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Cedric Dewayne Webber – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The purpose of this mixed model study was to examine middle school teachers and counselors' perceptions and beliefs about the benefits of social and emotional learning in middle school. It also looked at how middle school teachers and counselors perceived their level of competence when it comes to social emotional learning practices. Efforts to…
Descriptors: Social Emotional Learning, Middle School Teachers, School Counselors, Teacher Attitudes
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Troyer, Margaret – Literacy Research and Instruction, 2023
Open discussion of text promotes students' reading achievement, yet classroom discussion is rare. The present study investigates whether teachers' knowledge for literacy teaching relates to their enactment of class discussion in the context of a high-quality literacy curriculum. Two sixth grade teachers (one who demonstrated high levels of…
Descriptors: Discussion (Teaching Technique), Literacy, Elementary School Teachers, Grade 6
Tiffany Fowler – ProQuest LLC, 2024
With the 2015 change in science standards to align more closely with the Next Generation Science Standards, as the district STEM coach, I saw a need for professional development that addressed the lack of understanding and skill needed to teach the Science and Engineering Practices, specifically the practice of Scientific Augmentation. This…
Descriptors: Science Teachers, Elementary School Science, Elementary School Teachers, Faculty Development
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Williams Osei; Douglas Darko Agyei – Cogent Education, 2023
This paper sought to explore the Knowledge of Algebra for Teaching and the algebra difficulties of In-field and Out-of-field Junior High School mathematics teachers using the expanded KAT framework. The study employed the descriptive survey design and involved the participation of 374 mathematics teachers using an achievement test instrument. The…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Algebra, Mathematics Teachers, Knowledge Base for Teaching
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Björn Citrohn – Design and Technology Education, 2023
This study investigates, and further develops, a framework for analyzing technological knowledge emanating from school design projects; a framework that has the potential to be used as a tool for teachers when choosing and planning design projects. The study also intends to answer the research question: What technological knowledge, associated to…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Foreign Countries, Grade 7, Grade 8
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Dullas, Lany D.; Soliven, Samuel R. – International Journal of Evaluation and Research in Education, 2021
Competence in research is an attractive feature that should be established for all practitioners because specialists with training and expertise in research will recognize strategic thinking, interpretation, and synthesizing more easily. Hence, this study aimed to describe the knowledge competency among junior high school mathematics teachers on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics Teachers, Teacher Competencies, Knowledge Base for Teaching
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Namukasa, Immaculate Kizito; Aryee, Kinful Lartebea – International Electronic Journal of Mathematics Education, 2021
Teacher knowledge needed for teaching is widely studied to characterize its key categories. We report findings from a study on teachers' knowledge for mathematics in the Montessori schools. In Montessori accredited schools, teachers learn to teach mathematics in ways different from the teachers themselves experienced in non-Montessori schools. We…
Descriptors: Montessori Schools, Mathematics Instruction, Teacher Competencies, Elementary School Teachers
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Whang, Nai-Ying; Yan, Ling-Fang – Education and Urban Society, 2020
This research explores current teaching interventions in the development of school food education in urban schools of northern Taiwan, focusing on the relationship between teachers' teaching attitudes, teaching knowledge, and teaching commitments. As the urban schools of northern Taiwan (Taipei, New Taipei City, and Taoyuan City) are all…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Urban Schools, Teacher Attitudes, Knowledge Level
Williams, Brenielle – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Reading skills assessments have demonstrated that middle-grade Mississippi school children are on average two full grade levels or more below grade reading levels. This qualitative case study in one urban county Mississippi school district with decreasing literacy scores examined teachers' perceptions of evidence-based literacy instruction…
Descriptors: Middle School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Reading Achievement, Teaching Methods
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Dahl, Heidi; Enge, Ole; Hansen, Torkel Haugan; Valenta, Anita – Mathematics Teacher Education and Development, 2019
In this study, we analyse 23 prospective teachers' lesson plans for short whole-class mathematics discussions held with students at a middle school. The plans are in the form of "lesson plays", where an imagined discussion between the teacher and students is written verbatim. We use the Knowledge Quartet as a framework to investigate…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Mathematics Instruction, Lesson Plans, Large Group Instruction
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Jalal, Shumaila; Nawab, Ali – Cogent Education, 2022
This research aimed to explore the possibility of using Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) approach for the development of students' Second Language (L2) skills and content in the subject of Chemistry. To achieve this purpose, action research method was used to implement CLIL approach at grade 7 consisting of 30 students. The research…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Barriers, Content and Language Integrated Learning, Native Language
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Chi, Hsueh-Yun; Chang, Fong-Ching; Huang, Li-Jung; Lee, Chun-Hsien; Pan, Ying-Chun; Yeh, Ming-Kung – Drugs: Education, Prevention & Policy, 2018
Objective: Adolescents in Taiwan generally have a low level of knowledge concerning medications. This study evaluates a school-pharmacist partnership in Taiwan and describes the impact this association has on enhancing teachers' medication literacy and on their compliance with imparting this information to their students. Method: In 2013, the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Teachers, Middle School Teachers, Knowledge Level
Sobolewski-McMahon, Lauren M. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this study was to examine the influences of various facets of middle school mathematics teachers' practical rationality on their instructional decision making as they plan to enact the Common Core State Standards for Mathematical Practice, CCSS-MP1 (perseverance in problem solving) and CCSS-MP3 (communicating and critiquing). The…
Descriptors: Teacher Influence, Mathematics Teachers, Middle School Teachers, Teaching Methods
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Mavuru, Lydia; Ramnarain, Umesh – African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2017
This article explores teachers' knowledge and views on the role of learners' socio-cultural background when teaching Natural Sciences to Grade 9 learners at three South African township schools. Within a socio-cultural framework, the research investigated how teachers accommodate learners' cultural norms and values, religion and beliefs,…
Descriptors: Grade 9, Knowledge Level, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Teacher Attitudes
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Wilder, Phillip; Herro, Danielle – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2016
This paper describes a case study of how a middle school literacy coach and a science teacher attempted to improve disciplinary literacy teaching in a sixth-grade science class. The collaborative inquiry exposed the disciplinary knowledge gap of the literacy coach (a former language arts teacher) and the science teacher's limited knowledge of…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Middle School Teachers, Coaching (Performance), Science Teachers
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