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Pennsylvania's K-3 Public-School Teachers' Understanding and Use of Culturally Responsive Pedagogy to Close the African American/White Achievement Gap
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Newell, Sherese G. – ProQuest LLC, 2023
In public schools in Pennsylvania and across the nation an academic achievement gap exists between African American students and their White peers as African American students have consistently performed lower than White students on standardized tests in reading and mathematics (NCES, 2019). Since the achievement gap has persisted for decades,…
Descriptors: Public School Teachers, Primary Education, Culturally Relevant Education, Pedagogical Content Knowledge
Training Teachers to Implement Physical Activity: Applying Social Cognitive Theory
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Hivner, Elizabeth A.; Hoke, Alicia M.; Francis, Erica B.; Lehman, Erik B.; Hwang, Grace W.; Kraschnewski, Jennifer L. – Health Education Journal, 2019
Objective: To evaluate the impact of three types of social cognitive theory (SCT)-based elementary school classroom physical activity (PA) training on teachers' implementation rates, attitudes, knowledge and behaviour. Design: Key stakeholder focus groups informed development of phase II which took the form of a randomised controlled trial of…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Inservice Teacher Education, Physical Activities, Self Efficacy
A Mixed-Methods Study of Middle School Advisory Programs: Staff Experiences, Perspectives, and Implementation in Three Suburban Middle Schools
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O'Dowd, Madeleine Powers – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This mixed methods research study explored advisory programs in three middle schools located in Southeastern Pennsylvania. An advisory program is a fundamental component of an exemplary middle school yet there are often difficulties in implementing it successfully. Research indicates that a middle school advisory program cannot be successful if…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, Middle Schools, Suburban Schools, Comprehensive Guidance
Implementing Nutrition Education in Elementary Schools.
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Nicely, Robert F., Jr.; Bell, Paul E. – Education, 1983
Grades four to six in three school districts representing rural, suburban, and urban school settings were exposed to a nutrition program. Results disclosed that students having access to the nutrition unit significantly out-performed students lacking access and that teachers needed to receive pre-implementation inservice education regarding the…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Formative Evaluation, Grade 4