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Eaton, Sarah Elaine – Online Submission, 2017
This manual is a practical training guide for graduate and undergraduate research assistants (RAs) working in the Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary. It may also be applicable to research assistants working in other fields or institutions. The purpose of this manual is to train RAs on how to plan and conduct focus groups for…
Descriptors: Focus Groups, Research Assistants, Guides, Training Objectives
Zank, Alicia A. – Online Submission, 2015
The purpose of the study is to determine what effects explicit and systematic math intervention instruction will have on student's performance on math assessments. The study will focus on a small group of fifth grade students that have been identified as needing targeted intervention (tier 2) and intensive interventions (tier 1) through the…
Descriptors: Intervention, Mathematics Instruction, Grade 5, Response to Intervention
Batt, Christine – Online Submission, 2011
The focus of this study was to investigate how parent involvement impacts student motivation in third grade special education. The study was conducted at Allen Elementary in Genoa, Ohio during the spring of 2011. After reviewing recent literature, it acknowledges the importance of parent participation on student academic education, the effects of…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Teacher Surveys, Student Surveys, Parent School Relationship
Kinnucan-Welsch, Kathryn; Currell, Cindy; Shervey, Beth; Hendricks, Martha S.; Erchick, Diana B.; Stroot, Sandra A.; Smith, Sonja; Franco, Suzanne – Online Submission, 2007
The purpose of this technical report is to summarize the research methodology of the Novice Teacher Study (NTS) strand of the Teacher Quality Partnership (TQP) research. The Ohio TQP embarked on a series of research studies to learn more about the characteristics of effective teachers and to identify the patterns of teacher performance in both…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Research Design, Educational Research, Beginning Teachers
King, Melanie P. – Online Submission, 2005
The purpose of this study was to determine the significance of teaching phonological awareness directly in the classroom. Student samples were conducted of both special education and general education students. Teacher interviews and observations were also used in this process. This research was conducted in an elementary school with approximately…
Descriptors: Phonemes, Special Education, Reading Skills, Beginning Reading