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Burner, Tony; Biseth, Heidi – SAGE Open, 2016
This article investigates an innovative approach that has as its aim to ensure that more students complete secondary education. The national program, called "Competence for Diversity," puts emphasis on children with minority language background, that is, children with another first language(s) than the Norwegian national languages. In…
Descriptors: Instructional Innovation, Teaching Methods, Language Minorities, National Programs
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Li, Xiaoping; Zhang, Mingyuan – SAGE Open, 2015
Writing is recognized as a vital skill in education and the workplace; students in the United States finishing K-12 schooling are expected to be competent writers. Yet, "the Nation's Report Card" found that U.S. high school graduates coming into the workforce are particularly deficient in writing skills. Teachers serve as a crucial link…
Descriptors: Process Approach (Writing), Writing Skills, Writing Processes, Writing Workshops
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Youssef, Marsha K.; Hutchinson, Gerard; Youssef, Farid F. – SAGE Open, 2015
Teachers are often the first persons responsible for identifying children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and are increasingly being called on to help manage such children. We sought to assess teachers' knowledge of and attitudes toward ADHD in Trinidad & Tobago, a small island developing state in the Caribbean region.…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Teacher Characteristics