Selection and Description of Subjects
The researcher is employed as a Reading Intervention ist by De Soto Area Schools. This is also the district in the study. The district is 40 miles long and runs along the Mississippi River in western Wisconsin. It has two elementary schools and a central middle school/high school. The two elementary schools are at opposite ends of the district and will be the focus of this research. One school is rural and one is urban. The six teachers in these two schools comprise the first set of subjects. These teachers were selected because they administer the WKCE, which is the standardized assessment also used in the study. Each school has one grade level teacher in third, fourth and fifth grade. The teachers are all experienced teachers. In the rural elementary the third grade teacher has six years experience in third grade, the fourth grade teacher 30 years experience in fourth grade and the fifth grade teacher has 10 years experience in fifth grade. At the urban school, the third grade teacher has 26 years experience in third grade, the fourth grade teacher has 15 years experience in fourth grade and the fifth grade teacher has 25 years classroom experience in the fifth grade.
All of the teachers have worked in this district for most of their careers. They have administered WKCE as required each year. This staff was also in-serviced in brain-based learning. The workshop was presented to the entire district and was based on the work of Kathy Nun ley. Ka thy Nun ley workshops help teachers better understand the dynamics between learning and the brain. Nun ley's workshops are centered on current brain-imaging information and offer teachers practical solutions to using brain-based research in the classroom (Nun ley, 2003). Each teacher present was given her book, A Student's Brain: The Parent/Teacher Manual and a one -day training in its implementation.
The teachers surveyed in this study were also offered access to her website. This website acts as continued professional development for the staff.
The principal function of this study was to gather information about brain-based learning in elementary schools and determine the effect it may have on student achievement. These students are the second set of subjects. The following tables represent the demographics of the two elementary schools in this study. The schools are of similar size and have similar gender and ethnic compositions. The main difference between the two schools is that the rural school has about 20% more children receiving free or reduced lunch. There is no distinction made between these schools in this study. The demographics are simply provided as context. There was little change in demographics during the I8-month time span of this study.
Selection and Description of SubjectsThe researcher is employed as a Reading Intervention ist by De Soto Area Schools. This is also the district in the study. The district is 40 miles long and runs along the Mississippi River in western Wisconsin. It has two elementary schools and a central middle school/high school. The two elementary schools are at opposite ends of the district and will be the focus of this research. One school is rural and one is urban. The six teachers in these two schools comprise the first set of subjects. These teachers were selected because they administer the WKCE, which is the standardized assessment also used in the study. Each school has one grade level teacher in third, fourth and fifth grade. The teachers are all experienced teachers. In the rural elementary the third grade teacher has six years experience in third grade, the fourth grade teacher 30 years experience in fourth grade and the fifth grade teacher has 10 years experience in fifth grade. At the urban school, the third grade teacher has 26 years experience in third grade, the fourth grade teacher has 15 years experience in fourth grade and the fifth grade teacher has 25 years classroom experience in the fifth grade.All of the teachers have worked in this district for most of their careers. They have administered WKCE as required each year. This staff was also in-serviced in brain-based learning. The workshop was presented to the entire district and was based on the work of Kathy Nun ley. Ka thy Nun ley workshops help teachers better understand the dynamics between learning and the brain. Nun ley's workshops are centered on current brain-imaging information and offer teachers practical solutions to using brain-based research in the classroom (Nun ley, 2003). Each teacher present was given her book, A Student's Brain: The Parent/Teacher Manual and a one -day training in its implementation.The teachers surveyed in this study were also offered access to her website. This website acts as continued professional development for the staff. The principal function of this study was to gather information about brain-based learning in elementary schools and determine the effect it may have on student achievement. These students are the second set of subjects. The following tables represent the demographics of the two elementary schools in this study. The schools are of similar size and have similar gender and ethnic compositions. The main difference between the two schools is that the rural school has about 20% more children receiving free or reduced lunch. There is no distinction made between these schools in this study. The demographics are simply provided as context. There was little change in demographics during the I8-month time span of this study.
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