Senior adults are not given development curriculum skills to help with technology to enhance their socialization and quality of life. The purpose of this qualitative, explanatory, single case study was to explain how a senior citizens center supports the curriculum development to help senior adults, age group 55 and over, acclimate to technology…

Educational technology training in many Educator Preparation Programs (EPPs) has not kept pace with the increasing digital demands of K-12 schools. A lack of state-wide educational technology competencies has resulted in curricular and instructional inconsistency among EPPs in Missouri, and inaccurate assumptions about young people, often labeled…

Data from the 2019 National Assessment of Educational Progress indicates that only one-third of fourth and eighth grade students are able to read proficiently on grade level. Despite a well-established research base indicating that all students benefit from explicit, systematic code-based instruction, many teachers lack the knowledge about the…

The purpose of this qualitative phenomenological study was to investigate and gain an understanding about how early elementary teachers feel about technology and technology integration in their classroom settings when it comes to teaching and learning. The collection of qualitative data occurred from a total of ten K-3 teachers who teach at an…

Assessment literacy is an "individual's understanding of the fundamental assessment concepts and procedures deemed likely to influence educational decisions" (Popham, 2018, p. 2). The ability to make evidence-based decisions has become a non-negotiable skill for all educators. Unfortunately, most teachers do not have the skills or…

The purpose of this secondary data analysis study was to investigate the possible association between the use of behavior management strategies by interventionists in kindergarten small-group interventions and the self-regulation of the participating children through the use of multilevel modeling. The sample consisted of 395 children from 144…

This study focuses on pre-service teachers' experiences and beliefs about critical literacy, the importance of critical literacy, and the lack of explicit practices known about how to teach critical literacy in pre-service teacher education. Data were collected for eight weeks using the Critical Literacy Beliefs Survey (CLBS-1). A sample (N=405)…

Literacy plays an especially important role in aided augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) because spelling and writing support precise communication. Fortunately, the importance of literacy is reflected in federal legislation that mandates that all students, regardless of ability, receive comprehensive literacy instruction.…

Reading includes multiple skills essential for students to develop to become productive adults, yet results from state testing show some students are not meeting grade-level expectations. Colorado Department of Education shows a percentage of students have sufficient reading deficiencies, which resulted in having schools use an approved reading…

This study collected teacher perspectives on the impact of mandated high-stakes online testing to identify current needs for teachers and students regarding the development of student technology skills for such assessments. Participants included 41 teachers who instruct students in 3rd, 4th, or 5th grade in any capacity from ten school districts…

Students of color are the majority in many U.S. urban public schools, yet U.S. education policy and practice continue to be centered largely on White, middle-class, monocultural, and monolingual norms of educational achievement (Alim & Paris, 2017). The purpose of this phenomenological study was to learn more about the teacher decision-making…

The purpose of this case study was to examine one school district's 8th grade mathematics teachers' perceptions, analysis of, and use of their own students' formative interim data. Research has shown that teachers have difficulty with data literacy, and are not getting the trainings they need. Unfortunately, this may arise from the fact that a…

Multilingual and multicultural students face the challenge of understanding where their ethnic identity lies in learning. The education system in the United States lacks inclusivity in classrooms, continuing monocultural views and monolinguist ideals as the norm and encouraged in curriculum and standards (Flores, 2020). This dissertation study…

The thesis of this article is that in the informational society, social and intercultural education must be hybridized with media education. From this strong incorporation of media in education comes an approach to citizenship education as a new field of action in media education. The case study analysed deals with the flow of refugees into Italy…

This manuscript examines how national reading policies in the United States shape specific kinds of civic identities for K-12 students. We engage in a thematic discourse analysis of two contemporary national policy documents--the "Common Core State Standards" ("CCSS") and the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)…