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- Title
- Does ‘Working After Work’ Affect Teachers’ Confidence? Examining Teacher Efficacy in a Professional Development Program
- Author
- Gartlan, Scott
- Date Created
- 2019
- Subjects--Topical
- Educational evaluation, Teachers--Training of
- Description
- This study examined the relationship between teacher efficacy and professional development among in-service K-12 teachers. A content-rich teacher professional development program was analyzed over the course of two years using a sequential explana...
- Title
- EXPANDING THE CONVERSATION AMONG SECONDARY EDUCATORS TOWARD A SHARED UNDERSTANDING OF STUDENT ENGAGEMENT
- Author
- Mitchell, Karen
- Date Created
- 2020
- Subjects--Topical
- Educational leadership, Curriculum planning
- Description
- KAREN SMITH MITCHELL. Expanding the conversation among secondary educators toward a shared understanding of student engagement (Under the direction of DR. REBECCA SHORE) To describe how high school administrators and teachers perceive student enga...
- Title
- FROM ROOTS TO STAR TREK: A CASE STUDY ON SUCCESSFUL PERSISTENCE OF AFRICAN AMERICAN MALE ENGINEERING MAJORS
- Author
- McGee, Marquis
- Date Created
- 2018
- Subjects--Topical
- Engineering, Education, Higher, African Americans--Study and teaching, Ethnicity--Study and teaching
- Description
- The United States is competing on a global level for jobs in the STEM fields but retention and graduation rates in the engineering disciplines are lower than desired. African American males make up 5 % of the population of American colleges and un...
- Title
- Project Management in Higher Education
- Author
- Alpert, Shannon
- Date Created
- 2011
- Subjects--Topical
- Educational leadership
- Description
- This study identified factors that influenced the use of project management in higher education research projects. Using a qualitative grounded theory approach that included in-depth interviews with assistant professors, the researcher examined ho...
- Title
- PERCEPTIONS OF CLIMATE AND STUDENT-FACULTY INTERACTIONS AMONGST AFRICAN AMERICAN PERSISTERS IN A BUSINESS PROGRAM AT A PREDOMINANTLY-WHITE INSTITUTION
- Author
- Allen, Monica
- Date Created
- 2017
- Subjects--Topical
- Educational leadership, Education, Higher
- Description
- While representation of African American students in freshmen enrollment has improved, degree attainment of African Americans and other minority groups continue to lag behind the White and Asian American populations. Compounding the issue of lower...
- 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
- 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
- Principals' Perceptions Of Resource Adequacy For Addressing Childhood Obesity
- Author
- Floyd, Otis
- Date Created
- 2015
- Subjects--Topical
- Educational leadership, Obesity in children
- Description
- ABSTRACTOTIS HENRY FLOYD. The perceptions of the K-12 principals on resource adequacy for professional development addressing student obesity (Under the direction of DR.RICHARD G. LAMBERT). With the rapid expanse in childhood obesity and the schoo...
- Title
- Principal Efficacy of Alternative Secondary and Traditional Secondary Principals
- Author
- Snyder, Elizabeth
- Date Created
- 2018
- Subjects--Topical
- Educational leadership
- Description
- Serving in North Carolina’s public alternative secondary schools can be a challenge for principals. Self-efficacy is the perceived judgment that one has the ability to execute a course of action to bring about a desired result. Using Albert Bander...
- Title
- Perception or Reality? A Frame Analysis of Leadership Behavior, Style, and Effectiveness Among Selected Community College Administrators
- Author
- Little, Susan
- Date Created
- 2010
- Subjects--Topical
- Educational leadership, Community colleges--Study and teaching, Education, Higher
- Description
- ABSTRACTSUSAN DIANNE LITTLE. Perception or reality? A frame analysis of leadership behavior, style, and effectiveness among selected community college administrators. (Under the direction of Dr. JOHN GRETES) The American community college has reac...
- 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 Comparison Of Academic Advising Experiences And Satisfaction Of African American Males and Other Students At A Predominately White Institution
- Author
- Means, Billie
- Date Created
- 2014
- Subjects--Topical
- Education, Educational leadership, Educational psychology
- Description
- Of all college students, four percent are African American males of which one third graduate within six years. The status of African-American males in higher education serves as an impetus for research to investigate their collegiate experiences a...
- Title
- A Comparison of Administrators' and Teachers' Perceptions of National Technology Standards
- Author
- Wilkins, Patricia
- Date Created
- 2014
- Subjects--Topical
- Educational leadership
- Description
- The need for teachers and administrators to select and use appropriate and effective technologies to support instruction is critical for the academic and social success of students. The purpose of the study was to document and compare administrato...
- Title
- A Confirmatory Factor Analysis of a Measure of Preservice Teacher Knowledge, Skills and Dispositions
- Author
- Ellison, Antoinette
- Date Created
- 2009
- Subjects--Topical
- Teachers--Training of, Educational tests and measurements
- Description
- Recent literature on school improvement indicates that teacher quality has a large impact on student learning (Aaronson, Barrow, & Sander, 2007; Rivkin, Hanushek & Kane, 2005; Hanushek, Kane, O'Brien, & Rivkin, (2005); Nye, Konstantopoulos, Hedges...
- Title
- A Cultural Wealth Perspective on Success and Persistence in Engineering for Black and Latino Students: Exploring Interactions with Faculty and Other Institutional Agents
- Author
- Foxx, Krystal
- Date Created
- 2014
- Subjects--Topical
- Engineering, Education
- Description
- Using Yosso's (2005) community cultural wealth (CCW) framework, this qualitative case study (conducted through a federally-funded grant) explored the experiences of eight Black and Latino successful engineering students at a Southeastern universit...
- Title
- A Delphi-Based Investigation on Principal Preparedness for Managing School Finance
- Author
- Christian, Arthur
- Date Created
- 2017
- Subjects--Topical
- Management, Education--Finance
- Description
- Background. Research on principal preparedness for managing school finance is limited. Grounded in theory, principal preparation programs are wifout practical exercises for leadership readiness on budgets and finance. On its face, this topic is he...
- Title
- A CASE STUDY OF THE ENGLISH SECOND LANGUAGE PROGRAMS OF A NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL DISTRICT
- Author
- Harris, Letitia
- Date Created
- 2010
- Subjects--Topical
- English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers
- Description
- As the United States struggles with issues regarding the rapidly increasing immigrant population, so do public schools struggle with providing the youth of this non-English speaking population a quality education. Because of the requirements and s...
- Title
- A COMPARATIVE EXPLORATION OF CULTURE CHANGE IN NURSING HOMES: THE RESIDENTS' PERSPECTIVE
- Author
- Murray, Louise
- Date Created
- 2010
- Subjects--Topical
- Educational leadership, Gerontology
- Description
- The need to provide an environment that ensures both quality care and quality of life for residents of nursing homes has long been recognized. The culture change movement in nursing homes emphasizes both principles. This mixed-methodology research...
- Title
- CURRENT GRADING PRACTICES OF SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS IN THE CORE CONTENT AREAS: WHAT DO GRADES MEAN?
- Author
- McLean, Nathan
- Date Created
- 2018
- Subjects--Topical
- Education, Education, Secondary
- Description
- Using survey research methodology, the study investigates assessment and grading practices of secondary school teachers. A total of 248 teachers in the Piedmont and coastal regions of North Carolina completed a web-based survey examining academic ...