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Kasey Harmon; Taylor K. Ruth; Nathan W. Conner; Bryan Reiling; Christopher T. Stripling – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2025
Teaching with inquiry-based learning (IBL) can be used to increase high school students' science proficiency levels. Teachers must also be equipped and prepared to teach inquiry-based learning concepts. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate how prolonged professional development (PD) about IBL impacts science and agriscience teachers' intent to…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Inquiry, Faculty Development, Science Education
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Karin Pringle; Anne M. Ho – PRIMUS, 2024
The University of Tennessee has a Master of Mathematics (M.M.) program for secondary educators interested in college-level teaching. The program includes a capstone course on topics related to college-level teaching and can be thought of as a kind of professional development which allows secondary educators to explore options for their careers.…
Descriptors: Capstone Experiences, Masters Programs, Mathematics Education, Secondary Education
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Hilary E. Travers – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2024
Introduction: Students with visual impairments represent a low-incidence disability group with poor postschool outcomes. Educators who support these students at the transition-age level need access to high-quality training and resources. Method: I surveyed 87 special educators and teachers of students with visual impairments in a southeastern…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, Visual Impairments, Students with Disabilities, Post High School Guidance
Kaufman, Julia H.; Doan, Sy; Tuma, Andrea Prado; Woo, Ashley – RAND Corporation, 2020
If a "curriculum" -- a set of instructional materials intended as a comprehensive course of study for a particular subject and grade level -- is well-aligned with state standards, it can help teachers deliver instruction that leads to students' mastery of those standards. However, most research suggests that curricula, in themselves, are…
Descriptors: Instructional Materials, Elementary Secondary Education, Alignment (Education), State Standards
Thomas, Susan, Ed. – Office of Educational Technology, US Department of Education, 2017
Across the country, districts are choosing to #GoOpen and transitioning to the use of openly licensed educational resources to improve student learning in their schools. Openly licensed educational resources enable districts to reallocate significant funds currently spent on inflexible, static learning materials to resources and activities that…
Descriptors: Open Educational Resources, Elementary Secondary Education, Resource Allocation, School Districts
Warren, Paul; Murphy, Patrick – Public Policy Institute of California, 2014
The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and the Local Control Funding Formula are introducing major changes to California's K-12 system. Implementation of new curricula and instruction is under way at the district level, but California started its transition relatively late and it has taken a more decentralized approach than most other states.…
Descriptors: Common Core State Standards, Elementary Secondary Education, Funding Formulas, Capacity Building
Turner, Kristin Beard – ProQuest LLC, 2013
A quantitative nonexperimental survey study was developed to investigate Northeast Tennessee K-8 educators' perceptions of STEM education. This study was an examination of current perceptions of STEM education. Perceived need, current implementation practices, access to STEM resources, definition of STEM, and the current condition of STEM in…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Teacher Attitudes, Elementary School Teachers, Middle School Teachers
Kashima, Yuri; Schleich, Bridget; Spradlin, Terry – Center for Evaluation and Education Policy, Indiana University, 2009
The recent special report, "Indiana's Vision of Response to Intervention" issued by the Center for Evaluation & Education Policy (CEEP) was the first of a three-part series aimed to build a fundamental understanding of a Response-to-Intervention (RTI) framework in Indiana's schools to aid in the prevention and intervention of both…
Descriptors: Response to Intervention, Core Curriculum, Evidence, Student Evaluation