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Title: EFFECTS AND PERCEPTIONS OF PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT ON THE MATHEMATICAL ACHIEVEMENT OF STUDENTS IN A STEM COURSE: A MIXED-METHOD STUDY
Author: Johnson, Sarah
Date Created: 2014
Subjects--Topical: Mathematics--Study and teaching, Education
Description: To understand how to identify and examine factors that influence parental involvement and math achievement of high school students, I conducted a mixed-method study was guided by the following questions: 1. What are the perceptions of students, te...

Title: EXPLORING ELEMENTARY TEACHERS’ PERCEPTIONS OF MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION: A MULTIPLE CASE STUDY
Author: Casto, Amanda
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Education, Education, Elementary
Description: Schools around the world have experienced unprecedented change during the contemporary era of globalization. The student population is becoming more diverse and, consequently, teachers have been tasked with meeting a wider range of needs from mult...

Title: EXPLORING THE IMPACT OF CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING ON THE INSTRUCTIONAL ENGAGEMENT OF AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS IN AN URBAN SETTING
Author: Reynolds, Richard
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Education
Description: This study examined the impact of culturally responsive problem-based learning on the instructional engagement of African American students in an urban high school setting. The study explores how culturally responsive pedagogy and Problem-based Le...

Title: EXPLORING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN VARSITY SPORTS PARTICIPATION AND COLLEGE STEM DECLARATION
Author: Averette, Morgan
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Education, Recreation
Description: MORGAN AVERETTE. Exploring the Relationship between Varsity Sports Participation and College STEM Declaration.(Under the direction of DR. MARTHA CECILIA BOTTIA)This study investigates the association between high school interscholastic sports part...

Title: EXPLORING THE ROLE OF SPOKEN WORD AS A TOOL OF RESISTANCE TO BUFFER RACIALIZED EXPERIENCES OF BLACK MALES IN ACADEMIC AND SOCIAL CONTEXTS
Author: Hollis, Tiffany
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Education
Description: ABSTRACTTIFFANY NICOLE HOLLIS. Exploring the role of spoken word as a tool of resistance to buffer racialized experiences of black males in academic and social contexts. (Under the direction of DR. CHANCE W. LEWIS)My research and scholarship is pa...

Title: Educational Needs Assessment for African Americans with Homeschooled Children
Author: Rhyne Byrd, Kelly
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Education
Description: Trends in homeschooling show that enrollment for K-12 students is on the rise, particularly with African American families. For families choosing to homeschool their children, there is greater flexibility and range of choice in curriculum programs...

Title: Effects of Concrete-Representational-Abstract Sequence of Instruction on Solving Equations using Inverse Operations with High School Students with Mild Intellectual Disability
Author: Cease-Cook, Jennifer
Date Created: 2013
Subjects--Topical: Special education, Education
Description: This study used a multiple probe across participants design to examine the effects of concrete-representational-abstract sequence of instruction on solving equations using inverse operations with high school students with mild intellectual disabil...

Title: Effects of Growth Mindset and Belongingness Messaging in an Online Classroom
Author: Hall, Ryan
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Psychology, Education
Description: This paper examines how growth mindset and belongingness messaging can be applied to instruction in an online classroom to improve student outcomes. Research has shown that growth mindset and belongingness messaging can be used to improve student ...

Title: Effects of the Shared Principles of Middle School Philosophy and Culturally Responsive Education on the Academic Achievement of African American Middle School Students
Author: Ellis, Tarra
Date Created: 2012
Subjects--Topical: Multicultural education, Education, Educational sociology
Description: This study was an investigation of the overlapping principles of relevance, rigor, and relationships inherent in both middle school philosophy and culturally responsive education to determine their effects on the academic achievement of African Am...

Title: Employing Agency: Multiple Perspectives of Material Conditions, Power, and Literacy in a First Year Writing Program
Author: Rand, Meaghan
Date Created: 2014
Subjects--Topical: Education, Rhetoric
Description: The purpose of this study is to examine how first year writing teachers' histories and experiences affect teacher agency negotiation in their classrooms. Five qualitative case studies of first year writing instructors are used to discuss the impac...

Title: Evaluating the Effectiveness of Montessori Reading and Math Instruction for Third Grade African American Students in Urban Elementary Schools
Author: Brown, Katherine
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Education, Education, Elementary
Description: Improving academic achievement for students of color has long been the subject of debate among advocates of education reform (Anyon, 2013; Breitborde & Swiniarski, 2006; Payne, 2008). Some scholars have advocated for the Montessori method as an al...

Title: Evaluating the impact of working in an online environment
Author: Richardson, Kara, Ambroise, Sharmily
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Education, Communication
Description: Research has found that peer mentorship can play a valuable role in a student’s personal growth and development. At UNC Charlotte, the Communication Across the Curriculum program trains communication consultants to serve as peer mentors and provid...

Title: Evidence-Based and Makerspaced: Preservice Teachers’ Dispositions, Perceptions, and Preparedness to Teach Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disabilities
Author: Holland, Abby
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Education
Description: The purpose of this qualitative research project was to explore the perceptions, practices, and roles that a team of six (6) preservice teachers developed regarding make-based learning, which is informed by constructionism and teaching students wi...

Title: Examining Healthcare Utilization Patterns, School Attendance, Behavior, and Academic Performance Among School-aged Children Identified as Homeless
Author: Brooks Nelson, Ellissa
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Education, Medical sciences
Description: There is little research on healthcare utilization patterns, attendance, academic performance, and behavior among school-aged children experiencing homelessness examined by homelessness type. The McKinney-Vento Homelessness Assistance Act (Pub. L....

Title: Expectancy-Value Model: Investigating Academic Success and Retention Predictors of First-Year STEM Majors
Author: Findlater, Nickcoy
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Education, Educational leadership, Educational tests and measurements
Description: The gap in supply (i.e., shortage) and demand of the STEM workforce have prompted extensive research on identifying factors that predict STEM outcomes and retention of students. Few studies, however, have examined the relationships between STEM ou...

Title: ExperiencED Success: Does Mentoring Beginning Teachers Impact the Mentor?
Author: Dooley-Kennedy, Torrieann
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Education, Education, Elementary
Description: While available research supports the impact mentoring has on beginning teachers, little has been written about the impact the role of mentoring has on the experienced teacher serving as a mentor. Mentor teachers are experienced teachers in school...

Title: Experiences and Perceptions of Professional Development Facilitators In a Job-Embedded School Initiative
Author: Mashariki, Kaia
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Education, Teachers--Training of, Adult education
Description: Recent legislation and accountability efforts in K-12 schools have increased the need to support and maintain high-quality teachers through enhanced professional development and teacher training efforts. As districts and schools seek new and innov...

Title: Experiencing the Double-Edged Sword of Desegregation: Charlotte-Mecklenburg School Graduates from 1995-1998
Author: Hawn Nelson, Amy
Date Created: 2010
Subjects--Topical: Education, Educational sociology, Social sciences--Study and teaching
Description: The purpose of this study is to gain insight into the long-term effects of desegregated schooling within a firmly established K-12th grade desegregated school system. Long-term outcomes include: educational and occupational attainment, comfort wit...

Title: Experiencing the crux of agency and structure in urban education: On becoming a teacher educator
Author: Salyers, Bethany
Date Created: 2011
Subjects--Topical: Education, Education, Higher, Teachers--Training of
Description: This research seeks to understand the experience of agency among those being prepared to be teacher educators and education scholars. It investigates how doctoral students negotiate their agency when they discover a difference between the promise ...

Title: Exploring Diasporic Dialects of Black Women in College Composition and Communications: A Critical Reflective Narrative Inquiry
Author: Dervin, Alicia
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Education, Language and languages, Ethnicity--Study and teaching, African Americans--Study and teaching
Description: Historically, standard English language ideologies have been perpetually ingrained in American educational practices and policies (Smitherman, 2017; Wong & Teuben-Rowe, 1997). These practices are not limited to K-12 studies and maintain a position...