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Ruebush, Laura E.; Grossman, Ethan L.; Miller, Stephen A.; North, Simon W.; Schielack, Jane F.; Simanek, Eric E. – School Science and Mathematics, 2009
The Information Technology in Science (ITS) Center for Teaching and Learning was a National Science Foundation funded program to provide high-quality professional development for 7-12th grade science teachers. The subgroup on which this paper focuses was immersed in an innovative approach to understanding chemistry of the environment. The group…
Descriptors: Secondary School Teachers, Science Teachers, Professional Development, Summer Programs
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Brown, Stacy A.; Pitvorec, Kathleen; Ditto, Catherine; Kelso, Catherine Randall – Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 2009
Recent research on mathematics reforms in the United States indicates that the reforms are not yet widely implemented. Generally, this claim results from looking at the extent to which teachers use curricular materials or engage in particular classroom practices. This article moves beyond disparate questions of use and practice to examine…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Grade 1, Grade 2, Classroom Research
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Sanetti, Lisa M. Hagermoser; Kratochwill, Thomas R. – School Psychology Quarterly, 2009
The Treatment Integrity Planning Protocol (TIPP) provides a structured process for collaboratively creating a treatment integrity assessment within a consultation framework. The authors evaluated the effect of the TIPP on the implementation of an intervention designed to improve the consistency of students' mathematics performance. Treatment…
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, Correlation, Intervention, Evaluation Problems
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Sims, Linda; Walsh, Daniel – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2009
This article examines a 2-year process of integrating Lesson Study--a form of teacher-led professional development--into an introductory course on the principles of teaching for students majoring in early childhood education. The course is taught in conjunction with beginning practicum work in area schools. We describe obstacles, modifications,…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Introductory Courses, Early Childhood Education, Professional Development
Weston, Dawn M. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this study was to identify current student preferences in order to improve distance education curriculum delivery of the distance education program of the United States Army Command and General Staff College (USACGSC). In this age of rapidly changing contemporary operating environments facing the United States Army, soldiers need…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Teaching Methods, Student Attitudes, Preferences
Bereki, Debra Lynn – ProQuest LLC, 2010
In 2000, California introduced science content standards as part of an across the curriculum reform. This presented a special challenge for elementary teachers due to an increased emphasis on math and language arts, and limited science background and resources. This two year qualitative study looks at a professional development program that…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Earth Science, Program Effectiveness, Educational Change
Boyle, Clifton J., III – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Misuse of technology is a behavioral pattern that continues to emerge in our society. Television and newspapers continue to list and report technology misuse. A recent study from the Pew Internet and American Life Project has indicated approximately one third of teen are victims of online harassment (Lenhart, 2009). Other prominent problems with…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Urban Schools, Citizenship, Video Games
Roncagliolo Jones, Renzo – ProQuest LLC, 2010
How do educational opportunities influence students' academic achievement in the Dominican Republic? How do students grow, in knowledge and skills, as a result of their passage through the elementary grades? This study aims to explore and understand the differences between the implemented curriculum in public and private schools in 4th, 5th, and…
Descriptors: National Curriculum, Private Schools, Mathematics Activities, Mathematics Achievement
Lobato, Joanne; Ellis, Amy; Zbiek, Rose Mary – National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, 2010
How do you refute the erroneous claim that all ratios are fractions? This book goes beyond a simple introduction to ratios, proportions, and proportional reasoning. It will help broaden and deepen your mathematical understanding of one of the most challenging topics for students--and teachers--to grasp. It will help you engage your students,…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Misconceptions, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Curriculum
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LaCursia, Nancy – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance (JOPERD), 2010
This article describes how to implement the four-phase curriculum review model, a simplified process for renovating a high school health and physical education curriculum. Although this model was used at a large suburban high school, it could be adapted for use by smaller schools or other disciplines. The four phases of this model are: (1) needs…
Descriptors: High Schools, Physical Education, Needs Assessment, Parent Participation
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Herron, Julie – SRATE Journal, 2010
This study examined pre-service teachers' responses to implementing technology into elementary mathematics lessons. Instructional Architect (IA) was the web-base technology used by the pre-service teachers. Four themes emerged from the data: (a) insights into technology, (b) struggles with technology, (c) access to the mathematics and (d) learning…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Teacher Education Programs, Technology Integration, Educational Technology
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Jimoyiannis, Athanassios – Computers & Education, 2010
This paper reports on the design and the implementation of the Technological Pedagogical Science Knowledge (TPASK), a new model for science teachers professional development built on an integrated framework determined by the Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) model and the authentic learning approach. The TPASK curriculum…
Descriptors: Science Teachers, Professional Development, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Teaching Methods
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Hirsch, Miriam – Schools: Studies in Education, 2008
This article follows the author's research on the integration of an aesthetic arts initiative in a private elementary school with an established traditional arts program. The narrative describes the sequence of events, interpersonal interactions, and learning experiences in the format of a full-length dramatic performance. Informed by Ben Peretz's…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Aesthetic Education, Educational Environment, Integration Studies
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Murray, Helen – London Review of Education, 2008
This paper explores the politics of education in countries affected by conflict. Drawing particularly on the Palestinian experience, it looks at the power relations among internal and external actors that shape the curriculum-building process. In the increasingly politicised world of international aid, especially in the Middle East, it challenges…
Descriptors: Nationalism, Foreign Countries, Politics of Education, Conflict
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Becerra, Luz María; McNulty, Maria – PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, 2010
This action research examines experiences that students in a grade 10 EFL class had with redesigning a grammar-unit into a topic-based unit. Strategies were formulating significant learning goals and objectives, and implementing and reflecting on activities with three dimensions of Dee Fink's (2003) taxonomy of significant learning: the human…
Descriptors: Learning Experience, English (Second Language), English Language Learners, Action Research
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