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Case Study Analysis of the Families of Merit Program and Its Impact on Parents and Their Self-Efficacy
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Bryan, Melissa S. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
The Families of Merit Program was designed as an adult education course that could build individual self-efficacy and parental self-efficacy to effect outcomes that would benefit their child and the school. Building this self-efficacy in a community where those children served are predominately in poverty presents a compounded challenge. The…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Self Efficacy, Parenting Skills, Poverty
Enrichment Experiences in Engineering (E[superscript 3]) for Teachers Summer Research Program: An Examination of Mixed-Method Evaluation Findings on High School Teacher Implementation of Engineering Content in High School STEM Classrooms
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Page, Cheryl A.; Lewis, Chance W.; Autenrieth, Robin L.; Butler-Purry, Karen L. – Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 2013
Ongoing efforts across the U.S. to encourage K-12 students to consider science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) careers have been motivated by concerns that the STEM pipeline is shrinking because of declining student enrollment and increasing rates of retirement in industry. The Enrichment Experiences in Engineering (E[superscript…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, STEM Education, Secondary School Teachers, Summer Programs
A Study of the Impact of Professional Development on Teacher Attitude toward Writing and Implementation of Writing Strategies
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Johnson, Robin D. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This study investigated the impact of the New Jersey Writing Project in Texas (NJWPT) three-week professional development in writing instruction on teachers' attitudes toward writing and the teaching of writing. In addition, the research explored the impact of teacher attitude on the classroom implementation of writing strategies. Therefore, the…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Writing Strategies, Faculty Development, Teacher Attitudes