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Rashad Issa – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The purpose of this study is to examine the effectiveness of a one-to-one intensive tutoring program in English and Mathematics on improving English learners' test scores on standardized assessments like the Pre-Scholastic Aptitude Test (PSAT). The program of interest in this study is called The Rising Stars Program and is designed based on…
Descriptors: Intervention, English Language Learners, English, Mathematics Instruction
Kendra Michael – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Treatment fidelity is essential for predicting student outcomes and discerning between intervention ineffectiveness and invalid implementation. Despite its significance, research on treatment fidelity within Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) and Response to Intervention (RTI) frameworks is limited. Despite their moderating role in…
Descriptors: Special Education, Intervention, Fidelity, Outcomes of Treatment
Brittney Phinazee – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The local problem under study was that a non-Title I school implemented a 25-minute response-to-intervention (RTI) remediation block to address the fact that students were scoring below proficiency on literacy assessments; however, teachers were unsure of how to best use this time to improve literacy instruction and were unsure which RTI…
Descriptors: Middle School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Response to Intervention, Literacy Education
Ike Griffith – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The purpose of this ex post facto study was to compare the end of year GPAs of 8th grade underachieving students who participated in Career and Technical Education programming through the Memphis Ambassadors Apprentice Program to those who did not. Introducing Career and Technical Education programs and activities to students at a young age…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Grade 8, Underachievement, Vocational Education
Severin A. Cornelius – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This phenomenological study investigates teacher experiences using i-Ready's literacy-based software with Black male fifth-grade students in an urban school district in the Northeast region of the United States. The participant's knowledge about i-Ready is fundamental to understanding the program's impact on Black male fifth-grade students. This…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Elementary School Students, Grade 5, Blacks
Stephanie A. Brown – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The purpose of this program evaluation was to evaluate the impact of CORE District's Breakthrough Success Community (BTSC) Program at an urban Title I high school located in Southern California. BTSC aims to improve the ninth-grade experience through a focus on five key change drivers and the implementation of improvement science. Through teacher…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Urban Schools, Disadvantaged Schools, High Schools
Clark, Nikki – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Reading skills comprise the following three categories: decoding, fluency, and comprehension. All three of these skills are necessary for students to become successful readers in and out of academic settings. Many students in special education read far below their grade level; difficulty reading is particularly challenging for such students…
Descriptors: Individualized Instruction, Intervention, High School Students, Special Education
Caroline D. Hardin – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Hackathons, the time-bound collaborative project-based competitions increasingly popular with undergraduate CS students, are both transformative and problematic. On one hand, they are unique opportunities to apply skills learned in the classroom to real-world, interest driven projects that celebrate risk taking, collaboration, and playfulness. On…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Computer Science Education, Programming, Group Activities
Fulton, Angela R. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Improving student performance in America's chronically underperforming schools has been a challenge for many decades. Despite various school reforms, little to no progress has been shown. Schools have continued to fail, and achievement gaps have widened. The current state of schools has called for a drastic intervention. School turnaround has…
Descriptors: School Turnaround, Public Schools, Models, Program Effectiveness
Tsuda, Emi – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of a two-hour professional development workshop g focused on content knowledge (CK) utilizing an upper elementary knowledge packet on the task selection and instruction (PCK) of a teacher delivering a three-day tennis unit to 4th and 5 th grade students. A secondary purpose was to examine student…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Elementary School Teachers, Racquet Sports
Judge, Brittany A. – ProQuest LLC, 2015
One of the greatest challenges for alternative schools is to develop effective training programs for students with severe and profound developmental disabilities. School-wide positive behavior support (SWPBS) has been shown to decrease problematic behaviors in alternative schools and self-contained settings yet little is known about how effective…
Descriptors: Positive Behavior Supports, Severe Disabilities, Special Schools, Nontraditional Students
Marshall, Theresa Meade – ProQuest LLC, 2014
This program evaluation was undertaken to examine the relationship between participation in Project iRead and student gains in word recognition, fluency, and comprehension as measured by the Phonological Awareness Literacy Screening (PALS) Test. Linear regressions compared the 2012-13 PALS results from 5,140 first and second grade students at…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, Word Recognition, Reading Fluency, Reading Comprehension
Miller, Johncarlos M. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Character education (CE) in schools has been reported to support a safe school environment in which adults and students can embrace core ethical values such as respect, fairness, and responsibility, for example (Pala, 2011). It has the power to not only "cultivate minds [but] nurture hearts" as well (Pala, 2011, p. 26). The creation of a…
Descriptors: Values Education, Educational Improvement, Middle School Students, Secondary School Teachers
McGruder, Nancy C. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
The purpose of the current study was to determine if three community colleges were serving developmental education students in an effective and cost-efficient manner, make observations about the developmental education demographics, and conclude if Senate Bill 162 (SB 162) increased the percentage of college ready students who participated in…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, State Legislation, Educational Change, Developmental Studies Programs
Long, Laura – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Student Study Team Meetings are a function of general education and are conducted to meet the needs of struggling students. A great deal of time, effort, and fiscal resources are dedicated to the Student Study Team process by highly qualified school personnel. The intention of the Student Study Team process is to implement appropriate…
Descriptors: Teamwork, Cooperative Learning, Special Needs Students, Intervention
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