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- Title
- What are the differences between effective and ineffective charter schools?
- Author
- Stone, Cedric
- Date Created
- 2010
- Subjects--Topical
- Educational evaluation
- Description
- ABSTRACTThis purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of the North Carolina charter schools. The variables were chosen based on the researcher's inference from literature reviews discussing common factors from qualitative charter...
- Title
- WRITING TO UNDERSTAND, EXPLAIN, AND REFLECT: THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A WRITERS' WORKSHOP MODEL IN A FOURTH-GRADE MATHEMATICS CLASSROOM
- Author
- Martin, Christie
- Date Created
- 2013
- Subjects--Topical
- Education
- Description
- The purposes of this study are to (1) understand how elementary school students use writing to reflect their learning and problem solving in mathematics; and (2) to explore how teachers adapt their instructional approaches based upon reflection on...
- Title
- WRITING TO LEARN STATISTICS IN AN ADVANCED PLACEMENT STATISTICS COURSE
- Author
- Northrup, Christian
- Date Created
- 2012
- Subjects--Topical
- Mathematics--Study and teaching, Education, Statistics
- Description
- This study investigated the use of writing in a statistics classroom to learn if writing provided a rich description of problem-solving processes of students as they solved problems. Through analysis of 329 written samples provided by students, it...
- Title
- USING PRE-KINDERGARTEN DATA TO PREDICT STUDENTS’ KINDERGARTEN PERFORMANCE
- Author
- Tynan, Jacqueline
- Date Created
- 2016
- Subjects--Topical
- Educational evaluation, Psychology
- Description
- As support mounts for the use of pre-kindergarten (pre-k) to promote academic achievement, there is increased need to understand the nature of pre-k’s effects and the key elements of effective pre-k programming. The present study used a short-term...
- Title
- The effect of multiple interventions on freshman college student engagement and retention
- Author
- Lehmuller, Peter
- Date Created
- 2010
- Subjects--Topical
- Education, Higher
- Description
- College student retention has been widely studied in the past twenty five years, and institutions have developed numerous interventions aimed at improving student retention and persistence-to-degree. A number of theories have been promulgated to e...
- Title
- The development and initial validation of a new instrument measuring perceptions of interpersonal stress among professional counselors
- Author
- Moore, C. Missy
- Date Created
- 2019
- Subjects--Topical
- Counseling psychology
- Description
- Using the Transactional Model of Stress and Coping as a guiding theoretical framework, the current investigation followed the steps of instrument development outlined by Crocker and Algina (2008). The purpose of this study was to examine the facto...
- Title
- The Influence of Teach for America on Algebra I Student Achievement
- Author
- Carroll, Curtis
- Date Created
- 2013
- Subjects--Topical
- Educational leadership
- Description
- This non-experimental study examined the influence of an initiative that High Risk School District (pseudonym) implemented to offset the effect of low student academic performance in low performing-schools. The study attempted to answer the follow...
- Title
- The Influence of Leadership Practices on Faculty Job Satisfaction in Baccalaureate Degree Nursing Program
- Author
- Afam, Clifford
- Date Created
- 2012
- Subjects--Topical
- Education, Nursing
- Description
- Using a correlational, cross-sectional study design with self-administered questionnaires, this study explored the extent to which leadership practices of deans and department heads influence faculty job satisfaction in baccalaureate degree nursin...
- Title
- The Effects of a College Preparatory Program on Social Capital, Student Achievement, and College Matriculation
- Author
- Mack, Victor
- Date Created
- 2012
- Subjects--Topical
- Education, Curriculum planning
- Description
- With an unstable economy and non-diverse populations in STEM-related majors and fields, the United States of America is faced with unprecedented challenges in meeting the growing demands of a technical society. The lack of minorities in STEM-relat...
- Title
- The Effects of Self-Advocacy and Conflict Resolution Instruction on the Ability of College Students with Hidden Disabilities to Request and Negotiate Academic Accommodations
- Author
- Holzberg, Debra
- Date Created
- 2017
- Subjects--Topical
- Special education
- Description
- According to the National Center for Education Statistics (Raue & Lewis, 2011), students with disabilities (SWD) attend postsecondary education at rates similar to their peers without disabilities. However, graduation rates from postsecondary educ...
- Title
- The Effects of Question-Answer Relationship (QAR) Instruction on Standardized Reading Test Scores of Third Grade Students
- Author
- Green, Susan
- Date Created
- 2019
- Subjects--Topical
- Reading
- Description
- Despite many school reform initiatives designed to ensure reading proficiency for all students, recent reports from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) reveal that only 37 percent of fourth grade students and only 34 percent of ...
- Title
- The Effects of Explicit Self-regulated Learning Strategy Instruction on Mathematics Achievement
- Author
- Jenkins, Janet
- Date Created
- 2009
- Subjects--Topical
- Mathematics--Study and teaching, Curriculum planning
- Description
- Self-regulated learning includes the use of a set of strategies for planning, monitoring, and self-evaluating students' efforts toward reaching specific learning goals. This study examined the extent to which explicit self-regulated learning strat...
- Title
- The Differences between Violently and Nonviolently Injured Trauma Patients and the Factors among Violently Injured Trauma Patients following a Brief Alcohol Counseling Intervention
- Author
- Dongre, Leigh
- Date Created
- 2016
- Subjects--Topical
- Counseling psychology, Mental health, Health services administration
- Description
- Alcohol use is well documented as a public health issue and a significant contributor to violent injury (Lam & Chim, 2010; World Health Organization, 2006). The purpose of this research was to examine the difference between violently and nonviolen...
- Title
- The Development Of A Comparative Appraisal Of Perceived Resources And Demands For Clergy
- Author
- Jackson-Jordan, Elizabeth
- Date Created
- 2014
- Subjects--Topical
- Adult education
- Description
- The purpose of this study was to develop the Comparative Appraisal of perceived Resources and Demands for Clergy (CARD-C), which is used for appraising perceived stress for clergy persons. An appraisal-based definition of stress was derived from t...
- Title
- THE EFFECTS OF BLENDED LEARNING ON STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, INTERACTION LEVELS, AND ONLINE READINESS SKILLS IN THE HIGH SCHOOL SOCIAL STUDIES CLASSROOM
- Author
- Rinehardt-Cline, Michelle
- Date Created
- 2018
- Subjects--Topical
- Educational leadership, Educational technology
- Description
- ABSTRACTMICHELLE RINEHARDT-CLINE THE EFFECTS OF BLENDED LEARNING ON STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, INTERACTION LEVELS, AND ONLINE READINESS SKILLS IN THE HIGH SCHOOL SOCIAL STUDIES CLASSROOM (Under the direction of DR. JIM BIRD) The purpose of this experime...
- Title
- THE CONSCIENTIZATION OF SILENT VOICES: AN INTERPRETIVE CASE STUDY EXPLORING THE EXPERIENCES OF ASSIMILATION AND ACCULTURATION ON AMERICAN-RAISED, FIRST GENERATION AND SECOND GENERATION ETHIOPIAN WOMEN ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT, SELF-IDENTITY DEVELOPMENT AND PERCEPTION OF BEAUTY
- Author
- Wynn, Adrienne
- Date Created
- 2018
- Subjects--Topical
- Education, Women's studies, Area studies
- Description
- Acculturation for Ethiopians in America systemically require adaptation to the dominant culture. Prior research findings illustrate that acculturation mechanically progress towards assimilation, an absorption of a foreign culture’s psychological, ...
- Title
- THE ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN CHILD THERAPISTS' PERCEIVED WORKING ALLIANCE AND THEIR TRAIT ANXIETY, ATTACHMENT QUALITY, AND MULTICULTURAL COUNSELING COMPETENCE IN PLAY THERAPY SETTINGS
- Author
- Scherer, Rebecca
- Date Created
- 2013
- Subjects--Topical
- Counseling psychology
- Description
- Agreement exists that the therapeutic working alliance (TWA) is related to outcomes in therapy across both child and adult populations (Horvath, Del Re, Flückiger, & Symonds, 2011; Shirk, Karver, & Brown, 2011). However, what factors contribute to...
- Title
- TEACHERS’ PERSPECTIVES OF THE PRINCIPALS’ INVITATIONAL LEADERSHIP BEHAVIORS, TEACHER JOB SATISFACTION AND PRINCIPAL EFFECTIVENESS IN HIGH-POVERTY RURAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS
- Author
- Younis, Matthew
- Date Created
- 2017
- Subjects--Topical
- Educational leadership
- Description
- The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of Invitational Leadership behaviors on school teacher satisfaction, teacher perceptions of the school principal’s performance, and to identify if there was a difference between the levels of inv...
- Title
- STUDY ABROAD PARTICIPATION AND UNIVERSITY STUDENTS’ INTERCULTURAL SENSITIVITY
- Author
- Edmunds, Julia
- Date Created
- 2017
- Subjects--Topical
- Educational leadership, Foreign study
- Description
- The purpose of this study was to examine the intercultural sensitivity of College of Education students who participated in short-term, faculty led, study abroad programs at a large, urban, branch, university in the Southeast. The research questio...
- Title
- SECURING MOBILE HYBRID APPLICATIONS THROUGH CONFIGURATIONS - FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE
- Author
- AlJarrah, Abeer
- Date Created
- 2018
- Subjects--Topical
- Computer science
- Description
- Mobile hybrid apps have the potential to dominate the mobile and IoTs apps market. Cross-platform or hybrid apps are providing a promising development choice that appeals to a great body of developers. This development approach \wraps" standard we...