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Teachers' Perceptions On English Language Arts Proficiency Of English Learners, Elaine Michelle Nelson
Teachers' Perceptions On English Language Arts Proficiency Of English Learners, Elaine Michelle Nelson
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
English learners (ELs) at a middle school in California were not meeting federal accountability requirements in English language arts (ELA). ELs lacking proficiency in ELA often drop out of high school and live in poverty as adults. The purpose of the study was to examine teachers' perceptions of their self-efficacy to implement effective pedagogical strategies to help ELs develop ELA proficiency. A case study design was used to investigate the problem through the lens of second language acquisition theory. The purposeful sample included 11 middle school language arts teachers. Participants completed an online anonymous survey, and responses were analyzed using …