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The affects of a middle grades teacher education program on preservice teachers choice of teaching strategies and mathematical understanding.
(2006-04-19)This study investigated how mathematical knowledge, mathematics pedagogy, and knowledge of students' understanding in mathematics impacted middle grades preservice mathematics teachers' lesson planning and teaching strategies ... -
The Accelerated Reader program and students' attitude towards reading.
(2006-04-24)This study explores the relationship between the use of the Accelerated Reader Program, a computerized reading management program marketed by Advantage Learning Systems, Inc., and student's attitudes towards reading while ... -
Lesson study: the effects on teachers and students in urban middle schools.
(2006-05-28)This multiple case study examined the effects lesson study had on middle school mathematics teachers and students in a large urban school district. The participants for this study consisted of 13 middle school mathematics ... -
Analysis of the impact of a ten-year technology initiative on students’ outcome.
(2006-07-29)Results from this study indicate that this research model is capable of examining the long-term effect of a teacher technology training initiative. Further research with an extensive data management design and larger ... -
Passionate teacher/virtuous teaching: exploring the relationship between teacher passion, teacher calling, and character education.
(2006-07-30)Inculcating character and morality to our nation's school children has been of vital importance since the beginning of the first public school in America. Questions as to what morals and values should be taught and what ... -
An examination of the relationship of Accelerated Reader implementation, secondary reading programs, and TAKS reading pass rates for ninth grade students in selected Central Texas school districts.
(2008-06-09)Accelerated Reader (AR) is a reading management program designed by Advantage Learning Systems, Inc. to increase students’ reading motivation and to increase reading comprehension skills. The AR program is based on the ... -
John Dewey and Mortimer Adler on curriculum, teaching, and the purpose of schooling : how their views can be incorporated within a Christian philosophy of education.
(2008-10-02)In this dissertation, I explore the topics of curriculum, teaching, and the purpose of schooling in the philosophies of John Dewey and Mortimer Adler. The work evaluates the educational philosophies of these two prominent ... -
Qualities of effective secondary science teachers : perspectives of university biology students.
(2008-10-15)This research was an attempt to hear the student voice concerning secondary science teacher effectiveness and to share that voice with those who impact the educational process. It was a snapshot of university freshmen ... -
Effect of a smaller learning community on students in a large high school.
(2008-11-10)This study is an investigation into the impact that Smaller Learning Communities might have on students in a large high school. It is a single site study that occurred over the course of three years. Three separate ... -
Investigating the cultural identity of the Bahamas through a study of Bahamian primary education.
(2010-02-02)Thirty-six years ago, the Bahamas attained independence from Britain. With this change, the nation’s leaders determined that a core element in building an independent nation was forming a sense of cultural identity among ... -
Effects of the implementation of the "Rally to Read" program : a tier 3 approach within the response to intervention process.
(2010-06-23)This study was a mixed-method, quasi-experimental investigation that evaluated the implementation of the “Rally to Read” remediation program, designed by the Center for Learning and Development (CLD), as a Tier 3 intervention ... -
Tiered instruction couched within the five block schedule : an alternative to the Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol model.
(2010-06-23)The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of a model of instruction for English language learners that may serve as an alternative to the Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol model. This potential ... -
A study of professional learning communities and science achievement in large high schools.
(2010-06-23)The purpose of this study was to compare the science achievement and high school completion rates of students in a large high school implementing professional learning community concepts and practices with two large high ... -
Career-focused field trips as experienced by at-risk rural students : a case study.
(2010-10-08)A lack of recent research focused on field trips as pedagogy in K-12 settings established the foundation for this work. The research design followed multiple-case case study model. The participants were four male students ... -
The impact of science teachers' epistemological beliefs on authentic inquiry : a multiple-case study.
(2010-10-08)The purpose of this study was to examine how science teachers' epistemological beliefs impacted their use of authentic inquiry in science instruction. Participants in this multiple-case study included a total of four ... -
An analysis of alternative school effectiveness on student achievement.
(2010-10-08)This study is a comparative analysis investigating student achievement, attendance rates, grade point average and credit earned by at-risk students attending an alternative high school of choice, at-risk students attending ... -
The effect team learning has on the development of creativity in a college classroom : an intergrated case study.
(2010-10-08)This study looked at the triadic relationship between the creative and design processes, team learning, and this triad's influence on the student's finished project. While the typical design student works independently ... -
CSCOPE's effect on Texas' state mandated standardized test scores in mathematics.
(, 2011-09-14)The purpose of the study was to examine standardized test scores of school districts in the state of Texas that have implemented CSCOPE, a popular curriculum management system, in an effort to determine what effect, if ... -
The impact of an informal science program on students' science knowledge and interest.
(, 2012-08-08)In this sequential explanatory mixed methods study, quantitative and qualitative data were used to measure the impact of an informal science program on eleventh grade students’ science knowledge and interest. The local ... -
AVID students' perceptions of intelligence : a mixed methods study.
(, 2012-08-08)Students' perceptions of intelligence have been shown to have an effect on learning. Students who see intelligence as something that can be developed, those with a growth mindset, often experience academic success, while ...