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This paper centers around an experience a class of twenty-one fifth grade children and their teacher had with puppetry. The art teacher worked cooperatively with the classroom teacher and children throughout the experiment. The purpose...
This study used contemporary children's literature as a vehicle for exploring students' understanding of sensitive issues as reflected in interactions during book discussions and written work. Research has shown that ". . . children's...
The culture of elementary students today is vastly different than the culture of the previous generation of elementary students. Young students today are part of the "digital native" generation. They utilize technology, or interactive...
The main aim of this study was to examine the nature of literary discussions in an advanced level English literature class in a Turkish EFL (English as a Foreign Language)setting. The focus of the study was the discursive features of a...
Evolutionary theory is considered by many to be an important cornerstone to the entire discipline to biology. Despite its recognized importance by biologists, public understanding of evolution is considered to be woefully lacking. There...
University instructors often lack the knowledge and skills to effectively facilitate learning and teaching in the online environment. Instructors in higher education institutions (HEIs) have faced common challenges to online teaching, ...
The number of children living in poverty in the United States rose 14.4% from 2019 to 2020 (U.S. Census Bureau). In Florida, nearly one out of every four children live at or below the poverty threshold Koball and Jaing (2018). The...
"The author has had an interest in teacher welfare throughout his many years as a teacher and as a principal. Observation of his fellow teachers gave evidence of varying stages of adjustment and varying degrees of satisfaction and...
Federal and state mandates require all high school students to select a high school major area of interest. This includes students with disabilities, regardless of the type of diploma they are seeking or what is being taught in the...
The current prevalence of childhood obesity is becoming a critical social problem and cannot be solved effectively by any single solution. An underlying problem of interventions trying to prevent childhood obesity neglects children's own...
The Relations Among Degrees of Economic Advantage, Reform Oriented Mathematics Principles, and Fourth-Grade Public School Student Mathematics Achievement
This quantitative study examined the mathematics achievement gap between students who were economically disadvantaged and economically advantaged. The influence of instructional practices aligned with reform-oriented mathematics...
The purpose of this study was to investigate what pre-service teachers focus on when reflecting on their mathematics instruction with the use of video clubs. Video clubs are groups where teachers meet and watch videos of their lessons...
ABSTRACT This qualitative study explores the relationship between six pre-service teachers' attitudes and beliefs about writing, writing instruction, and responding to student writing, and the strategies they chose to employ in providing...
Teacher educators are tasked with defining and assessing the learning of pre-service teachers. These seemingly straightforward tasks are complicated by the varied definitions of teacher learning and lack of consensus regarding the most...
Reading and Vocabulary Value-Added Scores and Literacy Teaching Quality Investigating the Relationship Between 2nd Grade Teachers' Value-Added Scores and Teaching Quality
Teacher quality has emerged as a key factor influencing the success of students, both academically, and beyond. The national discussion of teacher quality focuses on determining which teachers are effective and how best to determine...
High-achieving teenage students (HATS) take Advanced Placement (AP) courses to fulfill two goals: boost their grade point average (GPA) and maintain or increase their class rank. To assist in accomplishing these goals, HATS access social...
"This paper is concerned with the various phases of the homebound program, including the problems and the progress. What is the relationship between the child and the members of his 'Team'? How does he compare with so-called normal...
This study explores the critical issue of teacher preparation in university-based English education programs in the state of Florida. Numerous training programs and certification avenues currently exist in response to the growing...
Preservice teachers enrolled in the first portion of an undergraduate education program at the Florida State University were assigned to develop case studies based on their experience working in local elementary schools. The case studies...
Teacher learning has become a topic of increasing interest in the field of second language teacher education, while the development of L2 teacher identity has been viewed as a central process and practice in language teachers’...
This study investigates learning about civics and citizenship throughout individuals' lives (lifelong) and across various pedagogical settings (lifewide). A basic hypothesis is that civics teachers, among all social actors, are...
An analysis of factors which contribute to or limit the development of a program based upon teacher understanding of pupil needs in the Sarasota Senior High School
Why should a teacher who has not worked with senior high girls be concerned about these adolescents and their problems? There are two possible answers to this question. First, the teacher must have an understanding of the behavior...
The purpose of this study was to determine if economically integrated preschool, denoted as universal preschool, has a significant effect on the test scores of second grade students in California. Previous studies have shown conclusive...
This research addressed the early reading instruction of students with cognitive impairments included in general education kindergarten classrooms. Research from 2002 to 2011 on early reading instruction for students with mental...
Enhancing Learning Achievements and Self-Efficacy for Preservice Teachers Using Model-Based Support in Simulation-Based Learning with Artificial Intelligence-Powered Virtual Agents
The quality of teachers is crucial for students' learning and human development, particularly in modern multicultural classrooms and rapidly evolving environments. A key focus of teacher preparation is to transform classroom discourse...
When teaching music, selecting the right instructional materials for each student is tremendously important. This project is a bibliography of pedagogical materials currently available to harp instructors in the United States. The focus...
The Relationship Between Perceived Level of Synergystic Supervision Received, Job Satisfaction, and Intention to Turnover of New Professionals in Student Affairs Administration
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between perceived level of synergistic supervision received, job satisfaction, and intention to turnover of new professionals in the profession of student affairs administration....
Research has shown that the quality of preschool teacher-child relationships can forecast children's social-emotional development, academic achievement, and school attitude; these benefits are amplified for impoverished children. However...
The purpose of this study is to seek a greater understanding of the political dynamics influencing the involvement of Florida institutions of higher education in alternative teacher certification policies and programs. Adapting J. Victor...
Traditional music education students are often required to choose a specific curricular emphasis or track of study within their degree program. These specializations, based upon the student's major instrument, include choral, general, ...
"This non-credit paper is, by no means, intended to cover the wide range of activities included in the position held by a teacher of high school journalism. Nor is it designed to delineate completely the personality of the 'ideal'...
This study examined willingness to communicate (WTC) of language learners who were studying English as a foreign language in a Chinese college setting by adapting variables from four theoretical sources: McCroskey and Richmond's (1987)...
This research examined US high school students' thinking about economic and cultural globalization during their participation in an international education program. The findings mapped the students' categories for the two aspects of...
This study examined the impact of different types of text on student achievement in elementary school science. Gender was also examined to see if the type of text passage read had any differential effect on boys' and girls' achievement....
The purpose of this text is to bring together a series of historical/cultural/political strands which, when integrated, provide the raison d'etre of a teacher education program which maintained its identity and purpose since 1947. At...
This thesis explores how well the curriculum Great Explorations in Math and Science Space Science Curriculum Sequence (GEMS SSCS) for 3rd through 5th graders helps mainstream and nonmainstream students develop an informed level of...
Writing is essential for communication in literate societies, and its successful acquisition and development is central to academic achievement. As such, there is a critical need to foster children’s emergent writing skills during the...
The purpose of the study was to examine the relationship between Turkish preservice early childhood teachers’ self-efficacy beliefs and their mentor teachers’ mentoring. The study also examined related factors including the mentor...
Learning to read has been a critically important topic in scholastic, academic, and governmental discussion for many decades. Literacy, considered to be the backbone of successful nations, has demonstrated an imperative role in the...
Stability of Special Education Eligibility from Kindergarten to Third Grade: Are There Variables from Fall of Kindergarten That Predict Later Classification Status?
This study examined students' movement in and out of special education and predictors for later special education placement. The sample (N = 556) came from a response to intervention (RTI) study, specifically, a cluster-randomized...
Despite the fact that high-quality preschool education is empirically acknowledged to facilitate short- and long-term personal, social, cognitive, and economic benefits, the professionals who teach preschool experience overwhelmingly...
Pre-Service Teachers Feel Ready, Set, Go on Day One?: Comparing Pre-Service Teachers Teaching Efficacy from a Center of Excellence Teacher Preparation Model and a Traditional Model
This qualitative study examined the unique perspectives of participants, who recently completed their elementary teacher education training, of their sense of effectiveness in leading students to learn, also known as teacher efficacy....
In this research study, we undertook a content analysis of thirteen economics and business textbooks, which were examined for their coverage of the social economy, which encompasses a range of nonprofit and social enterprise...
The purpose of this study was to explore the development of second graders' spelling knowledge across the academic year using a researcher developed, word-dictated spelling test administered in fall, winter, and spring of second grade....
Early literacy skill development is critical during the preschool years. Under that umbrella is emergent writing, a small but important component of overall literacy development. This article presents two writing strategies: (1) writers'...
"This study was undertaken to gain a comprehensive knowledge of matters affecting the personnel teaching the social studies in the secondary schools for white children in the State of Florida. It attempted to ascertain the number of...
Exploring Parents' Understanding and Application of Dialogic Reading While Teaching Their Preschoolers the Social Skills Associated with Courage, Empathy, and Love
The development of morality in children has been deemed one of the most important endeavors of parenting (Klein, 2002; Lickona, 1983). Being that children first learn about moral elements from their parents (Lickona, 1992), it is...
Scholars Leonard & Woodland (2022) suggest schools and districts face a crucial challenge. Are schools and districts ensuring their personnel are prepared to engage in critical practices to affirm, include, and support all students, ...
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