Browsing by Author "Juntune, Joyce"
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Lowry, Kasey Leah (2021-06-17)Have you ever wondered how to maintain and foster teacher collective efficacy despite the increasing federal and state accountability demands? This case study identifies key transformational leadership characteristics to ...
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Mohler, Holly Michelle (2019-10-31)Underachievement for all student populations remains a pressing concern for educational systems, and gifted student populations are no exception. However, many aim for academic-focused interventions while leaving out the ...
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Agricultural Science Teachers' Perceptions of Online Curriculum Resources in Agricultural Education Rutherford, Vanessa (2014-10-14)The purpose of this study was to determine the perceptions of agricultural science teachers’ use of online curriculum resources in regard to planning time, time management, classroom management, content knowledge, home and ...
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Wang, Liangyan (2020-01-17)This qualitative study explores the intercultural competence of students from the People’s Republic of China through creating a digital story based on a “cultural plunge” assignment in a graduate class for pre- and in-service ...
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Lawrence, Shannon 1980- (2012-10-26)Teacher shortages are a critical issue for education, and agricultural education has not been exempt from this trend. Many factors possibly contribute to this lack of qualified teachers. Researchers suggest that retention ...
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Jackson, Tiffany Oliphant (2009-05-15)The landmark case, Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, ended segregation in public schools-changing the educational system in the United States forever. With the educational system constantly changing and ...
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Griffith, Athena Renee' (2014-09-03)This dissertation examined the impact capital punishment has on the prison employees who worked with executions in the State of Texas. Qualitative methodology with an emphasis on critical ethnography was used to collect ...
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Woodward, Robert Steven (Texas A&M University, 2005-11-01)This study investigated whether individuals identified as highly creative can resist a cognitive fixation tendency brought upon by the introduction of examples prior to an idea generation task. Ninety-eight subjects, ...
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Benckenstein, Claire Carson (2016-04-22)The purpose of this study was to seek an in-depth understanding of the perspectives of six urban elementary and secondary social studies teachers as creative people. The research focused on the relationship between their ...
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Gilbert, Jenna R. (2018-04-26)The decision to teach agricultural science at the secondary level, specifically the influence of the student teaching experience on that decision, has been studied numerous times through a quantitative lens. Influential ...
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Treptow, Elizabeth E (2013-08-29)The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship of servant leadership, as measured by Spears’ (2005) ten characteristics of an effective servant leader, leadership effectiveness, and McCuddy’s (2008) Fundamental ...
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Martinez, Allison (2017-11-15)Determining whether or not a child completes the kindergarten academic year successfully is an important issue in education. This study examined kindergarten success by using the Developmental Reading Assessment (DRA) and ...
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Bettis, Dane Edward (Texas A&M University, 2005-08-29)Computer animated films require collaboration: blending artistic concept with technical skill, meeting budget constraints and adhering to deadlines. The path which production follows from initial idea to finished product ...
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Kaya, Fatih; Stough, Laura; Juntune, Joyce (Educational Studies, 2016)
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Kaya, Fatih; Stough, Laura; Juntune, Joyce (2016)A non-experimental design was used to determine whether the verbal scores of low-income gifted fifth graders (n = 38) differed from those of their higher-income peers (n = 83). The Otis-Lennon School Ability Test, Eighth ...
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Yang, Jae Young (2014-08-07)Summer camps have received recent attention as an intervention to increase adolescents’ physical activity. To date, research has rarely focused how a summer camp influences at-risk boys’ motivation and physical activity ...
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Bastian, Marcia (2010-01-14)Every time emergency responders respond to an incident, they enter an ambiguous situation that is an ill-defined problem space. As the responders engage with the incident, they discover, piece by piece, the unique interlocking ...
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Westphal, Laurie Elizabeth (2018-03-28)The purpose of this mixed method record of study was to investigate the impact of Menu-Driven Materials (MDM) on conceptual understanding in two fifth grade science classrooms. A mixed method approach was selected for this ...
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Kohn, Nicholas William (2009-05-15)In this dissertation, two areas of creativity are reviewed. “Fixation” refers to the inability to solve a problem or retrieve a memory due to prior experience or an inappropriate solution path. Brainstorming is the process ...
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Adair, Shelby (2015-07-23)The purpose of this study was to evaluate the status of middle school agricultural education programs in the Unites States and describe any changes in the past twenty-five years. This study sought to establish enrollment ...