Teacher professional learning is of increasing interest as one way to support the
increasingly complex skills students need to learn in preparation for further education and …

The Next Generation Science Standards will require large-scale professional development
(PD) for all science teachers. Existing research on effective teacher PD suggests factors that …

Among those who engage in PDPs, there is an emphasis on professional learning. This
emphasis strives to eliminate the unidirectional notion that PDPs provide teachers with skills …

This review summarizes features of professional development programs that aim to prepare
in-service teachers to improve students' academic language proficiency when teaching …

During the past decades, teacher collaboration has received increasing attention from both
the research and the practice fields. However, little has been said about its relationship with …

Poor program implementation constitutes one explanation for null results in trials of
educational interventions. For this reason, researchers often collect data about …

The authors evaluated the effects of P-SELL, a science curricular and professional
development intervention for fifth-grade students with a focus on English language learners …

At the conclusion of the fi rst chapter on rural science education (Oliver, 2007a) for the
previous Handbook of Research on Science Education, a question was posed to readers in …

Background Low levels of numeracy and literacy skills are associated with a range of
negative outcomes later in life, such as reduced earnings and health. Obtaining information …

This experimental study tests the extent to which specially-designed curriculum materials
supported teachers in using instructional strategies for English Language Learners (ELLs) …