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Gregory Alan Johnson – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Culturally responsive teaching practices (CRTP) can be used to engage diverse students and increase academic achievement. Schools have used CRTP in brick-and-mortar settings, but when schools pivoted to remote learning during the pandemic, teachers did not consistently use CRTP in the remote environments. The problem addressed by this study was…
Descriptors: Culturally Relevant Education, Distance Education, Curriculum Implementation, Expectation
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Parker, Michele; Ficklin, Kelly; Mishra, Margaret – Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education (CITE Journal), 2020
This study investigated the influence of Engineering Is Elementary (EiE) professional development on teachers' self-efficacy of integrating engineering into the K-5 curriculum in a rural school district in southeastern North Carolina. In fall 2016, the researchers conducted an embedded mixed-method study. The focus of this paper is the…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Rural Schools, Public Schools, Elementary School Teachers
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Zusevics, Kaija L.; Johnson, Sheri – Urban Review: Issues and Ideas in Public Education, 2014
Hope is positively correlated with educational attainment and health. Interventions based on project-based learning (PBL) may increase youth hope. This study examined how a PBL intervention affected hope among urban students of color. Students in health classes were invited to participate. A PBL health class was implemented in four classrooms. The…
Descriptors: Educational Attainment, Health Programs, Student Projects, Active Learning
Fleming, Grace; Massengale, CoCo; Auchstetter, Amelia – Texas Comprehensive Center, 2018
In Texas, Title I schools that have reached achievement levels well above what was expected given their levels of poverty, receive official designations as Reward Schools for demonstrating high academic performance, high academic progress, or both. In 2014, the Texas Education Agency (TEA) partnered with the Texas Comprehensive Center (TXCC) at…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Poverty, High Achievement, Disadvantaged Schools