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Building Teacher Competence through Modeling and Practice in an Instructional Coaching Session
(2017)
This study aims to understand how instructional coaching supports novice teachers by examining how to build teacher competence effectively. Using self-determination theory (Deci & Ryan, 2002) as the conceptual framework, ...
THE EFFECT OF THE CARRERA ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY PREVENTION PROGRAM ON STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT
(2017-05)
This study evaluates the effect of the Carrera Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Program, as implemented at a mid-sized, urban-suburban school system, on student achievement. The Carrera Program offers seven components of ...
THE PSYCHOLOGICAL CONDITIONS OF AN ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL LEADING TO ACADEMIC SUCCESS: A CASE STUDY OF ONE SUCCESSFUL SCHOOL THAT ATTENDED TO THE CONSTRUCTS OF SELF DETERMINATION THEORY
(2017)
There is a dearth of literature regarding alternative school practices based on theoretical premises leading to successful outcomes for students. The literature reveals outcomes that alternative school practitioners have ...
A CROSS-CULTURAL ANALYSIS OF SHAME IN MORAL EDUCATION BETWEEN SOUTH KOREA AND THE UNITED STATES
(2017-05)
Although there have been various issues involving shame in the educational scene, little research in the field of philosophy of education has seriously investigated this topic. In my dissertation, a comparative philosophical ...
A PROCESS EVALUATION OF THE YOUTH PHILANTHROPY INITIATIVE, A LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
(2017-05-12)
This process evaluation examines the Youth Philanthropy Initiative (YPI) program in Tulsa, Oklahoma and whether the implementation of this experience is meeting the basic psychological and/or developmental needs of youth. ...
LIVED EXPERIENCES OF FEMALE HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPALS IN RURAL REMOTE HIGH SCHOOLS OF A SOUTHWESTERN STATE
(2017-05-12)
This hermeneutic phenomenology research study expands the knowledge base concerning leadership experiences of female high school principals. Specifically, the research explored the perceptions of four female high school ...
An Analysis of the Effects of All-Day Prekindergarten on Academic Achievement and Socio-Behavioral Development
(2017)
Providing access to prekindergarten has been an important conversation in several states. Oklahoma has previously pioneered this effort, ensuring quality prekindergarten opportunities in nearly every district in the state. ...
An Evaluation of a Professional Development Program for Elementary Mathematics
(2017-12-14)
This program evaluation sought to determine the effectiveness of a mathematics professional development program. The population for this study included 61 teachers, all who taught elementary math to regular, special education ...
White Women Doing Racism: A Critical Narrative Inquiry of White Women's Experiences of College
(2017-08)
College campuses continue to be inequitable spaces for students as access and experiences are stratified by race, gender, and class, among other social categories. As access to higher education has broadened, white women ...
The Boston Women's Health Book Collective's Encounter with the Medical Mis-education of Women: A Conceptual and Historical Inquiry
(2017-05-12)
This study of the educational thought of the Boston Women’s Health Book Collective (BWHBC) uses Jane Roland Martin’s concept of cultural miseducation (2002) to theorize the “medical mis-education of women,” which is revealed ...