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Cultural relevance and Montessori	Novice and expert comprehensive reasoning about infectious disease

Picturebooks as visual literacy: The influence of illustrations on second-graders' comprehension of narrative text	The role of trust and care in the implementation of a social constructivist curriculum in physical education

"Leveling the field": The need for explicit instruction of argumentative writing form for 'struggling' secondary students	Development of student motivation in the visual arts using hip hop culture, an art show, and graffiti

Starting our day the room 119 way: A qualitative study of an elementary classroom community and its alternative to traditional morning work	The impact of Curriculum Focal Points on state mathematics standards

Can STEM initiatives be social justice oriented: An analysis of urban school reform via smaller learning communities	Teaching Taiwanese Indigenous students: Case studies of three Han Chinese teachers

The effects of honors ninth-grade students' strategic, analytical reading of persuasive text models on the quality of their persuasive writing	The influence of supplemental instructional approaches upon the comprehension, metacognitive awareness, and motivation of struggling third-and fourth-grade readers

The effects of parent-led read-alouds of nonfiction books on first-graders' vocabulary acquisition and motivation to read	Factors that motivate fifth-grade students to read during Sustained Silent Reading (SSR)

How three expert middle school reading teachers engender interest in reading	IEP development as a function of pedagogical experience in special education teachers

Use of private supplementary instruction (private tutoring) by U.S. High school students: Its use and academic consequences	Dwelling in a pedagogy of in-between: A phenomenological study of teachers of writing

The Critical Cultural Cypher: Hip hop's role in engaging students in a discourse of enlightenment	A self-study examining the effectiveness of creative dramatics with urban youth

Implementing eighth grade mathematics problems in six countries: A secondary analysis of the TIMSS 1999 video data	Exploring the interplay between fifth-grade readers' knowledge, interests, and beliefs and their perceptions of the persuasiveness of text

Crossing the divide: A phenomenological study of early childhood literacy teachers who choose to work with children in high-poverty schools	Excellent teaching of literacy in an urban school: Including new literacies and youth development

The effects of explicit instruction of expository text structure incorporating graphic organizers on the comprehension of third-grade students	Pilgrims and guides: A phenomenological study of Montessori teachers guiding and being guided by children in public Montessori schools

The impact of vocabulary instruction on the vocabulary knowledge and writing performance of third grade students	Negotiating the terrain of high-stakes accountability in science teaching

A case study of the development of environmental action projects from the framework of participatory action research within two middle school classrooms	Home schooling: Are partnerships possible?

What secondary science teachers pay attention to in the classroom: Situating teaching in institutional and social systems	An examination of science teachers' learning in a laboratory-based professional development program

Math course taking and achievement among secondary students with disabilities: Exploring the gap in achievement between students with and without disabilities	Increasing black student participation and achievement in advanced placement courses: A comparative analysis of two schools

Beyond cynicism: How media literacy can make students more engaged citizens	Middle-school students comprehending, analyzing, and evaluating persuasive texts

Fourth graders' expository text comprehension: Indicators from NAEP on the role of income, out-of-school reading experiences, and in-school reading experiences	Metaphor instruction in one English teacher's classroom: His understandings, instructional practices, and attitudes

An investigation into student understanding of statistical hypothesis testing	The influence of a school district's early childhood education policy on urban students' academic achievement towards advanced class placement

Mathematics teachers' interpretations of messages in curricular resources and the relations of these interpretations to their beliefs and practices	The teacher's homecoming: Understanding vocational identity development of military career changers

Beyond storytime: Whole class interactive reading aloud in kindergarten	A case-study of a socio-scientific issues curricular and pedagogical intervention in an undergraduate microbiology course: A focus on informal reasoning

The effects of metaphor and blending theory-centered instruction on Secondary English students' ability to analyze Shakespearean sonnets	Teacher knowledge: An ideal typology

Understanding the challenges of implementing a multiple solution norm	The effects of using mental imagery as a comprehension strategy for middle school students reading science expository texts

Peace, love, unity & having fun: Storying the life histories and pedagogical beliefs of African American male teachers from the Hip Hop generation	Influence of subject matter discipline and science content knowledge on National Board Certified science teachers' conceptions, enactment, and goals for inquiry

Motivation and long-term language achievement: Understanding motivation to persist in foreign language learning	From interaction to interaction: Exploring shared resources constructed through and mediating classroom science learning

Understanding the dynamics of teacher attention: Examples of how high school physics and physical science teachers attend to student ideas	Studying epistemic cognition in the history classroom: Cases of teaching and learning to think historically

Being through books: A phenomenological study of constructing a sense of self through fiction	Constructing a model of ESOL content-based instruction with native language support: Self-reflective action research grounded in cultural-historical activity theory

Teaching historical thinking: The challenge of implementing reform-minded practices for three first year teachers	Historians' role in teacher preparation: Personal and institutional factors that lead to their engagement in preparing future teachers