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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Teacher Content Knowledge"”.
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The role of entomology in environmental and science education: Comparing outreach methods for their impact on student and teacher content knowledge and motivation
… can be an important way for local students and teachers to be exposed to new fields while enhancing classroom learning. University-based outreach programs are offered throughout the country, including most entomology departments as few individuals learn about insects in school and these programs …
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Teacher Remuneration in South Africa: Incentivizing Performance
… in South Africa is poor quality. We focus on how teacher quality can be improved by improving the structure of their remuneration. Performance-related pay, which can be based either on measuring learner test scores, or by measuring teacher content knowledge or pedagogical skills, has sometimes …
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Program Evaluation of Departmentalizing in Upper Elementary
… rigorous standards have increasingly affected teachers to become highly skilled in subject content areas. This increase in teacher content knowledge expertise requirements have caused many administrators to seek alternative instructional strategies to meet this need. Departmentalization is one …
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A Multilevel Analysis of Student Engagement, Teacher Quality, and Math Achievement
… the relationships between math engagement, teacher quality, school factors, and math achievement in middle school students. This study used the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) data from the 2007 wave. The data were analyzed using exploratory factor analysis …
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Community versus traditional classrooms: is there a case for improved academic performance in elementary schools?
… a departmentalized and looping model where content specialist in ELA and a content specialist in math taught the students. For the 2012-2013 and 2013-2014 school years, the school administrator assigned half of the school’s student body to a traditional, self-contained classroom and half to …
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An Investigation of Teachers’ Noticing, Cognitive Demand, and Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching: Video Reflections in an Elementary Mathematics Context
… community are to broaden and strengthen teacher content knowledge in mathematics and to provide the pedagogical tools needed by teachers to extend their students’ thinking and reasoning (Darling-Hammond, Wei, Andree, Richardson, and Orphanos, 2009; Mewborn, 2003).</p> <p>The purpose of …
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Evaluating the Effectiveness of Punjab’s Public Private Partnership Programmes in Education
… of PPP schooling and (iv) teaching practices, teacher content knowledge and pay in public, PPP and private schools. The study concludes with a policy discussion using Levin’s (2002) framework for evaluating privatisation programmes in education to assess the potential impact of PPPs on freedom …
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Mathematics Instruction In Pre-Service Undergraduate Programs In The State of Maine
… study was to investigate elementary pre-service teacher preparation in mathematics offered in undergraduate education programs in the state of Maine. The research questions were: How many mathematics courses are undergraduate programs requiring pre-service teachers to take for their baccalaureate …