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Jenny Harris Gibson – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This mixed-methods study explored American College Test (ACT) composite scores and Tennessee Value-Added Assessment System (TVAAS) growth scores in connection with a student's race, socioeconomic status, and gender as well as perceived factors that promote or inhibit success on the ACT. Quantitative data were collected from existing TVAAS data for…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Sex, Racial Factors, Socioeconomic Status
Spencer T. Normington – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This embedded experimental mixed-methods study examined the implementation and outcomes of World Music Drumming (WMD) curriculum on reading fluency in primary elementary children and teacher perceptions of its effectiveness in student-to-curriculum, student-to-student, and student-to-teacher interactions in a summer camp setting. WMD, with its…
Descriptors: Music Education, Music Activities, Reading Fluency, Scores
Denair Rochelle Thomas-Hutton – ProQuest LLC, 2020
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between teachers' perceptions of the use of CAI to teach academics to their students diagnosed with level 1 autism. In addition, how teachers determined other strategies to use with their students was investigated. Most of the current literature reviewed was geared towards the use of CAI to…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Middle School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Computer Assisted Instruction
Hicks, Juanita C. – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Researchers are increasingly interested in the cognitive behaviors students display during tests. This interest has led researchers to look for innovative ways to collect this type of data. Due to the proliferation of computer-based assessments, process data has become popular for its ability to help show what students know, what students don't…
Descriptors: Reading Strategies, Computer Assisted Instruction, Gender Differences, Race
Campbell, Natalie Cathalyn – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The study investigated the antecedents to disposition to trust with regard to the Accelerated Reader program. The areas considered were teachers' experience, teachers' peer experience, teachers' peer support, gender, and age. The population for this study consisted of teachers who used Accelerated Reader from four school districts in Louisiana.…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Trust (Psychology), Acceleration (Education), Reading Programs
Borrego, Josue D. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
In the current study, the researcher investigated if there was a significant difference in Texas English Language Proficiency Assessment System (TELPAS) reading scale scores between English as a Second Language students who were instructed using the System 44 program and students who were instructed in a more traditional setting. The current study…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Reading Programs
Myers, Brenda Gail – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Using a quantitative ex post facto causal comparative research design, this study analyzed the effects of the Academy of Reading software program on students' reading achievement. Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program (TCAP) reading scale scores of students in the fourth, fifth, and sixth grades from 2013-2014 were utilized in this study. The…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Reading Programs, Reading Instruction, Reading Achievement
Kim, Scott Sungki – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The present research study investigated the effects of 8 versions of a computer-based vocabulary learning program on receptive and productive knowledge levels of college students. The participants were 106 male and 103 female Korean EFL students from Kyungsung University and Kwandong University in Korea. Students who participated in versions of…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Expressive Language, Receptive Language
Martin, Veronique – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Since the early 2000s, foreign language practitioners and researchers have shown an increasing interest in exploring the affordances of multimodal telecollaborative environments for the linguistic and intercultural development of their students. Due in part to their inherent complexity, one-on-one desktop-videoconferencing contexts have not been…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, French, Videoconferencing
Stayner, Mindy L. – ProQuest LLC, 2014
The purpose of this quantitative study was to investigate the relationship between a computer-based learning (CBL) method and academic performance, controlling for independent, non-academic and academic confounding, variables of high school GPA, college GPA, marital status, number of dependents, age, gender, race, level of education, and semester…
Descriptors: Statistical Analysis, Correlation, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education
Heithecker, Julia Ann – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this quantitative study was to compare the educational effectiveness of online versus in-class computer literacy courses, and examine the impact, if any, of student demographics (delimited to gender, age, work status, father and mother education, and enrollment status). Institutions are seeking ways to produce technologically…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Online Courses, Web Based Instruction, Conventional Instruction
Barbu, Otilia C. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
In this study, I investigated how proficiently seventh-grade students enrolled in two Southwestern schools solve algebra word problems. I analyzed various factors that could affect this proficiency and explored the differences between English Learners (ELs) and native English Primary students (EPs). I collected the data as part of the Animal Watch…
Descriptors: Tutoring, Web Based Instruction, Educational Technology, Grade 7
Plony, Doreen A. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this ex post facto study was to analyze archive data to investigate the effects of Read 180, a computer-based supplemental reading intervention, on students' academic achievement for the academic school year 2011-2012. Further analyses examined if influences existed in variables such as grade level, gender, and ethnicity of the…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation, Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains
Gesbocker, Shestine R. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The purpose of this study was to assess if there was a relationship between sixth, seventh, and eighth grade student's level of mastery of basic math facts and their mathematical scaled score from a standardized test, whether computer assisted instruction (CAI) software improved seventh grade students' ability to master their basic math…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Teaching Methods, Educational Technology, Middle School Students
Gary, Christeny Y. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The increasing demand for nontraditional courses acknowledges that individuals are not monolithic in their approach to learning. The uniqueness of an individual's learning preferences is often due to their experiences. Although individuals tend to have a primary learning preference, they may choose to employ an array of learning styles based on…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Cognitive Style, Content Validity, Educational Administration
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