This applied research was designed to analyze the effectiveness of inquiry-based instruction as compared to teacher-directed instruction in 5th-grade mathematics and science courses at the subject school. The subject school modified mathematics and science curriculum for 3 years and became an Alabama Math, Science, and Technology (AMSTI) [2009] school. AMSTI provided extensive professional deve...

Although perceived as a means of bringing people together, the online environment can also create isolation. Technology alone does not create a community of learning, and a learning community with critical discourse does not just happen. Rather, online, formalized learning carried out remotely using computer-mediated technology relies on good instructional design, a learning management system s...

Although L2 writing is an essential element in multilingual learners’ language and literacy development K–12 schools, it often underemphasized overlooked lieu of the greater emphasis placed on reading. This lack focus warrants need for more specific instruction schooling, especially since through skills that learners become better able to communicate interact with others, achieve academic succe...