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Investigating Effective Instructional Strategies To Increase Reading Comprehension Of Ells, Caroline Kosho
Investigating Effective Instructional Strategies To Increase Reading Comprehension Of Ells, Caroline Kosho
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
High school classroom teachers with English language learners (ELLs) assigned to their classrooms might not be using effective instructional strategies to increase reading comprehension scores of ELLs. The purpose of this basic qualitative study was to explore the use of strategies that high school classroom teachers use to teach cognitive academic language proficiency (CALP) to ELLs who have difficulty reading for understanding. The conceptual framework guiding this study was Cummin’s second language acquisition theory. The basic qualitative research design was guided by two research questions intended to determine the effectiveness of strategies used by the high school classroom teachers to …
Relationship Between Teachers' Attitudes Toward Inclusion And Professional Development, Patricia Chatman Chatman
Relationship Between Teachers' Attitudes Toward Inclusion And Professional Development, Patricia Chatman Chatman
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Integration of general and special education students in the classroom has become common in many educational systems. Researchers have found that some general education teachers may have negative attitudes of inclusion when they are inadequately prepared to instruct in an inclusion setting. The purpose of this causal-comparative study was to investigate the relationship of teachers' professional development (PD) on their attitudes about teaching in an inclusive classroom at a northeast Georgia middle school. Using Vygotsky's sociocultural developmental theory, the research question examined the difference in teachers' attitudes toward inclusion as measured by the Scale of Teachers' Attitudes Toward Inclusive Classrooms …