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Vass, Greg – Australian Educational Researcher, 2015
There is a rekindled concern for the achievements of Indigenous learners in schooling in Australia. In part, this focus returned to view within mainstream discourses linked with growing neo-liberal influences and efforts to make education more countable and accountable. The emphasis on "Indigenous education" is given shape and substance…
Descriptors: Race, Critical Theory, Educational Research, Indigenous Populations
Kakascik, Mary F. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This study examines the impact of effective instructional strategies, evidence-based curricula, and professional collaboration upon implementing a Response to Intervention program. Qualitative research methods, including interviews and lesson plan document analysis comprise the research data from seven teachers and one administrator. This study is…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Response to Intervention, Correlation, Teachers
Costantino-Lane, Tina – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This mixed-method phenomenological study was conducted in 2 concurrent phases. The quantitative phase consisted of a researcher designed questionnaire conducted with 103 public school kindergarten teachers in California. Thirty-five close-ended and 2 open-ended questions were included. Descriptive and inferential statistics were utilized to find…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Young Children, Preschool Teachers, Teacher Attitudes
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Falk, Andrew – Science Education, 2012
Formative assessment, assessment used to inform subsequent learning, can have a powerful positive impact on student achievement, but little empirical work has been conducted to investigate the role of teachers' knowledge in its practice. This study investigated reciprocal relations between elementary science teachers' formative assessment…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Professional Development, Video Technology, Science Teachers
Carroll, Brendan J. – 1983
While much has been done in the application of communicative principles to second language instruction, their application to language testing has been less fruitful. Experience with language testing projects in England and other countries suggests that communicative language test design should be based on the following issues and considerations:…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Correlation, Curriculum Design, Educational Research