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Fennell, Francis; Kobett, Beth McCord; Wray, Jonathan A. – Corwin, 2023
For fans of the bestselling book "The Formative 5: Everyday Assessment Techniques for Every Math Classroom" comes this updated and expanded edition for understanding and implementing highly effective, research-backed formative assessment techniques into seamless, daily practice with students in grades K-12. "The Formative 5 in…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Student Evaluation, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Education
David F. Lancy – Oxford University Press, 2024
In "Learning Without Lessons," David F. Lancy fills a rather large gap in the field of child development and education. Drawing on focused, empirical studies in cultural psychology, ethnographic accounts of childhood, and insights from archaeological studies, Lancy offers the first attempt to review the principles and practices for…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cultural Context, Independent Study, Play
Blatchford, Peter; Russell, Anthony – UCL Press, 2020
The debate over whether class size matters for teaching and learning is one of the most enduring, and aggressive, in education research. Teachers often insist that small classes benefit their work. But many experts argue that evidence from research shows class size has little impact on pupil outcomes, so does not matter, and this dominant view has…
Descriptors: Class Size, Outcomes of Education, Educational Research, Observation
Eve Bernstein; Ulana Lysniak – Sage Research Methods Cases, 2018
In 2007, Eve Bernstein started her doctoral research examining how students perceive competitive activities in physical education class. The literature in physical education explored many of the variables that create a successful competitive activity for students in these classes. Factors such as time and appropriate practice, skill progression,…
Descriptors: Semi Structured Interviews, Observation, Physical Education, Competition
Albert M. Jimenez; Sally J. Zepeda – Sage Research Methods Cases, 2017
The work presented in this case study results from a study conducted in 2012-2014 examining a newly created teacher evaluation system to determine the inter-rater reliability of the classroom observation instrument. The teacher evaluation system was the result of a partnership between the school district and the university in the same city…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Interrater Reliability, Teacher Evaluation, Observation
Mona Sakr – Sage Research Methods Cases, 2016
This case study focuses on a project designed to empower and enable early childhood education practitioners to observe and document the creativity of the young children they work with. Through workshops, practitioners became skilled in making video observations of children engaged in creative processes. When viewing observations together,…
Descriptors: Creativity, Early Childhood Education, Educational Research, Observation
Hall, Susan L. – ASCD, 2018
Why aren't more schools seeing significant improvement in students' reading ability when they implement Response to Intervention (RTI) or Multitiered Systems of Support (MTSS) in their literacy programs? These frameworks serve as a way for educators to identify struggling readers and provide the small-group instruction they need to improve their…
Descriptors: Reading Skills, Response to Intervention, Literacy Education, Reading Instruction
Hancock, Dawson R.; Algozzine, Bob – Teachers College Press, 2016
Reflecting recent knowledge and developments in the field, this very practical, easy-to-use guide emphasizes learning how to do case study research--from the first step of deciding whether a case study is the way to go to the last step of verifying and confirming findings before disseminating them. The authors show students how to determine an…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Educational Research, Novices, Research Design
Sau Kew Chong – Sage Research Methods Cases, 2016
The research on which this case account is based was motivated by my interest to understand what counts as literacy in schools. I started my career as a primary school teacher, teaching English language to children. The children were avid readers. Although they were good readers and communicators, what baffled me were the dismal language scores…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Literacy, Reading Habits, Writing (Composition)
Rafiqah Mustafaa – Sage Research Methods Cases, 2017
In January 2014, I began working as an evaluator on an education reform project being implemented by faculty in science and engineering departments at my university. The core goals of the project were for participating faculty members to improve students' learning, engagement, and recruitment and retention in selected introductory-level courses…
Descriptors: Observation, Interviews, College Faculty, Evaluation Methods
Archer, Jeff; Cantrell, Steve; Holtzman, Steven L.; Joe, Jilliam N.; Tocci, Cynthia M.; Wood, Jess – Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, 2016
In this book the authors explain how to build, and over time improve, the elements of an observation system that equips all observers to identify and develop effective teaching. It is based on the collective knowledge of key partners in the Measures of Effective Teaching (MET) project--which carried out one of the largest-ever studies of classroom…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Teacher Effectiveness, Observation, Teacher Evaluation
Dewhurst, Marit – Harvard Education Press, 2014
In this lively and groundbreaking book, arts educator Marit Dewhurst examines why art is an effective way to engage students in thinking about the role they might play in addressing social injustice. Based on interviews and observations of sixteen high schoolers participating in an activist arts class at a New York City museum, Dewhurst identifies…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Activism, Art Activities, Interviews
Jan Georgeson; Verity Campbell-Barr – Sage Research Methods Cases, 2017
This case study describes the adoption of a mixed-methods approach to explore provision for 2-year-olds in England at a time when funding for free places for disadvantaged children became available. A literature review was carried out to find out about aspects of early childhood provision considered important for 2-year-old children's development,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Young Children, Disadvantaged Youth, Early Childhood Education
Mohamed Moustakim – Sage Research Methods Cases, 2016
This study is designed to give new researchers an understanding of the methodological principles and practices of living educational theory research as a tool for improving professional practice. It draws on Jack Whitehead and Jean McNiff's (2006) approach to living theory methodology to improve educational practice. The study was guided by the…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Educational Practices, Educational Improvement, Educational Theories
Karen Hunter Quartz; Jose Felipe Martinez; Jarod Kawasaki – Sage Research Methods Cases, 2016
Teaching is a complex construct, and there is near-universal consensus, in the literature in the United States and internationally, that capturing this complexity requires collecting multiple measures from multiple sources. Yet, what measures to use and how is a contentious area of education policy research. In practice, there is little specific…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Education, Urban Areas, Case Studies
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