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China Yolanda Pippin – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The purpose of this study is to examine the perceptions of kindergarten teachers concerning the skills that demonstrate the five components of readiness as organized by the National Education Goals Panel (NEGP) and to identify which skills kindergarten teachers believe are most important for students to be successful. In November 2023, 136…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Kindergarten, Teacher Attitudes, School Readiness
Jacqueline Diaz-Mewes – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The purpose of this mixed-methods case study was to understand how current and former early childhood and elementary school teachers and administrators at a multiple intelligence (MI) school in St. Louis, Missouri, viewed the feasibility and impact of applying MI theory in lesson planning and their perceptions of the assistance of educational…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Early Childhood Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes
Chris Hovey – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This dissertation examines the affective qualities of non-player character motion in a Virtual Reality (VR) cognitive training game, their impact on players' core affective experiences, game performance, and cognitive training outcomes. How do the movements of game characters in a VR environment affect players' experienced emotions, gameplay…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Educational Technology, Computer Uses in Education, Computer Games
Trishauna Pulos – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Middle school is about the growth, potential, and change of adolescents. Students at the middle school age level, generally ages 10 to 14, struggle with the dynamics of making the transitions from recess and active learning in elementary school to multiple teachers, bigger workloads and campuses, and larger student populations (Alexander et al.,…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Middle School Teachers, Student Projects, Active Learning
Tammy Allen Delgado – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Intrinsic motivation can be more influential for student's long-term learning because it can give students the internal drive to learn and complete a task without an outside influence. This study used a qualitative exploratory case study method and design. The problem addressed by this research study was that 9th and 10th grade social studies…
Descriptors: High School Teachers, High School Students, Student Motivation, Teacher Student Relationship
Xiaoman Wang – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This study presents a collaborative learning experience design aimed to promote Algorithmic Literacy (AL) among middle school students. Developed in partnership with middle school teachers and students, the design addresses the need to equip students with the knowledge and skills necessary to navigate an algorithm-driven digital landscape. The…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Algorithms, Multiple Literacies, Cooperative Learning
Ida D. Smith – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This qualitative phenomenological study examines special education teachers' perspectives to understand how virtual learning environments can support, through social-emotional interactions, the cognitive development of students with low-incident disabilities in a homebound setting. For this study, which was based on Vygotsky's sociocultural theory…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Electronic Learning, Virtual Classrooms, Teacher Attitudes
Elizabeth Pursell – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Cognitive development of eighth-grade students, as identified by Jean Piaget, occurs during a time when many of them are transitioning between concrete operations and formal operations where the ability to think in abstract concepts becomes possible. Because of this period of transition, many eighth-grade students find difficulty in demonstrating…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Units of Study, Teaching Methods, Comparative Analysis
Payam Rahmati – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Although pronunciation instruction (PI) has started to gain prominence in second language teacher professional development (PD) research (e.g. Nguyen & Newton, 2021), relatively less attention has been given to PD programs in an online format. Adopting a Sociocultural Theoretical (SCT) perspective, this dissertation explored the role of an…
Descriptors: Pronunciation Instruction, Sociocultural Patterns, Online Courses, Second Language Learning
Terrence Tianzhi Zhang – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Multilingual college students often struggle with writing and revising for academic purposes. This dissertation explored the effectiveness of a Concept-Based Language Instruction (C-BLI) approach to teaching revision processes to college-level multilingual writers. Although a significant body of research exists on effective feedback on…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Writing Instruction
Lindsay M. Swartzendruber – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Executive functioning has been a buzz word in education for a few years, especially since the COVID-19 pandemic. The research around executive functioning is exploding, as teachers are seeking to support students entering their classrooms with what seems like a wider variety of needs and less independence than ever before. Many districts are…
Descriptors: Middle School Teachers, Middle School Students, Executive Function, Educational Practices