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Linda Andreev; Paola Uccelli – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2024
Mid-adolescence has been identified as a period of considerable potential growth in the language skills and practices that support reading and writing at school, but little research has examined mid-adolescents' use of connectives in school-relevant persuasive writing. In this study, we define connectives as cohesive devices that signal to a…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Writing Skills, Writing (Composition), Grade 5
Lynnette Steinhoff – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The experiences and perceptions of novice educators' willingness to remain in teaching have been without clear research. The problem addressed by this study was the need to understand why novice educators remain in the field in order to support districts and legislators in updating policies and funding measures. The purpose of this qualitative…
Descriptors: Teacher Motivation, Elementary School Teachers, Public School Teachers, Teacher Persistence
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Vonna L. Hemmler; Allison W. Kenney; Susan Dulong Langley; E. Jean Gubbins; Carolyn M. Callahan; Del Siegle – Journal of Education, 2024
Pacing guides are commonplace yet controversial in American public schools. For teachers who question their usefulness, one means to circumvent them is to exercise autonomy in pedagogical decision-making, though doing so comes with challenges. Through interviews, we examined how 87 gifted and general education 4th and 5th grade math and…
Descriptors: Public School Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Grade 4, Grade 5
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Vonna L. Hemmler; Allison W. Kenney; Susan Dulong Langley; E. Jean Gubbins; Carolyn M. Callahan; Del Siegle – Grantee Submission, 2023
Pacing guides are commonplace yet controversial in American public schools. For teachers who question their usefulness, one means to circumvent them is to exercise autonomy in pedagogical decision-making, though doing so comes with challenges. Through interviews, we examined how 87 gifted and general education 4th and 5th grade math and…
Descriptors: Public School Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Professional Autonomy, Pacing
Eric S. Taylor – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2024
When employees expect evaluation and performance incentives will continue (or begin) in the future, the potential future rewards create an incentive to invest in relevant skills today. Because skills benefit job performance, the effects of evaluation can persist after the rewards end or even anticipate the start of rewards. I provide empirical…
Descriptors: Teacher Evaluation, Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Attitudes, Expectation
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John Stewart Clark – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2025
The impact of the International Baccalaureate (IB) curriculum on Chinese teachers' self-efficacy has been unknown. The purpose of this causal-comparative study was to determine the impacts of the International Baccalaureate curriculum on Chinese teachers' reports of self-efficacy. Two groups were studied, the first comprised Chinese public…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Self Efficacy, Public School Teachers, Foreign Countries
Cochrane, Cherice Nicole – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Race matching has positive effects on students' academic achievement and self-rated sense of belonging. However, when most public-school teachers identify as White, race matching is not always possible at the individual level. The present study extends current research to explore the effects of school-level diversity and race matching. Do the…
Descriptors: Race, Academic Achievement, Sense of Community, Public School Teachers
John Stewart Clark – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The problem was the impacts of the International Baccalaureate (IB) curriculum on Chinese teachers' self-efficacy and student-centered learning practices were unknown. The purpose of this causal-comparative study was to determine the impacts of the International Baccalaureate curriculum on Chinese teachers' reports of self-efficacy and…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Foreign Countries, Teacher Effectiveness, Self Efficacy
Ana Maria Carabello-Velasquez – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The purpose of this quantitative correlational study was to examine if and to what extent, Title I Status, the Number of Years teachers have taught at the current school, and/or the Level of Teacher Education predict the Teacher Perception of Distributed Leadership in central Florida public elementary schools. Research focused on the theoretical…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Public School Teachers, Grade 3, Grade 4
Edwards, Erikka CeMonne – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Boy participation in public school choirs is disproportionately low compared to that of girls in the United States (Elpus, 2015; Elpus & Abril, 2011; Freer 2007, 2010). Participation is even lower for African American boys. Few studies have examined the causes and perceptions of African American boys regarding their participation in elementary…
Descriptors: African American Students, Males, Parents, Public School Teachers
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Julia Shields Chrestay; Kyra Atterbury, Contributor; Janet Chance, Contributor; Stecy Mbemba, Contributor; Helena Miller, Contributor; Joe Alberti, Contributor; Sara Caselle, Contributor; Suzanne Cilli, Contributor; Katherine Collier, Contributor; Erica Darken, Contributor; Emily Goedde, Contributor; Rochelle Krauss, Contributor; Bernadine Magee, Contributor; Noga Newberg, Contributor; An Nguyen, Contributor; Candice Smith, Contributor – Penn GSE Perspectives on Urban Education, 2024
Need in Deed's work with Philadelphia public school teachers and their students centers empathy, informed investigation, and civic action. Bolstered by these values and with the support of the My Voice framework and dedicated Need in Deed staff, educators are equipped to co-create authentic classroom communities with their students. In Need in…
Descriptors: Intelligence, Citizen Participation, Public School Teachers, Empathy
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Anna Shapiro; Rebecca Sutherland; Julia H. Kaufman – RAND Corporation, 2024
Despite the growing body of research on how to support older readers, few studies consider whether U.S. teachers can identify students who have difficulty reading instructional materials across content areas or whether teachers feel like they have the knowledge and resources to support those students. Such information could lay the groundwork for…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5
Sarah Dovi Mast – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The current study explored the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on perceived work-related stress and coping strategies among K-5 public school teachers in the state of California. A phenomenological approach was used to examine the unique experience of public-school teachers during the 2020-2021 pandemic school year. Criterion sampling included…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Psychological Patterns, Coping, Public School Teachers
Amanda Posner Goll – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Special education in the United States has been historically problematic for several reasons, and limited research has been conducted to examine the close connection between teachers' experiences in the classroom (both general and special education teachers) and principals' leadership. Teacher perceptions have a great impact on the learning of…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Public School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Principals
Marcos A. Rangel; Ying Shi – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2020
We study racial bias and the persistence of first impressions in the context of education. Teachers who begin their careers in classrooms with large black-white score gaps carry negative views into evaluations of future cohorts of black students. Our evidence is based on novel data on blind evaluations and non-blind public school teacher…
Descriptors: Public School Teachers, Grade 4, Grade 5, Teacher Attitudes
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