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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"instructional improvement"”.
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Raising Student Achievement Through Programmatic Initiatives and Instructional Improvement
… teaching strategies to increase each teacher’s instructional capacity.</p> <p>The Every Child a Whole Child policy outlines a school improvement process stemming from a whole child philosophy. One that believes the academic and social/emotional needs of students should drive improvement efforts …
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Multimedia learning: principles of learning and instructional improvement in Massive, Open, Online Courses (MOOCS)
… This finding has a number of implications for instructional design. First, we see that designing assessment feedback to only include verification feedback (acknowledgement of only a correct or incorrect answer) does not produce any positive impact on performance and should not be considered a …
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The Use of Coaching Techniques for Instructional Improvement by High School Principals in Iowa Schools
… by a principal for the purpose of improving instructional techniques in the classroom. The atmosphere of the feedback conference should be collegial rather than evaluative. Procedures. A stratified random sample of 137 Iowa high school principals and four teachers in their building were …
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Supporting teachers' data use for instructional improvement: The role of learning performance management systems and professional learning context
… interventions for certain students, or non-instructional responses). This study challenges the common conceptualization of teachers’ data use as a techno-scientific process that can be mechanized with the right organizational conditions. Findings suggest that data use is better understood as …
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Teachers' attitudes towards the New Jersey's Alternate Proficiency Assessment for students with severe disabilities
… portfolio as well as limited benefit to their instructional improvement. The follow-up interview provided detailed comments that were consistent with the survey results. The implications on improving the APA process have been discussed to support teachers in implementing the alternate …
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Analyzing Professional Development To Foster Agency And Professional Growth Among Educators
… leadership systems influence teacher agency and instructional coherence at a high-poverty, predominantly Black K–8 school in Chicago. Midwest Elementary Academy has faced persistent achievement gaps and systemic instability that hinder collaboration and teacher growth. Guided by three research …
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Educating a Diverse Student Population: A Principal in a Small Urban Setting
… educate all students, two topics are discussed: instructional leadership and discipline practice. It is argued that a vision of schools as inclusive learning communities promotes an environment conducive to educational success. As members of a school community, teachers play a vital role. Despite …
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A descriptive study of the administrative use of computers in the senior high schools of Virginia
… be characterized by classroom observation and instructional improvement tasks. However, nearly one-half the principals reported that the chief effect of computer usage had been an improvement in the quality and accuracy of their work.
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A Qualitative Study of the Perceptions and Beliefs of Elementary Teachers' Value of and Responses to Their Professional Development
… that professional development coordinators and instructional leaders face is designing and implementing professional development that is the most effective for improving teaching and learning in their school. To determine what is the perceptions and beliefs of elementary teachers' value of and …
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Increasing Self-Efficacy And Quality Lesson Planning Using Lesson-Study With Elementary Preservice Teachers
… Lesson-Study can be defined as a cycle of instructional improvement in which small groups work together to design and teach a lesson, revising again as needed over the course of a semester. This study described the experiences of two sections of preservice teachers enrolled in a science …
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A Case Study of United States History Teachers in Virginia in an Era of the Standards of Learning Assessment
… goal of this study, then, was to explore current instructional practices among a selected group of four United States History teachers and search for patterns of practice as these teachers enacted the SOLs within the United States history curriculum. A participant evaluation research approach was …
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School improvement planning and the development of professional community
… and to invest in developing a culture of ongoing improvement. Curricula designed to assist schools in learning how to engage in self-reflective improvement are increasingly common. In contrast to packaged reform models, these programs are founded on the belief that, when trained in a structured …
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Massachusetts School District responses to standards-based reform : issues of implementation and the impact of the MCAS
… failing the exam and there has been little improvement in test scores over time. This thesis is a report of how three districts that believe in the reform effort and the MCAS are dealing with the implementation of reform. Wobum, Springfield and Greenfield are notable because they represent …
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Assessing The Factors Impacting Professional Learning For Teachers In Seventh-day Adventist Schools: A Comparison Of Millennials And Non-Millennials
… not spend the sustained time needed for lasting instructional improvement. The factors that predicted time spent were different for millennial and non-millennial teachers. In general, non-millennial teachers report higher satisfaction with professional learning opportunities than do millennials. …
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Incentives in the classroom: performance-based compensation implementation and impact in high performing schools in Shanghai, China
… research have found bonuses yield little or no improvement in various measures of teaching quality and student achievement. Yet, policymakers and performance-pay advocates maintain that financial bonuses will lead to better teaching, student learning, and educational markets. As PBC persists, we …
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The Effect of Faculty Development on Active Learning in the College Classroom
This study examined the effect of active learning seminars and a mentoring program on the use of active learning teaching techniques by college faculty. A quasi-experimental study was conducted using convenience samples of faculty from two private Christian supported institutions. Data for the …
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An Analysis of the Perceptions of Elementary School Principals in Georgia Concerning the Implementation of Title I Models
… the ability to experience early intervention, instructional improvement, and grasp the skills needed to positively contribute to the American society and end the cycle of poverty. Schools across the nation can qualify for Title I services depending upon the number of students who receive free …
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Retracing the Savannah River Portion of John Muir's Thousand Mile Walk: An Interpretive Regional Study Suggesting Curriculum for Sustainability
<p>This dissertation is an interpretive study that looks at not only school practices, hut also environmental, historical, political, religious, and social influences of a region, through the use of part of a historical document, John Muir's <em>Thousand Mile Walk to the Gulf</em> (1916) whereby …