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Straubhaar, Rolf – Berkeley Review of Education, 2021
Ideologies regarding what is "good" teaching undergird common teaching practices and pedagogical decisions, which may support and/or run counter to the broader policy environment in which they occur (Gibson, 1998). Drawing from a six-month ethnography of 10th-grade newcomer students from Mexico and their teachers in a Central Texas…
Descriptors: Accountability, Language of Instruction, Teaching Methods, Ethnography
Cassidy, Lauren; Garland, Marshall; Jonas, Deborah; Yarnall, Louise – Texas Education Research Center, 2020
In 2017, the Texas Education Agency (TEA) awarded SRI International and its subcontractor, Gibson Consulting Group, (the SRI/Gibson team) a contract to conduct a study to inform the state's efforts to improve career and technical education (CTE) programs. The SRI/Gibson team designed the study to help TEA learn more about the CTE programs offered…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Student Characteristics, Institutional Characteristics, Racial Differences
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Bunn, Taylor D.; Howell, Leanne; Papadakis, Lacy K. Crocker – Impacting Education: Journal on Transforming Professional Practice, 2022
People with disabilities in the United States have access to a fraction of engaging play experiences available to others due to playground design choices, minimal legal requirements, and societal acceptance of the status quo. PlayGrand Adventures, the first and largest all-abilities playground in North Texas, meets this need by providing engaging…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Community Involvement, Playgrounds, Inclusion
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Jones, Irma S.; Blankenship, Dianna – Research in Higher Education Journal, 2018
This study aims at identifying learning styles of two groups of online students enrolled inLegal Studies and Corporate Training courses and comparing learning styles and academicachievements in those courses. The learning styles questionnaire was adapted from a learningstyles questionnaire in College Study Strategies (Laskey & Gibson, pp.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Online Courses, Gender Differences, Academic Achievement
Kelly Kristina Harle – ProQuest LLC, 2022
An essential part of novice teachers' development of pedagogical and classroom management skills in a district is a supportive induction and mentoring program (Ingersoll & Strong, 2011). Novice teachers can combat the challenges that directly contribute to dissatisfaction with the teaching profession, attrition rates, and an overall teacher…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Beginning Teacher Induction, Teaching Skills, Teacher Competencies
American Institutes for Research, 2012
Ninth grade often is considered a make-or-break year in determining whether students will be successful in high school and beyond. The Texas Education Agency (TEA) created the Texas Ninth Grade Transition and Intervention Program to ease the transition of at-risk students into high school and increase the likelihood that they graduate on time and…
Descriptors: Intervention, Summative Evaluation, Formative Evaluation, Program Implementation
Miller, Greg, Ed. – 2000
These proceedings contain 48 presentations and 15 poster abstracts. Papers include "Computer Tasks Required in Selected Undergraduate Agriculture Courses" (Johnson, Ferguson, Vokinnns, Lester); "College of Agriculture Faculty Perceptions of Electronic Technologies in Teaching" (Dooley, Murphy); "Steering Through Turbulent…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agribusiness, Agricultural Education, Agricultural Sciences
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs. – 1971
Testimony concerning the Summer Feeding Program was heard during the June 25, 1971 hearing from R. S. Gribbs, mayor of Detroit, Mich.; K. Gibson, mayor of Newark, N. J. and, Arnold Robles and Edward Koplan, program administrators of Los Angeles County, Calif., and City of San Antonio, Texas. Testimony concerning the withholding of funds for…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Breakfast Programs, Community Surveys, Federal Government