Browsing by Department "Teaching, Learning, and Culture"
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11th Grade Students' English Reading Motivation, Language Problems and Reading Achievement in Taiwan (2012-07-16)Motivation has been viewed as a very influential factor to successful reading for English as foreign language learners. Learners can be motivated to read English by extrinsic or intrinsic motivation, and the motivational ...
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(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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(2019-10-04)Student voice in education is a component that is becoming increasingly important to the academic growth and success of students. Studies have indicated that student input is a critical element in sustaining optimal student ...
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(2020-11-16)The purpose of this meta-synthesis is to formulate a hypothesis concerning the importance of diacritical marks in Arabic word recognition for typically developed Arabic readers. I propose that the importance of diacritical ...
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(2020-05-07)As the workplace is calling for educators to develop the soft skills or transversal skills of students so they are better prepared, and research shows that developing those skills can improve academic achievement and overall ...
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(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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(2012-07-16)This thesis reviews the enrollment policies and procedures for advanced and college prep classes in a central Texas school district to determine if there is fair and equitable access for all students. The paper contains ...
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(2010-12-08)One of the main purposes of this dissertation was to examine gender- and socioeconomic status (SES)-related mathematics achievement gaps among Turkish middle-school students compared to achievement gaps in European Union ...
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(2013-08-06)The research question that I posed for this investigation is how the principles of Foucault’s governmentality can shed light on the political discourse on the achievement gaps (AGs) at the federal level. The AGs have been ...
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(2019-10-01)This research synthesis describes, critiques, and synthesizes intervention studies related to the academic vocabulary acquisition of postsecondary English learners. Using the article matrix and constant-comparative methods ...
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(2020-07-27)The focus of the study was to examine the perceptions of administrators responsible for monitoring implementation fidelity in the Response to Intervention (RTI) program in secondary literacy. Using a mixed methods design, ...
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(2012-10-19)Service-learning is the merging of academic work with real-life community service activities that encourages students to reflect and think critically about their experiences. Although service-learning has been used in ...
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(2013-07-31)ELLs are a growing community in the United States and their learning needs are significantly different from younger learners, collegiate ELLs or Adult Basic Education students. Additionally, adult female ELLs have their ...
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(2018-03-06)Reformed teaching strategies in science promote deeper conceptual understandings of how the world works. National reforms in K-12 science teaching have been recommended for decades, but science teachers tend to “teach as ...
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(2017-05-04)The purpose of this study is to examine and interpret the life experiences and leadership practices of four African American male superintendents leading urban school districts across the nation. The research approach ...
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(2015-01-22)This study highlights African American male student athletes at PWI’s, and their motivational factors that influenced persistence into graduate school. The following research questions guided this study: (a) How do African ...
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(2013-12-03)This research study was conducted as a qualitative case study of five successful teachers of African American students in a middle income, urban school district. The study was designed to hear the ‘muted’ voices of ...
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(2011-08-08)The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of social factors affecting the academic achievement of secondary African American urban (AAU) female students in an urban school district. This study determined ...
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(2012-07-16)The purpose of this interdisciplinary study was to explore the experiences of al-rihla of International Muslim Graduate Students and to compare them to those of the Medieval Muslim Travelers. This qualitative study expands ...
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(2014-04-16)The purpose of this study was to examine differences between first year and preservice elementary mathematics teachers by certification route. First, the instructional practices of 90 first year elementary mathematics ...