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- Title
- A QUALITATIVE STUDY OF DIVISION I STUDENT-ATHLETES’ACADEMIC AND SOCIAL EXPERIENCES
- Author
- Lewis, Daryl
- Date Created
- 2020
- Subjects--Topical
- Educational leadership, Sports administration
- Description
- This study looks at the experience’s student-athletes believe to have contributed to their academic success. The researcher used the four areas of Tinto’s (1993) Longitudinal Model of Institutional Departure as a framework to determine the role th...
- Title
- Aspirations of Community College Associate of Applied Science Students: A Qualitative Analysis With Implications for Measuring Outcomes
- Author
- Smith , Steven
- Date Created
- 2023
- Subjects--Topical
- Educational leadership, Education, Higher, Education, Higher--Administration
- Description
- This study used an in-depth qualitative multi-interview approach to explore the lived experience of associate in applied science (AAS) students at a community college in North Carolina. The purpose of this study is to explore the aspirations of co...
- Title
- DACA Recipients Narratives: Pursuing Noncredit Occupational Training
- Author
- Gardner, Andrew
- Date Created
- 2021
- Subjects--Topical
- Education, Higher
- Description
- This adapted in-depth qualitative interview study explored and documented the lived experiences of four DACA recipients that pursued noncredit occupational training opportunities at a community college in North Carolina. The purpose was to underst...
- Title
- EFFECTS OF A CULTURALLY RELEVANT PEER-DELIVERED COMPUTER-ASSISTED INTERVENTION ON ACADEMIC VOCABULARY ACQUISITION AND GENERALIZATION OF LATINO ENGLISH LEARNERS WITH DISABILITIES
- Author
- Anderson, Adrienne
- Date Created
- 2014
- Subjects--Topical
- Special education
- Description
- A multiple probe across participants design was used to examine the effects of a culturally relevant peer-delivered computer-assisted vocabulary instruction on the academic vocabulary acquisition and generalization of Latino English learners with ...
- Title
- EFFECTS OF SHORT-TERM, STRUCTURED TEACHER TRAINING IN ACTIVE READING ON LANGUAGE AND READING OUTCOMES OF STUDENTS AT RISK AND NOT AT RISK FOR READING FAILURE, TEACHER IMPLEMENTATION OF ACTIVE READING, AND TEACHER PERCEPTIONS OF READ ALOUD PRACTICES.
- Author
- Cleaver, Samantha
- Date Created
- 2018
- Subjects--Topical
- Special education, Education, Elementary, Reading
- Description
- The current study evaluated the effects of short-term, structured teacher training in Active Reading on student outcomes in listening comprehension, reading comprehension, and vocabulary. Active Reading is an approach to whole group read aloud tha...
- Title
- EXPLORING THE ROLE OF SCHOOL LEADERSHIP IN IMPROVING EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS AT ONE URBAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
- Author
- Morgan, Jonimay
- Date Created
- 2020
- Subjects--Topical
- English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers
- Description
- Beginning with the Lau decision (Sugarman & Widess, 1974), it has been the responsibility of schools to provide educational support to English Language Learners (ELL). However, as elucidated by Hakuta (2017), educators continually struggle to supp...
- Title
- From Early College to the University: A Case Study Exploring First-Semester Experiences
- Author
- Smith, Bradley
- Date Created
- 2019
- Subjects--Topical
- Education, Higher
- Description
- This single case study explored the first-semester experiences of twelve early college high school (ECHS) graduates as they transitioned to a large, public university in North Carolina. The purpose was to understand how early college graduates mad...
- Title
- HOLDING OUT FOR A HÉROE: A BOOK CLUB STUDY OF RURAL MIDDLE SCHOOL LATINAS
- Author
- Dymes, Laurie
- Date Created
- 2020
- Subjects--Topical
- Middle school education, Reading, Instructional systems--Design
- Description
- Literacy provides people with intellectual tools to question, challenge, understand, disagree, and arrive at informed perspectives and is a reflection of cultural values and meaning-making for adolescents within their community. By understanding t...
- Title
- INTEGRATION AND PERSISTENCE OF INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS IN A U.S. PRIVATE FOUR-YEAR INSTITUTION: A QUALITATIVE CASE STUDY
- Author
- ADEWALE, TITILOLA
- Date Created
- 2015
- Subjects--Topical
- Multicultural education, Education, Higher--Administration, Education, Higher
- Description
- ABSTRACTTITILOLA OLUWATOSIN ADEWALE. Integration and persistence of international students in a U.S. private 4-year institution: A qualitative case study. (Under the direction of DR. MARK D’AMICO)Globalization has resulted in the rapid mobility of...
- Title
- Incidents In The Life Of A Cyber Girl: Exploring Instagram As A Potential Counterspace For Black Girls’ Literacy Practices
- Author
- Anderson, Jimmeka
- Date Created
- 2022
- Subjects--Topical
- Educational technology, Ethnicity--Study and teaching, African Americans--Study and teaching, Curriculum planning
- Description
- Although research has been done to explore social media as a safe space with Black girls (Womack, 2013), there is limited research that assesses social media as a counter space for Black girls’ literacies. According to The Associated Press-NORC Ce...
- Title
- Learning from Testimonios about Equity in Educational Leadership: Experiences of Latinx Public School Administrators in North Carolina
- Author
- Bryson-Evans, Cassie
- Date Created
- 2023
- Subjects--Topical
- Educational leadership
- Description
- CASSIE BRYSON-EVANS. Learning from Testimonios about Equity in Educational Leadership: Experiences of Latinx Public School Administrators in North Carolina. (Under the direction of DR. WALTER HART). The significance of this study was its ability t...
- Title
- Meeting the Literacy Needs of English Language Learners: A Case Study of the Responsiveness of District and School Reform Efforts in a North Carolina School District
- Author
- Sims, Timothy
- Date Created
- 2014
- Subjects--Topical
- English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers
- Description
- In response to increased focus on English Language Learners (ELLs), districts and schools have attempted to impact the academic performance of this group by engaging in improvement processes intended to increase achievement. The purpose of this st...
- Title
- Understanding the Experience: Latinx Transfer Students From the Appalachian Region
- Author
- Street Elton, Porscha
- Date Created
- 2023
- Subjects--Topical
- Education, Higher--Administration
- Description
- Latinx students already constitute the largest minority group of students graduating from the United States secondary school systems and projections show the Latinx population continuing to increase between now and 2036 (WICHE, 2020). Both in the ...