This dissertation applied mixed research methods to explore the factors correlated with variation in the percentage of English learner (EL) students completing A-G course requirements in California high schools. Across the State’s high schools, an ave . . .

The purpose of this study was to examine perceptions of teachers and coaches working within a coaching model in a small, rural K-12 school district in northern California. This study highlights narratives and experiences of teachers and coaches that w . . .

The purpose of this study was to heighten understanding of English learner (EL) students’ social experiences in a school setting, while developing an expanded awareness of the students’ family system whose language and culture is at crossroads with th . . .

The emergence of diverse demographics in the school setting have compelled teachers to contemplate the best practices for developing a cultural awareness that will help students better understand their peers, thus alleviating stereotypes and ethnocent . . .

Reading is essential in every subject area, and students must become proficient readers in order to learn content in these classes. To become proficient readers in the content areas, students must be explicitly taught how to comprehend expository text . . .

Past research has shown that teachers who feel that they are effective display characteristics that indeed make them more effective (Bandura, 1996). Researchers have also studiedfactors that determine what activities increase self-efficacy and what de . . .

Research suggests younger readers may not always draw necessary inference conclusions when reading (Casteel & Simpson, 1991). The current study was designed using strategies related to Questioning the Author (McKeown, Beck & Worthy, 1993), Inf . . .

The purpose of this study was to determine if and how expository writing was being taught in the second, third, fourth, and fifth grades at a small, northern California private school. To report on the findings, a case study analysis was done with the . . .

The author of this research noticed that the scope and sequence of our first grade curricular materials have improved in terms of teaching students to decode. She was concerned, however, that comprehension is lagging. Children who decode but fail to c . . .

Understanding expository text is more difficult than narrative. This is due to multiple text structures and increased difficulty with academic vocabulary and content. Six second grade English Learners participated in this study. Each was able to decod . . .