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Entry Age And Reading Level By The End Of Third Grade., Tony Lynn Dalton
Entry Age And Reading Level By The End Of Third Grade., Tony Lynn Dalton
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This study was conducted to see if a difference exists in the mean Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills: Oral Reading Fluency scores of students who entered kindergarten as 4 year olds, 5 year olds, and 6 year olds inclusively. Specifically, this dissertation considered the possibility that holding children out of kindergarten an extra year increased their reading level, while sending children to school too young delayed their ability to read and comprehend.
A quantitative study was used to find differences between the mean reading levels at the end of 3rd grade for students who entered kindergarten on or …
Professional Development For Teachers: Perceptions Of Northeast Tennessee Principals., Scott A. Starnes
Professional Development For Teachers: Perceptions Of Northeast Tennessee Principals., Scott A. Starnes
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This study was designed for the purpose of quantitatively examining the perceptions of northeast Tennessee principals as they compared their system's professional development plans to Learning Forward's, formerly the National Staff Development Council, recently revised definition of professional development. The theoretical frameworks for this study lay in the recent works of Schlechty (2009) on transforming schools into learning organizations, and Senge (2006), who provided the essential principles of learning organizations.
Data were collected from 124 principals in 19 school systems in northeast Tennessee, using a 4-point Internet based survey created by Learning Forward to evaluate perceptions of how well professional …