The present study examined the effects of Class Wide Peer Tutoring (CWPT) on the math computational fluency of a group of 41, 7th grade students in a small, rural junior/senior high school in Western New York. Three target ...

A CWPT study was conducted in a job training programs certified nursing assistant classroom. Students involved in the study ranged in age from 18-24. Vocabulary words were chosen to assist the students with their daily ...

Gifted and Talented (G/T) programs have been implemented in many school districts for a number of decades. In that time, these programs have sought to improve academic and intellectual abilities of students with unique ...

Studies have shown that the teaching and learning process is being interfered with on a daily basis by disruptive pupil behaviors. In this study, a fifth year teacher, found that circle and story time in her Universal ...

The need to develop more effective ways to motivate and engage students in reading is an ever growing concern in our society. According to the National Reading Panel (2002), however, classroom teachers are focusing on ...

Social stories have been widely used for children diagnosed with autism; however, little research has been conducted on the use of social stories with children in a general education setting who have no diagnosed disabilities. ...

Homework is an educational strategy used to improve student understanding of content taught in class. It provides a means for students to further their knowledge through additional, independent practice. Many studies ...

Homework is used to reinforce concepts and skills taught in class and to promote student mastery through practice. It has a long history of positive effects on academic achievement across grade levels, content areas, and ...

Homework is a strategy used by teachers to promote the understanding of content and student mastery through practice. Academic benefits of homework include retention of new knowledge and better understanding of class ...

This Master’s Thesis Project focused on using various grouping techniques for reading instruction with a class of diverse students. The topic led to a professional development experience which aimed to provide elementary ...