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Showing 1 to 20 of 26 for “"Teacher Interview"”.
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An Analysis of Teacher Interview Questions and Practices Used by Middle School Principals
This paper is an analysis of the interview questions and practices of seven middle school principals from a large suburban city in southeastern Virginia. Data were collected from actual audio taped teacher interviews conducted by the principals and from a postteacher interview questionnaire sent …
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The Effects of the Toyota Production System on Student Academic Performance
… relevant data to enhance student test scores and teacher efficacy by using the Toyota Production System model? Components of this study evaluated fifth-grade student math Pennsylvania System of School Assessment scores, 4Sight Benchmark Assessment scores, and changes in teacher efficacy, as …
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Developing an instrument for assessing food patterns of preschool children
… to children one month apart, followed by phone interviews with parents, school menu review and teacher interview to confirm child response. Most three-year-olds completed only 20 out of 60 items; nine four- to five-year-olds were able to complete all 60. Children were fairly consistent in …
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Civics Revisited? An Exploration of the Factors Affecting the Implementation of CSPE in Five Post-Primary Schools.
… a new curricular initiative, which requires the teacher, a key agent of change, to deliver this programme of civic education at classroom level. Firstly, this study reviews the literature associated with educational change in order to get an overall picture of the challenges facing those who must …
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Student Interactions, Attitudes and Engagement During Literacy Events in a Second Grade Classroom: A Case Study of Five Struggling Readers
… classroom. The literacy environment and the teacher’s conceptualization of her role as a reading instructor were also part of this investigation. Five second grade struggling readers and their teacher, Miss Beckham, were part of this case study research. The classroom setting was observed for …
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Infuences on Teacher Selection
… placed on the selection of highly qualified teachers as mandated by the No Child Left Behind legislation (NCLB) of 2001, growing numbers of student populations, and the decreasing numbers of teachers entering the profession, it is evident that the teacher selection process must assume a more …
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Standards-Based Grading In A Middle School: A Change Leadership Plan
… grading and an analysis of survey and interview data collected on students’ and teachers’ perceptions on the school’s current grading practices. Survey findings reveal that traditional grading practices fall short in meeting the needs of all students. Both teachers and students agree …
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Homework in a Middle School: A Program Evaluation
… includes an assessment of the perceptions of teachers and students regarding homework and grading practices in the school. The program evaluation document includes a review of the relevant literature related to homework and an analysis of survey and interview data collected on students’ and …
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Leading Learners to Level Up in a High School Mathematics Classroom
How often are teachers surprised to find out at the end of a learning episode that students have not actually learned? The first Mathematics Teaching Practice from NCTM’s <em>Principles to Actions</em> asserts that “effective teaching of mathematics establishes clear goals for the mathematics that …
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Perceptions of How Middle School Teachers Utilize Culturally Competent Pedagogy and Practice for Positive Student, Family, and Peer Relationships
… to identify the strategies that middle school teachers utilize when incorporating culturally responsive pedagogy and practices to build positive relationships with students and families while building and maintaining positive student-peer relationships in the classroom. This qualitative study …
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Reforming or Transforming?: The Politics and Implementation of Equity-Based Instructional Reform
… comparative case study design leveraging interview (N=81) and document analysis (N=100), I examine how district leaders, and leaders in external organizations with whom they partner, conceptualize equity and how those conceptions influence their enactment of district-level instructional …
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“The Majority They Don't Like Answering”: Classroom Discourse In Kenyan Primary Schools
… a triangulated research approach, I explored the teachers’ practice and perceptions of their discourse strategies. This study involved the development of a classroom observation framework, a questionnaire schedule and a semi-structured teacher interview; this led to the generation of both …
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Slide to Unlock: Creating a Technology-Integrated Environment for Our Students
… focus of this study is to explore how to support teachers in capitalizing on students’ technology skills, experiences, and preferences to offer enhanced teaching and learning experiences in school. Using a framework developed by Wagner et al. (2006), technology integration is systemically examined …
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A Summer Reading Enrichment Experience: One District's Effort to Prevent Summer Reading Loss
… by the Summer Reading Enrichment Experience teachers via qualitative methods involving the analysis of teacher interview responses and archived classroom and program artifacts.</p><p>The setting for the study was in a rural public school district located in the Midwest. The findings revealed …
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The Effectiveness of a Skill Based Explicit Phonics Reading Program K-2 as Measured by Studetn Performance and Teacher Evaluation
… program in kindergarten through second grade. As teachers, the methods of decoding words that we introduce to the beginning readers must prove to be effective in introducing and building reading skills. Most recent studies have revisited and concurred with studies done in the 1930s and 1960s that …
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Language ideologies and the positioning of learners in a multilingual Grade 1 classroom: a case study
… Flats, South Africa for five weeks, and later interviewed the participating classroom teacher. I transcribed video-recorded data from the classroom as well as the teacher interview and used CDA for analysis. Supported by the analysis of my non-participant observations and interview of the …
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The effect of metacognitive training on the mathematical word problem solving of Singapore 11-12 year olds in a computer environment
… In addition, student questionnaire and teacher interview data provide descriptive accounts of students' metacognitive knowledge during mathematical word problem solving. The findings from the analysis of mathematical achievement test and think aloud protocol data reveal that …
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The effect of metacognitive training on the mathematical word problem solving of Singapore 11-12 year olds in a computer environment
… In addition, student questionnaire and teacher interview data provide descriptive accounts of students' metacognitive knowledge during mathematical word problem solving. The findings from the analysis of mathematical achievement test and think aloud protocol data reveal that …
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Writing to learn mathematics: student journals and student-constructed questions
… problems (SCQ) in a mathematics class where the teacher initiated the procedures and conducted the lessons. The class was a multi-level Grade 5 and Grade 6 class but only the Grade 6students were the focus of the study. Three times a week, towards the end of their mathematics lesson students …
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