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Showing 1 to 20 of 187 for “"English language arts"”.
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Engaging Assessment in English Language Arts
… is key to effective instruction. In the English classroom, engaging assessment can appear difficult because of the emphasis on the development of core reading skills. However, learning how students decipher information reveals that each individual learns according to their own unique …
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Anti-Oppressive Education Through English Language Arts: A Recollecting Journey
… education, with an intentional focus on English Language Arts (ELA). The research addressed perpetuating oppression within education, specifically in ELA. In addressing this problem, I used narrative and Indigenous methodologies as my theoretical frameworks. I feel that Indigenous …
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English language arts teachers’ identities as writers and teachers of writing
… of this research is to understand how secondary English language arts (ELA) teachers’ identities as writers and teachers of writing are shaped by their own writing and teaching experiences, as well as their backgrounds and educational experiences, especially in their teacher preparation programs, …
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Humanizing English Language Arts Content Using a Social-Emotional Learning Approach
… study was aimed at understanding how secondary English Language Arts (ELA) teachers use literary texts in their classrooms to enhance social-emotional learning, specifically, their training, text selection processes, and methods for articulating and assessing ELA and SEL outcomes. A …
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Supporting Rural Adolescent Voices in the Secondary English Language Arts Classroom
… of rural adolescent students in the secondary English language arts classroom as students make meaning with the content of the curriculum. This study worked with the social constructs of rurality (Azano, 2011; Azano and Biddle, 2019; Corbett, 2007; Gruenewald, 2008), critical literacy (Freire, …
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Assessing Formative Assessment: An Examination of Secondary English/Language Arts Teachers' Practices
… improve student learning, occurs in a secondary English/language arts (ELA) context. A sequential explanatory mixed methods approach, using a series of weekly self-report checklists about teachers’ assessment practices and semi-structured interviews, was used to address the following: (a) what …
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Design and implementation of appreciative writing assessment in secondary English Language Arts classrooms
… purpose of this dissertation was to explore with English Language Arts (ELA) teachers how to design and implement appreciative (Bomer, 2011) approaches to writing assessment in secondary ELA classrooms. This study aimed to counter deficit (Paris, 2012; Valencia, 1997) approaches to assessment that …
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What are Grade Twelve Students Reading? Surveying Saskatchewan English Language Arts B30 Teachers
… research study is to investigate how the recent English Language Arts (ELA) curriculum renewal has been adopted throughout Saskatchewan by looking specifically at the full-length texts taught in the ELA B30 course throughout 2014-2015, as a possible indicator. The basis of this research study …
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Targeted Instructional Practices to Enhance ELL Performance on the NYS English Language Arts Regents
English Language Learners (ELLs) face significant challenges on the New York State English Language Arts (ELA) Regents Exam, a high-stakes assessment that is often a barrier to graduation. This capstone project explores how educators can better support ELLs in meeting the demands of the Regents …
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Teacher Perceptions of Free-Choice Reading in the Middle School English Language Arts Classroom
This qualitative study explores middle school English Language Arts (ELA) teachers' perceptions of free-choice reading and how those perceptions influence instructional practices and student engagement. Grounded in socio-cultural theory and Glasser’s Choice Theory, the research examines how …
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21st century literacy instruction: African American males' experiences in an English/language arts classroom
… American, male students in an eighth grade English/Language Arts classroom. With this dissertation, I acquired an understanding of what impacts how and why teachers deliver literacy instruction. I adopt a sociocultural perspective of literacy development by focusing on the literacy practices …
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The Literacy Experiences Of Ninth-graders And Their Teacher In An English Language Arts Workshop
… experiences of ninth-grade students in an English language arts workshop classroom? This study is an autoethnography and it chronicles six months in my ninth grade English classroom where I played the role of observant participant. It examines the process of reading and writing and how my …
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A Phenomenography Of Mississippi African American High School Students' Progress In English Language Arts (Ela)
… perceived their experiences of meeting growth in English Language Arts (ELA). For three consecutive school years, the selected school has collectively demonstrated success on state assessments and has met growth in ELA, as measured by the Mississippi subject-area testing program 2 (satp2): English …
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Boys Who Love Books: Avid Adolescent Male Readers in the Secondary English Language Arts Classroom
This study was designed to explore perceptions and lived experiences of avid adolescent male readers, in order to better understand their development as readers. This study explored: (1) how previous reading experiences influence the development of the avid adolescent male reader and (2) how the …
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EXAMINING SECONDARY STUDENTS’ EXPERIENCES WITH ENGAGEMENT, AUTONOMY, AND EMPATHY THROUGH INTEGRATING ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS AND PHILOSOPHY
… high school program that integrates English Language Arts (ELA) and Philosophy (ELAP). Not only does ELAP create connectivity across subjects, but it has the potential to engage students in new ways by offering the strengths of ELA’s narrative and creative modes of thinking with the …
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"Wait! I can use that in my classroom?" : popular culture in/and secondary English Language Arts
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Michigan State University. Curriculum, Instruction, and Teacher Education, 2010
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