An Investigation into the Effects of Long-term Staff Development on Teacher Perceptions and Reading Achievement on Young Children
Description:
The effectiveness of long-term staff development (Reading Academy Project-RAP) on students' reading scores on the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills (TAAS) test was examined to determine if teachers transferred newly learned teaching strategies into practice and changed their beliefs about reading instruction. In a four-year cohort longitudinal study in an East Texas rural community, the effects of long-term staff development on third grade students' TAAS test reading scores, teacher practices…
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Date:
May 2003
Creator:
Boatman, Vikki