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Effects Of Project-Based Learning Professional Development On 21st-Century Skills, Debra Sue Atwell
Effects Of Project-Based Learning Professional Development On 21st-Century Skills, Debra Sue Atwell
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This research project was designed to add to the limited available research concerning effects of project-based learning professional development on 21st-century skills within rural Arkansas settings. The researcher sought to determine if high school teachers, trained in project-based learning in the NTN model, perceived they taught and assessed their students’ 21st-century skills differently than high school teachers not trained in project-based learning under the NTN model.
This casual comparative study was conducted in 20 school districts in Arkansas with a total student population of approximately 11,646 from 6th grade to 12th grade. The 21st-Century Teaching and Learning Survey was used …
Effects Of Response To Intervention On Academic Achievement In High School Literacy And Mathematics, Scott Embrey
Effects Of Response To Intervention On Academic Achievement In High School Literacy And Mathematics, Scott Embrey
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This study examined the effects of a multi-tiered Response to Intervention (RTI) framework on literacy and math in an effort to determine the potential benefits in a secondary setting. Specifically, this study compared literacy and mathematics achievement for 9th, 10th, and 11th grade students, as measured by end-of-course exams, between a secondary school utilizing RTI and a secondary school not using RTI. Furthermore, the disaggregated test scores based on gender and socioeconomic status were analyzed from each school to determine the disparity in academic performance between groups of students, referred to as the “achievement gap”.
A quantitative, causal-comparative strategy was …