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Jessup, Kathryn – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Instruction--the interaction that takes place between students, teachers, and content--is the foundation in which learning occurs. Effective literacy instruction considers the instructional strategies and foundational teaching components utilized by effective and highly effective teachers during literacy in classrooms of high academic growth. The…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Educational Strategies, Teacher Effectiveness, Academic Achievement
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Drouin, Michelle; Stewart, Jennifer; Van Gorder, Karen – Distance Education, 2015
In this quasi-experimental mixed methods study, we examined the effectiveness of a faculty-to-faculty mentoring program to increase student success rates in online courses at an American university. Over one semester, 24 faculty mentees worked with 6 faculty mentors on improving course organization and implementing student engagement techniques.…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, Program Effectiveness, Mentors, Web Based Instruction
Turner, Elizabeth Anne – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purposes of this mixed method study were to (a) Examine the relationships among principal effectiveness, principal instructional leadership, and student achievement; (b) examine the differences among principal effectiveness, principal instructional leadership and student achievement; and (c) investigate what effective principals do to improve…
Descriptors: Principals, Leadership Effectiveness, Instructional Leadership, Academic Achievement
Sturgeon, David Brian – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The focus of this research is in the area of virtual schooling at the K-12 level, specifically looking into teachers' perceptions of important traits of teacher effectiveness and student progress in this online learning environment. Such a study is important in Indiana, as this is the first time in public school history when there is now a new…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Electronic Learning, Virtual Classrooms, Elementary Secondary Education
Hendricks, Kendall H. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The purpose of this study was to retrospectively examine the changes in principal-teacher relationships and school climate over time as witnessed by staff members in elementary level "Turn Around Schools" in Indiana and how these relationships impacted student achievement. School climate and subsequent principal-teacher relationships…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Academic Achievement, Correlation, Teacher Administrator Relationship
Studebaker, Jeffery A. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
In an era of increased accountability and diminishing financial resources, secondary schools across the nation are increasingly turning to online course offerings as a way to remediate and in some cases completely educate their students. In addition, students are opting to participate in online courses at an exponentially increasing rate for many…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Mixed Methods Research, Interviews, Academic Achievement