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A Tale of Transformation
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Suzanne Kail – English Journal, 2020
An inservice training session triggered a crisis of confidence for the author, a veteran teacher, but it also inspired the author to rethink their approach to teaching reading and writing. While the author attended a conference, the state presenter explained that the new curriculum represents "shifts" in philosophy about teaching…
Descriptors: Common Core State Standards, Writing Instruction, Reading Instruction, Teaching Methods
Truth Matters: Teaching Young Students to Search for the Most Reasonable Answer
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Reznitskaya, Alina; Wilkinson, Ian A. G. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2018
Learning how to formulate, comprehend, and evaluate arguments is an essential part of helping students develop the ability to make better, more reasonable judgments. The Common Core identified argumentation as a fundamental life skill that is broadly important for the literate person. According to the authors, having students engage in an inquiry…
Descriptors: Ethics, Common Core State Standards, Persuasive Discourse, Elementary School Students
How is Policy Affecting Classroom Instruction? Evidence Speaks Reports, Vol 2, #14
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Edgerton, Adam; Polikof, Morgan; Desimone, Laura – Center on Children and Families at Brookings, 2017
Five-plus years into the experiment with new "college- and career-ready standards" (of which Common Core is the most notable and most controversial example), we know little about teachers' implementation and the ways policy can support that implementation. This paper uses new state-representative teacher survey data to characterize the…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Teaching Methods, Teacher Surveys, Program Implementation
Self-Determination Theory and Middle School Mathematics Teachers: Understanding the Motivation to Attain Professional Development
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Crawford, Amy K. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this phenomenological research study was to use Self-Determination Theory as a framework to analyze middle school mathematics teachers' motivation to attain effective professional development concerning Ohio's Learning Standards as well as other instructional aspects that affect the classroom. Teachers are exceptionally busy meeting…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Common Core State Standards, Standards, Phenomenology
Teacher Implementation of College- and Career-Readiness Standards: Links among Policy, Instruction, Challenges, and Resources
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Edgerton, Adam K.; Desimone, Laura M. – AERA Open, 2018
Using state-representative teacher surveys in three states--Texas, Ohio, and Kentucky--we examine teachers' implementation of college- and career-readiness (CCR) standards. What do teachers report about the specificity, authority, consistency, power, and stability of their standards environment? How does their policy environment predict…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Program Implementation, College Readiness, Career Readiness
Teacher Implementation of College- and Career-Readiness Standards: Links among Policy, Instruction, Challenges, and Resources
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Edgerton, Adam K.; Desimone, Laura M. – Grantee Submission, 2018
Using state-representative teacher surveys in three states--Texas, Ohio, and Kentucky--we examine teachers' implementation of college- and career-readiness (CCR) standards. What do teachers report about the specificity, authority, consistency, power, and stability of their standards environment? How does their policy environment predict…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Program Implementation, College Readiness, Career Readiness