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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"direct teaching"”.
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Direct teaching methods naturally practiced by effective and less effective teachers
During the past decade, direct instruction has been cited as one characteristic of effective schools. In response to increased accountability, many school districts and schools have incorporated the methods of direct instruction as a way to improve teaching performance and student achievement. This …
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The Direct Teaching of Thinking Skills for Improvement of Reading Test Results
… The purpose of this study was to address the direct teaching of critical thinking and problem solving skills, and to determine if the process benefited fourth grade students by increasing scores on a reading end-of-book test. Procedures: Two similar, but not randomly selected fourth grade …
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The Direct Teaching of Thinking Skills for Improvement of Reading Comprehension Skills
The problem: The purpose of this study was to determine whether a difference existed in reading comprehension test scores between groups receiving traditional reading instruction and traditional reading instruction with specific thinking skills. The study also investigated the effect of I Q and …
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An Investigation of the Classroom Component of Positive Behavior Intervention and Support System on Appropriately Engaged Behavior
… behavior across intervention phases (baseline, direct teaching and review of PBIS classroom expectations and rules, direct teaching and review of PBIS classroom expectations and rules with ticket presentation and verbal praise, direct teaching and review of PBIS classroom expectations and rules …
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The Effects of the Use of Retellings on the Listening Comprehension of First Grade Students
This study examined the effects of direct teaching of the use of retellings on the listening comprehension of twenty-two first grade students from a public elementary school in Western New York. The examiner administered the listening comprehension portion of The Bader Reading and Language …
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Componential analysis of self-regulated strategy instruction in writing:online instruction and assessment
… the instructional components were implemented: Direct Teaching, Peer-Practice, and Modelling (Experimental Condition 1, n = 47); or Modelling, Peer-Practice, and Direct Teaching (Experimental Condition 2, n = 36). A control condition (n = 43) was also included. Writing performance was measured …
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Metacomprehension and reading proficiency
… children, 6 and 7 years old, who received direct teaching and modelling of specific metacognitive strategies would show a greater increase in reading comprehension and metacognitive strategy awareness, as compared to a control group who did not receive any such treatment. A second purpose …
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Adolescent Mothers' Relationships With Their Mothers: Communication, Support and Shared Caregiving
… for independence and self-sufficiency through direct teaching and dialogue. Adolescent mothers relied on the grandmothers for financial, material and parenting support. Mothers and grandmothers accessed some formal services; usually services centered on parenting were the most highly regarded. …
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A Pilot Study on the Effect of the Wilderness Education Association Stewardship Course at Western Kentucky University Perceived Leadership Skill Development
… and group dynamic skills. Length of course, direct teaching on subjects, and opportunities to practice skills provided opportunities to develop skills in the above mentioned areas.</p>
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An Analysis of the Differences Between Learning Groups Using the Project DARE Program
… with the DARE Program, which included the direct teaching of chemical substance education and resistance education by a specially trained police officer. The control group received no substance abuse instruction during this period. After 17 weeks of instruction in the DARE Program, both …
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Communication patterns in families with preschool deaf children - A survey
… by systematic interviews, tape recordings and direct observations in people's homes. The results support the hypothesis that a mixture of verbal and nonverbal procedures are typical in such families. 68% of hearing parents used a mixture of pointing, showing objects, esoteric gestures and short …
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A STUDY OF PRESERVICE TEACHERS’ MENTAL COMPUTATION ATTITUDES, KNOWLEDGE, AND FLEXIBILITY IN THINKING FOR TEACHING MATHEMATICS
… strategies using different approaches (i.e., Direct Teaching (DT) and Open-Approach (OA)) among the three different groups, and to identify how the use of preservice teachers’ mental computation strategies affects their flexibility regarding mental computation. The participants were preservice …
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Reflections on en-teaching: Dewey, Heidegger and Lao Tzu
Reflecting on my past two unsettling journeys of teaching in China and America produces questions about the teaching of truth in chapter one. The question of truth as it relates to the teacher’s role in the classroom raises not only issues of what and how we should teach, but challenges the very …
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Raising A Child with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Examining the Influence of Parental Stress, Racial Discrimination, and Law Enforcement Interactions on Racial Socialization Practices among Black Families
… practices revealed three themes including direct teaching. Conclusion: Black parents experience ongoing stressors related to parenting an adolescent with an ASD diagnosis and preparing their child with tools to interact successfully within the world. The results of this study add to the …
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Evaluation of Student Progress to Goals: Tracking Positive Behavior Changes Among Students Identified with Special Needs Grades 1 to 3
… verbal social skills, which followed targeted teaching strategies that focused on the development of social skills, specifically verbal interaction skills. Results indicated that students who had targeted instruction in their social interaction skills showed improvement in their ability to …
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Implementing a Reggio Emilia inspired approach in a mainstream Western Australian context: The impact on early childhood teachers' professional role
… to a teacher-driven approach requiring more direct teaching. In the second case, even though a number of the teachers reported the negative influence of low levels of knowledge and self-belief, the change process was sustained through collegiate support and strong school leadership. The …
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Clever talk : using literature to boost vocabulary through explicit teaching in early childhood
… research study sought to compare two models: teaching a greater number of word meanings more briefly and teaching fewer words in greater depth. Six schools from low SES areas participated, with the main intervention program running for three 6 week blocks. Overall, both of the explicit …