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Concept questions with peer-led vs. teacher-led discussions in a high school physics course
(2011)
Introductory physics classes attempt to guide students while they develop the mental structures and schema necessary to consistently apply the Newtonian concept of force to various situations. Science education research ...
Adaptive Classroom Project Management: Facilitating Collaborative Science Inquiry with Scrum
(2017-05-12)
New standards such as NGSS require science teachers to shift the focus of classroom teaching to making sense of phenomena and designing solutions to problems, engaging in three dimensional learning, and developing 21st ...
A State of Unfairs: A Case Study Concerning Respect for Teachers in Oklahoma
(2016-12)
The purpose of this research study is to examine if and how Oklahoma teachers
are disrespected within their profession. This study incorporates an online survey
and in-depth interviewing to attempt to address the ...
Differentiation in the Secondary English Classroom
(2017-12)
This study seeks to show the possible positive learning outcomes gained by the use of differentiated instruction. My methods of differentiation included specializing content using the different levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy, ...
High School Students and their Experiences from U.S. History Classrooms
(2018-05)
The study uncovers a narrative lack of diversity within social studies classrooms, particularly U.S. History. When a more multicultural narrative appeared within the study of these students' curriculum, they were far more ...
The Complexities of Learning Arabic in the 21st Century
(2016-12-16)
Of four levels of difficulty and of hundreds of languages spoken worldwide, Arabic is considered a category 4, which means it is among the most difficult languages to learn. While Modern Standard Arabic (Fusha) is most ...
A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS OF BANGLADESH AND FINLAND
(2017-05-04)
This thesis compares the educational system of Bangladesh, a democratic South Asian country, with the educational system of Finland, a Scandinavian country that scores high in international comparisons on tests, such as ...
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS (STEM) PROFESSIONALS’ EXPECTATIONS OF HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES: A REGIONAL STUDY
(2016-08-12)
The number of high school graduates that are both capable and interested in pursuing a STEM career is currently not enough to meet the growing need for a workforce equipped with STEM skills. Business and industry representatives ...
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 ...
High School Social Studies Teachers Navigating in One-to-One Classrooms
(2018-12)
Do teachers change their pedagogical decisions once they receive greater access to technology? This study aims to evaluate the extent to which social studies teachers, both those who grew up with technology (digital natives) ...