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Interests, skills, and strengths for the mathematical/logical learning style include
experimenting, working with numbers, problem solving, thinking logically, exploring ideas,
questioning and wondering about natural events. Making categories,...
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programs need to be very high quality and aligned with high-quality kindergarten programs
(Mead, 2008). Another factor that has been identified as important to pre-kindergarten programs
is the teacher belief system (Lar-Cinisomo, Fuligni,...
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special educators are asked to take on the roles of intervention specialists, RtI experts, and Tier
evaluators in addition to their undersold roles as high-quality instructors who perform daily with
professional practices of rigor, excellence,...
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(2003) were important starting points for a flow of literature that helped enrich my
understanding of the political world and international relations. Understanding the global
community was of utmost importance in preparation for...
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are the best way for a visual/spatial learner to learn (Utah State Office of Education, n.d.) (see
Figure 4.5).
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3rd Quarter 4th Quarter
Tally Points
Students' Self-Assessed Visual/Spatial
Learning Style...
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went to pre-kindergarten programs. In recent years, some politicians held the belief that pre-kindergarten
programs would eventually impact scores recorded for the No Child Left Behind
Act. This notion brought forth even more funding for...
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embassy required this skill. Unsure of how many informal, formal, telephone, in-person,
and other kinds of interviews I actually performed, I was grateful to have gained the
particular interviewing techniques from preparing for an...
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3. The students’ motivation and amount of time dedicated to service both impact the level of
learning for that student.
In this chapter, the discussions of the research findings are presented as an overview of
the findings with regard to each...
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time, the students did show varying rates of progress when it came to specific target skills (West,
Denton, & Reaney, 2000).
A significant factor in student achievement is socioeconomic status. Low-income
students have a higher probability of...
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Students Who Benefit from RTI
Kamps et al. (2007) compared the effects of English language learners (ELL) receiving
Tier 2 interventions to ELL students being taught using a balanced literacy approach to reading.
The study found students...
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sites? Here again, important factors for practical use is evident ranging from potential for
impact, the type of project suited to the audience and match of skill with the project. The male
participants tended to chose sites where they felt that...
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Concerns for the Success of RTI
Understanding and integration of scientific research is a requirement for good instruction
using the RTI format. For this reason, it is imperative teachers not only have strong background
in research but also have...
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As a result of this internship, my technical skills have grown as I have worked in
groups, have learned new means of research and how to be a more effective researcher,
have learned about management in a government organization,...
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tested in the subject of language arts using curriculum-based measurements. Formal research
began in February of 2011 and includes archival data from August 2010 to February 2011. The
gathered data were used to classify students as below-grade...
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Table 4.8 DRP Post Survey Results – Group S
Post-Survey
GROUP S - DRP
Student Number
1. Confidence in reading skills and comprehension
2. Before the test, seriousness about taking test
3. After the test, seriousness of taking test
4. Did you...
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Table 4.9 DRP Post Survey Results – Group M
Post-Survey
Group M - DRP
Student Number
1. Confidence in reading skills and comprehension
2. Before the test, seriousness about taking test
3. After the test, seriousness of taking test
4. Did you...
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Table 4.10 DRP Post Survey Results – Group L
Post-Survey
GROUP L - DRP
Student Number
1. Confidence in reading skills and comprehension
2. Before the test, seriousness about taking test
3. After the test, seriousness of taking test
4. Did you...