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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"Academic improvement"”.
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What's the Sign for Help? A Study Investigating the Use of Sign Language in Hearing Classrooms
… social communication and interaction; and for academic improvement for all students, especially those whose comprehension is more rapidly absorbed through multisensory learning, those whose primary language is not English, and those with learning disabilities.</p> <p>Through observation, …
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A study of the leadership approaches of principals heading National Strategy Learner Attainment (NSLA) schools in the metro central education district in the Western Cape province
… approach associated with sustained improved academic performance of principals heading National Strategy for Learner Attainment (NSLA) schools. The research problem addressed the leadership practices and personality traits that characterised the leadership approaches of principals heading …
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An evaluation of the Point Option Alternative School Program
… answer two sub-questions: Did students improve academically? and Did students' self-concepts and attitudes improve? Three instruments were constructed, validated by a panel of experts, field tested, then administered to the teachers and students in the Point Option Program and the students' …
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Advocating for a Safe and Supportive School Environment: A Policy Advocacy Document
… adopt the Safe and Supportive School Environment Improvement Plan. This improvement plan would be mandated for all schools that demonstrate low ratings on the 5Essentials Survey in the area of supportive environment and do not show academic improvement. The city of Chicago has implemented several …
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Parental Involvement with Homework and Third Grade Student Achievement
… As a means to understand and study possible improvements to student achievement, this thesis project explores the correlation between student achievement in mathematics and parental involvement in student homework and education; further the study seeks to identify successful strategies to …
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A Policy Advocating for Turnaround Reform to Improve Failing Schools: Policy Advocacy Document
… in the district and not showing sufficient academic improvement. The district has implemented many initiatives to reform schools including turnaround. The implication and effectiveness of turnaround reform if done with fidelity and monitoring can be successful. There is ample research that …
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An Elementary School Speaks Out: Their Decision To Initiate An Innovation
… data collection, including: 1) empowerment, 2) academic improvement, 3) shared vision/beliefs, 4) collaboration, 5) focus on children's needs, 6) site-based decision making, 7) participatory leadership.
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Measuring the impact of a mentoring program: preparing African American males for success beyond high school
The academic struggles befalling countless African American male youth have been the source of consternation in many homes, schools, and communities across America. When compared to males from other ethnic groups, as well as females, Black males often lag behind in many academic categories from …
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Addressing Student School Refusal Through Effective School, Family And Community-Based Interventions
… students as a means of improving attendance, academics, social and emotional well being and improve their overall mindset about school. The focus group for this study was 15 general education sophomore students enrolled in a resiliency program at a large suburban Massachusetts high school. …
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Integrating Theater Arts into the Classroom: The New Responsibiliites of the Elementary School Teacher
… morale across all subjects, resulting in overall academic improvement. Additionally, an interview with an experienced elementary school teacher confirms that integrating Theater Arts into curriculum engages students and provides an additional way teach and assess second language learners.</p> …
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Instructional Leadership and Deliberate Practice: A Framework for Improving Student Achievement
… selected for the Illinois Spotlight Award or the Academic Improvement Award in 2011. The researcher collected data through principal interviews, a survey of all teachers, two separate interviews with each member of a subsample of teachers, and the observation of three professional development …
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Toward a Holistic Pedagogy of Art Integration
… decades, art integration has become an important academic issue in curriculum studies, particularly at the early and primary levels of childhood education. Many have entertained various modes of art integration to promote their personal or institutional philosophies and goals of schooling. As a …
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The Role of Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation Focusing on Self-Determination Theory in Relation to Summer Bridge Community College Students
… bridge programs are showing signs of immediate academic improvement. However, there is a gap in knowledge regarding the continuing retention rates for students participating in the programs and the motivational factors that influenced the students to participate in, and complete, the programs to …
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The Leadership Factor: Identifying Leadership Skills and Characteristics Essential For Student Achievement in High Poverty Elementary Schools in the Commonwealth of Virginia
… or focus is often at the center of school improvement. Principals are required to develop comprehensive school improvement plans and in some cases may be replaced or demoted if academic improvement is not achieved. The question at the center of this study is, what makes some high poverty …
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The effects of lesson preparation and teaching of reading and the effects of reinforcement inherent in the teaching role on the reading performance and attitude toward reading of low-reading sixth grade tutors
… also necessary in order to determine whether the academic improvement of tutors was actually a function of the tutoring process and not a function of uncontrolled, unknowm factors.The subjects in this study were 71 sixth grade students from 10 classrooms located in the seven elementary schools of …
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Teachers’ Perceptions of the Impact of Social and Emotional Support Services on Academic Performance
… 1966, a report was commissioned to determine the academic status of students across the United States (Dickenson, Winter 2016). The Coleman report determined that students of various ethnic and socio-economic groups had varied levels of academic proficiencies (Coleman, 1966). Ethnicity and …
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Eighth Grade Mathematics Intervention: Improving Student Self-Esteem and Content Knowledge of Targeted Mathematic Skills
… from teachers or demoralized by repeated academic failure, these students disengage from their mathematics classwork. In some cases, mathematics intervention classes are a last chance to get them back on track to qualify for Algebra I in 9<sup>th</sup> grade. The purpose of this study is …
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Prototipo de un sistema de gestión virtual para vincular la familia y la escuela en procura del mejoramiento académico y la disminución de la deserción escolar en Colegio El Paraíso de Manuela Beltrán, Sede A, Jornada Tarde
Esta tesis desarrolla una propuesta tecnológica virtual de vinculación familia- escuela, a través de una investigación cualitativa y la metodología de la Investigación Basada en Diseño (IBD). Se realiza el diseño instruccional de un prototipo de un componente de un sistema de gestión para el …