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Differences In Elementary School Team Communication And Practices For Students Of Varied Educational Status, Kathleen Kroll
Differences In Elementary School Team Communication And Practices For Students Of Varied Educational Status, Kathleen Kroll
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This dissertation focuses on interdisciplinary problem-solving teams used to address the academic needs of elementary students struggling with reading. Use of teams has a strong theoretical base and wide endorsement by educational leaders, but limited empirical base. Three studies explore teams that convene students of differing academic status: typical learners (TL), literacy-learning risk (LLR), or language-learning disability (LLD).
The first, a survey study of 183 elementary school personnel in 8 professional categories, examines perceptions of teams convened for students with identified learning disabilities in the area of reading, compared with students struggling but unidentified. Results indicate principals, general education teachers, …
The Logistics Of Implementing A Field-Based Comprehensive School Reform Initiative, Dawn E. Reeves
The Logistics Of Implementing A Field-Based Comprehensive School Reform Initiative, Dawn E. Reeves
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This research is a qualitative, reflective case study regarding a cohort in the form of a district-university partnership between the Oak Park Schools in Oak Park, Michigan and the College of Education at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The initiators of the program envisioned a more successful urban school district by offering training beyond the traditional professional development to district teachers with an incentive of a Master’s Degree. The criteria of this particular initiative mandated that the program be field-based where all courses met in district buildings and be non-traditional, where all content was focused on the needs of …