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The lived experience of public preschool teachers: A phenomenological study.
(2004)
Public preschools are rapidly being added to elementary schools throughout the nation. A literature review showed high-quality preschools both improve the lives of at-risk children and have several commonalities centered ...
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 ...
A phenomenological study of how secondary principals perceive their responsibility in sustaining technology.
(2005)
The purpose of this study was to document how ten secondary principals perceived, experienced and defined their responsibility in sustaining technology. Based on interviews of ten secondary principals, with phenomenology ...
A qualitative research study on the viability of using a classroom Web site as a school-to-home communication tool in a southwestern United States elementary school and middle school.
(2004)
This study examines the concept of using classroom web sites as tools for parent communication by focusing on parents' views of how useful the web sites were for them, and how useful they could have been with appropriate ...
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 ...
Educators' understanding and implications of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.
(2005)
As schools across the nation implement the new law, the purpose of this study is to examine the understanding of NCLB and its implications as perceived by educators and to determine: (1) if there are any significant ...
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 ...
A mixed methods study of the teaching of social studies concepts in elementary classrooms.
(2007)
This study questions the accepted belief that social studies is not being taught in regular elementary education classrooms. That belief is based on time studies and a body of research that looks at curriculum and teacher ...
It is the process, not the test: A mixed method study of a professional learning community at one elementary school in Oklahoma.
(2006)
The juxtaposition of the quest for reaching accountability benchmarks and the desire for meeting students' individual needs has created a problem for district administration, site principals, and school staff. As a result, ...
A framework for learner-instructor interaction in the online, distance education environment.
(2003)
Current literature argues that learner-instructor interaction is important in distance education, but fails to describe this interaction in a way that provides a theoretical or empirical basis for understanding its ...