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Sara Stetina-Reed – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Experiential learning is a child-centered approach to education designed to minimize the role of authority, shift the power dynamic away from the teacher, and place children at the center in curriculum activities. In direct instruction, teachers play a leading role in constructing and delivering lessons to students. Direct instruction occurs when…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Experiential Learning, Teacher Attitudes, Direct Instruction
Carrie Chambers – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The purpose of this quantitative comparative study was to assess if and to what extent differences exist in teacher self-efficacy for implementing self-regulated learning (SRL) instruction (direct instruction, providing choices, providing challenges and complex tasks, and building in evaluation) between novice and veteran middle school teachers in…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Experienced Teachers, Self Efficacy, Program Implementation
Heather Lynn Hall – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Critical Literacy (CL) is a teaching strategy that is designed to promote critical consciousness and enact social justice change as learning occurs. Critical literacy can promote and included in teacher education programs as a tool to increase Pre-Service Teachers (PST) Culturally Responsive Teaching Self-Efficacy (CRTSE). The researcher examined…
Descriptors: Critical Literacy, Intervention, Preservice Teachers, Culturally Relevant Education
Crystal Lorraine Jacobs – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Teaching strategies for general education development programs offered in correctional facilities were investigated to determine the design of instruction that produces the best academic success. Literature on this topic is limited. There is a gap in the research on teaching practices in correctional classrooms. Research questions involved…
Descriptors: Institutionalized Persons, Correctional Education, General Education, Academic Achievement
Johnston, Tara Burke – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Early and explicit vocabulary instruction is one important way teachers can support early readers for later reading comprehension success (Duncan et al., 2007; Marulis & Neuman, 2010; Neuman & Dwyer, 2011; National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), 2000); however, some observations indicate that early childhood and…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Kindergarten, Vocabulary Development, Emergent Literacy
Corinthia A. Myrick – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Academic achievement in elementary science achievement scores throughout Title One schools in metro-Atlanta could be identified through analphabetism and improper vocabulary instruction to accommodate students' learning styles. Teaching words explicitly entails extensive time and patience when exposing new science vocabulary. However, teaching…
Descriptors: Grade 5, Correlation, Science Education, Vocabulary Development
Joelle Mychal Mays – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Reading includes multiple skills essential for students to develop to become productive adults, yet results from state testing show some students are not meeting grade-level expectations. Colorado Department of Education shows a percentage of students have sufficient reading deficiencies, which resulted in having schools use an approved reading…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Teaching Methods, Reading Improvement, Elementary School Students
Jerae Hutchison Kelly – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Research on Theory of Mind (ToM) and reading comprehension is a lively and active field with numerous publications a year. ToM describes a child's ability to identify and reason about the mental states of others (e.g., think, believe, intend, want). The burgeoning findings from this research suggests ToM plays an important role in the reading…
Descriptors: Theory of Mind, Reading Comprehension, Inferences, Reading Research
Erica N. Pettis – ProQuest LLC, 2022
With the growing number of non-native English speakers, improving communication through direct vocabulary instruction (DVI) is important. The problem investigated in this study was that English as a second language (ESL) teachers were not using the strategy DVI, in the ESL classroom. The purpose of this basic qualitative study was to explore ESL…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Teachers, Second Language Instruction, Teacher Attitudes
David Barny – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Following the social turn in Second Language Acquisition (SLA) in the 1990s (Block, 2003), researchers have increasingly focused on the emic perspective of learners. As a result, identity, subjectivity, and agency have come to the forefront in SLA research. In an effort to afford learners the means to negotiate meaning more freely and to position…
Descriptors: French, Perspective Taking, Computer Simulation, Educational Games
Jennifer Anne Lacroix – ProQuest LLC, 2021
For this dissertation, I had the opportunity to investigate a well-established university-based intensive English program in the northeastern United States as it transitioned from an integrated-skills to a paired-skills approach. My goal as a researcher was to investigate in what ways "listening," the second language (L2) skill…
Descriptors: College Programs, Second Language Instruction, English Learners, Listening Skills
Sarah C. Good – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Mathematics concepts in early childhood education are often predictors later outcomes for student success, because mathematics is a foundational area of academics. The purpose of the research is to engage educators in conversations regarding experiential learning opportunities in early mathematics through curriculum planning and instructional…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Mathematics Curriculum, Teaching Methods, Mathematics Instruction
Laura Petillo – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Families face adverse experiences in gentrified urban areas, including dangerous living conditions, eviction, and homelessness. Parents and caregivers often work long hours to avoid these outcomes, leaving children with reduced home literacy interactions lacking necessary letter knowledge for kindergarten. This study examines the effectiveness of…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Kindergarten, Readiness, Disadvantaged
Tonia Bauer – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Reading comprehension seems to be a significant challenge for rising fifth graders with limited vocabulary knowledge. A possible solution is to provide them with explicit vocabulary instruction which may positively impact their reading comprehension. This action research aimed to evaluate the effect of implementing explicit vocabulary instruction…
Descriptors: Direct Instruction, Vocabulary Development, Reading Instruction, Reading Comprehension
Tanya R. Small – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Many factors impact teachers' decisions about when and how to implement technology during instruction. However, a gap exists in understanding teachers' motivations for technology integration and face-to-face instruction. Therefore, this qualitative case study explored how teachers' perceptions of student achievement, motivation, classroom…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Technology Integration, Classroom Environment