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Hess-Taylor, Chantal – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this study was to determine whether there are differences in how educators view the use of instructional time, the availability of instructional resources, and the quality of parent/community relations at schools with very low and very high percentages of students categorized as learning disabled (LD). Secondary data extracted from…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Institutional Characteristics, Teacher Attitudes, Time on Task
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Teater, Barbra; Mendoza, Natasha – Journal of Social Work Education, 2018
This study delineated academic work type and time by examining data from a cross-sectional survey of social work academics (N = 392) in relation to their perception of universities' expectations of workload, actual workload, and factors that contribute to time spent on research. Findings revealed a disconnect between what academics perceived…
Descriptors: Teaching Load, Social Work, Teacher Researchers, Time on Task
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Jess, Mike; McEvilly, Nollaig; Carse, Nicola – Education 3-13, 2017
This paper presents selected findings from a questionnaire completed by 509 primary school teachers in Scotland. Drawing on policy enactment theory, the paper focusses on teachers' personal experiences of physical education and perceptions of the importance of physical education in their schools. More than half (56%) reported that physical…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Foreign Countries
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Safford, Kimberly – Changing English: Studies in Culture and Education, 2016
The research examined the impact on teachers of the grammar element of a new statutory test in Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar (SPaG) in primary schools in England. The research aimed to evaluate the nature and the extent of changes to the teaching of grammar and to wider literacy teaching since the introduction of the test in 2013. The research…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Grammar, Language Tests, Interviews
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Rintakorpi, Kati – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2016
The Finnish social pedagogical curriculum for early childhood education directs early childhood teachers to use documentation to assess and develop pedagogy and practise. This empirical study examines the challenges and benefits a group of Finnish preschool teachers experienced when they learned to document their work. Although the idea of…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Documentation, Preschool Teachers, Educational Practices
Hill, Dawne Beck – ProQuest LLC, 2014
The purpose of this two-phase mixed-methods study was to describe the relationship of the ratio of the number of minutes of instructional classroom time to the number of minutes of scheduled unstructured recess time and the reading scores of fourth- and fifth-grade students in Title I schools in the state of Texas. Further, the beliefs of teachers…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Time on Task, Reading Achievement, Scores
Debra Kamps; Howard Wills; Harriett Dawson-Bannister; Linda Heitzman-Powell; Esther Kottwitz; Blake Hansen; Kandace Fleming – Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 2015
The purpose of the study was to determine the efficacy of the Class-Wide Function-Related Intervention Teams (CW-FIT) program for improving students' on-task behavior, and increasing teacher recognition of appropriate behavior. The intervention is a group contingency classroom management program consisting of teaching and reinforcing appropriate…
Descriptors: Intervention, Behavior Modification, Positive Reinforcement, Behavior Problems
Howell, Malcolm G. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Academic medical centers serve an integral function in society in the training of physicians as well as the safety net provider for numerous patients that otherwise might not have access to healthcare. As resources continue to tighten and funding continues to be scarce, faculty accountability is under increased scrutiny. More specifically academic…
Descriptors: Physicians, Patients, College Faculty, Medical School Faculty
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Loibl, Cäzilia; Fisher, Patti J. – Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning, 2013
Despite public support for personal finance instruction in high school, its effectiveness has not been firmly established. The current study investigates instructional approaches as a reason for these inconsistent outcomes by comparing survey responses of business education, family and consumer sciences, and social studies/economics teachers. The…
Descriptors: Money Management, Student Characteristics, Teacher Characteristics, Teacher Education
Gosnell-Lamb, Judith – ProQuest LLC, 2012
With the advent of No Child Left behind in 2002, public education in the United States entered into a reform movement with mounting consequences and ramifications. This unprecedented federal in-road into public education became the umbrella regulator over programs, staff, budgets and students. The purpose of this quantitative study was to…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Administrator Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes
Samuels, Christine M. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this action research study was to determine how peer-assisted learning (PAL) could be implemented to support improved academic achievement, persistence, and attitudes toward math for community college students in an intermediate developmental algebra course. Students in two sections of an intermediate algebra course, with an…
Descriptors: Action Research, Peer Teaching, Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence