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Aylward, Bryan T. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Online distance education program has continued to change the educational landscape in higher education. There has been extensive research on the relationship between course size, faculty performance, and student success within traditional on-ground colleges and universities, but limited research as it related to online educational modalities. The…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Online Courses, Correlation, Multiple Regression Analysis
Senlik, Yasar – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this study is to identify the factors that impact the classroom management rating score of teachers at Concept Schools managed charter schools. Concept Schools, a non-profit management and consulting organization that manages charter schools in the Midwest, has adapted Charlotte Danielson's rubrics for "Enhancing Professional…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Charter Schools, Teacher Evaluation, Scores
Murphy, Gregory J. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This quantitative study explores the 2010 recommendation of the Educational Funding Advisory Board to consider the Evidence-Based Adequacy model of school funding in Illinois. This school funding model identifies and costs research based practices necessary in a prototypical school and sets funding levels based upon those practices. This study…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Financial Support, Elementary Schools, Middle Schools
Rismiati, Catur – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this study was to explore primary grade teachers' stages of concern and their implementation of an educational reform initiative called Integrated Thematic Instruction (ITI) in Indonesia. The Indonesian minister of education mandated primary grade teachers to implement ITI in 2006. Using a convenience sampling method, 150 Kanisius…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Teachers, Program Implementation, Thematic Approach
Kieffer, Christie – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this research was to quantitatively examine the relationships among various school-level factors (school socioeconomic status, school size, average class size, and teacher effectiveness) and to determine which school-level factors predict Latino academic achievement and Adequate Yearly Progress. Measuring teacher effectiveness is at…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Hispanic American Students, Institutional Characteristics, Elementary School Students
Hankinson, Kevin M. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
In distance education via videoconferencing, students at classroom remote sites learn without the physical presence of their teacher and other classmates at the host site. As a result, the learning experience of remote site students differs from host site students. Therefore, instructional leaders should make every effort to minimize the adverse…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Videoconferencing, Correlation, Interpersonal Relationship
Fifield, Andrea Owens – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of selected factors on professors' responses to relational aggression in college students. Specifically, this study explored the relationships between professors' gender, class size, level of empathy, ratings of seriousness of a relationally aggressive scenario, the gender of the perpetrator…
Descriptors: College Students, Campuses, Class Size, Intervention
Gemellaro, Dorian Marrone – ProQuest LLC, 2012
In this study, the researcher examined the strength and direction of relationships between NJ School Report Card Variables (NJ SRC) and 2008-2009 NJ ASK 5 Math and Language Arts Literacy (LAL) student test scores. Variables found to have an influence on standardized test scores in the extant literature were evaluated and reported. Analyses were…
Descriptors: Report Cards, Mathematics Tests, Language Tests, Scores
Young, Chase – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this research was to examine the relation between students' personality traits and the extent of their engagement and facilitation in peer-led literature circle discussions. The research was guided by two questions. To what extent do reading ability, gender, and personality traits predict the quality of verbal engagement in…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Group Activities, Group Discussion, Learner Engagement
JohnBull, Ranjini Mahinda – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This study sought to determine the nature of the relationship between cultural competence and teacher efficacy. According to 30 years of NAEP data, stagnant achievement among minority students persists; among factors related to student achievement, teacher efficacy represents the school-related variable that is most closely correlated and…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Teacher Effectiveness, Correlation, Outcomes of Education