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Tom Knutson – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Millions of children in the United States struggle with reading acquisition, many of whom are identified with developmental dyslexia (DD). Although experimental research indicates that evidence-based reading interventions can bring many of these children to average-range reading skills, such promising outcomes are not commonly achieved within K-12…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Dyslexia, Reading Consultants, Students with Disabilities
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Rosemary Vellar; Boris Handal; Sean Kearney; Chris Forlin – Issues in Educational Research, 2024
Evidence based decision making is essential for enabling improved student learning. Teacher motivations and beliefs about the types and use of data are critical determinants of decision making. Our research explored the types of data teachers use and consider valuable when measuring improvement in student learning. Findings from 294 teachers from…
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Analytics, Student Needs
Naomi LaRue Witham-Travers – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The purpose of this qualitative descriptive study was to explore how experienced elementary educators in Central Montana described their use of new knowledge from research evidence to inform their teaching practice. Data sources included 15 semi-structured interviews and two focus groups. The Cognitive Affective Model of Conceptual Change was…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Evidence Based Practice, Teaching Methods, Experienced Teachers
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Hebbecker, Karin; Förster, Natalie; Forthmann, Boris; Souvignier, Elmar – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2022
The idea of data-based decision-making (DBDM) at the classroom level is that teachers use assessment data to adapt their instruction to students' individual needs and thus improve students' learning progress. In this study, we first investigate this theoretically assumed DBDM process, and second, we evaluate the effectiveness of teacher support on…
Descriptors: Data Use, Evidence Based Practice, Decision Making, Formative Evaluation
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Theisen, Cara H.; Paul, Cassandra A.; Roseler, Katrina – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2022
The Student Participation Observation Tool (SPOT) is a web-based classroom observation protocol developed for higher education STEM courses and based on research on evidence-based practices. The low-inference and objective nature of the SPOT and visual outputs make it an optimal tool for teaching professional development. The SPOT allows novice…
Descriptors: Reflective Teaching, Student Participation, Classroom Observation Techniques, Web Based Instruction
Shanahan, Emma – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Difficulties in writing can emerge as early as preschool, and often coincide with developing difficulties in reading (Berninger et al., 1997; Graham & Santangelo, 2014; Graham et al., 2020), as reading and writing are fundamentally connected skills (e.g., Fitzgerald & Shanahan, 2000). Writing instruction in general has had positive effects…
Descriptors: Writing Skills, Writing Instruction, Evidence Based Practice, Progress Monitoring
Freidenbloom, David Carl – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This phenomenological study sought to examine the lived experiences of Pennsylvania school leaders in elementary or middle schools with an economically disadvantaged student population of 50% or greater and English Language Arts proficiency exceeding 60% as measured by the 2021-2022 Pennsylvania System of School Assessment. Across the Commonwealth…
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, Middle Schools, Economically Disadvantaged, At Risk Students
Lana Shklyar Nenide; Kate Sweeney; Gerard Costa; Neal M. Horen; Robert M. Corso; Jordana Ash, Contributor; Lynette Aytch, Contributor; Julie Betchkal, Contributor; Jean Budd, Contributor; Margo Candelaria, Contributor; Corinne G. Catalano, Contributor; Kimberly P. Diamond-Berry, Contributor; Faith Eidson, Contributor; Brandy Fox, Contributor; Keri Giordano, Contributor; Amy Hunter, Contributor; Harleen Hutchinson, Contributor; Nucha Isarowong, Contributor; Ashley McCormick, Contributor; Kelli McDermott, Contributor; Kaitlin Mulcahy, Contributor; Carmen Rosa Noroña, Contributor; Nichole Paradis, Contributor; Rebecca Parlakian, Contributor; Lindsay J. Pearson, Contributor; Thomas Rendon, Contributor; Julia Sayles, Contributor; Jayne Singer, Contributor; Staci Sontoski, Contributor; Kristin Tenney-Blackwell, Contributor; Mary Louise Hemmeter, Contributor – Brookes Publishing Company, 2025
Infant Mental Health (IMH) and the Pyramid Model (PM) are two frameworks with an important common goal: supporting the mental health and social-emotional well-being of infants, young children and their families. For the first time ever, one book integrates these two frameworks to create a more effective, knowledgeable, and responsive early…
Descriptors: Infants, Models, Mental Health, Diversity Equity and Inclusion
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Lemons, Christopher J.; Sinclair, Anne C.; Gesel, Samantha; Gandhi, Allison Gruner; Danielson, Louis – Journal of Special Education Leadership, 2019
Special education administrators at both the district and school level are serving in critical roles that uniquely position them to improve academic and behavioral outcomes of students with disabilities by ensuring the special education teachers under their supervision are prepared to deliver an evidence-based form of intensive…
Descriptors: Special Education, Intervention, Educational Administration, Administrator Role
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Gulikers, Judith – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2016
This paper studies, using quantitative and qualitative data, the effectivity of a professional development approach in which a national summative assessment is used formatively to stimulate 19 teacher teams in Dutch secondary education to improve their data use for instruction and learning. The approach is based on conceptual similarities between…
Descriptors: Evidence Based Practice, Decision Making, Faculty Development, Summative Evaluation
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Spowart, Lucy; Winter, Jennie; Turner, Rebecca; Muneer, Reema; McKenna, Colleen; Kneale, Pauline – International Journal for Academic Development, 2017
In this paper we report the outcomes of a national survey of academic development staff in a range of UK HE Institutions to consider the approaches adopted to evaluate teaching-related continual professional development (CPD). Despite the increasing drive towards accountability, the majority of respondents undertook no benchmarking to establish…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Faculty, Professional Continuing Education, Faculty Development
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Dolan, Erin L.; Borrero, Michelle; Callis-Duehl, Kristine; Chen Musgrove, Miranda M.; de Lima, Joelyn; Ero-Tolliver, Isi; Gerhart, Laci M.; Goodwin, Emma C.; Hamilton, Lindsey R.; Henry, Meredith A.; Herrera, Jose; Huot, Bethany; Kiser, Stacey; Ko, Melissa E.; Kravec, Marcy E.; Lee, Mark; Limeri, Lisa B.; Peffer, Melanie E.; Pires, Debra; Ramirez Lugo, Juan S.; Sharp, Starlette M.; Suarez, Nicole A. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2020
The 2019 Undergraduate Biology Education Research Gordon Research Conference (UBER GRC), titled "Achieving Widespread Improvement in Undergraduate Education," brought together a diverse group of researchers and practitioners working to identify, promote, and understand widespread adoption of evidence-based teaching, learning, and success…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, College Science, Biology, Evidence Based Practice
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National Center for Special Education Research, 2016
The National Center for Special Education Research (NCSER) supports research that contributes to the identification of effective strategies for improving the performance of current teachers and other instructional personnel, and related services providers in ways that increase student learning and achievement, social and behavioral skills, and…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Educational Research, Evidence Based Practice, Decision Making
Achieving the Dream, 2018
Helping more students achieve their dreams involves identifying a wider set of student needs--including financial challenges and family responsibilities--and offering redesigned support services to meet them holistically. This holistic student supports approach emphasizes the need for colleges to redefine the way they understand, design, integrate…
Descriptors: Holistic Approach, Program Design, College Programs, Academic Support Services
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Wexler, Jade; Swanson, Elizabeth; Vaughn, Sharon; Shelton, Alexandra; Kurz, Leigh Ann – Middle School Journal, 2019
It is essential for middle school leaders to develop and promote school-wide literacy models, organizational structures that have a significant impact on the learning environment for all students in their building. However, school-wide literacy models can be difficult to implement and sustain over time. Drawing from an Office of Special Education…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Early Adolescents, Middle School Students, Educational Environment
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