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Miller, Katie M.; Little, Mary E. – Exceptionality, 2018
The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of an instructional package, Self-Regulated Strategy Development, a cognitive strategy instructional model (POW + TREE), in combination with video self-modeling (VSM) on the improvement on the written expression of three third-grade students with learning disabilities (LD). This…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Grade 3, Learning Disabilities, Achievement Tests
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Fletcher, Jo Florence; Greenwood, Janinka; Grimley, Michael; Parkhill, Faye; Davis, Niki – Educational Review, 2012
This paper focuses on eight teachers nominated as effective in teaching reading to 11-13-year-old students. Data consisted of interviews and unstructured and structured observations of the guided reading lessons. The qualitative data and their analysis explored the research participants' views to give more detail and filter the quantitative…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Reading Instruction, Foreign Countries, Interviews
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Anderson, Ora Sterling – Action in Teacher Education, 1989
Results of a survey of historically Black colleges' teacher education student recruitment and retention strategies are reported. Two programs that enhance minority teacher training are discussed. The Southern Regional Education Board Project seeks to improve minority standardized test pass rates; the Teaching Effectiveness Network promotes teacher…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Black Students, Higher Education, Preservice Teacher Education
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Rochford, Regina A. – Journal of Applied Research in the Community College, 2006
Many educators contend that standardized assessments coerce instructors into teaching-to-the-test, a method which they claim promotes rote learning, limits academic growth and marginalizes at-risk learners. However, this researcher asserts that when underachieving developmental community college students are instructed with techniques congruent…
Descriptors: Standardized Tests, Academic Achievement, Cognitive Style, Community Colleges
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Darch, Craig; And Others – Research in Rural Education, 1987
Presents evaluation studies examining use of Direct Instruction (DI) Model on rural South Carolina students. Compares results of DI and conventional methods in reading, mathematics, language, and spelling. Results show DI students outperformed local comparison students on virtually every measure. (TES)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Secondary Education, Language Skills, Longitudinal Studies
McKinney, John T. – 1977
This report provides achievement information from the Philadelphia, Pa. Follow Through program in Mathematics and Reading for the five years, 1971-1972 through 1975-1976. The data are drawn from cross-sectional analyses, focusing primarily on mean score performance in Total Mathematics and Total Reading on city-wide tests. The principal findings…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests, Compensatory Education