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Why Can't Tyrone Write? Perceptions of Three, African-American Eighth Grade Males about School Writing
(2013)
Using qualitative methods and a case study design, the perceptions and writing processes of three African-American eighth grade males were explored. Data were derived from semi-structured and informal interviews; a ...
A Study of the Influence of Service on Early Adolescents' Critical and Caring Thoughts and Actions
(2013)
The purpose of this study was to investigate the question of what impact opportunities for service had on early adolescents. I also hoped to discover what types of service might inspire critical, caring thought and action. ...
From Novice Low to Advanced High: Five Decades of Paradigmatic Shifts in Foreign Language Pedagogy
(2013)
For me, the search for the optimal method to promote students' oral
APPLICATION OF THE LEARNING CYCLE IN MEDICAL EDUCATION
(2013)
This study was designed to compare factual knowledge retention and clinical skills outcomes of two different teaching designs: inquiry via the learning cycle and exposition via power point presentation. This research was ...
WHAT GENDER CHARACTERISTICS, NORMS, AND ROLES MAY BE REPRESENTED IN THE THREE POPULAR YOUNG ADULT NOVEL BOOK SERIES HARRY POTTER, TWILIGHT, AND HUNGER GAMES?
(2013-12)
This dissertation research project explores the areas of gender characteristics, norms, and roles as may be interpreted by young people through the reading of the three popular young adult book series Harry Potter, Twilight, ...
Engineers' Self-Perceptions And A Strategy For Fostering Authentic Images of Engineers And Scientists Among Elementary School Students
(2013)
Over a decade since Finson’s 2002 review article, “Drawing a Scientist: What We Do and Do Not Know After Fifty Years of Drawings”, images of scientists, sometimes stereotypes, continue to be created and promoted in popular ...
The Making of a Thriving University-Based Reading Clinic: A Case Study
(2013)
In this case study, the researcher closely examined an active, university-based reading clinic. In particular, this study explored the experiences and perspectives of the stakeholders regarding the reading clinic. It ...
Using hermeneutic phenomenology to investigate pre-service secondary mathematics teachers' beliefs about mathematics and the teaching and learning of mathematics
(2013-11-25)
This research used an interpretive paradigm and a hermeneutic phenomenology methodology to investigate matehmatical belief systems of pre-service secondary mathematics teachers enrolled in a small private mid-western ...
Student Perceptions of Patriotism in England and the United States of America
(2013)
The perceptions held by high school students concerning patriotism is an indicator of whether education is influencing students to become active citizens in a democratic nation. The United States and England share a common ...
UNTANGLING A TEACHER'S STORY THROUGH HEURISTIC INQUIRY: A LIFE PROJECT
(2013)
This dissertation examines the professional and personal growth of a teacher after he became frustrated and burned out after a successful career in education and in ministry. By looking through 15 years of data (notebooks, ...