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Showing 1 to 20 of 26 for “"Language arts teachers"”.
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English language arts teachers’ identities as writers and teachers of writing
… 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, and how …
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Assessing Formative Assessment: An Examination of Secondary English/Language Arts Teachers' Practices
… and instructional activities undertaken by teachers and their pupils to 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 …
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A Study of the Selected Reactions of Language Arts Teachers Toward Suggestions for Individualizing Instruction
Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-12T19:54:06Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 7624070.pdf: 3650076 bytes, checksum: f512b98afbb9c03d5997e1015b27adaf (MD5) Previous issue date: 1976
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Effective language arts teachers of urban african american middle school students in the greater detroit area
… and provide basic supplies for students and teachers. Despite looming layoffs, closing schools, consolidations, and increased academic demands, there is a group of teachers in every urban district that consistently get results. The purpose of this qualitative study was to identify the …
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FIGURING IT OUT: THE SELF-EFFICACY AND SELF-EMPOWERMENT OF SECONDARY ELA (ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS) TEACHERS OF WRITING
… reliant on the effectiveness of highly prepared teachers of writing. However, secondary ELA (English Language Arts) teachers of writing report that they were not prepared to teach writing in their pre-service teacher preparation programs or in-service professional development. Based on personal …
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Negotiating theory and practice with preservice English/language arts teachers : an examination of burgeoning understandings and practices of multicultural education
… about how preservice secondary English/language arts teachers made use of multicultural theory and practice in the context of urban classrooms. This qualitative case study examined preservice teachers’ employment of the multicultural knowledge and tools they gained in the university …
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In Conversation with the Self and Others: The Ethical Dilemmas, Ethical Challenges, and Values of Elementary Language Arts Teachers in Ontario
K–12 teachers are required to make numerous, challenging decisions in their daily work. Many of these decisions leave teachers with ethical dilemmas where they must make reasonable decisions between competing sets of principles in complex, value-laden, and uncertain environments (Ehrich et al., …
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A Study of Educational Resources Information Center Use by Educators of English Language Arts Teachers and the Development of Pertinent Instructional Modules
Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-10T18:47:58Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 7500293.pdf: 15657622 bytes, checksum: 54836dec5bcb506c151869c92225d253 (MD5) Previous issue date: 1974
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Practices and Perspectives of Primary Language Arts Teachers: A Formative Design Experiment Analyzing the use of Professional Development to Enhance Vocabulary Instructional Practices
… vocabulary instruction on four first-grade teachers’ vocabulary instructional practices. The study incorporated a formative design methodology and the collection of baseline data on current instructional practices to inform the design of the professional development and subsequent …
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Professional Development To Support 1:1 Ipad Integration In High School Language Arts Courses: A Policy Advocacy Document
… intent of my policy proposal is to ensure that Language Arts teachers have adequate professional development training in integrating iPad usage in the classroom. There is a valid need for establishing and implementing a policy to drive the expectations and requirements for the incorporation and …
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Using Young Adult Literature and Literary Theory to Teach Middle School Students How to Read Through Critical Lenses
… of messages conveyed by various mediums, and language arts teachers are capable of teaching them how to deconstruct messages through exercises in critical literacy. Many language arts teachers are not aware of critical theory and, if they are aware, rely solely on classic literature when …
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Action to Awareness: Surfacing Dysconscious Racism through Focused Professional Development
… aims to explore the beliefs and actions of teachers operating within an inherently racist society. Teachers struggle with many disadvantages from inadequate funding to lacking support structures. Yet these teachers continue to work hard to support their students. One external disadvantage …
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Teacher Attitude and Teaching the Black Dialect Student to Write Using Standard English
… both positive and negative, toward nonstandard language use. The study also examined teacher attitude toward strategies to improve those skills. Finally, this study compared the methods selected to teach Black-dialect speakers with those selected to teach whites.</p> <p>Participants in this …
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Supporting Rural Adolescent Voices in the Secondary English Language Arts Classroom
… rural theoretical framework to examine the ways teachers seek to support the lived experiences 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 …
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Spelling attitudes and abilities of secondary students
… and c) gauge the attitudes of high school language arts teachers in the same school (<em>n</em> = 16) about the importance of spelling and the adequacy of spelling instruction at the high school level, and to determine their spelling assessment practices. Most students judged spelling to be …
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Reading Motivation as a Moderator for Adolescent Literacy Outcomes
… for high school level content. English/Language Arts teachers find themselves needing to teach both grade level material alongside the basic, intermediate and disciplinary literacy skills students need to access text. Reading and writing proficiency for adolescent students in the United …
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Toward affective language arts teaching: the utilization of culturally relevant literature on urban african american high school students
<p>ABSTRACT</p> <p> <strong>TOWARD AFFECTIVE LANGUAGE ARTS TEACHING:</strong> </p> <p> <strong>THE UTILIZATION OF CULTURALLY RELEVANT LITERATURE ON URBAN AFRICAN AMERICAN HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS</strong> </p> <p>by</p> <p>BARBARA-BENITA CRAFT</p> <p>August 2012</p> <p>Advisor: Dr. Monte Piliawsky</p> …
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Increasing Phonemic Awareness in Kindergarten Students: Using iPads in Language Arts Centers
<p>Language arts teachers find that students at any elementary grade show a wide range of abilities, specifically in the area of phonemic awareness. Student abilities are not evaluated accurately using paper pencil tests.</p> <p>A review of the literature addresses teaching approaches and effective …
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