An Applied Research Study of Family-Centered Practices in an Ethnically Diverse Elementary School

2002 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bonnie S. Ho ◽  
Susan J. Robinette ◽  
Rachael Gonzales
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Applied Research ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Ethnically Diverse ◽  
Family Centered

Making Retention Count: The Power of Becoming a Peer Tutor

2009 ◽  
Vol 111 (8) ◽  
pp. 1894-1915
Author(s):  
Leigh Mesler
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Peer Tutoring ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Grade Student ◽  
Peer Tutors ◽  
Retained Students ◽  
Peer Tutor ◽  
Action Research Study ◽  
Socioemotional Outcomes

Background/Context A review of the literature demonstrates that grade retention often fails to improve the academic and socioemotional outcomes of retained students. Although little empirical work on peer tutoring has focused specifically on retained students, the literature suggests that those students who act as peer tutors often experience improved school performance and self-concepts. Purpose of Study This work developed out of a concern that elementary school students being held back to repeat a grade, or retained, were not benefiting academically from non-promotion. The purpose of this action research study was to identify and implement an intervention that would improve the academic and socioemotional outcomes of a twice-retained third-grade student. Setting This study took place in a New York City public elementary school. Intervention The intervention involved implementing a 12-week peer tutoring program in which a retained third-grade student tutored a struggling classmate in mathematics. Research Design This is an action research study in which the author conducted research and implemented an intervention in her own classroom. Results After serving as a peer tutor, this student experienced increased math achievement, an improved self-concept, and better classroom behavior. These results suggest that having struggling students serve as peer tutors may be effective in improving both their academic achievement and socioemotional outcomes.

Examining the Technical Adequacy of the Social, Academic, and Emotional Behavior Risk Screener

2019 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-75 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samuel F. Whitley ◽  
Yojanna Cuenca-Carlino
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Convergent Validity ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Ethnically Diverse ◽  
Criterion Validity ◽  
Emotional Behavior ◽  
Retest Reliability ◽  
Urban Elementary School ◽  
The Social ◽  
Test Retest Reliability

Many schools attempt to identify and service students at risk for poor mental health outcomes within a multi-tiered system of support (MTSS). Universal screening within a MTSS requires technically adequate tools. The Social, Academic, and Emotional Behavior Risk Screener (SAEBRS) has been put forth as a technically adequate screener. Researchers have examined the factor structure, diagnostic accuracy, criterion validity, and internal consistency of SAEBRS data. However, previous research has not examined its temporal stability or replicated the criterion validity results with a racially/ethnically diverse urban elementary school sample. This study examined the test–retest reliability, convergent validity, and predictive validity of teacher-completed SAEBRS ratings with racially/ethnically diverse group students enrolled in first through fifth grade in an urban elementary school. Reliability analyses resulted in significant test–retest reliability coefficients across four weeks for all SAEBRS scales. Furthermore, nonsignificant paired samples t tests were observed with the exception of the third-grade Emotional subscale. Validity analyses yielded significant concurrent and predictive Pearson correlation coefficients between SAEBRS ratings, oral reading fluency, and office discipline referrals. Limitations and implications of the results are discussed.

scholarly journals Literacy Skills as a Barrier to Inservice Training

1970 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 9-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert H. Geeslin ◽  
Patricia W. York
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Elementary School Teachers ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
Inservice Training ◽  
Summer Institute ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Preservice Training ◽  
Functional Literacy ◽  
Teacher Trainer

This article presents the results of the administration of the Nelson-Denny Reading Test to three populations: (1) two groups of elementary school teachers assigned for inservice training, (2) elementary school teachers who volunteered for inservice training and also volunteered to participate in a research study, and (3) teachers participating in a summer institute. Findings indicate minimum functional literacy skills among some teachers assigned to inservice training, and evidence that even some participants in teacher trainer institutes function at levels barely literate. These findings indicate the necessity for more strict evaluation of persons completing preservice training, applying for teacher certification, applying for continuing contracts, and serving in the classroom.

scholarly journals Putting theory to the test: Examining family context, caregiver motivation, and conflict in the Family Check-Up model

2014 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 305-318 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gregory M. Fosco ◽  
Mark Van Ryzin ◽  
Elizabeth A. Stormshak ◽  
Thomas J. Dishion
Keyword(s):  
Antisocial Behavior ◽  
Family Conflict ◽  
Ethnically Diverse ◽  
Ninth Grade ◽  
Minority Status ◽  
Motivation To Change ◽  
Family Resources ◽  
Caregiver Depression ◽  
The Family ◽  
Family Centered

AbstractThis study examined contextual factors (caregiver depression, family resources, ethnicity, and initial levels of youth problem behavior) related to the effectiveness of the Family Check-Up (FCU) and evaluated family processes as a mediator of FCU intervention response and adolescent antisocial behavior. We followed a sample of 180 ethnically diverse youths of families who engaged in the FCU intervention. Family data were collected as part of the FCU assessment, and youth data were collected over 4 years, from sixth through ninth grade. Findings indicated that caregiver depression and minority status predicted greater caregiver motivation to change. In turn, caregiver motivation was the only direct predictor of FCU intervention response during a 1-year period. Growth in family conflict from sixth through eighth grade mediated the link between FCU response and ninth-grade antisocial behavior. This study explicitly tested core aspects of the FCU intervention model and demonstrated that caregiver motivation is a central factor that underlies family response to the FCU. The study also provided support for continued examination of family process mechanisms that account for enduring effects of the FCU and other family-centered interventions.

scholarly journals Family-centered prevention to enhance parenting skills during the transition to elementary school: A randomized trial.

2020 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 122-127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth A. Stormshak ◽  
Laura Lee McIntyre ◽  
S. Andrew Garbacz ◽  
Derek B. Kosty
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Randomized Trial ◽  
Parenting Skills ◽  
Family Centered

scholarly journals The culture of popular sports and religionPopüler spor kültürü ve din

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 2386
Author(s):  
Mehmet Haşim Akgül ◽  
Turgut Kaplan
Keyword(s):  
Applied Research ◽  
Common Ground ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Healthy Life ◽  
Modern Times ◽  
Sport Culture ◽  
History Of ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Being Religious ◽  
Life Phenomenon

Sport and religion had different definitions throughout the history. Roots of sport and religion phenomenon are as old as history of humanity, when common ground is searched.  Sport has a changing relationship with religion along the history and according to data of sport history, sport has an aspect comes from religion. Relation between sport and religion has continued in different periods, while in modern times this relation has become a contradiction. This study, which has themed Popular Sport Culture and Religion, investigates effects of popular culture, religion and sport on doing exercises. Relationship between ‘’ exercise for healthy life’’ phenomenon and tendency of being religious phenomenon which are ever-mounting in community has presented as descriptive in this applied research study. Universe of study is composed of people who are making sport/exercise for healthy life in Konya and 197 male, 112 female attendants are reached. Research findings has interpreted as statistically. Positive relationships and significant discrepancies has found between popular sport/exercise culture and piety, according to gained data.Extended English abstract is in the end of PDF (TURKISH) file. ÖzetTarih boyunca spor ve din çeşitli tanımlamalara konu olmuştur. Bu tanımlamaların ortak noktasına bakıldığında; spor ve din olgularının kökleri insanlık tarihi kadar eskidir. Spor tarihinin verilerine göre kökeninde dinsel bir yan bulunduğu sporun, tarih boyunca din ile değişen bir ilişkisi olmuştur. Çeşitli dönemlerde din ve spor ilişkisi birlikteliğini devam ettirirken, modern zamanlarda arasındaki ilişki neredeyse bir karşıtlık ilişkisi şeklinde düşünüle gelmiştir.  Popüler Spor Kültürü ve Din konulu bu çalışma, günümüzde popüler kültürün, din ve spor/egzersiz yapmaya etkilerini araştırmaktadır. Uygulamalı bir araştırma olan çalışmada, toplumda gittikçe yaygınlaşan ‘sağlıklı yaşam için egzersiz’ yapma ile gittikçe artan dindarlaşma eğilimi arasındaki ilişki betimsel olarak ortaya konulmuştur. Bu araştırmanın evrenini, Konya’da sağlıklı yaşam için spor/egersiz yapan insanlar oluşturmuş ve 197 erkek, 112 kadın katılımcıya ulaşılmıştır.  Elde edilen araştırma bulguları istatistiksel olarak yorumlanmıştır.  Elde edilen bulgulardan hareketle, popüler spor/egzersiz kültürü ile dindarlık göstergeleri arasında olumlu ilişkiler ve anlamlı farklılıklar bulgulanmıştır.

scholarly journals THE NEUTRALIZATION ON AN EMPTY NUMBER LINE MODEL FOR INTEGER ADDITIONS AND SUBTRACTIONS: IS IT HELPFUL?

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Puspita Sari ◽  
Mimi Nur Hajizah ◽  
Swida Purwanto
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Elementary School Students ◽  
Design Research ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Number Line ◽  
Teaching Experiment ◽  
Fifth Grade ◽  
Mathematical Beliefs ◽  
School Students ◽  
Procedural Method

The number line and the neutralization model have been used very extensively in teaching integer additions and subtractions for decades. Despite their advantages, issues concerning subtractions on these models are still debatable. Therefore, the neutralization on an empty number line (NNL) model is proposed in this research to help students better understand the meaning of integer subtractions as well as additions. This report is a part of a design research study conducted in a classroom of 28 elementary school students at the fifth grade. Data were gathered by collecting students’ written work, conducting interviews and observations during the teaching experiment. This paper focuses on students’ perceptions of the NNL model and what factors that might contribute to students’ achievements in understanding integer additions and subtractions. The analysis revealed that most students overemphasized on the use of the NNL model as a procedural method instead of as a model for thinking. Moreover, students’ mathematical beliefs and conceptions on the use of the column strategy and the absence of a discussion on the need of using the model are found to be some factors that could cause students’ misunderstandings. However, with a thorough planning, the NNL model has a potential to help students developing a meaning of integer additions and subtractions.

scholarly journals IMPLEMENTASI KURIKULUM DI SD NEGERI NGEMPLAK TAHUN 2019

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 53-58
Author(s):  
Miftahur Rahman ◽  
Ida Faridah
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Positive Feedback ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Curriculum Implementation ◽  
Intermediate Grade ◽  
Key Word ◽  
The Subject

Abstrak Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui implementasi kurikulum di SD Negeri Ngemplak.Penelitian ini menggunakan metode kualitatif.Tempat penelitian di SD Negeri Ngemplak Kabupaten Purworejo.Subjek penelitian adalah Kepala Sekolah dan Guru. Teknik pengumpulan data yang digunakan: observasi, wawancara, dokumentasi, dan keabsahan data menggunakan triangulasi. Teknik analisis data dengan cara mereduksi data atau meringkas data yang diperoleh. Hasil penelitian disimpulkan bahwa penerapan kurikulum di sekolah ini ialah menggunakan dua kurikulum, yaitu untuk siswa kelas I, II, dan III menggunakan kurikulum 2013 dan untuk siswa kelas IV, V, dan VI menggunakan kurikulum KTSP karena merupakan kelas lanjutan dari penerapan kurikulum KTSP. Kurikulum 2013 yang mulai berlaku di SD N ini merupakan upaya pendidik dalam mengikuti perkembangan kurikulum yang ada.Dari peserta didik pun telah memberikan umpan balik yang postif terhadap pembelajaran diwujudkan melalui penguasaan materi oleh peserta didik.Dalam pemberlakuan dua kurikulum ini pendidik merasa tidak adanya kesulitan dalam pelaksanaannya.   Kata Kunci: Kurikulum, KTSP, SD N Ngemplak   Abstract This research head for know the curriculum implementation in SD N Ngemplak (Ngeplak Elementary School). It used quaitatif method which did at SD N Ngemplak (Ngeplak Elementary School) Purworejo Regency, which is which the subject of the research are headmaster and the teachers. The collecting data technique by means summarise the data collected. The result of the research study concluded that this school applied 2 curriculums that are 2013 curricuum which is applied on 1st, 2nd, 3rd grades, and KTSP Curriculum applied on intermediate grade which are 4th, 5th, and 6th grade. The 2013 Curriculum recently applied in this school is the school effort to follow development curriculum. Even the students gave the positive feedback to the studies which has been formed by subject mastery. In Appliying these two curriculum there were on difficulties for the tachers. Key word: Curriculum, KTSP, Ngeplak Elementary School

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