Qualitative Study Summary

(Carta, Greenwood, Atwater, McConnell, Goldstein and Kaminski 2015) believe that using Response to Intervention (RTI) or the Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS) in preschool programs will begin to change the way children read in kindergarten and in the future. Their study set out to show the value of identifying and preventing learning problems early and the importance of individualized instruction in a preschool setting. Out of six hundred and fifty-nine children in sixty-five Pre-K classes in four different states, these individuals did a study of Tier 1 instruction involving Kansas City, Mo/KS; Columbus, OH; Eugene-Springfield, OR; and Minneapolis, MN.

RTI provides the framework for reading instruction at Newsome Park elementary School. Due to limited resources and a burgeoning population of at-risk students RTI is not implemented in mathematics or content areas. A school wide positive behavior intervention system is in place. Every student in second grade is screened using the Phonological Literacy Screening (PALS). This data is used to identify instructional reading levels, and spelling/phonics knowledge. PALS assesses accuracy, fluency and comprehension. However, the comprehension assessments are not considered rigorous enough for an accurate assessment of this skill. Additionally, students are screened for sight word recognition using the Fry word lists. The results of these screenings guides development of small groups, identifies students for the most intense levels of intervention, and serves as a basis for goal setting. The full PALS is administered in the fall and spring (Newport News Public Schools, 2015). An additional PALS assessment is given in mid-year as a diagnostic. PALS quick checks, Fry word lists, informal running records and DRA’s are administered throughout the year to monitor progress and set new goals (Newport News Public Schools, 2015). This is all in accordance with Virginia’s Response to Intervention Initiative. This initiative establishes a multi-Tiered system of interventions. The initiative states that typically 5- 10% of students would receive Tier 3 instruction, 10- 15% would receive Tier

In order to analyze evidence of children’s language and literacy learning, I determined my student’s language and literacy skill baseline and compared his progress throughout the semester to this initial starting point. All assessment data came from Bader Reading Passages, Words Their Way Developmental Spelling Analysis Elementary Spelling Inventory, EDT 346 Course Info running records (narrative and informational), 50 Literacy Strategies Cloze procedure, and EDT 346 Course Info multidimensional fluency scale assessment. This assessment data enables me to analyze and understand what the student is proficient at, what he needs more support with, and what his independent, instructional, and frustration reading levels are. One particular example

The researchers used convenience sampling by recruiting women from a metropolitan breast center in the Midwest US, newly diagnosed with stage 0-II breast cancer, not yet treated.

The increasing problem of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) colonization and infection greatly affects patients’ health and safety and increases unnecessary healthcare expenditures (Lindberg, Carlsson, Hogman, & Skytt, 2009). Many qualitative studies have been conducted which aimed at obtaining more understanding of patients’ experiences of being infected and isolated due to MRSA colonization. In this paper, the author aims to a) discuss her two chosen qualitative studies and relate it to her clinical question; b) perform an appraisal of these studies; c) evaluate the findings, trustworthiness, and contribution to practice of each study; d) examine how the studies’ findings from will assist in

This author has chosen the question, “In low-risk pregnant women does the presence of a professional doula, to support the woman when laboring, provide improved maternal outcomes versus utilizing only family support as evidenced by patient satisfaction?” for the focus in her capstone project. The following questions will be answered in regard to each article: 1) How does each article describe the nature of the problem, issue, or deficit you have identified, 2) Does each article provide statistical information to demonstrate the gravity of the issue, problem, or deficit? 3) What are example(s) of morbidity, mortality, and rate of incidence or rate of occurrence in the general population? 4) Does each article support your proposed change? Following a literature search the author has selected 15 articles for review, which will be outline in this paper and

Research is used in nursing to support evidence based practice (EBP) and is done through qualitative and quantitative research. Qualitative research will be the emphasis of the study performed by Wittich and Southall (2008) analyzing the diary of a 66 year old female and her personal journey of managing the extended time period of being positioned facedown after her ocular surgery (p. 437). Description of qualitative research and evaluation of the qualitative evidence, trustworthiness, and thematic coding will be discussed in the body of this paper.

The problem addressed in this study is reported in the work of Carusone, Loeb, and Lohfield (2006) entitled "Pneumonia Care and the Nursing Home: A Qualitative Descriptive Study of Resident and Family Member Perspectives". The problem addressed in this study is the fact that nursing home residents are sent to the hospital quite frequently for diagnostic testing and to receive health care services. These transfers are reported as being expensive and to be associated, for some individuals, with an increase in health risks.

Literacy at the elementary level then becomes critical to all students in achieving academic success and reaching their goals. If literacy levels are not enhanced during the childhood years, it could possibly lead to problems later in adolescence and adult life. According to a research study conducted in 2009 on reading management programs, the study found that less attention was being made on reading programs (Hansen, Collins, & Warschauer, 2009). The purpose of this research study proposal is to demonstrate how a new and updated reading program can help enhance elementary students in their reading comprehension skills in order to achieve academic success into the next grade level by improving their cognitive abilities. The goal of the study is to test the efficiency of the current reading curriculum in elementary schools and compare them with a new reading curriculum by the use of two classrooms that will contain an experimental group and controlled group by randomly selecting elementary students at the 4th grade

The district has about twenty-four thousand students and employees three thousand educational professionals. For the purposes of this assignment the place and the participants in which the PD would occurs and be for will all take place at Jane Long Elementary for only the campus staff. The campus has approximately 538 students in grade pre-kinder thru sixth and 36 staff member. The targeted population of the study is regular classroom teachers, two reading interventionist, one special education teacher, and administration. The content of the professional development will focus on the ability to utilized iStation as an assessment piece for determining students reading levels and plan lessons with specific targeted reading interventions strategies for students who don’t meet either tier 1 or tier 2 criteria. The personnel in charge of delivering the content and continuing PD is the reading department who is to be composed of three district ELAR instructional coaches, one director of reading, and a reading data specialist. The administration team of the campus will insure that ongoing training is conducted

In the qualitative study, Struggles and resilience of African American women living with HIV or AIDS: A qualitative study researchers analyze responses of African American women living with HIV/AIDS over ten years who are active members of a support group. The primary objective of the qualitative study was to understand the strengths and resilience in enduring the burden of having HIV/AIDS. The study participants included ten women with an average age of 48.2 years. Participants were interviewed with the purpose to describe their individual stories of HIV infection and explore what encouraged acceptance of their diagnosis (Smith, McCarragher, & Brown, 2015).

For the purpose of this assignment I attended several sessions of the Letter, Sounds, and Words. This is a community-based literacy intervention program from students from Kindergarten to grade two, which is designed to provide one-on-one literacy support for students in their school setting. Classroom teachers use specific assessments in order to identify students in need for this program and based on the results program volunteers design an intervention plan for the student. The program supplies a large amount of high quality, evidence-based games and activities designed to target early literacy skills. The program volunteers are highly trained on early literacy development and skills as well as how to implement the resources provided.

One of the two articles reviews by me was a quantitative study to find out the incidence of sports injuries occurring in adolescents (6-18yrs) playing ball games: soccer, handball and basketball by Yde et al, where the number of sports injuries, their pattern and mechanism were quantified into numerical values to support a hypothesis. Other was to find the psychosocial status of injured players during their injury-rehabilitation phase: a qualitative research by Clement et al where the psychological state viz. cognitive appraisal, behavioral responses and emotional responses during the three main phases viz. injury, rehabilitation and returning to sports. The key difference between the researchers of the two studies was that the qualitative researchers wanted to

One of the most fundamental building blocks to success is learning to read by the end of third grade. There is clear evidence of the impact of reading on students continued academic success. A longitudinal study conducted of third grade students in Chicago in 1996-1997 showed a correlation between third and eighth grade reading scores (Lesnick, Goerge, Smithgall, & Gwynne, 2010). Based on the findings, students’ third grade reading achievement scores were found to be a strong predictor of students’ grade point average and potential course failures in ninth grade. When grouping the students by their third grade level in eighth and ninth grade, it also helped explain the

In the systematic review I, which intended to systematically review formulations and theories on patient satisfaction concept, a meta narrative review was employed (Greenhalgh T, Robert G, Macfarlane F, et al. Diffusion of innovations in service organizations: systematic review and recommendations. Milbank Q 2004; 82: 581-629; Greenhalgh T, Robert G, Macfarlane F, et al. Storylines of research in diffusion of innovation: a meta-narrative approach to systematic review. Soc Sci Med 2005; 61: 417-430; Mays N, Pope C and Popay J. Systematically reviewing qualitative and quantitative evidence to inform management and policy-making in the health field. J Health Serv Res