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Title: A partial posterior p value test for multilevel mediation
Author: Cox, Kyle, Kelcey, Benjamin
Date Created: 2023
Subjects--Topical: Statistics, Mathematics
Description: A variety of inferential tests are available for single and multilevel mediation but most come with notable limitations that balance tradeoffs between power and Type I error. We extend the partial posterior p value method (p3 method) to test multi...

Title: Does ‘Working After Work’ Affect Teachers’ Confidence? Examining Teacher Efficacy in a Professional Development Program
Author: Gartlan, Scott
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Educational evaluation, Teachers--Training of
Description: This study examined the relationship between teacher efficacy and professional development among in-service K-12 teachers. A content-rich teacher professional development program was analyzed over the course of two years using a sequential explana...

Title: FROM ROOTS TO STAR TREK: A CASE STUDY ON SUCCESSFUL PERSISTENCE OF AFRICAN AMERICAN MALE ENGINEERING MAJORS
Author: McGee, Marquis
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Engineering, Education, Higher, African Americans--Study and teaching, Ethnicity--Study and teaching
Description: The United States is competing on a global level for jobs in the STEM fields but retention and graduation rates in the engineering disciplines are lower than desired. African American males make up 5 % of the population of American colleges and un...

Title: Providing Equal Access to English Learners in Educational Settings
Author: Gezer, Tuba
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Educational tests and measurements
Description: This three-article format dissertation examined fairness in testing English Learners (EL) in K-12 schools in the United States (US). In the first article, a meta-analysis was conducted to summarize EL computer-based testing (CBT) accommodations re...

Title: Psychosocial Adjustment and Intentions to Persist for Transfer Students in the Psychology Major at a Four-Year Urban Research Institution
Author: OReilly, Elaine
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Education, Higher, Psychology
Description: This study examined factors related to the psychosocial adjustment and intentions to persist of transfer students in the psychology major at a large urban research institution in the southeastern United States. Psychosocial adjustment was operatio...

Title: RENEGOTIATING IDENTITY: UNDERSTANDING THE COMMUNICATIVE NEGOTIATION OF COMMUNITY COLLEGE TRANSFER STUDENT IDENTITIES
Author: Stamper, Brandy
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Education, Higher
Description: Literature on community college (CC) students transferring to four-year institutions sufficiently addresses aspects of pre-transfer success indicators, transfer process barriers, and post-transfer outcomes. Yet, research frameworks in post-transfe...

Title: Persistence of Engineering Transfer Students: Identifying Student-Influenced and Institution-Influenced Academic Success Factors
Author: Green, Courtney
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Education, Higher, Engineering
Description: COURTNEY SUSANNE GREEN. Persistence of Engineering Transfer Students: Identifying Student-Influenced and Institution-Influenced Academic Success Factors. (Under the direction of DRS. SANDRA DIKA AND XIAOXIA NEWTON) This correlational study utilize...

Title: A Comparison of Developmental Mathematics Sequences at a North Carolina Community College Using a Markov Chain Model
Author: Peeler, Matthew
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Mathematics--Study and teaching, Community colleges--Study and teaching, Educational evaluation
Description: This study compares students at a North Carolina community college taking a course-based developmental mathematics sequence to students taking a new, module-based emporium method developmental mathematics sequence using a Markov chain model to com...

Title: A Confirmatory Factor Analysis of a Measure of Preservice Teacher Knowledge, Skills and Dispositions
Author: Ellison, Antoinette
Date Created: 2009
Subjects--Topical: Teachers--Training of, Educational tests and measurements
Description: Recent literature on school improvement indicates that teacher quality has a large impact on student learning (Aaronson, Barrow, & Sander, 2007; Rivkin, Hanushek & Kane, 2005; Hanushek, Kane, O'Brien, & Rivkin, (2005); Nye, Konstantopoulos, Hedges...

Title: A Cultural Wealth Perspective on Success and Persistence in Engineering for Black and Latino Students: Exploring Interactions with Faculty and Other Institutional Agents
Author: Foxx, Krystal
Date Created: 2014
Subjects--Topical: Engineering, Education
Description: Using Yosso's (2005) community cultural wealth (CCW) framework, this qualitative case study (conducted through a federally-funded grant) explored the experiences of eight Black and Latino successful engineering students at a Southeastern universit...

Title: A Delphi-Based Investigation on Principal Preparedness for Managing School Finance
Author: Christian, Arthur
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Management, Education--Finance
Description: Background. Research on principal preparedness for managing school finance is limited. Grounded in theory, principal preparation programs are wifout practical exercises for leadership readiness on budgets and finance. On its face, this topic is he...

Title: A CASE STUDY OF THE ENGLISH SECOND LANGUAGE PROGRAMS OF A NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL DISTRICT
Author: Harris, Letitia
Date Created: 2010
Subjects--Topical: English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers
Description: As the United States struggles with issues regarding the rapidly increasing immigrant population, so do public schools struggle with providing the youth of this non-English speaking population a quality education. Because of the requirements and s...

Title: CURRENT GRADING PRACTICES OF SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS IN THE CORE CONTENT AREAS: WHAT DO GRADES MEAN?
Author: McLean, Nathan
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Education, Education, Secondary
Description: Using survey research methodology, the study investigates assessment and grading practices of secondary school teachers. A total of 248 teachers in the Piedmont and coastal regions of North Carolina completed a web-based survey examining academic ...

Title: COMMUNITY COLLEGE PLACEMENT: HOW EMERGING POLICY AND PRACTICE RELATE TO SUCCESS AND PERSISTENCE
Author: Helget, Donna
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Education, Higher
Description: The purpose of this quantitative study was to examine whether the method of course placement for the first attempted English and mathematics courses was independent of the student demographic variables of gender, race/ethnicity, and Pell Grant eli...

Title: COMMUNITY COLLEGE FACULTY PERCEPTION OF PREPAREDNESS TO TEACH ONLINE
Author: Vang, Kao
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Community colleges--Study and teaching, Instructional systems--Design
Description: Faculty competencies required to teach online have been examined in university settings but there is limited research focusing on community colleges. This study examined 101 community college faculty’s perceptions on their preparedness to teach on...

Title: A Multiple Case Study on the Lived Experiences of Five Upper Elementary School Teachers Who Transitioned from Traditional Grading Practices to Standards-Based Grading Practices
Author: Frazier, Meghan
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Education
Description: Through a qualitative multiple case study, the researcher’s goal in conducting this study was to investigate and understand the experiences of five upper elementary teachers in grades three through five who transitioned from traditional grading pr...

Title: African American Male Former Student Athletes' Perceptions of their Academic Experiences and Faculty Expectations of their Coursework at Predominantly White Institutions
Author: Chaplin III, Nathan
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Social sciences--Study and teaching
Description: This qualitative phenomenological study investigated the academic experience of African American (AA) male student athletes based on the recollected narratives of nine former student athletes who had played sports at a National Collegiate Athletic...

Title: AFRICAN-AMERICAN MALES: DO THEY PERFORM BETTER ON STANDARDIZED READING AND MATHEMATICS TESTS IN TITLE I ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS OR NON-TITLE I ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS?
Author: Anderson, Sony
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Education
Description: African-American males continue to slip through the cracks of the Education System in America. McSpadden McNeil et al. (2008) report that district officials continue to focus on school scores as if they are the only way to assess student progress....

Title: A LEGAL ANALYSIS OF CYBERBULLYING WITH SEXTING CASES
Author: Ayers, Dana
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Law
Description: The misuse of social media and technology is an emerging threat to adolescents. The court systems are being forced to address the legality and fine line of social media use and the First Amendment rights of those involved. This research study is a...

Title: Adequacy Post- Rose v. Council for Better Education in Kentucky Public School Facilities: A Case Study
Author: Wilson, Caroline
Date Created: 2013
Subjects--Topical: Education, Education--Finance, Law
Description: The decision in the 1989 landmark Kentucky case, Rose v. Council for Better Education, initiated many reforms to ensure that children have access to an adequate education, including funding new construction and renovations for school facilities. T...