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Iraya Yánez-Pérez; Radu Bogdan Toma; Jesús Ángel Meneses-Villagrá – School Science and Mathematics, 2025
Teachers often struggle to implement inquiry-based science teaching. To support them, IndagApp--a 3D educational app that offers curriculum-aligned, inquiry-based lesson plans--was designed. The app is rooted in the inquiry phases recommended in best-practices literature, which arguably align with most international standards. This study describes…
Descriptors: Usability, Computer Software, Private Schools, Public Schools
Schechter, Rachel L.; Lynch, Alicia D. – Online Submission, 2023
LXD Research analyzed data from 945 students in kindergarten who were Below or Well Below Benchmark at the beginning of the year and participated in using the Phonological Awareness (PA) Lessons Deluxe Package as an intervention in CA in Fall 2021. The product is a Tier 2 or Tier 3 intervention for grades K-2 that includes lessons and…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Phonological Awareness, Learning Experience, Educational Legislation
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Doan, Sy; Eagan, Joshua; Grant, David; Kaufman, Julia H.; Setodji, Claude Messan – RAND Corporation, 2022
This technical report provides detailed information about the sample, survey instruments, and resultant data for the 2022 American Instructional Resources Surveys (AIRS) that were administered to principals and teachers in spring 2022 via the RAND Corporation's American Educator Panels (AEP). The 2022 AIRS focused on the usage of, perceptions of,…
Descriptors: Surveys, Instructional Materials, Language Arts, Mathematics Instruction
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Genon, Lynrose Jane Dumandan; Torres, Chezka Bianca P. – English Language Teaching Educational Journal, 2020
This qualitative study identified the language assessment practices in terms of purpose, type, and timing in four elementary language classes in the Philippines. It then evaluated the constructive alignment and content validity of the assessment and described how the constructive alignment reflects the quality of teaching and learning in these…
Descriptors: Alignment (Education), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods
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Smits, Tom F. H.; Janssenswillen, Paul – International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), 2020
Socio-political and demographic developments in Western Europe make diversity and multiculturalism a relevant line of research and emerging topic in education sciences. This paper discusses a case study that investigates Belgian pre-service teachers' attitudes towards ethnic diversity in their classrooms, how their teaching caters to student…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Multicultural Education, Adult Education, Immigrants
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Doan, Sy; Fernandez, Maria-Paz; Grant, David; Kaufman, Julia H.; Setodji, Claude Messan; Snoke, Joshua; Strawn, Matt; Young, Christopher J. – RAND Corporation, 2021
This technical report provides information about the sample, survey instrument, and resultant data for the American Instructional Resources Surveys (AIRS) that were administered to principals and teachers in Spring 2021 via RAND's American Educator Panels. The AIRS focused on instructional resources used and supported in English language arts,…
Descriptors: Surveys, Instructional Materials, Language Arts, Mathematics Education
Doan, Sy; Grant, David; Henry, Daniella; Kaufman, Julia H.; Lawrence, Rebecca Ann; Tuma, Andrea Prado; Setodji, Claude Messan; Stelitano, Laura; Woo, Ashley; Young, Christopher J. – RAND Corporation, 2020
This technical report provides information about the sample, survey instrument, and resultant data for the American Instructional Resources Surveys (AIRS) that were administered to principals and teachers in spring 2020 via RAND's American Educator Panels. The AIRS focused on instructional resources used and supported in English language arts,…
Descriptors: Surveys, Instructional Materials, Language Arts, Mathematics Education
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Lenchuk, Iryna; Ahmed, Amer – TESL Canada Journal, 2013
Pragmatic competence is one of the essential competences taught in the second language classroom. The Canadian Language Benchmarks (CCLB, 2012a), the standard document referred to in any federally funded program of ESL teaching in Canada, acknowledges the importance of this competence, yet at the same time notes the limited resources available to…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Pragmatics
National Academies Press, 2013
"Next Generation Science Standards" identifies the science all K-12 students should know. These new standards are based on the National Research Council's "A Framework for K-12 Science Education." The National Research Council, the National Science Teachers Association, the American Association for the Advancement of Science,…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Science Instruction, Elementary School Science, Secondary School Science
Sunal, Cynthia Szymanski; McCormick, Theresa; Shwery, Craig S.; Sunal, Dennis W. – 2003
Elementary education teacher candidates (n=62) proposed four criteria they used to identify a best lesson plan developed and taught for posting to their electronic portfolio. Criteria include a lesson that students enjoyed, learned from, actively participated in, and were involved in conducting research. The two criteria shared by all teacher…
Descriptors: Benchmarking, Criteria, Educational Research, Elementary Education
O'Shea, Mark R. – Principal Leadership, 2006
Since the implementation of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), school leaders have been locked in a continuing struggle to comply with it. Unrelenting student testing, revisions to class schedules, required disclosures, teacher-quality issues, and requirements for supplemental services are straining every sector of school district operations.…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Scores, Principals, Educational Testing
Leigh, David – 1993
This module for a 1-semester Total Quality Management (TQM) course for high school or community college students covers the topics of benchmarking and the continuous improvement process. It includes the following components: (1) a narrative summary of the topics; (2) a discussion of benchmarking; (3) a benchmarking exercise (the "numbered ball"…
Descriptors: Benchmarking, Business Administration, Business Education, Course Content