Browsing Electronic Theses, Dissertations, and Records of Study (2002– ) by Department "Teaching Learning and Culture"
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(Texas A&M University, 2006-10-30)The purpose of this study was to examine four variables that impact African American male studentsâ perceptions of their transition from elementary school to middle school. This study determined what role social, ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2007-09-17)This study examined the representational patterns of English language learners receiving special education services in school districts in South Texas. Additionally, this study identified school district characteristics ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2008-10-10)Recognizing the need for U.S. students' mathematics learning to be built on a solid foundation of conceptual understanding, professional organizations such as the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (2000) and ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2005-11-01)According to the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) standard of communication, ??Instructional programs from pre-kindergarten through grade 12 should enable all students to...communicate their mathematical ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2005-02-17)The purpose of this exploratory case study was to describe an expert teachers decision-making system during interactive instruction using teacher self-report information, classroom observation data, and physiological ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2006-08-16)Teacher attrition is a major topic of discussion and concern in this country. With the growth in the school-age population, the need to attract and retain quality teachers will become even greater. The purpose of this ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2006-08-16)This exploratory mixed methods study addressed the types of gains students made when engaged in one of two forms of inquiry. Gains were measured on three levels: conceptual understanding, the process of scientific ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2007-04-25)In this study, the balance between conceptual and procedural teaching and its effect on the development of algebraic reasoning was examined. Participants included two seventh grade mathematics teachers and their students ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2006-10-30)The literature is convincing that teachers are leaving the profession in record numbers (Owing, 2004; Ingersoll, 2002). Although there are a variety of reasons that may spur this problem, there is substantial evidence that ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2007-09-17)Students need to build on their own understanding when problem solving. Mathematics reform is moving away from skill and drill types of activities and encouraging students to develop their own approaches to problem solving. ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2007-09-17)The purpose of this study was to examine the validity and reliability of the Cultural Awareness and Beliefs Inventory (CABI). The CABI consist of forty-six items that measures urban teachersâ cultural awareness and ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2007-09-17)Alternative teacher certification (ATC) programs are one method created to help alleviate teacher shortages (Cox, Matthews, & Assoc, 2001; Hallinan & Khmelkov, 2001). While much debate has arisen over ATC programs, very ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2007-04-25)We face a world in which a college degree increasingly dictates the likelihood of life success. At the same time, there has been an ever-increasing population of students who have not been prepared adequately through their ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2005-02-17)This study measures the effect of a model of explicit instruction (EMIT) on the: 1) physics graduate teaching assistants adherence to reformed teaching methods, 2) impact of the instructional model on GTAs beliefs about ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2006-04-12)The purpose of this study was to explore ESL teachers perceptions and use of classroom-based reading assessments. The research questions underpinning this study were: 1) What types of classroom-based reading assessments ...
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(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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(Texas A&M University, 2007-04-25)This study was a qualitative study that explored the lives of Mexican American female educators with more than 25 years of experience teaching in South Texas border schools. The purpose of the study was to explore the ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2006-08-16)Solving complex problems is integral to science. Despite the importance of this type of problem solving, little research has been done on how collaborative teams of expert scientists and teams of informed novices solve ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2006-04-12)Since Plato first banished poets from his Republic, the relationship between the aesthetic and moral value of literature has been subject to philosophical, critical, and pedagogical debate. In this philosophical investigation, ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2006-10-30)A convenience sample of 123 Hispanic/Latino students from a predominantly Hispanic/Latino South Texas community college was used to determine if gender and/or journal-writing had any effects on mathematics anxiety or ...