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Sheri D. Deaton – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The purpose of this mixed methods study was to investigate students' perceptions of their own Funds of Knowledge (FOK) and the impact that these funds have as students prepare for careers. This purpose was achieved through an embedded mixed methods design with qualitative data collection and analysis embedded within the quantitative research…
Descriptors: Career and Technical Education, Direct Instruction, Middle School Students, Student Attitudes
Gorsh, Jay Anthony – ProQuest LLC, 2019
The purpose of this study is to implement an intervention designed to develop background knowledge and investigate its effects on science proficiency for students who are at risk for failure. Pretest scores for 130 students were analyzed to identify students with prior knowledge deficits that may put them at risk for failure. Of the 44 students…
Descriptors: At Risk Students, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Instructional Effectiveness
Ernesto Ortiz Jr. – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This qualitative case study examined the contribution a year-long professional development in the science of reading had on 10 first-grade teachers' knowledge of how reading develops and their instructional practices. Data for this research study was collected through a longitudinal interview process, from pre- and post-knowledge inventory…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Grade 1, Teacher Attitudes, Faculty Development
Wang, Jeremy Yi-Ming – ProQuest LLC, 2018
This dissertation examines the thesis that implicit learning plays a role in learning about scientific phenomena, and subsequently, in conceptual change. Decades of research in learning science demonstrate that a primary challenge of science education is overcoming prior, naive knowledge of natural phenomena in order to gain scientific…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Science Education, Science Process Skills, Intuition
Throne, Kurt Christopher – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this study was to discover what teaching strategies were utilized by Special Day Class (SDC) teachers to prepare their 9-12 grade students to pass a course in Algebra 1 and the mathematics section of the California High School Exit Exam (CAHSEE). This study used a mixed methodology involving a quantitative survey and qualitative…
Descriptors: Graduation Requirements, Exit Examinations, High School Students, Grade 9
Bennett, William Drew – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This study is an investigation into the science literacy of college genetics students who were given a modified curriculum to address specific teaching and learning problems from a previous class. This study arose out of an interest by the professor and researcher to determine how well students in the class Human Genetics in the 21st Century…
Descriptors: Direct Instruction, Writing Assignments, Homework, Prior Learning