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Stephanie Lynn Blanton – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This convergent mixed methods study investigated the relationship between the assessment-capable learning (ACL) instructional model, John Hattie's influence referred to as "students driving their own learning," and math achievement in kindergarten. While Visible Learning literature has focused on secondary and higher education, this…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Early Childhood Education, Early Childhood Teachers, Mathematics Achievement
Kristie L. Baumgartner – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The Performance Evaluation Reform Act (PERA) has been the governing legislation for teacher evaluation in Illinois since its inception in 2010. PERA's original purpose was to improve the professional competence of teachers while increasing the academic performance of students. This study explored the perceptions and experiences of a small group of…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Performance Based Assessment, Educational Legislation, Elementary School Teachers
Dillman, Brian G. – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Pilot training and certification have largely remained the same since the Practical Test Standards (PTS) were issued more than twenty years ago by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Within the last several years, the general aviation training sector has acquired the capability to collect and analyze digital data from certain training…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Difficulty Level, Student Evaluation, Flight Training
Emily Calhoun Elrod – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Teaching mathematics for conceptual understanding: An examination of elementary and secondary teacher candidates (Under the direction of Dr. Cyndi Edgington and Dr. Temple Walkowiak).This embedded multiple-case qualitative study aspired to learn more about how elementary (K-5) and secondary (6-12) teacher candidates (TCs) incorporated and…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Mathematical Concepts, Concept Formation, Teaching Methods
Kathryn Wilson – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Traditional, standardized instruction and assessment practices are insufficient to promote the development of skills such as critical thinking, creativity, collaboration, and communication, which have been deemed necessary for post-secondary success (Darling-Hammond & Adamson, 2013; Milner, 2018; Rickles et al., 2019). They also serve to…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Teaching Methods, Educational Practices, Skill Development
Kimberly J. Vachon – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Following the murder of George Floyd and the wide-spread recognition of systemic discriminatory abuse of power by police, organizations across the country were jolted into reviewing their own policies and practices for evidence of prejudice and racial injustice. Teacher education programs were no exception. As teacher education grapples with this…
Descriptors: Barriers, Social Justice, Racism, Teacher Education
Lori Ferguson – ProQuest LLC, 2020
The construct of academic language has been part of the field of education for many years. Academic language is included in education initiatives such as the Common Core State Standards and the Teacher Performance Assessment (edTPA). Due to the inclusion of academic language in these initiatives, teacher education programs must incorporate…
Descriptors: Academic Language, Language Usage, Preservice Teachers, Definitions
Weiss, Dina M. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Aspiring teachers seeking licensure in New York State are required to prepare a portfolio of materials demonstrating their readiness to teach during their student teaching clinical experience, as per edTPA (a teacher performance assessment developed by Stanford University). This research considered how cooperating teachers in the student teaching…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Program Effectiveness, Portfolios (Background Materials), Cooperating Teachers
Jeffery, Jeremy Owen – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Requiring teachers to complete a performance-based assessment in the form of a teacher performance assessment is becoming a common way for initial teacher licensure or advancing a license. While some traditionally- and alternatively-licensed teachers from all content areas may have to complete some type of performance-based assessment for initial…
Descriptors: Career Education, Technical Education, Summative Evaluation, Alternative Teacher Certification
Stewart, Kathy L. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
With the national focus in education turning to increasing student achievement and closing achievement gaps between demographic groups, federal and state policy has extended responsibility and high stakes accountability for student growth and achievement. Overall, student achievement status and elimination of achievement gaps between…
Descriptors: Phenomenology, Teacher Attitudes, Accountability, Academic Achievement
Rulison, Sheila R. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this study was to examine teachers' perceptions of curricular change and how teachers in one high school in the southwestern United States viewed the potential effects of the implementation of Common Core State Standards. Surveys, focus group sessions, one-on-one interviews, and various observational techniques were used to…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Faculty Development, Teacher Attitudes, Anxiety
Baker, Theresa – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This research study is dedicated to the importance of teaching students with disabilities to comprehend text through effective instructional strategies. As a former special education teacher and current special education the researcher has observed firsthand how an individual's ability to comprehend texts impacts their success. The focus of…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Educational Strategies, Disabilities, Academic Accommodations (Disabilities)
Idowu, Olumuyiwa Ayodeji – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Over the past 2 years, almost 45% of the students attending a local suburban high school failed Algebra 2. The purpose of this study was to compare the impact of a cooperative instructional technique (student teams-achievement divisions [STAD]) to traditional instructional methods on performance in high school algebra. Motivational and cognitive…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Learning Strategies, High School Students, Mathematics Achievement
Leakan, Christe S. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of implementing the Self-Regulated Strategy Development (SRSD) model of instruction to teach students with special needs to use a planning strategy. Single-subject design was used. The three participants were elementary students from a small suburban school in southern New Jersey. The…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Empowerment, Teaching Methods, Writing Strategies
Walker, Joi Phelps – ProQuest LLC, 2011
To address the need for reform in undergraduate science education a new instructional model called "Argument-Driven Inquiry" (ADI) was developed and then implemented in a undergraduate chemistry course at a community college in the southeastern United States (Sampson, Walker, & Grooms, 2009; Walker, Sampson, & Zimmerman, in press). The ADI…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Persuasive Discourse, Program Effectiveness, Predictor Variables
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