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Showing 1 to 20 of 29 for “"Instructional decision making"”.
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An exploratory qualitative study of science teachers’ instructional decision-making in relation to “coherence”
Teachers’ use of strategies to build coherent instructional sequences is important in student learning (Roth et. al., 2011). Previous studies investigated teachers’ ability to design or distinguish coherent instructional sequences. However, teachers’ ability to distinguish coherent instructional …
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An Examination of Pre -Service Teacher Knowledge of Subject Matter and Its Effects on Curriculum Selection and Instructional Decision Making
The findings of the study indicated variable knowledge of South Africa by teachers and the presence of teacher misconceptions about Africa in general and South Africa in particular. The study supported a schema-based theory of knowledge representation and the theory of constructivism. Those …
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Influence of Language, Culture, and Power on Teacher Instructional Decision-Making with High-Achieving African America Students in Advanced Secondary English Classrooms
… of language, culture, and power on teacher instructional decision-making with high-achieving African American students in advanced secondary English classrooms. The research questions were crafted to address how language, culture, and power influenced: (1) teachers' instructional planning …
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Instructional Decision-Making Authority and Job Satisfaction of Four-Year Faculty by Primary Job Activity, Percentage of Time Spent Teaching, and Academic Discipline
… examine the effect of faculty satisfaction with instructional autonomy on overall job satisfaction. Using data from the 2004 National Study of Postsecondary Faculty and drawing on sum-of-facets theory, this study explored the job satisfaction of full-time faculty at four-year institutions who …
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Reframing teachers' conceptions of assessment and data use
Teachers’ use of assessment data for instructional decision making is one of several essential components of data-driven decision making (DDDM) as a reform strategy to improve teaching and learning. This thesis explores three different issues related to the use of assessment data for instructional …
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What matters in data use: examining equity and data driven decision making in diverse elementary schools
… reform strategies such as data driven decision making (DDDM) as being essential for eliminating the achievement gap between black and white student populations, little scholarly attention has focused on the ways DDDM for instructional decision making has been used to address issues of …
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An Investigation of How Elementary School Teachers Make Data-Driven Instructional Decisions in Literacy
… study was to explore the data-driven instructional decisions that elementary teachers make in literacy. Educators have moved towards a culture of being data-driven, and have declared data use in schools to be significant to school improvement and accountability. Yet, as school …
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High School Social Studies Teachers Beliefs and Education for Democratic Citizenship
… Classroom climate is related to teachers' instructional decision-making. Teachers' instructional decision-making, in turn, is related to teachers' beliefs, conceptualizations, and thinking. This study used multiple data sources to explore and describe teachers' beliefs about citizenship and …
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A Case Study of How Elementary Special Educators' Perspectives Influence Learning Opportunities Afforded to Students with Intellectual Disabilities
… perspectives influence their curricular and instructional decision-making when engaged in the development of learning opportunities for students with intellectual disabilities. In particular, this investigation focused on gaining a better understanding of educators’ willingness and/or ability …
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An investigation of portfolio assessment with fifth grade teachers and students: a case study
… portfolio assessment contributed to teachers’ instructional decision-making. Four fifth grade teachers and twenty-four fifth grade students were selected as the participants for this case study. The dual role of teacher as instructional leader and assessor was examined. Data were collected from …
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Teacher Preparation and Professional Development in Adult Literacy Education
… development requirements prepare them for instructional practice and instructional decision-making with adult learners from various cultural and educational backgrounds. The study suggests a model of professional development that can potentially provide teachers with the knowledge and …
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Instructional decisions guided by student performance: the case of an exemplary elementary science teacher
… teacher used classroom assessments to inform instructional decisions during the act of science teaching. Within the axioms of a naturalistic inquiry (see Chapter 3), a “bounded system” (Merriam, 2009) case study was used to conceptualize this inquiry: one elementary teacher and her third grade …
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Analyzing how grade four teachers plan to teach inquiry-based curriculum materials and the influences on their preparation of mathematics lessons
… influences on planning. Previous studies of instructional decision-making yielded a framework for researching lesson planning and informed the design of this investigation. Participants in this study were 18 teachers from four schools in three districts that adopted the Investigations in …
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"I no longer teach history, I teach S.O.Ls:" Navigating the curricular and instructional minefield of a high-stakes educational environment
… the influences over their curricular and instructional decisions requires the studying of both their planning and implementation processes as well as how they interact with the official curriculum. Guiding this investigation are two comprehensive questions. How does a veteran teacher's …
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A CASE STUDY USING LITERACY ASSESSMENT PORTFOLIOS WITH STUDENTS IDENTIFIED WITH DISABILITIES
… the LAPs would impact the teacher-investigators instructional decision-making and whether or not using LAPs would influence parents' understanding of their child's progress and skills in the area of literacy development. The outcomes of this case study showed that student reading skills improved, …
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Teachers' Perceptions of the Implementation of Reading First
… for teachers was the lack of flexibility and instructional decision-making imposed by Reading First. 2. Most of the teachers felt there needed to be more of a focus on comprehension, not just phoneme segmentation and oral reading fluency. 3. Some teachers felt that Reading First hurts some of …
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Performance-Based Assessment within a Balanced Literacy Framework: An Analysis of Teacher Perceptions and Implementation in Elementary Classrooms
… the data revealed that teachers felt a loss of instructional decision-making power as a result of implementing the assessment strategies in the balanced literacy approach, and many have experienced a lower level of job satisfaction. Implications for practitioners are discussed, as well as …
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An Investigation into the Experiences of Secondary Social Studies Teachers Regarding a Change in State-Level Social Studies Standards in a Colorado School District
… especially in terms of their response in instructional practice. Furthermore, the study included a discussion of the factors that influence the actions of teachers related to the change in the social studies curriculum. This allowed for an analysis of potential changes in instructional …
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Unpacking Geography Teachers' Pedagogical Reasoning and Action While Teaching Sustainable Development in AP Human Geography
… reasoning and action (PR&A) represent teachers’ instructional decision-making processes of using a knowledge base through six activities: comprehension, transformation, instruction, evaluation, reflection, and new comprehension. In this research, PR&A was used as a theoretical framework to …
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Exploration of Common Leadership Behaviors Exhibited by Georgia Elementary Principals from High Performing, High Poverty Schools
… many duties which include administrative and instructional tasks. The increased accountability for all students to achieve, including the lower achieving students, has made principals focus on their leadership behaviors and practices. Researchers of various studies on principal leadership …
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