Browsing Electronic Theses, Dissertations, and Records of Study (2002– ) by Author "Irby, Beverly J."
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Spies, Tracy (2012-07-16)A path model of second language (L2; English) oral language and reading comprehension variables was tested on a sample of 100 Spanish-speaking English-language learners enrolled in a transitional bilingual program over a ...
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Lozano, Augustina (2015-03-31)The purpose of this qualitative study is to challenge the general beliefs and labels often associated with Latina/o immigrant students, especially unauthorized students, to give a voice and meaning to the thousands of ...
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Sutton-Jones, Kara (2020-04-19)In this journal-ready dissertation study, I completed (a) a scoping review of dual language policy studies, (b) a meta-analysis on English learner academic achievement in bilingual education programs, and (c) a state-by-state ...
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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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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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Gamez, Yessenia (2022-12-09)The purpose of this research was to investigate the influence of virtual mentoring and coaching (VMC) on in-service teachers’ professional growth and perception through participation in Project ETELL (Empowering Teachers ...
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Perez, Oscar (2023-08-04)The purpose of this research study was threefold: (a) to determine the validity of the Organizational and Leadership Effectiveness Inventory (OLEI) in accessing the Hispanic superintendents’ perceptions on the four factors ...
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Gentry, Olga Perez-Garcia (2021-12-07)Hispanics comprise the fastest-growing ethnicity in the United States. One in five college students is Hispanic. While Hispanics are gaining access to higher education, their college completion rate is dismal, compared to ...
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Villarreal, Elsa Garcia (2021-04-19)Male high school principals surmount the number of female high school principals at both the national and Texas state level. In Texas, women make up the majority of the public school principal population; nevertheless, ...
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Tong, Fuhui (2009-05-15)This quantitative study derived from an on-going federal experimental research project targeting Spanish-speaking English language learners (ELLs) receiving services in four program models: control/experimental transitional ...
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Contreras-Vanegas, Alma Linda (2012-02-14)The psychometric properties of the Hispanic Bilingual Gifted Screening Instrument (HBGSI) were investigated in this study. The participants in the study were a part of a large 4-year longitudinal randomized study titled ...
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Fan, Yinan (2014-08-29)Demographics in the United States continue to shift with a rapidly growing Hispanic population. On the other hand, a mismatch still exists between Hispanic students’ enrollment in gifted and talented (G/T) programs and ...
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Lynch, Julia Clare (2017-05-03)In this study, I examined the effectiveness of the literacy curriculum known as STELLA (Storytelling and Retelling and Higher Order Thinking for English Language and Literacy Acquisition) for newcomers to the United States ...
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Morris, Erich (2016-07-05)Over the past several decades, Texas public school districts have witnessed tremendous growth in student enrollment. This trend in significant growth is expected to continue for the foreseeable future. Many districts also ...
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Min, Yue (2018-06-06)With the influx of immigration in the United States, a large number of English learners (ELs) who speak a non-English language are facing challenge of developing academic skills in English. In the United States, among the ...