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Academic Optimism And Academic Success: An Explanatory Case Study
(Education, 2013-03-20)
Increasing student academic achievement continues to be a national call to action. Early student academic success can help prepare future citizens to be college and workforce ready. One construct, academic optimism (Hoy, ...
Educator Perceptions Of The Use Of Power And Student Responses To The Use Of Power At A Disciplinary Alternative Education Program (DAEP): One Texas Perspective
(Education, 2014-03-12)
This study was conducted to reveal educator perceptions of the uses of power and student responses to that power at the Disciplinary Alternative Education Program (DAEP) in one suburban Texas school district. The study ...
The Strategies, Tools, And Visual Media Used By K-12 Curriculum Directors, Instructional Coaches, Specialists, And Writers To Teach Reading: A Delphi Study
(Education, 2014-07-14)
The purpose of this study was to investigate the strategies, tools, and visual media used by K-12 curriculum directors, instructional coaches, specialists, and writers to teach reading in Texas. Also, the study examined ...
Motivation For Academically Gifted Students In Germany And The United States: A Phenomenological Study
(Education, 2013-03-20)
Recent trends toward globalization have engendered interest in comparative educational systems, pointing toward more fundamental change beyond the current focus upon accountability measures. This phenomenological study ...
Factors Of Attrition In Cohort Doctoral Education: A Self Determination Theory Perspective
(Education, 2014-03-12)
Attrition rates, completion rates, and time to degree are the key areas researchers have sought to examine influencing factors and patterns of behavior that describe the departure process of students in doctoral study. ...
Urban Underrepresented Minority Students In Science, Technology, Engineering, And Math: An Analysis Of The Differences Between Developmental Assets And Academic Achievement
(Education, 2013-07-22)
The purpose of this study is to determine the relationship between the developmental assets and academic achievement of urban underrepresented minority male and female students in a specialized science, technology, ...
High School Principal Transformational Leadership Behaviors And Teacher Extra Effort During Educational Reform: The Mediating Role Of Teacher Agency Beliefs
(Education, 2013-10-23)
Transformational leadership has been shown to affect organizational commitment, capacity development, and performance. However, these relationships have received very little attention in schools, especially high schools ...
Exploring Principals' Perceptions Of Characteristics, Practices, And Programs That Influence College Readiness For Low Socioeconomic Students In Smaller Texas High Schools: A Delphi Study
(Education, 2013-10-23)
The purpose of this study was to investigate characteristics, practices, programs, and other factors of smaller Texas high schools that are successful at producing college-ready low-SES graduates. The analysis of the data ...
Teacher Self-efficacy In A Project-based Learning (PBL) Classroom
(Education, 2014-09-17)
Preparing students, in the K-12 pipeline and in higher education institutions, will require new skills, soft skills, to ensure success in a 21st century workforce (Wagner, 2008). Soft skills, defined as being able to ...
Teachers' Orientation To Teaching And Their Perceived Readiness For 21st Century Learners
(Education, 2013-03-20)
In a 21st century world where students will need mastery of both core subjects and applied skills, the purpose of this qualitative study was to explore the congruence of teachers' orientations to education and the 21st ...