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School Climate And Teacher Self- Efficacy: Teacher's Perspectives, Jennifer Prado
School Climate And Teacher Self- Efficacy: Teacher's Perspectives, Jennifer Prado
ATU Theses and Dissertations 2021 - Present
Teacher self-efficacy is used to describe how a teacher feels about their ability to perform the tasks related to teaching. This qualitative study focused on how teachers’ perceptions of their school climate affect teacher self-efficacy in eight middle school teachers in Arkansas. Participants were Arkansas middle school teachers with three or more years of experience. The typical participant was a 43-year-old female with an undergraduate degree in education, a master’s degree, and 16 years of classroom experience. A request for participants was sent to the superintendent of every district in Arkansas that had at least one middle school with the …
Implementation Of Standards-Based Grading At The Middle School Level, Amy Louise Manley
Implementation Of Standards-Based Grading At The Middle School Level, Amy Louise Manley
Theses and Dissertations from 2019
The grading practices in education are steeped in tradition. Although the inaccuracies of grading have been written about for over 100 years, schools have been slow to tackle grading reform. This research study is based on a case study which investigated the implementation of standards-based grading from traditional grading in one middle school. This case study was developed to answer one research question: How was standards-based grading implemented in the middle school? The research obtained in this case study will be used with the researcher’s own school community as they transition to standards-based grading. The case study involved semi-structured interviews …