Department of Curriculum and Instruction: Recent submissions
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Challenges of first-generation Hispanic college females : a collective case study exploring resources that lead to academic progress.
(2021-12-04)First-generation Hispanic female students are a growing population in Texas universities. As the state of Texas continues to increase in population and requires a significant demand for skilled and educated citizens, there ... -
Music and mathematics : a reciprocal relationship action research with third graders at Cheyenne Elementary School.
(2021-12-01)The third graders of Cheyenne Elementary scored lower on state-mandated mathematics assessments than on reading assessments in three of the last seven years. While there was a reading coach on staff for Cheyenne Public ... -
A phenomenological study to understand the perceived impact of motivational coaching on the lived experiences of students at an urban tutoring center.
(2021-12-01)High school students are subjected to rigorous academic testing, which causes exhaustion and burnout in many of them. College entrance exams and district assessments are two examples of high-stakes testing that take place. ... -
A phenomenological study describing the experiences of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and undocumented students as they navigate college enrollment.
(2021-11-29)This study shares an in-depth understanding of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and undocumented young adults navigating college. Given that their immigration status can add a layer of complexity, the goal of ... -
Freeing the 21st century classroom from 19th century instructional practices : a single descriptive case study on the role of professional development in educational technology on integration in secondary social studies.
(2021-11-19)Educational technology has integrated into most K–12 institutions making digital access ubiquitous for teachers and students. Campuses utilize either shared digital devices or 1:1 computer initiatives to provide a device ... -
Implementing change in higher education : resolving change management deficiencies and its effects on process and employee efficiency.
(2021-11-19)This Problem of Practice study explored and synthesized the lived experiences of specialized project managers as they grappled with the challenges of aligning technical and people-centric change. For these individuals ... -
Stereotype threat and students with learning disabilities : a phenomenological study of five college students’ perspectives.
(2021-11-19)Stereotype threat can negatively impact marginalized groups. Over the past three decades, researchers have documented that stereotype threat affects people in learning and testing performance (Aronson & Steele, 2005; Good ... -
A collective case study exploring high school senior perspectives of post-graduation motivations and preparation in five different educational settings.
(2021-11-19)Education improvement has become a national imperative. Low graduation rates, standardized test failures, and overall success rates falling significantly behind in global competition have forced the dialogue towards ... -
A collective case study on student advocacy services for iGen students in higher education.
(2021-11-16)Generation Z or iGen is the current generation attending colleges and universities, and their needs differ from their predecessors. Public State University’s Student Advocacy and Assistance Office began shifting the services ... -
Too hungry to study : a phenomenological study examining college students experiencing food insecurity.
(2021-11-16)Food insecurity occurs when individuals do not have access to nutritional food on a routine basis, and it is a growing trend among today’s college students. A 2018 survey conducted by HOPE Research Center provided an ... -
Leadership development influence on leader self-efficacy (LSE) : an explanatory sequential mixed methods study with civilian federal employees in the Department of Defense.
(2021-11-16)Practitioners across industries have been unable to derive reliable returns-on-investment from leadership development as it relates to the effectiveness of the training on leadership performance (Lacerenza et al., 2017). ... -
From PDAS to T-TESS : a single descriptive case study of public-school principals and their experiences with the practicality of implementing T-TESS as intended.
(2021-11-16)In an embattled profession, principals have numerous responsibilities, including the pressure to improve test scores to meet state and federal accountability measures. To achieve increased test scores, they lead and support ... -
The desire to finish : a quantitative study examining the motivation of Black students at predominantly White institutions.
(2021-11-16)Since the mid 1980s, attrition rates for Black students have steadily increased, yet educational institutions have not created opportunities to help Black student succeed as much as their White counterparts (Lang, 2001; ... -
A case study on the recruitment and hiring of African American faculty in higher education : perspectives of faculty and administrators.
(2021-11-16)This case study examined the recruitment and hiring practices of African American faculty in higher education at primarily White institutions (PWIs) in the southeast region of the United States. In higher education, African ... -
Stuck in the middle : a narrative case study examining middle school teachers’ feelings about addressing mental illness-related behaviors in the classroom.
(2021-11-04)In recent years, middle school teachers began to take on the additional task of providing mental health support to their students. They diverted from teaching to address disruptive behaviors that occurred in their classrooms. ... -
A qualitative phenomenological case study exploring correctional education : in the absence of humanizing pedagogical praxis among incarcerated men.
(2021-11-04)Incarcerated men look to the classroom as a refuge to learn, grow, and develop, departing from their typical, everyday environment where devaluation is the norm. Unfortunately, the absence of a humanizing pedagogical praxis ... -
Promoting student holistic success through positive relationships : a descriptive case study of elementary teachers and fourth and fifth grade students.
(2021-10-31)Many teachers continue to send students to the office for disruptive behavior instead of conversing with students about the situation to better understand the why behind the behavior. Students lose valuable instructional ... -
Career outcomes and perceptions across graduate programs : an explanatory sequential mixed methods study of dispute resolution and conflict management alumni.
(2021-11-04)Universities and academic programs face increasing pressure to align educational outcomes and career outcomes for their students as a measure of program and student success (Coughlin et al., 2016). Graduate programs in the ... -
Leaving education : a descriptive single-case study examining what factors drive teachers from the profession in Oklahoma.
(2021-10-31)Teacher attrition adversely impacts the academic future of the students in public schools. Each year, thousands of classrooms go without qualified teachers to provide instruction. Without qualified teachers to instruct ... -
The emergence of character in a college character development program : a convergent mixed methods study.
(2021-11-04)At the birth of America, the framers of the Constitution acknowledged that “only a virtuous people are capable of freedom” (Franklin, 1787). Correspondingly, colleges during the 17th and 18th centuries emphasized developing ...