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- Title
- A Qualitative Interview-Based Study of the Experiences of Community College Disability Services Providers
- Author
- Nichols, Jennifer
- Date Created
- 2018
- Subjects--Topical
- Education, Education, Higher, Disability studies
- Description
- The purpose of this study is to explore and capture the experiences of disability services providers (DSP) within the community college setting as it relates to facilitating and coordinating accommodations for students with disabilities, collabora...
- Title
- An Investigation of Academic Resiliency among African-American Males in Secondary Schools
- Author
- Casey, Lee
- Date Created
- 2018
- Subjects--Topical
- Education, Educational leadership
- Description
- This non-experimental survey study investigated the relationship between the participants’ perception of the existence of resiliency-building strategies in schools and their levels of resilience and academic achievement. The study used a correlati...
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Principal Efficacy of Alternative Secondary and Traditional Secondary Principals
- Author
- Snyder, Elizabeth
- Date Created
- 2018
- Subjects--Topical
- Educational leadership
- Description
- Serving in North Carolina’s public alternative secondary schools can be a challenge for principals. Self-efficacy is the perceived judgment that one has the ability to execute a course of action to bring about a desired result. Using Albert Bander...
- Title
- STUDENT PERCEPTIONS OF THEIR PRINCIPAL PREPARATION
- Author
- Taylor, Timothy
- Date Created
- 2018
- Subjects--Topical
- Educational leadership
- Description
- Using causal-comparative research methodology, this study examined the effectiveness of higher education PK-12 principal preparation programs. Forty-nine graduate students in three principal preparation levels were surveyed about their perceptions...
- Title
- SUSPENSION RATES FOR STUDENTS OF COLOR IN RELATION TO THE PRESENCE OF SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS IN THREE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES
- Author
- McDonald, Tyrone
- Date Created
- 2018
- Subjects--Topical
- Educational leadership, School management and organization
- Description
- The purpose of this study was to examine the long-term and short-term suspension and expulsion rates for Black males, White males, Black females and White female students in grades K-12 in relation to the presence of school resource officers (SROs...
- Title
- Social Capital and Access to Higher Education: Barriers to Higher Education for African-American Women in the Rural South
- Author
- Barber, Stacey
- Date Created
- 2018
- Subjects--Topical
- Educational leadership
- Description
- The researcher conducted a qualitative interview study that identified barriers to higher education experienced by African-American women living in the rural South. The research questions were (1) What is the role of social capital in the accessib...
- Title
- Student Success in a Large-Size Hybrid Learning Course - A Study of Student Backgrounds, Online Video Quizzes, and Persistence
- Author
- Park, Enoch
- Date Created
- 2018
- Subjects--Topical
- Educational leadership
- Description
- The purpose of this study was to identify and examine the potential factors that could predict college students' success in a large-size undergraduate hybrid learning course, offered in a southeastern public university.Based on a review of the exi...
- Title
- THE EFFECTS OF BLENDED LEARNING ON STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, INTERACTION LEVELS, AND ONLINE READINESS SKILLS IN THE HIGH SCHOOL SOCIAL STUDIES CLASSROOM
- Author
- Rinehardt-Cline, Michelle
- Date Created
- 2018
- Subjects--Topical
- Educational leadership, Educational technology
- Description
- ABSTRACTMICHELLE RINEHARDT-CLINE THE EFFECTS OF BLENDED LEARNING ON STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, INTERACTION LEVELS, AND ONLINE READINESS SKILLS IN THE HIGH SCHOOL SOCIAL STUDIES CLASSROOM (Under the direction of DR. JIM BIRD) The purpose of this experime...
- Title
- THE IMPACT OF SENSE OF BELONGING INTERVENTIONS ON SOCIAL INTEGRATION AT A SMALL, PRIVATE INSTITUTION
- Author
- Perrell, Amber
- Date Created
- 2018
- Subjects--Topical
- Education, Higher
- Description
- Higher education institutions continue to struggle with encouraging retention for first-year students. Prior research has shown that establishing social integration during the first-year of college is a crucial component of a successful transition...
- 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
- 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...