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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"Low socioeconomic students"”.
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Disrupting the Status Quo: Leveraging collective teacher efficacy for the achievement and wellbeing of BIPOC and low socioeconomic students
… Morgan Middle School (MMMS) a high percentage of students are of low socioeconomic status (SES). Compounding this problem is data which shows that students at MMMS also experience significant academic challenges. Educational challenges for students of low SES are like those experienced by Black, …
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The Perceptions Of Secondary Education Guidance Counselors Regarding The Scholastic Aptitude Test And Its Relationship To College Admissions For Low Socioeconomic Students
… test score qualifications are experienced by low socioeconomic status (LES) students as a large impediment to college admission. The problem this transcendental phenomenological qualitative study explored was that the established SAT assessment methods and strategies used for secondary …
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Alternative Scheduling in the Middle School: Considering Circadian Rhythms.
… scheduling options may assist school systems and students in performing at the level they are being held accountable.</p><p>The population for this study was students from a rural East Tennessee middle school with a population of approximately 700 students. The low socioeconomic students represent …
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Fostering culturally responsive teaching in an urban preschool: a qualitative case study
Preschool years are significantly important for students in urban districts. Early childhood helps set the foundation for learning about school culture. Students who are able to connect their home environment to the school environment tend to do better in their academic setting. Fostering a …
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The effectiveness of Title I funding : an improvement science quantitative study.
… eliminate the academic achievement gap between low socioeconomic students and their advantaged peers in fourth grade reading scores in k-12 education. As the largest educational intervention of the United States, Title I is designed to close the achievement gap between students living in poverty …
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Factors Predicting Academic Success for Impoverished Urban High School Freshmen.
… to academic success during the freshman year for low socioeconomic students in one urban high school. This was an ex post facto study conducted in one urban high school in East Tennessee. The subjects were students enrolled in the 9<sup>th</sup> grade during the 2005-2006 and 2006-2007 academic …
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Lifting the veil of invisiblity: an interpretative phenomenological study of student perception as related to resiliency
… was an attempt to understand how marginalized, low socioeconomic students in a predominately white suburban school were able to succeed to graduation and beyond. Six students were interviewed using semi-structured questions in an audio-recorded interview while the researcher annotated body …
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The Effects Of Closed-Captioned Television On The Oral Reading Fluency Of Low Socioeconomic 2nd Grade Students
… those learning a second language, and hearing students, the existing scholarship lacks important information regarding closed-captioning and its impact on oral reading fluency. Previous scholars have proven that CC can assist all students on word recognition, vocabulary, and reading …
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Summer Credit Recovery and Middle Grade Students
… the difference in student success by retained students who participate in the Hamblen County (Tennessee) Credit Recovery Program [HCCRP] in the year prior and following their participation. HCCRP is an alternative intervention for students who have been retained in the middle grades of Hamblen …
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Leading a readiness program for low-income students within a preschool setting
… to narrowing the achievement gap between low socioeconomic students and high socioeconomic students has included endless approaches and interventions, including full day pre-school programs (NAEP, 1999; Snow, Burns, & Griffith, 1998).This action research project focused specifically on the …
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Proportional Representation of Students with Disabilities Based on Race, Gender, and Socio-Economic Status in Virginia
… 2005). Proportionately, there are more minority students of low socio-economic status than are White students in special education categories that are the high incidence special education categories. Students with high-incidence disabilities make up 80% of all students with disabilities. …
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Intervention Program Graduate on Time as Related to the Number of High School Dropouts in a Rural Northeast Tennessee High School.
… of Education website. Archival data for the students in this study were obtained from the STAR student management data system. Former students in the <em>Graduate on Time</em> program were surveyed for their perceptions about the program.</p><p>The population for this study consisted of 96 …
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What Are Preschool Teachers’ Perceptions about Professional Development in Science Content and Pedagogy When Using a Novel Approach?
… in later school and career development. Students need a well-rounded, engaging, and rigorous curriculum (Anderson, 2006). Second, teachers must be properly trained in STEM pedagogy and content (Marcum-Dietrich, 2011). Purpose: The study investigated how ongoing professional development …
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A Delayed Birth of Freedom? Public School Graduates' Perceptions of School Choice Viewed through the Pragmatic Lenses of the American Ideal
… of education as it specifically relates to low socioeconomic and minority populations. It analyzes governmental controls that may serve to restrict access to a quality education. This study seeks to promote equity through education as viewed through a social justice perspective. While …