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Direct linkKrentz, Jenny L. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The purpose of this basic qualitative study was to uncover effective professional development activities organized by elementary school principals and used to foster and support teachers with the instruction of self-determination skills along with any barriers principals encountered in their efforts to support teacher instruction. This study was…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Self Determination, Principals, Barriers
Buescher, Susan H. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The 2001 No Child Left Behind Act's focus on raising standardized test scores for underachieving students has created a national education system where teacher time and resources are often not directed to students in the top percentiles and those identified as gifted and talented. As resources for gifted students continue to be limited,…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Middle School Students, Academically Gifted, Rural Schools
Kashima-Ellingson, Yuri – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The goal of this study was to gain a better understanding of families' experiences as their children received additional support in reading activities at school within a beginning Response to Intervention (RTI) framework. Specifically, the experiences of three families from one pre-K through grade 5 elementary school in the Midwest are…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Reading Instruction, Learning Activities, Response to Intervention
Herridge, Robin Lea – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this study was to explore the literacy instructional leadership behaviors of principals in two high poverty elementary schools in North Carolina who have experienced success with student growth in reading achievement over a three year period. This was a qualitative exploratory multiple case study. Data was gathered from 21…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Literacy Education, Principals, Poverty
Akopoff, Tanya M. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
A current trend in education is that small teacher groups, called professional learning communities (PLC), are being advocated as a tool to help teachers reach struggling students. Educators planning to use PLC as an intervention strategy can benefit from research-based information about PLC best practices. This multiple case study addressed the…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, High Schools, Intervention, Comparative Analysis
Hamada, Hideki – ProQuest LLC, 2008
Many Japanese families come to the US because the fathers are dispatched to work at Japanese companies in the US, and they return to Japan after a 3-4 year stay. Many children attend an American local school as well as a supplementary Saturday school, hoshuko, in order to keep up academically after they return to Japan. However, balancing an…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Foreign Students, Parent Attitudes, Principals
