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Direct linkReeves-Wymer, Linda S. – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Developmental education is the starting point for many 1st-year college students, especially from underrepresented, low-income, and first-generation populations. One such 1st-year program linked block-scheduled academic skill-development courses with a required interdisciplinary general education science course where instruction was provided…
Descriptors: Remedial Instruction, Block Scheduling, Academic Achievement, College Freshmen
Caplinger, Robert T. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this study was to examine whether the use of a middle school flexible interdisciplinary block schedule would increase eighth-grade students' reading scores, as measured by the Oregon Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (OAKS). A 90-minute middle school flexible interdisciplinary block schedule served as the independent variable and…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Grade 8, Block Scheduling, Flexible Scheduling
Craddock, Jennifer Lovejoy – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this phenomenological study was to examine the perceptions of elementary teachers who teach science as opposed to science teacher specialists regarding their efforts to help students use student-to-student discourse for improving science learning. A growing body of research confirms the importance of a) student-to-student discourse…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Elementary School Students, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods
Berry, Ayora – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of a curriculum design-based (CDB) professional development model on K-12 teachers' capacity to integrate engineering education in the classroom. This teacher professional development approach differs from other training programs where teachers learn how to use a standard curriculum and…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Curriculum Design, Faculty Development, Teacher Evaluation
Jackson, Delilah A. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This study, using qualitative, multiple case methodology, examined four middle schools within a Local Education Agency (LEA) in eastern North Carolina to determine whether the implementation of key middle school features; (a) interdisciplinary teaming, (b) flexible scheduling, (c) advisor/advisee relationships, and (d) an integrative, exploratory…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Qualitative Research, Case Studies, Program Implementation
Burns, Johnna N. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Purpose, Scope, and Method of Study: Hospital school teachers are a unique population of educators highly qualified and experienced in teaching students who are facing health crises. The purpose of this phenomenological study was to describe the lived experience of teaching seriously ill students in the hospital school setting. The study was…
Descriptors: Hospitalized Children, Hospitals, Child Health, Phenomenology
