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Tyler John Aracena – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This quantitative research study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of quarterly assessments administered quarterly to students in a large school district in the northeastern United States and their impact on students' subject-specific corresponding Regents Examination Scores. The study aims to determine if a correlational relationship exists…
Descriptors: Language Arts, Language Tests, Adolescents, Language Skills
Madhav Kaushish – ProQuest LLC, 2021
If we want mathematics education to be valuable to everybody, including those who do not pursue mathematics-related careers, we need to use mathematics as a training ground for certain ways of thinking. This dissertation focuses on one aspect of mathematical thinking, namely theory building. It has three parts -- unpacking what constitutes theory…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Geometry, Mathematics Education, Curriculum Design
Brittany Mauceri – ProQuest LLC, 2022
There has been a significant rise in mental health needs in adolescents, and the COVID-19 pandemic has severely disturbed everyday life, causing an increase in anxiety and social isolation amongst adolescents throughout the world (CDC, 2017; Yale Child Study Center, 2020). Effective Tier 1 social-emotional universal interventions to foster…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Adolescents, COVID-19, Pandemics
Hebert, Anita – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This qualitative case study used focus groups to investigate the experiences of 11 high school English teachers in their implementation of the effective practices of adolescent literacy instruction while using the "SpringBoard" curriculum by College Board. Focus groups were held in three comparable suburban high schools that utilized…
Descriptors: Focus Groups, Secondary School Teachers, English Instruction, Case Studies
Roberts, Carly A. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This study employs the theory of identity development and figured worlds to investigate how historical and current education context, preservice and inservice teacher preparation, and school and classroom context influence the development of the literacy teaching identity of teachers of adolescents with significant cognitive disabilities. A…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Professional Identity, Literacy
Mergele, Catherine E. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this mixed methods research study was to investigate how evidence-based adolescent literacy practices are implemented by secondary teachers in the classroom or what the reasons might be for these practices not being implemented. Three secondary English teachers of three different types of classes, comprising Intensive, Project-based…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Student Projects, Curriculum Implementation, Secondary School Teachers