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The purpose of this study is to examine teacher-perceived capacity to meet their students’ additional support needs. This study also aims to identify perceived sources of help or hindrance in meeting students’ additional support needs, as these sources may be relevant when focusing on the improvement of teacher potential. The findings reveal that the participants perceive themselves to be fairly capable of meeting students’ additional support needs. The participants’ own competencies are perceived as being helpful in addressing all dimensions of students’ additional support needs. The teachers discern four sources of help or hindrance to which teachers attribute their success: teacher him/herself, student characteristics, school/working conditions and teachers’ self-efficacy beliefs.
Published: 2016
Updated: Sep. 04, 2018
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The purpose of this article was to explore dimensions of Swedish preschool teachers’ competence from a student perspective . The findings revealed that students’ definitions of preschool teacher competence were composed of six different dimensions: a general pedagogical competence, specific content competence, distinct teacher competence, play competence, competence of child perspective, and collaborative and social competence. This study contributes to the ambition of seeking out a ‘red thread’ of common understanding of what constitutes early years’ teacher competence.
Published: 2014
Updated: Mar. 16, 2016
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This study describes the output of 1 year’s analyses of a systematic approach to examining student achievement outcomes for recent program completers across teacher preparation programs (TPPs) in Louisiana. Results demonstrated considerable overlap in CI between programs, with some programs having coefficients whose CI did not overlap with substantive anchors such as the average new teacher or the average experienced certified teacher in that content domain with either a 68% or a 95% CI.
Published: 2012
Updated: Dec. 21, 2015
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Views From the Trenches: Teacher and Student Supports Needed for Full Inclusion of Students With ASD
This study seeks to determine the needs of students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in fully inclusive settings as well as teachers’ needs in facilitating their students’ success. The study was translational in nature by focusing on the practice and daily experiences of teachers for informing professional development. Teachers highlighted the knowledge and skills teachers need for students with ASD to fully benefit from inclusive educational placements.
Published: 2015
Updated: Jul. 30, 2015
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This study aims to assess the level of emotional intelligence of student teachers. The authors used Mayer and Salovey’s emotional intelligence model and the MSCEIT test of emotional intelligence. This study shows that the pre-service teachers studied have levels of emotional intelligence below the norm for the wider population. The gender differences are greater in this sample than would be expected in the wider population. These data suggest that, on average, student teachers may need help in all four of the competence areas that have been described. The data also suggests that male students, on average, are weaker than female students at using emotions to facilitate thinking and at regulation of emotion.
Published: 2012
Updated: Jan. 27, 2015
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The purpose of this study was to explore how teacher educators perceive and use differentiated instruction. The results suggest teacher educators highly value and prioritize creating a positive learning environment. Furthermore, teacher educators reported using a variety of strategies that support differentiation of content, process, and product. Although they found some congruence between teacher educators' beliefs and practices and Tomlinson's model, the results suggest that a comprehensive framework for differentiation is not being modeled for candidates. The article concludes that this exploratory study provided timely and valuable information about teacher educators' beliefs and practices related to differentiation.
Published: 2012
Updated: Sep. 02, 2014
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In this article, the authors examine how working conditions predict both teachers’ job satisfaction and their career plans. The authors found that measures of the school environment explain away much of the apparent relationship between teacher satisfaction and student demographic characteristics. The conditions in which teachers work matter a great deal to them and, ultimately, to their students. Teachers are more satisfied and plan to stay longer in schools that have a positive work context, independent of the school’s student demographic characteristics.
Published: 2012
Updated: May. 28, 2012
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In this article, the authors wish to highlight the need for teachers to build healthy and productive relationships with students while at the same time finding ways to provide them with more effective instruction and programming. Accordingly, the authors present a synopsis of what scholars know about helping preservice teachers learn about students learning English. Finally, the authors provide some specific exercises and procedures that they have employed to help preservice teachers move in the direction of learning about and developing relationships with students.
Published: 2010
Updated: Feb. 21, 2012
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A meta-analysis of the relationship between class attendance in college and college grades reveals that attendance has strong relationships with both class grades and GPA. These relationships make class attendance a better predictor of college grades than any other known predictor of academic performance. Implications for theoretical frameworks of student academic performance and educational policy are discussed.
Published: 2010
Updated: Nov. 10, 2010
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This case study takes a phenomenological approach using the voice centered analysis. This case study analyzes qualitative interview data so that the voice of this first-generation college student is brought forward. In combination with other research calling for an expansion of the dominant theory of persistence, this research raises the importance of elevating family relationships in the student persistence model.
Published: 2010
Updated: Jul. 13, 2010