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“ME NO MORE COME”: PERSISTENCE AND QUITTING AMONG ADULT SPANISH-SPEAKING ENGLISH LEARNERS
(2018-08)
The purpose of this qualitative case study was to explore what makes adult Spanish-speaking English learners (ELs) stay or drop out of English class in a non-profit English literacy center in a city in a southwestern state ...
Emerging voices of undergraduate writers: A study of the phenomenon of writing changes during the college years.
(2007)
College faculty can support the growth of undergraduate writers by establishing a learning community focused on learning as motivation. Conferences that provide specific, concrete suggestions, as well as leading questions, ...
Indonesian Student Teachers' Beliefs and Practices in Teaching L2 Reading
(2014-05-09)
Abstract
Student teachers’ beliefs in Indonesian contexts are rarely explored. The aims of this case study are to answer the following questions: 1) What are Indonesian student teachers’ beliefs about teaching L2 reading?, ...
Employed, rural high school seniors, mandatory attendance, and senior English: A phenomenological exploration.
(2007)
This phenomenological study examines the lived experiences of seven employed high school seniors to explore the research question: How do rural, employed high school seniors approach learning in English, their only required ...
Using Young Adult Literature as the Cornerstone of Literacy: Pairing Young Adult Novels with the Classics
(2016-05-13)
English classes are still relying on novels taught consistently since the eighties if not earlier. Though our students have changed drastically since that time, our teaching methods and texts have not. And now, only 20% ...
The Unconventional Thesis of an Unconventional Educator: A Heightened Performative Autoethnography
(2016-12-16)
This is an unconventional thesis about the reflective look back at my first year of
teaching. The purpose of the thesis is to advocate for future, new, and current
teachers to start using the reflective practice to enhance ...
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 ...
From Cave Art to Cryonics
(2013)
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 ...