Evaluated Reference List

Dimitriadis, C. (2016). Nurturing Mathematical Promise in a Regular Elementary Classroom:

Exploring the Role of the Teacher and Classroom Environment. Roeper Review, 38(2),

107–122. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1080/02783193.2016.1150375

While teachers spend hours ensuring the low-achieving students catch up to their peers, many

forget about the needs of the academically successful children. As difficult as it is to provide for

both sides of the academic spectrum, it is important to do so. This research is recent and is done

so by a credible author, but the focus can seem biased based on the Roeper Review’s sole focus

being on gifted children. Dr. Dimitriadis holds 4 degrees in relation to educational studies, his

PhD being based on the subject examined. As the paper touches on the student’s and teacher’s

view points on what is required for the engagement of gifted students, it helps to define that

effectiveness of the teacher is not only based on understanding of material, but engagement.

With this information, it demonstrates that teacher’s need to focus on all students individually

rather than as a collective to be effective in the classroom.

Glenberg, A. M., Brown, M., & Levin, J. R. (2007). Enhancing comprehension in small reading

groups using a manipulation strategy. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 32(3),

389-399. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cedpsych.2006.03.001

As a teacher’s job is to ensure the students best understand material, it is important to remember

that some students learn better using different teaching methods. Although unconventional, the

use of object manipulation to learn reading comprehension can be a revolutionary method in

small group work. Although the research is a little dated, it is a method only recently explored
and more research will continue on the subject. Glenberg is a member of the Psychology

department at Arizona State University and holds a PhD. Brown is a data analyst for Starbucks

now, having a PhD and formerly working with Glenberg as a research analyst. Levin is a

professor in the Department of Educational Psychology at the University of Arizona. The paper

demonstrates the move by reading methodology of reading comprehension, which has shown to

help students more than other methods studied. Regarding being an effective teacher, reading

comprehension is vital to elementary education, and is a primary focus in the curriculum.

Roskos, K., & Neuman, S. (2011). The Classroom Environment: First, Last, and Always. The

Reading Teacher,65(2), 110-114. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/41331583

The classroom environment is an important aspect of the classroom, as the use of the classroom

is a big aspect of being an effective teacher. The article is not too recent but is still useful, as it

outlines possible ideas for helping students advance their learning in the classroom. Roskos holds

a PhD and is a professor at John Carroll University. Neuman is a professor in childhood and

literacy education at New York University. The article focuses on the inclusion of different

resources to help promote effective reading but can also be applied towards any other subject by

following the key ideas of the article. As having access to many resources in the classroom

environment can help students with learning immensely, it is very important to be an effective

teacher.