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Case studies of teachers participating in differentiated professional development for the purpose of student-centered technology integration.
(, 2014-09-05)
School districts are quickly adopting various technologies in hopes that students can be taught in the same way their technological world works. Common reasons given to justify these expensive purchases include increasing ...
Conceptualizing the undocumented college student's legal status.
(, 2014-06-11)
Undocumented students in pursuit of a college education face a unique
intersection of conflicting identities: one that potentially gives them a higher societal
status by joining the social category of “college student,” ...
Early elementary students' fractional understanding : examination of cases from a multi-year longitudinal study.
(, 2014-09-05)
For more than three decades fractions have been considered critical and foundational, yet they represent a challenge for teaching and learning higher mathematics by students, teachers, and teacher educators. The purpose ...
Evaluation of resurgence after functional communication training of two communication responses.
(, 2014-09-05)
The current study examined the effects of multiple evaluations of resurgence of challenging behavior. A functional analysis identified the function of participants' challenging behavior. Participants were taught two ...
The role of mentorship in shaping college students' sense-making processes : a qualitative analysis of co-curricular experiences.
(2014-06-11)
The purpose of this study was to examine the way in which good mentorship relationships aid in the sense-making processes that shape students' development of a larger narrative. Through specific practices, mentors guided ...
Functional behavior assessment : increasing pre-service general education teachers' self-efficacy in managing classroom behavior.
(, 2014-09-05)
A quasi-experimental design was conducted to examine differences in perceived self-efficacy of pre-service general education teachers towards classroom behavior management before and after instruction in functional behavior ...
Long-term effects of a summer enrichment program on low-income gifted students.
(, 2014-09-05)
"Overlooked gems" is the term used in gifted education to describe high potential low-income students who are unable to excel because of significant barriers in their homes, environments, and educational systems, thus ...
The influence of ethnic student organizations on students' sense of belonging.
(, 2014-06-11)
Sense of belonging as a measure for a student's connection with his/her institution
allows student affairs administrators to better serve their students. Increased sense of
belonging is a higher indication of retention ...
Sentient puppets and the moral imagination : a descriptive study of the integration of story with puppetry arts on film via an original production pilot episode featuring Phyzzlestapf the Dragon as moral instruction to second through fifth grade children.
(, 2014-01-28)
Good character involves knowing the good, loving the good, and doing the good. Children are not born virtuous, but must be taught to recognize that which is virtuous. The best lessons for children are those that engage ...
How African American children respond to culturally relevant stories in mathematics : an ethnographic case study.
(, 2014-09-05)
This study examined the responses of African American students in two third grade mathematics classes to the use of African American stories that were utilized as a pedagogy to teach mathematics. All 41 students in the ...