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The Relationship Between Exposure to Higher Levels of Morally Principled Thinking and the Development of Moral Decision Making Competencies of Student-Athletes
(2011)
At intercollegiate athletics' most competitive level, NCAA Division I, student-athletes frequently experience national attention from media outlets, increased pressure to perform from coaches, celebrity status from society, ...
Striving to Breathe and Balance on the Brink: Spirituality in the Lives of New Faculty in Transition
(2010)
The purpose of this study was to increase an understanding of spirituality's place in the holistic adult adjustment of new faculty members during their transitional years at a public research university. Many have been ...
THE EFFECT OF INSTRUCTIONAL SUPERVISION ON PRINCIPAL TRUST
(2010)
Within-school climates and culture are predicated on organizational structures, distributions of power, and roles that are highly interactive. Hierarchical structures and uneven power distributions, primarily those of ...
EFFECT OF DIGITAL GAME BASED LEARNING ON NINTH GRADE STUDENTS' MATHEMATICS ACHIEVEMENT
(2011)
This experimental study examined the effect of an educational massive multiplayer online game (MMOG) on achievement on a standards-based mathematics exam. It also examined the interaction of student characteristics (gender ...
Academic and Athletic Motivation as Predictors of Academic Performance of Division I College Student-Athletes
(2012)
Division I intercollegiate student-athletes represent a unique population of college students on college campuses today because they face competing demands between the student and athlete roles. Without the proper environment ...
AN EXAMINATION OF FORMAL SCHOOL STRUCTURE AND TEACHER EVALUATION
(2016-08)
Research showing that teachers are the most important school-related factor for student improvement has increased attention on what and how to improve teaching quality in our classrooms. Compounding this is the heightened ...
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 ...
2016 Simons Patricia DissertatonTAKING A CLOSER LOOK: A CASE STUDY OF ONE PRINCIPAL WHO DEVELOPED TEACHER LEADERS WHO BECAME EDUCATIONAL LEADERS IN OTHER SETTINGS
(2016-05-13)
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The purpose of this investigation is to explore through a historical case study the ways in which one principal mentored and built capacity with a school-based cohort of teachers who became school leaders themselves ...
Trust, Transformational Leadership, and Collective Teacher Efficacy in an Urban School Setting
(2016-12-17)
The purpose of this study is to show how together trust along with transformational leadership moderates the effect of economic disadvantage on instructional capacity, defined by collective teacher efficacy, in urban ...
Principal Transformational Leadership Behaviors and Teacher Motivation
(2018-12)
While a vast amount of research exists on both teacher motivation and principal leadership styles, there is very little research that examines these topics together. Principals play a key role in the motivation of teachers, ...