Browsing by Department "Teaching Learning and Culture"
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(Texas A&M University, 2004-09-30)The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of School Home Links activity guide homework on kindergarten Texas Primary Reading Inventory scores. Student Texas Primary Reading Inventory (TPRI) scores were obtained ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2006-10-30)In this thesis, results of an online survey and focus group interview sessions comprised of a total of 21 International Graduate Student Non-Native English Speakers (IGSNNES) at Texas A&M (TAMU) are summarized. IGSNNESs ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2007-09-17)A thesis presented on Parmenides of Elea, born in 510 B.C.E., serves as a muse for my studies in education. I find his fragments and specifically his poem, âÂÂOn Nature,â to be very captivating as a metaphor for ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2006-10-30)This correlation design study investigated the relationship between urban first and second grade classroom teachersâ sense of efficacy for literacy instruction and the reading achievement of their highly mobile students. ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2008-10-10)This investigation examined the impact on student achievement of teachers who participated in a professional development program using industry partnerships. One treatment and one non-treatment school in a large urban ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2005-11-01)Given the importance placed on probability and statistics in the PK-8 curriculum by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (2000) and on teachers by the Interstate New Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2006-10-30)This longitudinal trend study (Gall, Borg & Gall, 1996) examined the effectiveness of a one-semester university-based teacher induction program as compared to a two-semester university-based teacher induction program based ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2007-04-25)This descriptive study provided a synthesis of the form, structure, activity and relationship components utilized by online teacher induction programs designed to support novice teachers. Mentors involved in online teacher ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2006-10-30)This Research and Design (R&D) study models the methodology necessary to replicate an online assessment instrument designed to assess student skills and facets of thought while understanding Multiple Meanings and Models ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2006-04-12)This was a quantitative study of 100 educators from various job codes within the intervention assistance teams (IATs) of 16 schools. This study examined the perceptions of IAT members of factors impacting referrals to ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2007-04-25)The purpose of this study is to identify the perceptions of novice and veteran teachers regarding the role of the principal in retaining teachers in the profession. Also, the research investigated whether and to what extent ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2006-04-12)The demographics of the United States are rapidly changing, resulting in an increasingly diverse student population. Public school personnel must contend with the fact that a large number of students have limited English ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2008-10-10)The purpose of this study was to advance knowledge about the relationship between graphing calculator use and classroom norm development. An interpretive case study design incorporating qualitative and quantitative research ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2006-04-12)The purpose of this study was to examine if verve had any impact on the academic achievement of African American middle school students. The three guiding questions of this research were: 1. Is there a significant difference ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2006-08-16)An exploratory study, using Texas public school district data, was conducted to determine the relationship between each of two demographic characteristics, student enrollment and the percentage of economically disadvantaged ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2007-04-25)As mathematics teachers gain knowledge of what factors students perceive as motivating, they will be able to create a classroom environment that better increases motivation. Thus, the information gathered from this study ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2006-10-30)This research is based on Middle School Mathematics Project (MSMP) funded by the Interagency Educational Research Initiative through a grant to the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Both teacherâÂÂs ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2004-11-15)This study examined teachers' learning and understanding of mathematical representation through the Middle School Mathematics Project (MSMP) professional development, investigated teachers' use of mathematics representations ...
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Teacher questioning: effect on student communication in middle school algebra mathematics classrooms (Texas A&M University, 2007-09-17)This study investigates the components within teacher questioning and how they affect communication within the mathematics classroom. Components examined are the type of question, the amount of wait time allowed, the use ...
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The teacher's body: discourse, power and discipline in the history of the feminization of teaching (Texas A&M University, 2006-08-16)Historical studies of the feminization of teaching have provided important additions to feminist understandings of teaching and education in general. However, most historical accounts of the feminization of teaching have ...