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Kapila, Vikram; Iskander, Magued – Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 2014
A student's first introduction to engineering and technology is typically through high school science labs. Unfortunately, in many high schools, science labs often make use of antiquated tools that fail to deliver exciting lab content. As a result, many students are turned off by science, fail to excel on standardized science exams, and do not…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Science Education, Secondary School Science, Science Laboratories
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Belmont, Christopher – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 2014
The purpose of this article is to provide evidence of how an integrated high school health, physical education, and wellness program can be implemented. In addition to describing the process used to develop and maintain this wellness curriculum, the article describes the content of the curriculum and how the teachers were able to capture and hold…
Descriptors: Wellness, Integrated Curriculum, Program Implementation, High Schools
Best, Jane; Dunlap, Allison – McREL International, 2014
This policy brief provides an overview of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), discusses policy considerations for adopting or adapting the new standards, and presents examples from states considering or implementing the NGSS. Changing academic standards is a complex process that requires significant investments of time, money, and human…
Descriptors: Science Education, Academic Standards, State Standards, Program Implementation
National Center on Response to Intervention, 2014
The Response to Intervention (RTI) Fidelity Rubric is for use by individuals who are responsible for monitoring school-level fidelity of RTI implementation. The rubric is aligned with the essential components of RTI and the infrastructure that is necessary for successful implementation. It is accompanied by a worksheet with guiding questions and…
Descriptors: Fidelity, Program Implementation, Response to Intervention, Scoring Rubrics
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Algozzine, Bob; Horner, Robert H.; Todd, Anne W.; Newton, J. Stephen; Algozzine, Kate; Cusumano, Dale – Grantee Submission, 2014
School teams regularly meet to review academic and social problems of individual students, groups of students, or their school in general. While the need for problem solving and recommendations for how to do it are widely documented, there is very limited evidence reflecting the extent to which teams effectively engage in a systematic or effective…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Teamwork, Program Validation, Evaluation Methods
Finnan, Leslie – AASA, The School Superintendent's Association, 2014
For months, the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) have been debated throughout the media, legislatures, education organizations, and households across the country. Education groups have released statements both in favor of the standards and opposed. As these arguments are being tossed around, 44 states and D.C. are implementing CCSS and other…
Descriptors: State Standards, Superintendents, Administrator Attitudes, School Surveys
Miller, Shenequa C. – ProQuest LLC, 2014
The focus of this action research study was the implementation of a professional development initiative comprised of two phases: a training program for teachers on Marzano's nine research-based instructional strategies, and the implementation, supported by follow-up coaching, during "Pear Mountain" High School's (a pseudonym) six-week…
Descriptors: Inservice Teacher Education, Coaching (Performance), Educational Strategies, Action Research
Baer, Lisa – ProQuest LLC, 2014
This study examines the potential structural impediments to the reform movement of Project Based Learning (PBL) that are presented to teachers by the inherent nature of the school system, as well as the ways in which teachers address these systemic barriers when attempting to implement PBL in their classrooms. Much of the current research that is…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Middle School Teachers, High School Students, Secondary School Teachers
Esmont, Leah W. – ProQuest LLC, 2014
Education policymakers at the national level have initiated reforms in K-12 education for that past several years that have focused on teacher quality and teacher evaluation. More recently, reforms have included legislation that focuses on administrator quality as well. Included in far-reaching recent legislation in Arizona is a requirement that…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Leadership, Administrators, Urban Schools
Rochford, Joseph A.; O'Neill, Adrienne; Gelb, Adele; Ross, Kimberly – Stark Education Partnership, 2014
Developed in 2003 by the Sisters of Charity Foundation of Canton with a grant from the Kellogg Foundation, "Supporting Partnerships to Assure Ready Kids" ("SPARK Ohio") is a family-centered kindergarten readiness program that works with families, schools, and the community. From its initial sites in Stark County, "SPARK…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation, Federal Programs, Federal Aid
LoFrese, Christopher Todd – ProQuest LLC, 2014
This case study explored the socioeconomic integration outcomes of a central North Carolina Public School District's recent elementary level redistricting process. The district's student assignment policy seeks to balance schools in part by the socioeconomic status of students. Previous redistricting efforts used free and reduced price lunch…
Descriptors: Suburban Schools, Public Schools, School District Reorganization, Elementary Schools
May, Henry; Goldsworthy, Heather; Armijo, Michael; Gray, Abigail; Sirinides, Philip; Blalock, Toscha J.; Anderson-Clark, Helen; Schiera, Andrew J.; Blackman, Horatio; Gillespie, Jessica; Sam, Cecile – Consortium for Policy Research in Education, 2014
Reading Recovery is a short-term early intervention designed to help the lowest-achieving readers in first grade reach average levels of classroom performance in literacy. Students identified to receive Reading Recovery meet individually with a specially trained Reading Recovery teacher every school day for 30-minute lessons over a period of 12 to…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, Program Evaluation, Early Intervention, Low Achievement
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Al-Yaseen, Wafaa S. – Education, 2011
This present study examines the opinions of a trained group of primary stage teachers on cooperative learning seeking the possibility of a successful implementation. The twenty participants received 25 training hours delivered in five working days. The trainees were introduced to the concept of cooperative learning, its advantages, the social part…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Cooperative Learning, Program Implementation, Faculty Development
Vermont Department of Education, 2011
This guide is for superintendents, principals, staff developers, teachers and professional development providers--in short for anyone who has a stake in ensuring that professional learning has greater impact on improving practice and increasing student learning. The purpose of this guide is to help schools, districts, and SU/LEAs put in place…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Worksheets, Program Evaluation, Program Implementation
Ryan, Eileen Maloney – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This descriptive case study explored the viewpoints of general education teachers implementing Response to Intervention (RTI). The research question addressed the knowledge and perceptions of the classroom teachers concerning RTI. Participants, 14 second and third grade teachers, participated in interviews near the end of their third year of…
Descriptors: Response to Intervention, Case Studies, Student Teacher Attitudes, Program Implementation
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