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Creator:: Garcia, Peter Anthony
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to explore under controlled conditions possible differences between teacher expectancy and child performance at the first grade level. The Beaverton Public Schools participated in the study with their first grade children and teachers, using an examination administered to a random sampling of children and...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: grade level. The Beaverton Public Schools participated in the study with their first grade children and

Creator:: Hsieh, Jinmeei Kuo
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to examine whether teaching materials designed around fourth graders' preconceptions effectively produced conceptual change about light propagation. Four Taiwanese fourth-grade intact classes (194 subjects), taught by two teachers, participated in this study. The experimental group was exposed to the conceptual change materials (CCM), and...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Philosophy in Science Education presented on October 10. 1995. Title: Influencing Fourth Grade Students

Creator:: Koval, James E.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to investigate the need for an academic transition program at the beginning of the high school experience for 90 to 100 critical - need ninth grade students at North Thurston High School in Lacey, Washington. Opinions of ninth and twelfth grade high school students...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: ninth grade academic transition program AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF James E. Koval for the degree of

Creator:: Cheval, Kathryn Meador
Abstract:: The purpose of this qualitative case study was to investigate the development of social norms in a fifth-grade reform-based mathematics classroom through a close examination of one teacher's actions during the first three weeks of school. This study offers insights into the following research questions: 1) How does an elementary...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Education presented on November 12, 2009. Title: Beginning the Year in a Fifth-grade Reform-based

Creator:: Hamlin, Karen DeShon
Abstract:: Mentor teachers are currently seen as a solution to education's dilemma of how to orient beginners into the profession and provide educational advancement for its most capable, experienced teachers. One goal of Oregon's mentor program is to have mentors provide their proteges with instructional assistance through an observation process. The...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Doctor of Philosophy in Education presented on October 3, 1990. Title: Mentors' View of the Observation

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