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Success In One High-Poverty, Urban Elementary School: A Case Study, Shavonna L. Holman
Success In One High-Poverty, Urban Elementary School: A Case Study, Shavonna L. Holman
Department of Educational Administration: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research
The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore the efforts implemented in a high-poverty, urban elementary school in order to increase academic achievement. The central research question was:
1. How do teachers and administrators in a high-poverty, urban school describe the strategies they use to achieve academic success?
The sub-questions were:
- What are the aspects of the instructional program that assure student success for all students?
- What changes occurred in the school to achieve its current status?
- How have the changes been implemented to assure student success?
- What resources have been instrumental to achieve student success in the school? …
A Mixed Methods Study Of How The Transition Process Impacts The Autonomy Of Pre-Service Secondary Mathematics Teachers, Linda Kasal Fusco
A Mixed Methods Study Of How The Transition Process Impacts The Autonomy Of Pre-Service Secondary Mathematics Teachers, Linda Kasal Fusco
Department of Educational Administration: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research
This mixed methods study sought to identify the impact that transition into the practice of teaching had on the autonomy of pre-service secondary teachers of Mathematics. It was based on the belief that a Mathematics teacher’s autonomy depended on: beliefs about Mathematics and how it was learned, reflections on the teaching practice, and social constraints of a secondary school culture. Data was collected between January 2009 and March 2010. In Phase I (Quantitative) the participants (N = 30), selected from ten State University of New York teacher preparation colleges and universities, completed five instruments to quantify the three factors of …