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Fisher, Christopher J. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This was a single case study of a law enforcement agency located within the Atlanta-Metro area that has within the past three years started to utilize mobile data terminals (MDTs). This study consisted of 12 participants and attempted to answer the research question: How do police officers that utilize MDTs perceive these devices impact their work…
Descriptors: Police, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Productivity
Coyle, Patrick J. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This phenomenological study examined the experience of being an older undergraduate student in the first decade of the twenty-first century, as described by eight older undergraduate students while attending a four-year college. The purpose of the study was to gain a better understanding of what it means to be an older undergraduate student by…
Descriptors: Phenomenology, Undergraduate Students, Semi Structured Interviews, Adult Students
Hozien, Wafa Ismail – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this study is to explore and describe individual Pennsylvania rural elementary principals' experiences of ethical decision-making in a complex era. Ethical dilemma, in this case, is the term used to depict an incident which calls for a decision to be made when moral values or ethical principles were in conflict. Also, to learn how…
Descriptors: Ethics, Rural Schools, Elementary Schools, Decision Making
Matsuzaki, William Masatu – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Current research has shown that about one-third of new teachers in the United States leave the profession within the first three years, thus, making it a priority to support new teachers in the classroom. To address this issue, research is needed to better understand the needs and experiences of novice educators in a variety of educational…
Descriptors: Phenomenology, Case Studies, Beginning Teachers, Teaching Experience
Firestone, Brenda L. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this dissertation research study was to investigate engineers' perceptions of diversity and the workplace learning environment surrounding diversity education efforts in engineering occupations. The study made use of a mixed methods methodology and was theoretically framed using a critical feminist adult education lens and…
Descriptors: Engineering, Engineering Education, Professional Personnel, Attitudes
Samruayruen, Buncha – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this study was to identify the existing level of self-regulated learning (SRL) among Thai online learners, to examine the relationship between SRL and academic achievement based on a) course completion and b) course grades, and to investigate differences in SRL as they correlate to demographic factors. A mixed-methods research…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Foreign Countries, Academic Achievement, Grades (Scholastic)
Simmons Nevels, LaShanda D. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this mixed-methods study was to investigate the factors associated with the successful achievement of National Board Certification. This study also aimed to identify common characteristics among teachers who have achieved National Board Certification, as perceived by National Board Certified Teachers (NBCTs). Through structured…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, Teacher Certification, National Standards, Structured Interviews
Marx, Emily – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Self-authorship, a theory developed by Robert Kegan (1982) and applied to college students by Marcia Baxter Magolda, is the ability to internally define one's own beliefs, identity, and relationships (Baxter Magolda, 2001). People who self-author have the ability to make career, academic, relationship, and life decisions that take into…
Descriptors: Student Personnel Services, Student Personnel Workers, Academic Advising, Counselor Characteristics
McCoy, Wanda Linnette – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Over the past three decades, there has been growing interest in teaching mathematics in ways that encourage action for social justice. Social Justice Education (SJE) seeks to enable students to study existing forms of social injustices in their lives and to create a sense of social agency in the students. This study sought to understand the…
Descriptors: Student Teacher Attitudes, Knowledge Level, Social Justice, Elementary School Mathematics
Sutton, David M. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The public school superintendent's role has changed substantially over time, and the work of superintendents is more complex, demanding, and challenging than ever before. Recent studies indicate that 70% to 80% of the nation's superintendents will leave their positions over the next five years, suggesting the imminent entry of many new…
Descriptors: Educational Administration, Superintendents, Administrator Role, Phenomenology
Hastings, Lindsay J. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this embedded explanatory sequential mixed methods study was to examine the impact of mentoring relationships on generativity in college students. Generativity refers to concern for establishing and guiding the next generation The first, quantitative phase compared generativity levels among general college students, college student…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, College Students, Mentors, Interpersonal Relationship
Robertson, Michael James – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Digital games and simulations are receiving considerable notice within the library and information science (LIS) community. This study adds to the depth of knowledge in this area by providing research on the likelihood a hypothetical digital game delivery method for library instruction achieves sufficient adoption to justify its development.…
Descriptors: Information Science Education, Scaling, Academic Libraries, Information Science
Montenegro, Hector Jose – ProQuest LLC, 2008
The purpose of this study was to identify and describe the strategies Texas superintendents use to both prevent and resolve conflicts between the school board-superintendent leadership team and to examine the effects of gender, age, ethnicity, level of education, experience in education, tenure as a superintendent, leadership style, and type and…
Descriptors: Superintendents, Prevention, Conflict Resolution, Board Administrator Relationship