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A QUALITATIVE MULTIPLE CASE STUDY EXPLORING HIGH-PERFORMING TEACHER AGENCY AND REFORM OF “LOW-PERFORMING” SCHOOLS IN NORTH CAROLINA
Title
A QUALITATIVE MULTIPLE CASE STUDY EXPLORING HIGH-PERFORMING TEACHER AGENCY AND REFORM OF “LOW-PERFORMING” SCHOOLS IN NORTH CAROLINA
Author
Kessler, William
Date Created
2023
Subjects--Topical
Education and state
Description
Since the early 1980s, American educational reformers tried to improve schools through standards, high-stakes tests, and punishments for those schools that failed to meet the mark. In North Carolina, many schools with diverse populations and low s...
An Examination of Elementary Math Anxiety, Self Efficacy, and Academic Achievement
Title
An Examination of Elementary Math Anxiety, Self Efficacy, and Academic Achievement
Author
McMillian, Kimberley
Date Created
2017
Subjects--Topical
Education, Education, Elementary
Description
The study aims to explore the level of suburban 5th grade students’ mathematics self-efficacy, math anxiety, and academic achievement, to discover the possible interconnections between these parameters. The measures used to evaluate each included ...
An exploration of blended learning in fifth grade literacy classrooms
Title
An exploration of blended learning in fifth grade literacy classrooms
Author
Ramadan, Kimberly
Date Created
2017
Subjects--Topical
Education, Elementary
Description
The development of the Internet allows for hybrid models of instruction that marry face-to-face and online learning (Osguthorpe & Graham, 2003). The purpose of this study was to explore blended learning and traditional instruction in three fifth g...
CASTLES, GENDER, AND CHILD CULTURE: A CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF MEDIA AND PLAY
Title
CASTLES, GENDER, AND CHILD CULTURE: A CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF MEDIA AND PLAY
Author
Montgomery, Shannon
Date Created
2018
Subjects--Topical
Education, Social sciences--Study and teaching
Description
This dissertation revealed two distinct types of castles which are marketed to boys and girls: Fortresses for boys are embedded with the masculine stereotypes of violence and active agents, and Palaces for girls imply domesticity, passivity, and a...
DEVELOPING A FRAMEWORK FOR THRESHOLD CONCEPTS IN ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICS METHODS COURSES
Title
DEVELOPING A FRAMEWORK FOR THRESHOLD CONCEPTS IN ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICS METHODS COURSES
Author
Glavich, Courtney
Date Created
2018
Subjects--Topical
Mathematics--Study and teaching, Education, Elementary, Teachers--Training of
Description
Teacher education programs have long sought to increase preservice teachers' competency through coursework that promotes content, pedagogical knowledge, and specialized forms of knowledge that interweave the two. Still, newly licensed teachers are...
“Sixth grade is too late”: A case study of diversity education for elementary grades
Title
“Sixth grade is too late”: A case study of diversity education for elementary grades
Author
Norwood, Jessica
Date Created
2020
Subjects--Topical
Multicultural education, Education, Elementary
Description
Recent high-profile events and rhetoric surrounding White supremacist ideology in conjunction with recent data about White Americans’ understanding of structural racism has illustrated the problematic nature of White Americans’ conceptions of race...