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Showing 1 to 20 of 22 for “"first grade teachers"”.
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Arithmetic manipulative devices used by first grade of San Joaquin County schools
… this study was to determine: (1) the importance first-grade teachers of San Joaquin County place on manipulative devices for the teaching of arithmetic; (2) the manipulative devices first-grade teachers of San Joaquin County have and use; and (3) the uses first-grade teachers of San Joaquin …
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An investigation into the implementation of the Louisiana Comprehensive Curriculum Reading/English Language Arts in selected first grade classrooms
… Curriculum English Language Arts in selected first grade classes. The teaching of the specific language arts skills, listening, speaking, reading, and writing, as directed the the Comprehensive Curriculum is examined. Four first grade teachers from a large urban school district, from an …
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Practices and Perspectives of Primary Language Arts Teachers: A Formative Design Experiment Analyzing the use of Professional Development to Enhance Vocabulary Instructional Practices
… to enhance vocabulary instruction on four first-grade teachers’ vocabulary instructional practices. The study incorporated a formative design methodology and the collection of baseline data on current instructional practices to inform the design of the professional development and …
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An Inquiry into the Adoption Process of California Mathematics Standards for First Grade
… the California mathematics standards for first grade, and the role of teachers in the adoption and implementation process. In December 1997, the California State Board of Education issued new math standards for first grade. While the standards content reflects increased rigor in all areas, …
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Kindergarten Entrance Age Requirements in California: Research, Policy and Practice
… that decision. Questionnaires were mailed to ten teachers with kindergarten through second grade placements. Results indicated that kindergarten and first grade teachers were equally aware of those children who were chronologically older due to being "held out" a year and to the chronologically …
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A Descriptive Study on the Use of Balanced Literacy in First Grade Classrooms in Southwest Missouri
… investigated the use of balanced literacy in first grade classrooms. A survey was designed by the researcher to examine how teachers incorporated the components of balanced literacy in their classrooms. The subjects of the study consisted of first grade teachers from fourteen rural school …
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An Identification of Factors Associated with the Current Elementary Music Program in the Bellevue Schools
1. To determine the needs of the first grade teachers of the Bellevue Public Schools in the area of music by asking their assessment of the present system as it provides space, equipment, texts, supervision, and in-service opportunities. 2. To determine through comparison the effect of musical …
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A Comparison of the Behavioral Adjustment of First-Grade Students that Attended a Full-Day Kindergarten Program and First-Grade Students that Attended a Half-Day Kindergarten Program
… and compared the behavioral adjustment of first-grade students that participated in a full-day kindergarten program and first-grade students that participated in a half-day kindergarten program. The researcher also examined gender interactions between the two groups. The study was conducted …
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Implementing Reform: The Changing Cultures and Discourse Practices of Four First -Grade Classrooms
… mathematics classrooms. Toward this goal, four first-grade teachers were followed one week in each of two years as they attempted to implement a reform-based mathematics curriculum, Math Trailblazers (1997), that supported increased interaction in the classroom. The first year of the …
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An Examination of Teachers' Writing Self-Efficacy, First-Grade Students' Attitudes and Self-Efficacy in Writing, and Students' Writing Behaviors
<p>Teachers' self-efficacy has been demonstrated to be an important construct linked to teacher competence (Goddard, Hoy, & Woolfolk Hoy, 2000; Graham & Perin, 2007). However, little is known about how teachers think about writing, particularly as it relates to their writing instruction and to …
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Scaffolded Discourse Within a Comprehensive Literacy Model
… occurred in three settings within the model: grade level meetings, coaching and mentoring, and small group instruction. Participants in this study included the literacy coaches, interventionists and first-grade teachers at two schools within the PCL network. Three levels of scaffolding were …
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The Relationship Between Teacher Attitudes Toward Standardized Testing and Student Test Scores
… schools has an increasing impact on students, teachers, and administrators, yielding evaluative data which promise to become even more crucial to decision-making processes for all concerned. Also increasing are the negative attitudes of educators toward the testing program, in contrast to the …
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Analysis of teacher expectations and reading achievement in first grade
… achievement; (2) administer the instrument to first grade teachers of a selected school district to ascertain range of teacher expectations regarding factors that influence reading achievement; (3) identify teachers in two groups--Those revealing the Greatest Expectation of Differences in pupil …
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Effects of Interactive Writing on Student Writing Achievement in a Primary Classroom
… of the interactive writing technique on primary teachers and their students over a six-month period. The study consisted of three, urban, first grade teachers and eighteen students. Teachers used a self-assessment rubric to rate themselves at the start and close of the study on how well they …
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Analysis of Teacher Efficacy and Perspectives about Literacy Implementation in Selected Elementary Schools
… this study, we examine “How do the ways in which teachers perceive mandated literacy implementation impact their classroom instruction?” Therefore, the purpose of this study is to explore some of the issues that attempts to change teachers’ instructional practices in the classroom and seeks to …
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An exploration of the impact of teachers' instructional practices in teaching phonemic awareness to kindergarten and first grade students
This ten week study examined the impact of the teachers’ instructional strategies in teaching phonemic awareness to kindergarten and first grade students. Three questions were explored. These questions were: (a) How do teachers determine the appropriate instructional strategies to use in teaching …
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The Mitigation of In-Group and Outgroup Biases: Understanding the Perceptions of Educators on the Contact Approach Theory
… extent, if any, prekindergarten through third grade teachers had training and knowledge on the contact approach theory, how often the contact approach theory was being used, teachers’ perceptions of their overall success, and the extent to which teacher demographics were able to explain …
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Transition voices: Perspectives, concerns, and discontinuities expressed by children, parents, and teachers as children transition from a university -affiliated kindergarten to a public school first grade
… that occur as a child moves from kindergarten to first grade. Transition marks the time when children are separated from a familiar routine and environment and placed into an environment of uncertainty, changing roles, and expectations. Children who experience continuity with earlier educational …
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Exploring conceptualizations of reading engagement
… literature? 2. How do educators, particularly teachers of the primary grades, conceptualize reading motivation and engagement? What sources of information do they draw upon to construct their understandings? 3. How do educators, particularly teachers of the primary grades, enact literacy …
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