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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: Algebraic Thinking of Sixth Graders Through the Lens of Multimodality
Author: Lentz, Ute
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Mathematics--Study and teaching
Description: This study explores ways in which sixth graders without prior formal algebra instruction attempt to generalize algebraic growing patterns. In a teaching experiment setting, two pairs of students solved the growing pattern tasks while having access...

Title: Building a Computing Identity: The Role of Middle School Computer Science Courses in Igniting Student Interest to Consider a Career in Software Development
Author: Gann-Carroll, Susan
Date Created: 2023
Subjects--Topical: Education, Computer science
Description: The purpose of this study was to understand whether students who took computer science courses in a prescribed sequence during middle school developed a strong enough computing identity to show an interest in continuing to take computing courses i...

Title: Challenges Faced by African International Students at a Metropolitan Research University: A Phenomenological Case Study
Author: Evivie, Loretta
Date Created: 2009
Subjects--Topical: Education, Higher, History
Description: The number of international students coming to the United States has increased from 48,486 in 1959-1960 to 623,805 in the 2007-2008 academic years (Open Doors, 2008). These students contributed $15.5 billion to the United States economy, making ed...

Title: Character Education in Print: Content Analysis of Character Education in Introduction to Education Textbooks
Author: Protz, Babette
Date Created: 2013
Subjects--Topical: Education
Description: Albert Einstein is credited with saying that the most important component of education is the development of students' character. While debate exists as to the delivery of character education in the public schools, it must be recognized that not a...

Title: Comparing Effects of Two Grouping Conditions to Teach Algebraic Problem-Solving to Students with Mild Disabilities in Inclusive Settings
Author: Harris, Amber
Date Created: 2009
Subjects--Topical: Special education, Mathematics
Description: This study compared two grouping conditions (Direct Instruction vs. an instructional package containing Direct Instruction, Peer Assisted Learning Strategies, and self-monitoring) on 6th and 7th grade special education students' abilities to solve...

Title: DIFFERENT APPROACH, DIFFERENT RESULTS: A STUDY OF MASTERY LEARNING INSTRUCTION IN A DEVELOPMENTAL READING CLASS AT AN URBAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Author: Hill-Miller, Patricia
Date Created: 2011
Subjects--Topical: Reading, Adult education
Description: ABSTRACTPATRICIA L. HILL-MILLER. Different approach, different results: A study of mastery learning instruction in a developmental reading class at an urban community college. (Under the direction of DR. ROBERT RICKELMAN) Mastery learning is an in...

Title: Designing for High School Students’ Ethical Mathematics Consciousness in an Introductory Data Science Course
Author: Register, Jordan
Date Created: 2023
Subjects--Topical: Mathematics--Study and teaching, Ethics, Science--Study and teaching
Description: The increased reliance on Big Data Analytics (BDA) in society, politics, policy, and industry has catalyzed conversations related to the need for promoting ethical reasoning and decision-making in the mathematical sciences. While the majority of p...

Title: ENGAGING DEVELOPMENTAL MATHEMATICS STUDENTS IN PROBLEM POSING
Author: Sevier, John
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Mathematics--Study and teaching
Description: This study examines the impact of problem posing on developmental mathematics students. Currently, students enter post-secondary institutions underprepared for college mathematics and are required to take developmental mathematics courses. Given t...

Title: Effects of Concrete-Representational-Abstract Sequence of Instruction on Solving Equations using Inverse Operations with High School Students with Mild Intellectual Disability
Author: Cease-Cook, Jennifer
Date Created: 2013
Subjects--Topical: Special education, Education
Description: This study used a multiple probe across participants design to examine the effects of concrete-representational-abstract sequence of instruction on solving equations using inverse operations with high school students with mild intellectual disabil...

Title: Experiences and Perceptions of Professional Development Facilitators In a Job-Embedded School Initiative
Author: Mashariki, Kaia
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Education, Teachers--Training of, Adult education
Description: Recent legislation and accountability efforts in K-12 schools have increased the need to support and maintain high-quality teachers through enhanced professional development and teacher training efforts. As districts and schools seek new and innov...

Title: HIGHER EDUCATION ACCESS GAP: LOTTERY-BASED MODEL FOR MITIGATING POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION ACCESS-GAP IN NORTH CAROLINA
Author: Gamble, Eric
Date Created: 2011
Subjects--Topical: Education, Higher, Education and state, Education--Finance
Description: The rising cost of obtaining tertiary education threatens the educational dreams of thousands of North Carolina students and creates an educational access-gap between low- and high-income students. Although there are various needs-based state and ...

Title: LARGE-SCALE SPATIOTEMPORAL MODELING OF URBAN GROWTH WITH CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE: A SURROGATE-BASED APPROACH
Author: Feng, Wenpeng
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Geography
Description: Spatiotemporal simulations can provide critical insights to understand the underlying mechanisms of complex geographic phenomena. Therefore, spatiotemporal simulations play a vitally important role in solving the global geographic problems such as...

Title: PREPARING HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS FOR SUCCESS IN ADVANCED PLACEMENT STATISTICS: AN INVESTIGATION OF PEDAGOGIES AND STRATEGIES USED IN AN ONLINE ADVANCED PLACEMENT STATISTICS COURSE
Author: Potter III, James
Date Created: 2012
Subjects--Topical: Mathematics--Study and teaching, Educational leadership, Educational technology
Description: ABSTRACTJAMES THOMSON POTTER III. Preparing high school students for success in advanced placement statistics: an investigation of pedagogies and strategies used in an online advanced placement statistics course.(Under the direction of DR. RICH LA...

Title: START: Supporting, Training, And Retaining Teachers
Author: Davis II, James
Date Created: 2010
Subjects--Topical: Educational leadership
Description: The literature on teacher retention is abundant, yet the focus on new teachers themselves is limited. This research study provides a detailed description of what beginning teachers reported made them want to stay at one middle school with a 100% t...

Title: Should I Stay or Should I Go? Stress, Coping, and Retention among Novice Teachers
Author: Fisher, Molly
Date Created: 2009
Subjects--Topical: Mathematics--Study and teaching, Education, Education, Secondary
Description: There are many factors that lead to stress and burnout of teachers that ultimately result in up to half of teachers leaving the profession before their sixth year of experience. This study is a mixed-method approach to the problem that began with ...

Title: Students' Conceptual Knowledge of Limits in Calculus: A Two-Part Constructivist Case Study
Author: Adams, Margaret
Date Created: 2013
Subjects--Topical: Mathematics--Study and teaching, Educational psychology, Adult education
Description: This case study investigated students' conceptual knowledge of limits in calculus by implementing semi-structured interviews. The constructivist learning principles of Piaget and Inhelder as well as theories of understanding by Skemp guided the st...

Title: Students' Understanding of Quadratic Functions: A Multiple Case Study
Author: Sevim, Volkan
Date Created: 2011
Subjects--Topical: Mathematics--Study and teaching
Description: The purpose of this study was to explore how individual students understand various aspects of quadratic functions such as quadratic growth, quadratic correspondence, quadratic graphs, vertex points, x-intercepts, y-intercept, line of symmetry, pa...

Title: Teacher Self-Efficacy and Student Learning: A Case Study of the Implementation of Common Core State Standards in Mathematics in a Parochial Middle School
Author: Mazze, Candace
Date Created: 2013
Subjects--Topical: Middle school education, Education, Mathematics
Description: ABSTRACTCANDACE ELIZABETH MAZZE. Teacher self-efficacy and student learning: a case study of the implementation of Common Core State Standards in Mathematics in a parochial middle school (Under the direction of DR. COREY R. LOCK)In response to US ...

Title: The Relationship of Learning Communities to Engineering Students' Perceptions of the Freshman Year Experience, Academic Performance, and Persistence
Author: Tolley, Patricia
Date Created: 2009
Subjects--Topical: Engineering, Mathematics--Study and teaching, Curriculum planning
Description: The purpose of this correlational study was to examine the effects of a residential learning community and enrollment in an introductory engineering course to engineering students' perceptions of the freshman year experience, academic performance,...