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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"disadvantaged school"”.
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Perceptions of school climate: a comparative study of a former white and a black South African high school
School climate is a determinant of academic performance, as supported by evidence in developed countries. However, there are limited studies from developing countries to test this hypothesis. The few studies that have attempted to explore this topic are often limited to educators. Studies in South …
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Class Size and Academic Achievement
… and academic achievement in rural, economically disadvantaged third grade classrooms and how teachers perceive class size as affecting their instructional and classroom management methods. Data collection and analysis for the study involved 3,812 third grade students in 204 classrooms collected …
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An Examination of Students' Perceptions of the Louisiana ACT Mandate on their Postsecondary Education Decisions
… The governing bodies for Louisiana’s public schools—The Louisiana Department of Education (LDOE)and the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE)—made the ACT a requirement—effective spring 2013—for Louisiana’s public high school 11th grade students regardless of their postsecondary …
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Academic Language Teaching and Learning in the Third Space Classroom: A Preservice Teachers' Perspective
… percentage of immigrant children in the public school system in the United States has challenged schools to provide adequate academic language instruction to reach the same levels as their monolingual peers. Teachers must demonstrate the ability to support the development of academic language in …
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Curriculum 2005: challenges facing teachers in historically disadvantaged schools in the Western Cape
… educational changes in terms of schools were externalised in the form of Curriculum 2005 and Outcomes-based Education. Curriculum 2005 was viewed as a planned framework (process) of curriculum innovation underpinned by factors such as redress, access, equity and development. …
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Prevalence of attention problems and the efficacy of a short-term parent-teacher intervention for possible ADHD in a low SES community in Ekurhuleni, Gauteng
… particularly for socio-economically disadvantaged individuals, necessitate low-cost, evidence-based interventions. The aim of this dissertation, comprising two studies, was to determine the efficacy of a short-term, teacher-led, parent training intervention, which I designed based on …
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English teachers' perspectives on their agency for change: Striving to care in a neoliberal, ‘post'-colonial climate
… are guided by the goal of quality, equitable schooling for all. The achievement thereof, however, remains elusive. Included in discourses surrounding this goal is a focus on teachers, in recognition of the crucial roles they play in student learning. Teacher-focused research on education …
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The first day of kindergarten: examining school readiness advantages and disadvantages across multiple developmental contexts
… and African American children’s readiness for school falls below the general population. Moreover, low-income, African American boys are particularly disadvantaged. “School readiness gaps” have been attributed to family life and parenting, home-school connectedness, community resources, and …
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Critical Pedagogy and literacy teaching in Grade 4 classrooms
… in the Grade 4 classrooms of two Quintile 1-4 schools on the Cape Flats, in the Western Cape. Its purpose was to provide Grade 4 teachers in disadvantaged schools on the Cape Flats with an opportunity to share their experiences of teaching literacy. The research approach is qualitative and used …
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The effectiveness of Title I funding : an improvement science quantitative study.
After more than 50 years, the supplemental resources afforded through Title I have yet to 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 …
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THREE ESSAYS ON THE ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED
<p>This dissertation examines disadvantaged students through a unique and novel lens and investigates the effects of Universal Free Meals (UFM) – a program available to schools with sizable economically disadvantaged populations – on student well-being and district financial feasibility. UFM …