NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 6 results Save | Export
Baker, Amanda – ProQuest LLC, 2014
As teachers in Georgia utilize formative assessments to ensure successful performance on the state mandated Criterion Referenced Competency Test (CRCT), it is essential that the data they receive from these assessments are accurate. This study examined the correlation between the computer-assisted instructional program, Classworks, and student…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Standardized Tests, Criterion Referenced Tests, Correlation
Walker Driesel, Deborah – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Current legislation, such as No Child Left Behind (2001) or the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (2004), has increased accountability for schools for the education of all students. These laws require schools to provide interventions for struggling learners, as part of the Response to Intervention process (IDEA, 2004). Accelerated Math…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Acceleration (Education), Intervention, Mathematics Achievement
Calhoun, James M., Jr. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Student achievement is not progressing on mathematics as measured by state, national, and international assessments. Much of the research points to mathematics curriculum and instruction as the root cause of student failure to achieve at levels comparable to other nations. Since mathematics is regarded as a gate keeper to many educational…
Descriptors: Mathematics Curriculum, Program Effectiveness, Pretests Posttests, Achievement Gains
Edward Benjamin Hull Heuston – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Academic learning time (ALT) has long had the theoretical underpinnings sufficient to claim a causal relationship with academic achievement, but to this point empirical evidence has been lacking. This dearth of evidence has existed primarily due to difficulties associated with operationalizing ALT in traditional educational settings. Recent…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Early Reading, Reading Achievement, Technology Uses in Education
Singman, Cooper – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of social media language learning activities with traditional language learning activities on the development of L2 grammatical competence in two English as a Foreign Language (EFL) classes at a Taiwanese university. The study was grounded in four bodies of knowledge: (a) the…
Descriptors: Grammar, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language Usage
Webber, Jenny Ann – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and its effects on student academic achievement have been researched for many years. There have been many interventions that have been used in treating ADHD that have been found successful when implemented consistently. Some of the interventions that have been researched in the past are behavior…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Feedback (Response), Behavior Modification, Short Term Memory