Browsing by Subject "Education, Curriculum and Instruction."
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7th grade Chinese students' reading motivation in Taiwan.
(2007)This dissertation study investigated seventh-grade Chinese students' reading motivation in Taiwan. The mix-method triangulation research design was employed to find answers to the study's questions. A total of 247 seventh-grade ... -
Academic Optimism and Collective Student Trust of Teachers: A Test of the Relationship in Urban Schools
(2014-12)The purpose of this study was to test the relationship between academic optimism and collective student trust in urban schools after controlling for contextual conditions that can enhance or impede cooperative student-teacher ... -
An analysis of stage theory related to beginning social studies teachers: Research on professional development.
(1998)With the consideration of the purpose and goals of this study, a qualitative research paradigm, with emphasis on using constant comparative analysis, was applied in this investigation. Data that were gathered in this ... -
An analysis of talk in four first-year composition cooperative learning groups.
(2001)This dissertation considers the question, "in what ways do students in cooperative learning groups in First-Year Composition courses create social contexts that allow positive, constructive criticism to take place?" Social ... -
An analysis of the attitudes and perceptions of administrators toward geography in Arkansas public secondary schools /
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Anthropological Literacy: Toward a Holistic Understanding of the Varieties of Human Experience through Oklahoma Social Studies Education
(2021-12-17)In conversations about education in Oklahoma, there are differing views on how to handle equipping students to navigate a diverse world. Social studies education research has long sought new approaches to prepare students ... -
The apparent strategies of universities with exemplary retention rates: A synthesis of academic cocurricular programming.
(2003)Many institutions of higher education offer cocurricular programming opportunities outside of the classroom to supplement learning and to impact retention. While many retention studies have focused on social programming ... -
Are our children reading proficiently and how would we know? An examination of state and national elementary reading assessments.
(2007)The states were divided into groups by performance levels based on the difference in the proportion of students scoring at proficient levels and above between their state and the NAEP 2005 fourth grade reading assessments ... -
Are we speaking the same language: Exploring meaning construction in a first-year composition classroom.
(1997)Data revealed that disjunctions occurred between the teacher's intentions for making the assignments and the students interpretations of the assignments on some level with all three essays. Data analysis also indicated ... -
An assessment of attitude change in preservice physical education majors after exposure to movement education.
(1998)The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of exposure before and after the 16-week course, Skills and Techniques of Movement, Exercise, and Fitness on preservice physical education majors' attitudes toward ... -
An assessment of teacher concerns about classroom technology integration in Southeast Oklahoma.
(2005)Three hundred sixty-two teachers volunteered to complete the survey instrument. Based on the findings of this study, the following conclusions were made: (a) Teachers were at the Stage 5, collaboration; (b) teachers had ... -
At-risk high school students examine practices, obstacles, and action plans for democratic school reform.
(2002)This study examines the perceptions of at-risk high school students to the application of the nine practices of the high achieving schools (O'Hair, 1999). The research method was qualitative naturalistic. Data sources ... -
Authentic instruction: A comparative case study of three urban high schools.
(2005)All five of these teachers were part of the National Science Foundation (NSF) sponsored (grant #0086415) Authentic Teaching Alliance (ATA) which involved public school teachers, graduate and advanced undergraduate fellows, ... -
AUTONOMY SUPPORT, COMPETENCE SUPPORT, AND RELATIONAL SUPPORT CAN FOSTER SELF-EFFICACY FOR SELF-REGULATED LEARNING IN URBAN SCHOOLS
(2014)Purpose. The purpose of this research was to examine the relationship between school conditions (namely: autonomy support, competence support, and relational support) and student self-efficacy for self-regulated learning ... -
Basic police officer training in Oklahoma: An assessment of effectiveness and relevance.
(1997)This study was undertaken to collect and analyze data that would assist in assessing the relevance and effectiveness of the entry level law enforcement officer training program in Oklahoma. Additionally, the study was ... -
Busi culture: Getting ahead in Taiwan education.
(2001)The purpose of this study is to develop an understanding of the main reasons for busi attendance, the parents' perceptions of busi programs and views of busi benefits for their children, as well as to clarify the effects ... -
A case study of systemic curricular reform: A forty-year history.
(2005)What follows is a description of the development of a particular inquiry-based elementary school science curriculum program and how its theoretical underpinnings positively influenced a school district's (K-12) science ... -
A case study of the adoption of a technology-based innovation in an urban school district: An e-portfolio initiative.
(2007)The study also provides several recommendations for further research. Recommendations include the expansion of several demographic and/or contextual data points in an effort to provide rich narrative of the environment ... -
Changes in the quality of effective teaching as perceived by kindergarten teachers using Great Expectations: A case study.
(2003)Results indicated that findings of the current study concurred with those of earlier research. Important factors affecting the perceptions included professional development and character education. This study indicated ... -
CHARTER SCHOOLS AND INCLUSIVE SCIENCE EDUCATION: THE CONCEPTUAL CHANGE AND ATTITUDES OF STUDENTS WITHOUT DISABILITIES
(2014-03-06)As a philosophy and educational approach, inclusive education provides opportunities for all students to have effective conceptual understanding and positive social attitudes (Idol, 2006). With inclusion, educators incorporate ...