A considerable amount of research has been conducted about technological disparity within various classroom instructional practices; yet educators have concerned about the chronic underachievement of students in urban school settings. In order for technology to have its greatest impact on our educational system, teachers and student must not only access to technology, but access to technology i...

This chapter explores five ethical dilemmas associated with using Social Networking Sites (SNS) in classrooms. First, do we have the right to colonize or marginalize students’ out of school social networking practices in the classroom? Second, should we access students’ out of classroom virtual identities from their SNS in a classroom context? Third, should we be engaging students’ social netwo...

this study was an attempt to investigate iranian efl teachers’ beliefs about effective teaching in foreign language classrooms. more specifically, the study addresses the need for a clear understanding of the role of teaching effectiveness in efl classrooms by looking at iranian efl teachers’ own beliefs. to this end, 90 iranian efl instructors of the english language voluntarily participated i...

The purpose of this descriptive study was to examine how kindergarten teachers teach writing and their beliefs about instruction using survey methodology. Participants in included 78 the United States. Results revealed that most used a balanced approach instruction, combining instructional procedures from two common methods for teaching writing: skills process writing. majority devoted consider...

Classroom assessment practices play a pivotal role in ensuring effective learning and teaching. One of the most desired attributes teachers is ability to gather analyze data make trustworthy decisions leading supporting student learning. However, this often underdeveloped for variety reasons, including reports that are overwhelmed by complex process analysis decision-making there insufficient a...