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Dawkins, Lakeshia Darby – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this study was to understand the reasons, as perceived by elementary school teachers at the target Title I school, for low student achievement in reading. The conceptual framework that guided this study was the ecological theory that postulates that students' academic achievement is influenced by several subsystems that affect human…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Low Achievement, Elementary School Students, Ecological Factors
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Hastings, Petra – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2012
According to Bandura (1986; 1997), perceptions of efficacy are based on four sources: enactive attainment; vicarious experience; physiological and emotional states; and verbal persuasion. The factors affecting Early Career Teachers' self-efficacy for reading instruction are closely related to these four sources. It is not difficult to imagine an…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Reading Instruction, Reading Programs, Beginning Teachers
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Griffith, Robin; Massey, Dixie; Atkinson, Terry S. – Reading Horizons, 2013
This study of two successful first grade teachers examines the forces that guide their instructional decisions. Findings reveal the complexities of forces that influence the moment-to-moment decisions made by these teachers. Teachers repeatedly attempted to balance their desires to be student-centered while addressing state standards and…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Professional Development, Decision Making, Learning Activities
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Mundy, Charlotte A.; Ross, Dorene D.; Leko, Melinda M. – Reading Horizons, 2012
To establish job-embedded, ongoing professional development recent policies and initiatives required that districts appoint school-based coaches. The Reading First Initiative, for example, created an immediate need for coaches without a clear definition of coaches' responsibilities. Therefore, the purpose of this case study was to investigate how…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Educational Practices, Reading Programs, Coaching (Performance)
Feliciani, Meghan Lynn – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Educators often use reading programs to address younger students' reading abilities and teachers' perceptions of those reading abilities; however, few researchers have examined teachers' perceptions of the effects of sustained silent reading on middle and high school students. The conceptual framework for this study was based on social learning…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Sustained Silent Reading, Reading Ability, Reading Teachers
Massey, Susan L. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The present study examined how elementary reading coaches interpreted their roles, how they allotted their time among various tasks, and their perceptions regarding the influence of their roles related to teacher knowledge and instructional practice in elementary schools receiving Reading First funding in one state Employing both quantitative and…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Educational Strategies, Teacher Characteristics, Reading Consultants
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Perkins, J. Helen; Cooter, Kathleen – Reading Horizons, 2013
In order to systemically improve student achievement in elementary literacy, a large urban school district partnered with a local university to develop a model for high-quality professional development that hopefully would result in long-term changes in teachers' literacy instructional/practices. Schools were selected based on their Adequate…
Descriptors: Urban Education, Literacy, Literacy Education, Professional Development
Nash, Vickie Lynn – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The diverse population of students in grades 1- 3 at a suburban elementary school has created a challenge for teachers when differentiating instruction in reading. The purpose of this doctoral project study was to explore the lived experiences of these teachers as they have acquired research-based instructional strategies in reading that support…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Social Change, Grade 1, Individualized Instruction
Trainin, Guy – Online Submission, 2005
This report outlines the results from the Nebraska's Reading First initiative. Three thousand six hundred students from Kindergarten to Third grade were included in the project. Results indicated significant growth across all demographic groups. Student performance in the earlier grades has shown great promise for the following years. Growth in…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, State Programs, Reading Programs, Annual Reports