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Inferencing Skills

The purpose of this study is to determine if inferencing strategies will increase students' ability to inference across all content areas.


Letter-Sound Relationships

The purpose of this study is to determine if daily implementation of word study into guided reading increases students' knowledge of letter-sound relationships in reading and writing.


Math Achievement

The purpose of the study is to see if the use of small group instruction will increase students math achievement.


Math Fluency

The purpose of this study is to determine if incremental rehearsal will increase students’ achievement of multiplication facts and number sense.


Math Fluency

The purpose of this study is to determine if a math workshop model will increase student achievement in math fact fluency and number sense.


Math Fluency

The purpose of this study is to determine if differentiation during the math workshop model will increase student achievement in math fact fluency and number sense.


Math Fluency

The purpose of this study is to determine if the use of counting and reasoning strategies would increase student math fact fluency.


Math Problem Solving

The purpose of this study is to determine if a guided math workshop will increase students' ability to solve addition and subtraction problems.


Number Sense

The purpose of this study is to determine if differentiation using a Math Workshop model impacts student achievement in number sense.


Number Sense

The purpose of this study is to determine if the use of math games will increase students' ability to use number sense.


Oral Reading Fluency

The purpose of this study is to determine if the use of decoding strategies such as explicit decoding instruction, Elkonin boxes, and repeated reads will increase students’ oral reading fluency.


Reading Achievement

The purpose of this study is to determine if purposeful planning for guided reading will increase student achievement in reading.


Reading Achievement

The purpose of this study is to determine if teaching decoding strategies, with an emphasis on growth mindset, in small reading groups will increase a student’s accuracy, comprehension, and fluency when reading.


Reading Achievement

The purpose of this study is to determine if the use of effective planning during guided reading will increase students achievement in reading.


Reading Achievement

The purpose of this study is to determine if a combination of code-based and meaning-based phonics instruction would increase reading achievement.


Reading Comprehension

The purpose of this study is to determine if the implementation of inferencing strategies in whole group and guided reading groups will increase students’ reading comprehension.


Reading Comprehension

The purpose of this study is to determine if the implementation of targeted questioning will increase students’ reading comprehension.


Reading Comprehension

The purpose of this study is to determine if the explicit teaching of strategies to locate main ideas will improve comprehension scores.


Reading Comprehension

The purpose of this study is to determine if inference making strategies increase reading comprehension.


Reading Comprehension

The purpose of this study is to determine if the use of beyond the text strategies including annotating, identifying signposts, and text dependent questioning will increase student ability to comprehend text.


Reading Fluency

The purpose of this study is to determine if strategies to strengthen phrasing, expression, and automaticity will increase reading fluency.


Reading Fluency

The purpose of this study is to determine if flash card drilling methods and reading racetracks will increase students’ ability to fluently read sight words.


Social Stories

The purpose of this study is to determine if the implementation of social skills training via Social Stories will increase the number of positive social interactions with peers and adults across all school settings.


Social-Emotional Learning

The purpose of this study is to determine if teaching executive functioning strategies and self-regulation skills will improve social-emotional learning and reduce impulsivity and physical aggression.


Spelling Accuracy

The purpose of this study is to determine if a structure of direct instruction, multiple practices, and direct feedback in phonics instruction will increase accuracy of spelling words for second graders.


Student Engagement in Math

The purpose of this study is to determine if using movement and game-like activities during whole group math instruction will increase student engagement.


Student Engagement in Reading

The purpose of this study is to determine if the implementation of choice novel units, choice projects, and a student paced unit will decrease inappropriate cell phone use and increase assignment completion in a Sophomore English class.


Target Language Comprehension

The purpose of this study is to determine if the use of TPRS strategies with comprehensible input will increase my students' ability to understand the target language (Spanish).


Word Decoding

The purpose of this study is to determine if decoding strategies such as Elkonin boxes, spelling focused word work, and explicit phonics instruction will increase word decoding accuracy.


Word Problems

The purpose of this study is to determine if reviewing vocabulary, breaking down the structure of word problems, and the use of schematic diagrams will increase my students' ability to solve word problems.


Writing Achievement

The purpose of this study is to determine if creating a structured writer’s workshop will improve students’ writing achievement.


Writing Skills

The purpose of this study is to determine if the use of conferencing, mentor texts, and rubrics within a writer's workshop model will improve student achievement in the area of writing.


Zones of Regulation

The purpose of this study is to determine if the use of Verbal Behavior will increase my students' ability to identify emotions within themselves and others, identify the zone they are in, and apply strategies to calm their body and show they are ready to learn.

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