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An Examination of Capital Outlay Funding Mechanisms in Oklahoma
(2008)
This is an exploratory study designed to assist in understanding how funding mechanisms in Oklahoma influence school districts in pursuing capital outlay projects, including an emphasis on the differences between rural and ...
An examination of career longevity, career achievement, and Machiavellian attitudes of engineers and analysts in an international engineering and communications organization.
(2001)
There are implications for research and practice related to the explanations. The results of this study provide researchers with important information concerning the Machiavellian construct and the nature of the relationship ...
A Balancing Act: Reconciling Organizational Change with a Tradition of Uniqueness in Countercultural Liberal Arts Colleges
(2008)
The current investigation explores the impact of societal shifts in commercialism and consumerism on lesser-known colleges with a tradition of liberal arts education. I present a descriptive case study that examines the ...
An Examination of the Relationship Between Digital Literacy and Student Achievement in Texas Elementary Schools
(2009)
The proponents of digital literacy have been advocating its use in our schools and classrooms for a number of years. However, the empirical evidence on the impact of digital literacy on teaching and learning is nearly ...
SUCCESSFUL PRINCIPALS LEADING SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT IN
(2009)
School improvement is a hotly debated topic for school staffs and leaders. Over the past few decades, many models for school improvement have emerged, each determined to increase student achievement. Worldwide, schools ...
Mentoring and mentor efficacy: A training program's effectiveness.
(2001)
Both the quantitative data and the qualitative data generated noted that mentor training changed mentor efficacy in regard to the student teaching experience. The quantitative data derived from the pre and post questionnaires ...
Adults returning to college.
(2005)
The purpose of this study was to determine adult student expectations in relationship to educational outcomes and benefits experienced both during the process of and after obtaining the baccalaureate degree. Because of the ...
"MAKING A MAN OUT OF A BOY": MASCULINITY, MALE PRIVILEGE, AND MISEDUCATION IN THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA
(2009)
This inquiry responds to a perceived "masculinity crisis" by examining the educational meanings and cultural values of "masculinization." (Pollack, 1998, 2000; Sommers, 2000; Gurian, 1996) Claiming that a masculinization ...
Going beyond care, concern, and connection to create a classroom environment of compassionate connectivity.
(2007)
Many scholars show that we are falling back on teaching practices which concentrate on academic matters such as: reading, writing, and arithmetic. These ideals of schooling were crucial in the conception of education in ...
A study comparing student achievement in a full-service school and a non-full-service school.
(2007)
Student achievement indicators in the two schools were compared. The schools were similar in enrollment, community type, percent low-income students, and percent minority students. Data gathered from the schools was retrieved ...