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Reid, M. J. – Research in the Schools, 2010
The curriculum deliberations of 3 fourth-grade teachers who met weekly to plan their lessons were explored in this qualitative case study. These teachers participated voluntarily and routinely produced viable plans for the coming week. With their planning meetings recorded and transcribed, the resulting transcripts were analyzed using Schwab's…
Descriptors: Grade 4, Elementary School Teachers, Case Studies, Transcripts (Written Records)
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Stickles, Paula R. – School Science and Mathematics, 2011
In this study, the characteristics of teachers that motivate their implementation of reform curriculum, and the factors that influence the teachers' success in implementing the curriculum are investigated. In particular, teachers' internal struggles, frustrations, collegiality, and classroom successes during the implementation of the reform…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Characteristics, Performance Factors
Ryan, Sharon; Whitebook, Marcy; Cassidy, Deborah – Center for the Study of Child Care Employment, University of California at Berkeley, 2014
As a growing body of evidence links school success and early mathematical experiences, there is increasing interest in offering young children opportunities to bridge their informal understanding of mathematics with more formal concepts and processes. At the same time, many teachers and caregivers in the early care and education (ECE) field may…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Teachers
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Yeh, Hui-chin – Taiwan Journal of TESOL, 2013
This study investigates how a teacher study group collectively examined problems in their current English curriculum and redesigned the curriculum into theme-based lessons for various grades. Comprised of seven elementary school teachers and a teacher educator, the teacher study group met bi-weekly for three hours for a total of eight meetings.…
Descriptors: English Curriculum, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, English (Second Language)
Duncan, Annette – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This study examined an elementary school, located in an urban school district, which was labeled as a Persistently Low-Achieving School (PLAS) by the federal government in 2009 in order to determine how the school planned to change leadership and staff; increase student achievement; and implement new approaches for changes in school climate. The…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Elementary Schools, Low Achievement, Urban Schools