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- 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 Phenomenological Study of the Influence of Masculinity on Peer Accountability in Fraternities
- Author
- Knight, Shawn
- Date Created
- 2024
- Subjects--Topical
- Education, Higher, Education, Higher--Administration
- Description
- The purpose of this study was to explore the impact of the social construct of masculinity on the experiences fraternity members had with accountability. This study focused on the methods fraternities used to hold their members accountable, how th...
- Title
- Academic self-efficacy among students enrolled in developmental education: The role of social modeling
- Author
- DeAngelis, Kristin
- Date Created
- 2014
- Subjects--Topical
- Educational psychology, Adult education, Instructional systems--Design
- Description
- Students in developmental education face three types of barriers: institutional, situational, and affective. Current interventions focus on addressing institutional barriers; however, continuing low success and retention rates indicate a need for ...
- 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
- Culturally and Linguistically Complex Classrooms, In-Service Professional Development, and the Mediation of Mainstream Elementary School Teachers' Professional Subjectivities in the North Carolina Piedmont
- Author
- Siefert, Barbara
- Date Created
- 2013
- Subjects--Topical
- Multicultural education, Education, English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers, Career development
- Description
- This dissertation study employed participatory methods of qualitative inquiry to understand how, in the setting of the North Carolina piedmont, a district-initiated multi-tiered professional development program mediated mainstream elementary schoo...
- Title
- Does the Physical Active Learning Classroom Matter? Faculty Experiences Practicing Active Learning During an Era of Rapid Transformation in Higher Education
- Author
- Keith-Le, Julie
- Date Created
- 2023
- Subjects--Topical
- Education, Higher--Administration, Educational technology, Instructional systems--Design
- Description
- Student-centered active learning strategies have been found to have a positive impact on student learning outcomes when compared to courses using traditional lecture methods in higher education. The practice of active learning is strongly linked t...
- Title
- EXPLORING FACULTY PERCEPTIONS OF ACTIVE AND COLLABORATIVE LEARNING IN ONE COMMUNITY COLLEGE’S BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCE DEPARTMENT
- Author
- Moore, Stacy
- Date Created
- 2023
- Subjects--Topical
- Education, Higher, Social sciences
- Description
- Behavioral and Social Science (BSS) classes provide students with understandings of human behaviors, motivations, and actions that are crucial to confronting both social and personal problems. Moreover, most community college degrees require that ...
- Title
- EXPLORING THE PERCEPTIONS OF AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN ON HOW DIVERSITY TRAINING HAS IMPACTED THEIR UPWARD MOBILITY INTO SENIOR LEADERSHIP
- Author
- Crews, William
- Date Created
- 2016
- Subjects--Topical
- Sex role
- Description
- ABSTRACTWILLIAM E. CREWS. Exploring the perceptions of African American women on how diversity training has impacted their upward mobility into senior leadership. (Under the direction of Dr. LISA R. MERRIWEATHER)The purpose of the present study wa...
- Title
- First Year Residential Tradtional-aged College Students' First Semester Experience and it's impact on Social Identity
- Author
- Douglas, Niesha
- Date Created
- 2014
- Subjects--Topical
- Education, Education, Higher
- Description
- ABSTRACTNIESHA CHARISSE DOUGLAS. First year residential traditional aged college students' first semester experience and its impact on their social identity. (Under the direction of DR. LISA R. MERRIWEATHER)The needs of our society are not met whe...
- Title
- Into the Figured Worlds of First Grade Teachers: Perceptions and Enactments of Instructional Grouping and Differentiation for English Learners in New South Classroom Contexts
- Author
- Plaisance, Michelle
- Date Created
- 2014
- Subjects--Topical
- Teachers--Training of, Reading, English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers
- Description
- The seven-month participatory qualitative inquiry (Emerson, Fretz, & Shaw, 2011) explored how a first grade team in a metro Charlotte elementary school perceived and enacted instructional grouping and differentiation for English Learners within a ...
- Title
- Journeys Into the K-12 Classroom: Latina Teachers' Narratives of Becoming
- Author
- Reid, Alicia
- Date Created
- 2021
- Subjects--Topical
- Education
- Description
- A Project in Humanizing Inquiry (San Pedro & Kinloch, 2017), this qualitative dissertation study combined in-depth interview with a LatCrit framework to story the journeys of three Latinas into teaching. Data analysis underscored the layered racia...
- Title
- Motivators of Adult Women Enrolled in a Community College
- Author
- Johnston, Connie
- Date Created
- 2010
- Subjects--Topical
- Women's studies, Community colleges--Study and teaching, Adult education
- Description
- The goal of this study was to describe what motivates adult women enrolled in a community college to pursue higher education. Utilizing profile analysis and multiple regression analyses, this study investigated the extent to which gender, English ...
- 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
- 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
- The Association of Frequency of Utilizing Student Services with Student Success at a Community College
- Author
- Kendra-Dill, Zachary
- Date Created
- 2021
- Subjects--Topical
- Education, Higher
- Description
- As colleges work to meet performance standards, staff have been placed in key service areas to help students be successful. With the majority of the seven million community college students attending part-time, needing developmental education, and...
- 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 ...