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Lopez, Robin D. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
The purpose of this study was to determine whether or not there was a significant difference in student assessment scores between eligible third grade students enrolled in the Central Maryland School District who participated in Supplemental Educational Services (SES) as opposed to eligible students who did not, relative to the Maryland School…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Supplementary Education, Program Implementation, Program Effectiveness
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Boyraz, Serkan; Ocak, Gürbüz – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2017
This study aims to search for the effect of Flipped Classroom/Education (FC) on academic success and retention of knowledge in EFL context and learner opinions about this new teaching approach. Research includes two groups studying at compulsory English preparation class in 2013-2014 academic year. The research employs a quasi-experimental method…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Program Implementation, Blended Learning, Second Language Learning
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Blik, H.; Harskamp, E. G.; Naayer, H. M. – Journal of Classroom Interaction, 2016
In the Netherlands, students with intellectual disabilities (ID) attend practical education (PE). Teachers generally use demonstration as a form of direct instruction (DI) and students have difficulty working independently. Strategy instruction (SI) is a question-answer-based method that stimulates students' autonomy by getting them to verbalize…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Intellectual Disability, Direct Instruction, Teaching Methods
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Jeffes, Ben – Educational Psychology in Practice, 2016
The importance of reading skills to academic achievement, job acquisition and future success is well documented. Most of the research on reading interventions focuses on children in primary schools but many children start secondary school with very poor reading skills and schools require evidence-based interventions to support these children. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Reading Skills, Reading Programs
Rupprecht, Michael J. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this study was to determine whether or not a district-led, grow-your-own leadership seminar had a significant impact on the dispositions of its members compared to staff members who did not participate in the program. The participants involved (N = 20) included a naturally formed group of certified staff members (n = 10) who…
Descriptors: Leadership Training, Seminars, Outcomes of Education, Personality Traits
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Hamdan, Abdul Rahim; Kwan, Chan Li; Khan, Aqeel; Ghafar, Mohamed Najib Abdul; Sihes, Ahmad Johari – International Education Studies, 2014
Critical thinking and effective problem solving skills have been regarded as an important element and as an educational outcome in professional nursing. The purpose of this study is to examine the implementation of Problem Based Learning (PBL) among nursing students. More specifically, it compares pretest and post test scores of the implementation…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Nursing Students, Program Implementation, Critical Thinking
Johnson, Matthew; Johnson, Cleo Jacobs; Richman, Scott; Demers, Alicia; Gentile, Claudia; Lindquist, Eric – Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., 2016
The Kauffman School is a public charter school that serves students from low-income neighborhoods in Kansas City, Missouri. This paper used a matched comparison group design to estimate the impacts of the Kauffman School on student achievement, attendance, and suspensions. We found that the Kauffman School had positive and statistically…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Charter Schools, Low Income Groups, Comparative Analysis
Kelsey, Carmen Freeman – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between the implementation of the Response to Intervention (RTI) model CompassLearning Odyssey and the performance of middle school language arts students on the Discovery Education Test B and Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program (TCAP) along with examining teacher perceptions of high…
Descriptors: Response to Intervention, Program Implementation, Middle School Students, Language Arts
Deussen, Theresa; Scott, Caitlin; Nelsestuen, Kari; Roccograndi, Angela; Davis, Ann – Education Northwest, 2012
In 2009, the United States Department of Education conducted a competition for a second round of Striving Readers grants. Its dual purpose was to: (1) Raise middle and high school students' literacy levels in Title I-eligible schools with significant numbers of students reading below grade level; and (2) Build a strong, scientific research base…
Descriptors: Grants, Reading Instruction, Middle School Students, High School Students
Cox, Devonda Kaye – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This study reviewed the effects of change, fatigue and transformation of low-performing schools while implementing an instructional Design rather than an instructional program. The study investigated the relationship of the America's Choice, Inc. schools with the configuration of the grades 6-8 scores compared to the scores of the state average…
Descriptors: School Effectiveness, Low Achievement, Grade 6, Grade 7
Brown, Mamie Lee – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This purpose of this research study was to investigate the role of effective principals and how that role relates to the improvement of adolescent reading skills. This research study identified three strategies that were utilized by principals in an effort to develop effective reading skills in adolescent students which are: (1) effective program…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, High Schools, Junior High Schools, Middle Schools
Gibble, Jacques; Masters, James – 1984
The Penn Manor CRT/Curriculum Articulation Project was designed to study the impact of the implementation of four specific interventions on the achievement of elementary school students in mathematics and language arts. The interventions were as follows: (1) classroom teachers were given individual curriculum skill objectives for their grade…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Analysis of Covariance, Behavioral Objectives