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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"secondary ELA"”.
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FIGURING IT OUT: THE SELF-EFFICACY AND SELF-EMPOWERMENT OF SECONDARY ELA (ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS) TEACHERS OF WRITING
… of highly prepared teachers of writing. However, secondary ELA (English Language Arts) teachers of writing report that they were not prepared to teach writing in their pre-service teacher preparation programs or in-service professional development. Based on personal experience, such educators …
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Examining the role of asset-based teaching approaches on the motivation and engagement of Black students in secondary ELA classrooms : a qualitative single case study.
… motivation and engagement of Black students in secondary ELA classrooms through the experiences and perspectives of four participants. Participants were purposefully and conveniently selected based on their years of experience successfully working with diverse teacher-to-student populations and …
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Assessing Formative Assessment: An Examination of Secondary English/Language Arts Teachers' Practices
… pupils to improve student learning, occurs in a secondary English/language arts (ELA) context. A sequential explanatory mixed methods approach, using a series of weekly self-report checklists about teachers’ assessment practices and semi-structured interviews, was used to address the following: …
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Improving Students’ Confidence and Competence Using Critical Media Literacy Skills in a Secondary English Language Arts Class
… in discussing informational media texts in the secondary ELA classroom. This dissertation examines topical research, gaps in the literature, and theoretical frameworks to justify the study. The qualitative action research study implemented a version of the Article of the Week program alongside …
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A sociosemantic examination of secondary English teacher written feedback
… based description of teacher writing comments in secondary ELA classrooms. Based within a case study methodology, this study used analytical tools from Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL) and Legitimation Code Theory (LCT) in order to discover the various meanings that teachers make through …
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English language arts teachers’ identities as writers and teachers of writing
… purpose of this research is to understand how secondary English language arts (ELA) teachers’ identities as writers and teachers of writing are shaped by their own writing and teaching experiences, as well as their backgrounds and educational experiences, especially in their teacher preparation …
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Teachers Who Collaborate With a Professional Writing Organization: The Importance of Critical Stance
… of writing instruction, especially for secondary English-language Arts teachers (Coker & Lewis, 2008; Graham, 2019; Wahleithner, 2018). Beliefs and knowledge about writing determine how teachers approach pedagogical practices (McCarthey & Mkhize, 2013). One of many contextualized social …
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Humanizing English Language Arts Content Using a Social-Emotional Learning Approach
… qualitative study was aimed at understanding how secondary English Language Arts (ELA) teachers use literary texts in their classrooms to enhance social-emotional learning, specifically, their training, text selection processes, and methods for articulating and assessing ELA and SEL outcomes. A …
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Design and implementation of appreciative writing assessment in secondary English Language Arts classrooms
… was to explore with English Language Arts (ELA) teachers how to design and implement appreciative (Bomer, 2011) approaches to writing assessment in secondary ELA classrooms. This study aimed to counter deficit (Paris, 2012; Valencia, 1997) approaches to assessment that focus on perceived …
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Measuring faculty satisfaction and motivation to use podcasts: A pilot study
<p>Modern society is constantly evolving, affecting the creation and use of technology. Concurrently, technology is relentlessly developing and expanding, influencing the very society to which it is introduced. In a rapid-paced, globally influenced educational community, podcasts are among the …
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Illustrating adolescent awareness: Teaching historical injustices and promoting agency through picture books in secondary classrooms
… early literacy. They rarely make their way into secondary lesson plans, and with their seemingly simple illustrations and text, they are mostly deemed (socially, if not academically) inappropriate for accomplished readers. This thesis explores the advantages of including picture books when …