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April Camping; Ashley Stack; Abigail Bristow; Kausalai Wijekumar; Debra McKeown; Pilar Sierra; Sandra Hotcaveg – Technology, Knowledge and Learning, 2024
The purpose of this study was to examine the skills and types of instruction present within four commonly used writing textbooks at grades four and five via content and quantitative analyses. Determining the presence of standards-based skills and evidence-based practices may help shed light on the effectiveness and quality of these curricula. The…
Descriptors: Skills, Educational Practices, Writing Instruction, Textbooks
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Marguerite E. Walsh; Lindsay Clare Matsumura – Cognition and Instruction, 2025
Dialogic classroom discussions where students collaboratively share and reason through complex ideas are critical for achieving ambitious reform goals for student learning. However, K-12 classroom talk is predominantly characterized by monologic, "teacher-centered" discourse patterns that have proven exceedingly resilient to change.…
Descriptors: Reflection, Elementary School Teachers, Grade 5, Discussion (Teaching Technique)
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William J. Therrien; Vivian C. Wong; Ling Chen; Christina M. Taylor; Jennifer L. Chiu; Bruna Gonçalves; Qing Liu; Bryan G. Cook; Christian T. Doabler; Elizabeth Swanson; Priscilla B. Brame; Shannon Budin; Eunsoo Cho; Sheila J. Conway; Kimberley M. Davis; Michael W. Dunn; Michael N. Faggella-Luby; Jenna Gersib; Zaira Jimenez; Rachel L. Juergensen; Sharlene A. Kiuhara; Erica S. Lembke; Amelia K. Moody; Jared R. Morris; Reagan Murnan; Cherish M. Sarmiento; Cassandra M. Smith; R. Alex Smith; Michael Solis; Heidi R. Stinchcomb – Science Education, 2025
Elementary science education, particularly in the 4th and 5th grades, is essential for setting the foundation for lifelong science learning, fostering critical thinking, and preparing students for success in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. This stage is especially critical for students with disabilities, as…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Science Teachers, Grade 4, Grade 5
Kelly C. Ryan – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The impact of the COVID-19 global pandemic has prompted educators to rethink and implement changes in instructional practices due to school closures affecting communities, society, and students. Access to formal education was significantly compromised during the pandemic shut down. This study investigated the development of materials and…
Descriptors: Peer Relationship, Mathematics Skills, COVID-19, Pandemics
Julia Houston Cunningham – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Research suggests that current teachers' writing instruction does not prepare students for the demands of college and career writing, a problem that has persisted for decades. The purpose of this survey study of third- and fifth-grade teachers (N=159) across the U.S. was 1) to determine changes in teachers' frequency teaching writing using a set…
Descriptors: National Surveys, Elementary School Teachers, Grade 3, Grade 5
Mandy Dunphy – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This dissertation explores the dynamics of a formal classroom and an informal nature-based learning environment, focusing on their impact on student subjectification and knowledge authority. The study, conducted with a cohort of 27 fifth-grade students and their teacher, employs a comparative case study methodology to analyze how teaching…
Descriptors: Grade 5, Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Informal Education
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Sarah K. Krowka; Madhavi Jayanthi; Robin F. Schumacher; Russell Gersten; Kelly S. Haymond; Rebecca A. Newman-Gonchar – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2025
Impacts of rational number interventions among U.S. students in Grades 3 through 9 with mathematics difficulties are examined using a systematic review and meta-analysis. The primary goal of the meta-analysis was to identify instructional practices that are key drivers of student impacts. From approximately 1,200 published and unpublished study…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction, Intervention, Literature Reviews
H. Charles McPhee – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This qualitative descriptive study explored how general education K-6 teachers describe their ability to implement student Individualized Educational Plans (IEP) in their classrooms and the supports needed for effective implementation of IEPs in Ohio. Self-Efficacy has been defined as the confidence that an individual has in their ability to…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3
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Aktas, Fatma Nur; Akyildiz, Pinar; Dede, Yüksel – Education 3-13, 2023
The purpose of this cross-sectional study (n = 43764 in four cohorts/groups) is to uncover the values when learning mathematics that students at Religious Vocational Middle Schools (in Turkish: Imam-Hatip Middle Schools) where religious contexts and contents are taught intensively in Turkey. In this regard, the study investigates the mathematics…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics Instruction, Middle School Students, Values
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Kim Wright; Hersh C. Waxman – Educational Studies, 2024
The growth of a STEM-focused economy has intensified the focus on developing kindergarten through grade 12 (K-12) students' STEM competencies and on the STEM practices of K-12 STEM teachers. The present study utilised secondary analysis of nationally-representative STEM teacher survey data to examine the ways in which middle grades teachers'…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Educational Practices, Teaching Methods, Instructional Effectiveness
Caroline W. Stabile – ProQuest LLC, 2021
There is a call in science education for students to be in the business of "doing science," rather than "doing the lesson" (Jimenez-Aleixandre et al., 2000). Developing explanatory models is one important strategy for sensemaking in science. Teachers' knowledge plays a critical role in how classroom interactions are framed and…
Descriptors: Grade 5, Science Education, Science Instruction, Modeling (Psychology)
Courtney Wood Samuelson – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This ethnographic case study investigated literacy instruction and intervention practices within a Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) framework in upper elementary school. Multi-Tiered Systems of Support has been proposed as a system of schoolwide reform aimed to support students' academic and social-emotional development and is often used…
Descriptors: Multi Tiered Systems of Support, Elementary Schools, Educational Practices, Teaching Methods
Laura Roeker – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This study examines the experiences of six K-5 elementary school teachers in professional learning spaces for antiracism. Teachers from two elementary schools established school-university partnerships to begin antiracist work: one on a whole-school level, the other a group of teachers meeting voluntarily with university faculty. Given the paucity…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Kindergarten, Grade 1, Grade 2
Laura Jessica Romo – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Students with disabilities have been inequitably served by the United States educational system for decades. This research study explores general education teachers' beliefs and pedagogical approaches to the incorporation of students with disabilities into their classrooms. 22 general education teachers (teaching grades 1-5) participated in a…
Descriptors: Regular and Special Education Relationship, Inclusion, Individualized Education Programs, Students with Disabilities
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Braden, Eliza G.; Boutte, Gloria; Gibson, Valente'; Jackson, Jarvais – International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), 2022
In this article, we chronicle two African American, male teachers' (fourth and fifth-grade teachers at the same school) use of Afrocentric praxis to demonstrate how the identities of African Diasporic students can be honored and sustained. We begin by explaining the conceptual framework and the context of the school and classrooms. We focus our…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Blacks, Immigrants, African American Teachers
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