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Carrie Emerick – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This study sought to find if the implementation of the strategy of goal setting and reflective portfolios would improve reading comprehension among long-term English learners (LTELs), which in turn would impact their FastBridge aReading scores. LTELs have difficulty reclassifying, resulting in negative outcomes regarding graduation rates and…
Descriptors: Reading Skills, English Language Learners, Reflection, Goal Orientation
Jones, Jonathan P. – ProQuest LLC, 2014
This research study documents and analyzes the experience of teachers who participated in a professional development program to integrate process drama into the teaching of English language arts, social studies, and world languages and cultures. The study addresses and builds upon extant literature in process drama, arts integration, drama…
Descriptors: Drama, Language Arts, Faculty Development, English
Christensen, Andrea L. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
In response to the need for change in teaching practices, educators have bolstered efforts to provide professional development for teachers. However, research suggests that traditional models of professional development for educators are largely ineffective. Decades of research has also demonstrated that in order to bring about teacher change,…
Descriptors: Teacher Leadership, Communities of Practice, Leadership Effectiveness, Intervention
Kane, Barbara Ann – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Teachers face new challenges when they teach a more rigorous mathematics curriculum than one to which they are accustomed. The rationale for this particular study originated from watching teachers struggle with understanding mathematical content and pedagogical practices. Mathematics coaches can address teachers' concerns through sustained,…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Coaching (Performance), Case Studies, Professional Development
Lindstrom, Steven K. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This phenomenological research study examines the lived experience of individual adult transformation in the context of travel. Adults throughout history have experienced profound personal and perception changes as a result of significant travel events. Transformative learning occurs through experience, crisis, and reflection, all of which are…
Descriptors: History, Travel, Transformative Learning, Phenomenology
Wilt, Mary E. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this study was to explore the formation of teacher identity among four teachers of students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and my own by examining our perspectives, influences, and experiences at different points in our careers and determining the similarities and differences that exist in our professional and educational…
Descriptors: Professional Identity, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Teacher Attitudes