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Bennis, Candace L. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Research has shown that students with learning disabilities often do not complete or submit their homework, which may lead to failing grades. The intent of this research was to examine the perceptions of elementary special teachers on assigning appropriate homework for these students. The purpose of this phenomenological study was to investigate…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Special Education Teachers, Special Education, Homework
Schubert, Daniel Joseph – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Technology is changing the way students are able to learn and access mathematics. This study explored the effects that technology can have on 9th grade Integrated Algebra students through computer-assisted instruction. In hopes of raising students' New York State Regents scores, ninety-five high school freshmen from a Title I school in New York…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Mathematics Instruction, Algebra, High School Freshmen
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Bang, Hee Jin – High School Journal, 2012
This study examines the homework practices of eight teachers working in a high school designed to serve newcomer immigrant students. Individual structured interviews were conducted in which teachers working in an innovative setting explained their purposes of assigning homework, their beliefs about factors affecting their students' homework…
Descriptors: Homework, Interviews, Immigrants, High Schools
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Bennett-Conroy, Waveline – School Community Journal, 2012
This article describes the development and evaluation of a classroom-based, low-cost intervention to increase parents' involvement in their children's education. In Phase 1 of the study, 17 parents of 8th grade students in a low-income, high immigrant and minority school district were interviewed to conduct a qualitative assessment of factors…
Descriptors: Homework, Stakeholders, Intervention, Statistical Analysis
Warren, Constancia; Feist, Michelle; Nevarez, Nancy – Academy for Educational Development, 2002
This study examined six Beacon centers, which are community centers located in public school buildings that offer a range of activities and services to participants of all ages, before and after school, in the evenings, and on weekends. Individual Beacons are managed by community-based organizations. The study examined how the Beacons provided…
Descriptors: Neighborhoods, Youth Programs, Family Involvement, Community Centers
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Ikpeze, Chinwe – Language and Literacy Spectrum, 2006
This study examined the nature of the partnership between clinicians and parents of two struggling readers at a university reading clinic. Research questions sought to examine the roles of the clinicians and parents in the reading clinic and the ways, if any, their partnership facilitated reading improvement of the children involved. Data were…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Remedial Reading, Parent Role, Intervention