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The Impact of a Multiyear Systemic Reform Effort on Rural Elementary School Students' Science Achievement
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Investigating teacher learning supports in high school biology curricular programs to inform the design of educative curriculum materials
Reform efforts have emphasized the need to support teachers' learning about reform-oriented practices. Educative curriculum materials are one potential vehicle for promoting teacher learning about these practices. Educative curriculum materials include supports that are intended to promote both student and teacher learning. However, little is known about the extent to which existing curriculum materials provide support for teachers and the ways they can be improved. In this study, eight sets of high school biology curriculum materials were reviewed to determine their potential for promoting teacher learning. Design heuristics for educative curriculum materials were adapted for use as evaluation criteria. From this analysis, several themes emerged. First, the materials tended to provide support for teachers' subject matter knowledge and pedagogical content knowledge for students' ideas (e.g., misconceptions) but rarely for their pedagogical content knowledge of scientific inquiry. Second, the materials contained several implementation guidance supports but far fewer rationales for instructional decisions, which are an important feature of educative curriculum materials. Finally, the quality of support varied widely, differing in its degree of relevance, pedagogical helpfulness, and depth. The article concludes with recommendations for the redesign of existing curriculum materials. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Res Sci Teach 46: 977â998, 2009Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/64326/1/20293_ftp.pd
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Intergenerational transmission of literacy skills among Filipino families
We examined the joint role of parental word reading skills and conventional home literacy environment measures among 320 Filipino low- to- middle-income families in Cebu City, Philippines with children aged 5 to 8 years old. A ranking of parent-reported ratings of their frequency of engaging in home literacy activities and adult literacy practices revealed that book-related behaviors were less frequently practiced in this sample, and mean ratings on the home literacy resources scale suggested a relatively print-poor environment. Nevertheless, scale items about book reading and direct literacy instruction at home correlated with childâs literacy skills. Structural equation modeling showed that parentâs education and frequency of engaging in home literacy activities uniquely accounted for variance in childâs oral and print skills. In a second model, parentâs word reading skills were significantly related to childâs skills, but did not eliminate or attenuate influences from parentâs education and home literacy activities. Results are important in relation to theories on the intergenerational transmission of literacy skills and the generalizability of findings from developed countries to developing country contexts
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Differentiation of Effect Across Systemic Literacy Programs in Rwanda, the Philippines, and Senegal
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