-K 4-year-olds affected them during their first 3 years of elementary school and assessed the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Age Grade Placement, Elementary School Students
Brawner, Catherine E.; Felder, Richard M.; Allen, Rodney; Brent, Rebecca – Grantee Submission, 2003
SUCCEED (Southeastern University and College Coalition for Engineering Education) is an eight-campus coalition of engineering schools formed in 1992 under the sponsorship of the National Science Foundation. In 1997, a faculty survey of instructional practices and attitudes regarding the climate for teaching on the Coalition campuses was designed…
Descriptors: Teacher Surveys, Teaching Methods, Teacher Attitudes, Active Learning