Browsing by Author "Lara-Alecio, Rafael"
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Stellefson, Michael L. (2010-01-14)Despite the efficacy of pulmonary rehabilitation programs which assist patients in managing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), the high costs and lack of availability of such programs pose considerable barriers ...
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Nelson, Annabelle (2011-04-27)Working with the Costa Rica Multilingual Foundation, the Costa Rican Ministry of Education, Costa Rica USA Foundation of Cooperation, the Inter-American Development Bank, and the researchers are completing a randomized ...
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Olivarez, Enrika (2011-04-27)Working with the Costa Rica Multilingual Foundation, the Costa Rican Ministry of Education, Costa Rica USA Foundation of Cooperation, the Inter-American Development Bank, and the researchers are completing a randomized ...
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Lara-Alecio, Rafael; Kemp, Janie; Treviño, Polly; Tong, Fuhui; Castillo, Raymond (2010-10-22)
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Tani-Prado, Sophia (2010-10-12)Early Reading First is a federal initiative that seeks to buffer against the detrimental effects of poverty on children‟s academic outcomes by incorporating all of the elements supported by scientifically-based reading ...
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Chen, Chia-Yin (Texas A&M University, 2006-10-30)Parenting education, combined with adult basic education and early childhood education, makes the Even Start program a unified family literacy program which helps to break the intergenerational cycle of poverty and low ...
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Myint, Ahmarlay (2014-04-18)Over the past couple of decades, the state of Texas has made numerous amendments to its standardized tests in an attempt to abide by legislation changes as well as its own shifting standards. The latest administration of ...
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Guerrero, Nancy Aguilar (2016-08-02)English language learners (ELLs) in public schools are a rapidly growing student population. Hispanic ELLs in Texas are working against numerous odds in public schools today. A growing number of Hispanic students learning ...
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Garza, Jr., Tiberio (2015-04-28)The purpose of this dissertation study was to describe teacher pedagogy through the use of systematic review, observation data, and to comment on causal structure. Three objectives were necessary: the assessment of the ...
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Franco-Fuenmayor, Susana Elena (2013-03-27)The rapid increase of the English Language Learner (ELL) student population in the United States and their continued lack of achievement means that research must focus on examining differences between the types of second ...
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Figueroa, Carmen M (2022-04-21)Student support teams (SST) are intended to develop the performance of struggling students. Both general and special education teachers generally form the SSTs. The purpose of this study was to examine SST members’ perceptions ...
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Summers, Yuliya S (2021-12-10)Recent research has developed strong theories on student learning; however, we have less ideas about professional learning of teachers. The purpose of this study was to examine EL-related PD opportunities offered to teachers ...
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He, Bizhu (2020-06-05)This dissertation focuses on examining the association between family involvement, school support, and English learners’ (ELs) socioemotional and academic outcomes at the early childhood stage. Through the systematic ...
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Ponce, Geovanny Jonatan (2019-10-22)College retention and graduation rates among underrepresented students in large urban school districts across the United States are much lower compared to their counterparts. Large urban school districts have also produced ...
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Rios-Ledezma, Lileana (2019-11-25)The purpose of this mixed methods study was to examine the impact of a literacy-infused, inquiry-based science curriculum on English learners’ (ELs’) English oral language expressive skills as measured by the Woodcock Muñoz ...
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Zhen, Fubiao (2022-07-19)In this dissertation, I explored the effectiveness of a literacy-infused, scaffolding embedded science intervention on fifth grade economically challenged (EC) students from high-poverty school districts and the effectiveness ...
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Guerrero, Cindy Lynn (2015-08-07)English language learners, one of the fastest growing groups of students in public schools, continue to score lower in reading achievement when compared to non-English language learners. Struggling readers who do not receive ...
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Rojas-Vargas, Mayra Danielle (2021-07-07)The purpose of this dissertation was to investigate the impact of virtual mentoring and coaching (VMC) and teachers’ experiences and perceptions of VMC on their professional growth related to ELs. A systematic review was ...
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Tang, Shifang (2018-04-12)The purpose of this dissertation was to investigate the impact of a curriculum-based virtual professional development (VPD) and teachers’ use of the cooperative/collaborative/peer-tutoring (CCP) strategies on English ...
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Montague, Marcia (2011-02-22)The purpose of this study was to gain an understanding of the management practices of expert secondary general education teachers in inclusive classrooms. Specifically, expert teachers of classrooms who included students ...