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Terrell, Anthony S. – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2016
A collective case study methodology is used to explore how high school turnaround principals leveraged the professional development of teachers to raise student achievement. The study also sought to capture the characteristics of the professional development programs principals implemented. Interview data were collected from five turnaround…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, School Turnaround, Principals, Academic Achievement
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Southworth, Robert A.; Gardiner, Martin Frederick – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2017
Project RAISE is an Arts Integration model that integrates the arts into Common Core curricula of the treatment group: 11 K-6 elementary schools. The RAISE Model fits most closely to an "elaborated residency" (Ingram, 2003) that "builds capacity" of teachers and students to use arts integration strategies in English and Math.…
Descriptors: Art Education, Integrated Curriculum, Elementary School Curriculum, Common Core State Standards
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Dogan, Selcuk; Adams, Alyson J. – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2016
This manuscript builds on the previous reviews of professional learning communities (PLCs), using 10 empirical international research studies to present the impact of PLCs on teacher practice and student learning. The results showed that PLC studies that embrace collaboration and focus on student learning reported improved teacher practice and…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Teacher Competencies, Faculty Development, Cooperative Learning
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Lara-Alecio, Rafael; Tong, Fuhui; Irby, Beverly J.; Guerrero, Cindy Lynn – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2017
In this year-long randomized control trial (RCT), we evaluated the effectiveness of a year-long, intensive, and structured virtual professional development (VPD) accompanying science-integrated English-as-second-language (ESL) instructional intervention on 187 second grade English learners' English language and literacy development in suburban…
Descriptors: Intervention, Bilingualism, English (Second Language), Literacy
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Marshall, Jeff C.; Smart, Julie Brockman; Alston, Daniel M. – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2016
With only 34% of 8th grade students earning a rating of proficient or higher in science education (from the 2011 National Assessment of Education Progress data), much work is needed in our classrooms to achieve the new more rigorous performance expectations found in the "Next Generation Science Standards." For decades, researchers have…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Inquiry, Faculty Development, Scores
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Vasquez, Jaime Madison; Walski, Melanie M. – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2016
With the pressure to improve student achievement, and the propensity to use PD to influence instruction, it is easy to overlook the complex process of teacher learning. The Vygotsky Space represents iterative learning within public and private dimensions, where teacher knowledge building is positioned as interactive cultural events situated within…
Descriptors: Sociocultural Patterns, Educational Practices, Faculty Development, Academic Achievement