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The Effect of a State Department of Education Teacher Mentor Initiative on Science Achievement
(2010-08-04)
This study analyzed a state department of education’s ability to have actual influence over the improvement of science achievement and proficiency by having direct relationships with science teachers in Georgia’s lowest ...
It’s in Black and White: Preservice Teachers’ Perceived Abilities to Facilitate Literary Conversations about African-American Picture Books
(2010-07-29)
The purpose of this study was to examine how preservice teachers perceive their abilities use African-American picture books to facilitate literary conversations. Two preservice teachers, one Black and one White, examined ...
Dr. Billy G. Walls and the Auburn University Bands, 1961-1991: A Story of Impact, Influence and Innovation
(2010-12-08)
The purpose of this study was to examine the career of Dr. Billy G. Walls at Auburn University. The study focused on three aspects of his career, namely: social, economic and political issues that affected the band program ...
Legal Issues in Music Education: An Analysis of Court Cases Involving Music Educators
(2010-11-30)
Although all educators are susceptible to legal challenges, music educators, as a result of
their professional responsibilities, have an increased risk of becoming involved in litigation.
Reasons for this increased risk ...
Moving High School Juniors Beyond the Five-Paragraph Essay Through Teacher-Modeling
(2010-12-01)
The goal of this study was to assess the differences in high school juniors’ overall essay writing scores when given a method of instruction (coping model, mastery model, and neither). After reading two articles that ...
The Effect of Technological Representations on Developmental Mathematics Students' Understanding of Functions
(2010-08-03)
The use of technology in mathematics education has been strongly encouraged by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM, 2000) and the American Association of Two-year Colleges (AMATYC, 2006). Researchers have ...
Secondary Students’ Reading Attitudes and Achievement in a Scaffolded Silent Reading Program versus Traditional Sustained Silent Reading
(2010-08-03)
This study explored the reading attitudes and achievement, as well as genre knowledge, of tenth, eleventh, and twelfth-grade students who participated in Scaffolded Silent Reading, Sustained Silent Reading, or a control ...
University and Elementary School Perspectives of Ideal Elementary Science Teacher Knowledge, Skills, and Dispositions
(2010-08-03)
Teacher education knowledge, skills, and dispositions have recently become a well-discussed topic among education scholars around the nation, mainly due to its attention by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher ...