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Rider, Lynne Marie – ProQuest LLC, 2010
According to the National Assessment of Educational Progress, about 60% of students cannot read proficiently at their current grade level. Findings from the National Reading Panel (NRP) indicate that there is not sufficient research on the topic of struggling middle school readers. The purpose of this quantitative study was to examine the impact…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Reading Teachers, Teacher Educators, Social Change
Kraipeerapun, Kittima; Thongthew, Sumlee – International Education Journal, 2007
In this paper, an ethnobotany curriculum is used as a case example of one approach to incorporating the insights and needs of the local community into the curriculum development process. This curriculum development was carried out in the "Kiriwong Community" in Nakornsrithammarat Province, Southern Thailand. The ethnobotany curriculum…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Curriculum Development, Rural Schools, Participant Observation