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- Title
- "I can, but I can't": Kindergarten teacher perceptions of self-efficacy and agency in their use of formative assessment in the current high-stakes accountability climate
- Author
- Ferrara, Angela
- Date Created
- 2020
- Subjects--Topical
- Early childhood education, Education and state, Ethnology
- Description
- Early childhood formative assessment (FA) is a process by which teachers gather data about their students’ knowledge and skills across the five domains of early childhood development in order to scaffold and support their students’ unique learning...
- Title
- A Case Study of the Strategic Staffing Initiative Used In Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
- Author
- March, Kendra
- Date Created
- 2013
- Subjects--Topical
- Educational leadership
- Description
- Accountability standards challenge schools to provide quality education for all students and to ensure that all students are on grade level by the end of the school year. If schools fall short of this challenge failing to make at least one year of...
- Title
- A Study of the Effects of School Choice on Student Achievement
- Author
- Crawford, Jamal
- Date Created
- 2013
- Subjects--Topical
- Educational leadership, Education and state, Educational sociology
- Description
- No Child Left Behind (NCLB), the 2002 reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) of 1965, was the signature education legislation of the George W. Bush administration. NCLB was but the latest evolution of at least two pre...
- Title
- AN INVESTIGATION OF THE SUCCESS OF ORGANIZATIONS INVOLVED IN COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT INITIATIVES
- Author
- Foreman, Brian
- Date Created
- 2010
- Subjects--Topical
- Educational leadership, Organizational sociology
- Description
- ABSTRACTBRIAN KEITH FOREMAN. An investigation of the success of organizations involved in community engagement initiatives. (Under the direction of DR. DAVID M. DUNAWAY)Organizations seeking to invest human and financial resources in community-bui...
- Title
- An Evaluation of Best Practices in Online Continuing Theological Education
- Author
- Raybon, Stephen
- Date Created
- 2012
- Subjects--Topical
- Educational evaluation, Continuing education, Religious education
- Description
- ABSTRACTSTEPHEN PAUL RAYBON An evaluation of best practices in online continuing theological education (Under the direction of JOHN A. GRETES) The principle purpose of this mixed methods case study was to evaluate the extent to which a wholly onli...
- Title
- An Exploration of Factors Impacting Professional Identity Among Master’s Level Counseling Students
- Author
- McMullen, James
- Date Created
- 2016
- Subjects--Topical
- Educational counseling, Counseling psychology, Education, Higher
- Description
- The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships between program track, clinical experience, and supervisory relationship of counselors-in-training and their professional identity defined as counseling philosophy, beliefs about the profe...
- Title
- CONFIGURATION OF APPLICATION PERMISSIONS WITH CONTEXTUAL ACCESS CONTROL
- Author
- Besmer, Andrew
- Date Created
- 2013
- Subjects--Topical
- Information technology
- Description
- Users are burdened with the task of configuring access control policies on many different application platforms used by mobile devices and social network sites. Many of these platforms employ access control mechanisms to configure application perm...
- Title
- COOPERATING TEACHERS’ TRAINING, CHALLENGES, AND PERCEIVED READINESS TO HOST STUDENT TEACHERS
- Author
- Moody, Erica
- Date Created
- 2020
- Subjects--Topical
- Educational leadership
- Description
- The student teaching experience is one that is typically filled with a wide range of triumphs and challenges, and novice student teachers (STs) tend to rely heavily on their Cooperating Teachers (CTs) to help navigate the experience. CTs have a st...
- Title
- DEVELOPING AND VALIDATING A NEW INSTRUMENT TO MEASURE THE SELF-EFFICACY OF ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICS TEACHERS
- Author
- McGee, Jennifer
- Date Created
- 2012
- Subjects--Topical
- Mathematics--Study and teaching, Educational psychology, Educational tests and measurements
- Description
- The purpose of this study was the development and validation of an instrument to measure the self-efficacy of elementary mathematics teachers. Self-efficacy, as defined by Bandura, was the theoretical framework for the development of the instrumen...
- Title
- EXPERIENCES OF INDIVIDUALS WHO MAINTAIN ABSTINENCE FROM MOOD ALTERING SUBSTANCES USING SELF-DIRECTED, COGNITIVE-BASED RECOVERY SUPPORT GROUPS
- Author
- Kitzinger, Robert
- Date Created
- 2013
- Subjects--Topical
- Counseling psychology
- Description
- ABSTRACTROBERT HENRY KITZINGER, JR. Experiences of individuals who maintain abstinence from mood altering substances using self-directed, cognitive-based recovery support groups. (Under the direction of DR. PAMELA S. LASSITER) The purpose of this ...
- Title
- Examining Healthcare Utilization Patterns, School Attendance, Behavior, and Academic Performance Among School-aged Children Identified as Homeless
- Author
- Brooks Nelson, Ellissa
- Date Created
- 2016
- Subjects--Topical
- Education, Medical sciences
- Description
- There is little research on healthcare utilization patterns, attendance, academic performance, and behavior among school-aged children experiencing homelessness examined by homelessness type. The McKinney-Vento Homelessness Assistance Act (Pub. L....
- Title
- Experiencing the crux of agency and structure in urban education: On becoming a teacher educator
- Author
- Salyers, Bethany
- Date Created
- 2011
- Subjects--Topical
- Education, Education, Higher, Teachers--Training of
- Description
- This research seeks to understand the experience of agency among those being prepared to be teacher educators and education scholars. It investigates how doctoral students negotiate their agency when they discover a difference between the promise ...
- Title
- Exploring Secondary Classroom Engagement in Mathematics
- Author
- Cline, Jessica
- Date Created
- 2022
- Subjects--Topical
- Education, Mathematics, Education, Secondary
- Description
- The term engagement appears in teacher effectiveness models as well as state and federal legislation, including the most recent reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Schools Act of 1965 (ESEA), known as the Every Student Succeeds Act (ES...
- Title
- Exploring the Effects of a Daily Audio-Guided Mindfulness Intervention for Teachers
- Author
- Parsons, Elizabeth
- Date Created
- 2023
- Subjects--Topical
- Educational leadership
- Description
- Teachers are experiencing high levels of stress resulting in higher attrition rates that are impacting student achievement and placing considerable burdens on schools. The practice of mindfulness in the classroom may be a way to help teachers cope...
- Title
- Filling the Void: Exploring Predictors of African American Beginning Teacher Retention
- Author
- Hopper, Eugenia
- Date Created
- 2018
- Subjects--Topical
- Education, Educational leadership, African Americans--Study and teaching, Ethnicity--Study and teaching
- Description
- African American teachers make up only about 7% of teachers in the United States, while African American students make up 16% of the public school population. Unfortunately, African American teachers leave teaching at almost a 60% higher rate when...
- Title
- NEIGHBORHOOD CONDITIONS IN RELATION TO ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS
- Author
- Zuo, Huifang
- Date Created
- 2017
- Subjects--Topical
- Education
- Description
- In the United States, the academic achievement gap between European American and African American students has been identified as one of the major problems related to educational equity. Students’ academic achievement has been largely examined fro...
- Title
- Perceptions of Resiliency and Success in an American Community College: A Case Study of Five Transnational Students
- Author
- Classens, Nachette
- Date Created
- 2014
- Subjects--Topical
- Educational leadership, Adult education
- Description
- This dissertation examines five transnational students' views of their academic experiences in an American community college. The investigation contributes to the existing literature that illuminates the trends and conditions in which transnationa...
- 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
- SCHOOLING CONTEXTS AND ACHIEVEMENT: EXPLORING RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN SCHOOL COMPOSITION AND NORTH CAROLINA END OF GRADE READING TEST SCORES OF HISPANIC THIRD GRADERS
- Author
- Bowden, Kendra
- Date Created
- 2010
- Subjects--Topical
- Reading, Educational tests and measurements
- Description
- Nationally, Hispanic achievement lags behind non-Hispanic peers in reading proficiency scores. The gap in achievement persists through subsequent grade levels for Black, Hispanic, and poor students of all races. Current school environments present...
- Title
- STUDENT PERCEPTIONS OF COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATION TOOLS IN ONLINE LEARNING: HELPFULNESS AND EFFECTS ON TEACHING, SOCIAL, AND COGNITIVE PRESENCE
- Author
- Salloum, Sara
- Date Created
- 2011
- Subjects--Topical
- Education, Education, Higher, Educational technology
- Description
- Distance learning continues to be used in the context of teacher training in special education. Distance learning is experienced through computer-mediated communication (CMC) tools via the Internet, or online learning. Little research has been don...