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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"secondary English language arts"”.
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Supporting Rural Adolescent Voices in the Secondary English Language Arts Classroom
… experiences of rural adolescent students in the secondary English language arts classroom as students make meaning with the content of the curriculum. This study worked with the social constructs of rurality (Azano, 2011; Azano and Biddle, 2019; Corbett, 2007; Gruenewald, 2008), critical literacy …
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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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Design and implementation of appreciative writing assessment in secondary English Language Arts classrooms
… purpose of this dissertation 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 …
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Boys Who Love Books: Avid Adolescent Male Readers in the Secondary English Language Arts Classroom
This study was designed to explore perceptions and lived experiences of avid adolescent male readers, in order to better understand their development as readers. This study explored: (1) how previous reading experiences influence the development of the avid adolescent male reader and (2) how the …
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"Wait! I can use that in my classroom?" : popular culture in/and secondary English Language Arts
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Michigan State University. Curriculum, Instruction, and Teacher Education, 2010
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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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The Impact of Teachers’ Roles as Boundary Crossers and Boundary Objects in Post- COVID Composition Instruction
<p>This qualitative case study examined secondary English Language Arts (ELA) teachers’ perceptions of rapid technology integration and its influence on composition instruction and cognitive load in physical, digital, and hybrid spaces. Grounded in theories of boundary crossing and the Cognitive …
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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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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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Examining the effect of motivational intervention on reading expectancies for success and task values of rural high school students : a quantitative study.
… reading motivation among honors-level English I students at a rural Central Texas public high school after an expectancy-value intervention. I used the Adolescent Motivation to Read Profile (AMRP) survey to obtain pre- and post-test measures of participants’ recreational reading …
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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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Negotiating theory and practice with preservice English/language arts teachers : an examination of burgeoning understandings and practices of multicultural education
… gain greater understanding about how preservice secondary English/language arts teachers made use of multicultural theory and practice in the context of urban classrooms. This qualitative case study examined preservice teachers’ employment of the multicultural knowledge and tools they gained in …
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Influence of Language, Culture, and Power on Teacher Instructional Decision-Making with High-Achieving African America Students in Advanced Secondary English Classrooms
… study was designed to examine the influences of language, culture, and power on teacher instructional decision-making with high-achieving African American students in advanced secondary English classrooms. The research questions were crafted to address how language, culture, and power influenced: …
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Meeting the Standards of the Standardized Test: How Does Project-Based Learning Correlate to Traditional Learning in an Advanced Placement English Language and Composition Course?
… PBL high school students’ achievement on the AP English Language and Composition national exam. The study was conducted in a large public metropolitan high school that offered PBL as a curriculum option for students wishing to learn the standards in a different way. Scrubbed data were collected …
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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 …