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Title: “In the contradiction lies the hope”: White student affairs administrators’ understanding of whiteness
Author: Forester, Rachael
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Education, Higher
Description: Among white people, there is a pervasive mentality that color-evasiveness (Bonilla-Silva, 2003) is an ideal approach to racial equity, meaning many white student affairs professionals may equate refusing to see race as synonymous with being anti-r...

Title: Women of Color in STEM: Navigating the Transfer Experience
Author: Slane, Lauren
Date Created: 2023
Subjects--Topical: Education, Higher
Description: As the entry point into higher education for over half of the bachelor’s degree earners, (Trapani & Hale, 2019), community colleges are positioned to have a positive impact of bringing a more diverse student group into science, technology, enginee...

Title: Why Some Stay When So Many Leave: A Phenomenological Study on Why Teachers Remain in Low-Income, High-Minority Schools
Author: Hovis, Michael
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: School management and organization
Description: Tens of thousands of teachers in the United States leave their schools to work in other occupations or other schools each year. This has earned the teaching profession the reputation of being a "revolving door," with a large number of qualified te...

Title: Where are all of the Black Women? The underrepresentation and experiences of Black women in intercollegiate athletic leadership
Author: Stone, Cynthia
Date Created: 2023
Subjects--Topical: Educational leadership, Ethnicity--Study and teaching, African Americans--Study and teaching, Sports administration
Description: Higher education leadership demographics contrast sharply with formulaic narratives of college campuses filled with gender and racial diversity, especially in intercollegiate athletics. Black women occupy only 2% of athletic director positions at ...

Title: What are the differences between effective and ineffective charter schools?
Author: Stone, Cedric
Date Created: 2010
Subjects--Topical: Educational evaluation
Description: ABSTRACTThis purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of the North Carolina charter schools. The variables were chosen based on the researcher's inference from literature reviews discussing common factors from qualitative charter...

Title: WHO I AM IN STEM: BEING AFRICAN AMERICAN, A COMMUNITY COLLEGE TRANSFER STUDENT, AND A STEM MAJOR
Author: Dounebaine, Yolanda
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Education, Higher, Science--Study and teaching, African Americans--Study and teaching, Ethnicity--Study and teaching
Description: This qualitative research study utilized the stories of ten African American community college STEM transfer students to explore STEM identity formation, the role race played in this identity formation, the educational experiences that influenced ...

Title: Vietnamese American College Students’ Racial/Ethnic Identity Development and Campus Engagement Experiences at a Predominantly White Institution (PWI)
Author: Nguyen, Nhu
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Education, Education, Higher, Area studies
Description: Prior studies on student engagement in U.S. higher education focused mainly on the experiences of Black and White students (Meyer, 2014). Southeast Asian American students also face challenges regarding engagement on campus. Due to the influence o...

Title: Understanding the Impact of Racism and Sexism on the Development of the Professional Identity of African American Women Principals
Author: Brown, Chrystal
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Educational leadership
Description: The purpose of this study is to understand the impact of racism and sexism in the development of the professional identity of African American women principals in public K-12 schools. African American women experience the principalship differently...

Title: USING THE MULTIMEDIA STRATEGIES OF LEARNER-GENERATED DRAWING AND PEER DISCUSSION TO RETAIN TERMINOLOGY IN SECONDARY EDUCATION SCIENCE CLASSROOMS
Author: Thomas, Drusilla
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: School management and organization
Description: DRUSILLA BREWINGTON THOMAS. Using the multimedia strategies of learner-generated drawing and peer discussion to retain terminology in secondary education science classrooms. (Under the direction of DR. REBECCA SHORE) Student mastery of the academi...

Title: USING THE MULTIMEDIA STRATEGIES OF LEARNER-GENERATED DRAWING AND PEER DISCUSSION TO RETAIN TERMINOLOGY IN MIDDLE SCHOOL SECONDARY EDUCATION SCIENCE CLASSROOMS
Author: Kasay, Theresa
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Educational leadership, Reading, Science--Study and teaching
Description: The purpose of this quantitative study was to compare and evaluate two types of vocabulary interventions using grade 9 physics vocabulary terms using two lists of 10 words. A quasi-experimental crossover research design was used to compare the two...

Title: UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT SELF-EFFICACY AND PERCEPTIONS OF VIRTUAL WORLD LEARNING EXPERIENCE
Author: Stanton, Lorraine
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Educational leadership, Educational technology
Description: Virtual worlds are innovative teaching and learning methods that can provide immersive and engaging learning experiences (Lu, 2010). Though they have potential benefits, students sometimes experience a steep learning curve and discomfort with the ...

Title: The effect of multiple interventions on freshman college student engagement and retention
Author: Lehmuller, Peter
Date Created: 2010
Subjects--Topical: Education, Higher
Description: College student retention has been widely studied in the past twenty five years, and institutions have developed numerous interventions aimed at improving student retention and persistence-to-degree. A number of theories have been promulgated to e...

Title: The Underperformance of Gifted Elementary School Students
Author: Chinnis, Kimberly
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Education, Gifted children--Education
Description: There is much concern regarding the underachievement of gifted students. Gifted students have the potential to make outstanding contributions to society. The present study analyzed the perceptions of teachers, principals, and one director of gifte...

Title: The Social Context of the Aeronautical Education Experience of Civilian, Commercial, and Military Pilots
Author: Walker, Taurean
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Adult education, Aerospace engineering, Education and state
Description: The purpose of this research is to explore the social context (the nature and cultural environment) of the aeronautical training experience of African-American civilian, commercial, and military pilots. This research highlights the challenges Afri...

Title: The Perceptions of Pre-Service Teachers on a Program Rooted in Multicultural Service Learning: A Case Study
Author: Perrow, Adam
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Education, Educational leadership, Teachers--Training of
Description: In response to diversifying classrooms, teacher education programs have focused efforts on multicultural service learning and culturally responsive teaching as mechanisms for delivering an orientation towards equity. Social justice teacher educati...

Title: The Influence of Teach for America on Algebra I Student Achievement
Author: Carroll, Curtis
Date Created: 2013
Subjects--Topical: Educational leadership
Description: This non-experimental study examined the influence of an initiative that High Risk School District (pseudonym) implemented to offset the effect of low student academic performance in low performing-schools. The study attempted to answer the follow...

Title: The Impact of Parental Involvement on the Literacy Achievement of Low-Income Pre-Kindergarten Students
Author: Williams, LaWanda
Date Created: 2010
Subjects--Topical: Educational leadership
Description: The focus of this correlational study was to determine whether and to what degree a statistical relationship exists between parental involvement and literacy achievement for pre-kindergarten students from poverty-stricken backgrounds. Secondarily,...

Title: The Effects of Prekindergarten on Kindergarten School Readiness as Measured by Reading Scores at Two Title I Schools
Author: Harris, Sharone
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Early childhood education
Description: This research study examined the effectiveness of prekindergarten (PK) on kindergarten school readiness. The parents or guardians of kindergarten students at two Title I schools located in an urban school district in the southeastern United States...

Title: The Effect of Intentionality on Leadership Development: A single-subject case study
Author: Bryant, Joel
Date Created: 2012
Subjects--Topical: Educational leadership
Description: The purpose of this single-subject case study was to examine the effect of intentionality on leadership development, employing the theoretical frameworks of Positive Organizational Scholarship and Multiple Realities. The two fundamental research q...

Title: The Development and Validation of an Intercultural Competencies Assessment Instrument for K-12 Educators
Author: Lynn, David
Date Created: 2023
Subjects--Topical: Educational tests and measurements, Education, School management and organization
Description: As schools adapt curriculum and learning environments to better prepare students for entry into an increasingly globalized society, cultivating intercultural competencies in K-12 in-service educators is of heightened importance. The purpose of thi...