Urban school districts have seen low scores on NWEA Map math scores (Education Recovery Scoreboard, 2024). To foster and promote urban youths' capabilities to learn mathematics, a new method to teach, enhance, and remediate understanding of fractions was developed, Fractions and Signed Numbers Workshop (FracSi). It utilizes the approach of an…

The pace of economic and technological change is accelerating, creating both challenges and opportunities for businesses, higher education institutions, and learners. To support higher education, business, nonprofit, and government leaders in achieving that vision, the Business Higher Education Forum (BHEF) conducted its first annual State of…

This dissertation investigated the impact of two different coaching models on student achievement. The data collected was IREAD-3, Indiana's third-grade proficiency assessment tool, and Northwest Evaluation Association (NWEA) assessment data, a formative assessment measuring student growth over time. The study encompassed 13 elementary schools in…

This qualitative case study investigates some views of teacher and educational leaders using the implementation and effectiveness of the e-learning platform in teaching in an elementary school setting. The research was conducted at Jimmy Sunshine Elementary School within the Mimi Rose School District in Southern Arizona. The study would dwell on…

Year 4 continued the Adolescent Literacy Intervention Selection Tool (A-LIST) development work from Year 3 and focused on reviewing the degree to which selected adolescent interventions support evidence-based recommendations. To inform that review, Region 1 Comprehensive Center (R1CC) and the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary…

This research will be carried out at the basic physics laboratory of the physics education study program, Muhammadiyah University of Makassar. The long-term goal of this research is to produce a prototype model of basic physics practicum based on the virtual android observatory to facilitate the ICT literacy skills of prospective physics teachers.…

Teaching modules play an important role in achieving learning goals, and their design must be adapted to student characteristics. This research aims to develop a teaching module design that integrates climate change material with Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) and the local wisdom of the Bugis community, as reflected in the Kutika…

The learning and education crises in developing countries are often linked to diverse factors, including low teacher presence in schools, teachers' absenteeism, low utilisation of their skills, and available resources for teaching. We ask whether improving teachers' accountability in Nigeria might yield important learning gains for vulnerable…

Foreign language speaking anxiety (FLSA) has been regarded as one of the main inhibitors of language development. However, the relationship between FLSA and factors that can be influenced by emergency remote teaching (ERT), such as computer self-efficacy (CSE), have been unexplored. It is pertinent to assess students' perceptions of FLSA in online…

Considering the low proficiency rates in reading for fourth and eighth graders (NCES, 2022), state policy mandates are requiring evidence of teacher preparation in the Science of Reading to impact literacy learning. We examined how our graduates as new teachers describe literacy teaching and learning in urban settings and factors that…

In 2020 the New Hampshire Bureau of Special Education Services (BSES) decided to change the focus of its State Systemic Improvement Plan (SSIP) and State Identified Measurable Result (SIMR) from preschool social and emotional outcomes to literacy, as data from the previous three years showed that there were many elementary schools in New Hampshire…

Nowadays, online research and reading comprehension skills are among the prominent concepts. It is not possible to deny the effects of the internet on students' daily and academic lives. In the study, a scale was developed to be used in order to reveal the level of internet use of middle school students in their research processes and to determine…

The authors document research completed in 10th-grade language arts classes where a canonical play was read alongside a graphic novel in the hopes of shifting student understandings of power and privilege in literature. Using teacher action research as a methodological framework for this qualitative study, a teacher and researcher engaged in…

This review examines patterns found in early (preschool-grade 3) literacy research appearing in English-language publications during the period from 2006 through 2015. It focuses on studies related to early literacy learning and teaching in home and school/school-like environments. The review sought to answer two questions: (1) What has early…

Issue-based learning is a pedagogical approach that features learning opportunities contextualized in compelling, societal issues that face students in their lives beyond school. COVID-19 is a global health emergency and represents that kind of societal challenge that can serve as the basis for issue-based learning. In this project, we facilitated…