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Min, Sookweon – ProQuest LLC, 2016
This study explores the extent to which a high school's organizational contexts and individual students' characteristics are related to adolescents' school bond in multiracial schools. It first examines how the racial heterogeneity of a school is associated with the levels of students' school bond, and then explores the roles school climate plays…
Descriptors: High Schools, Educational Environment, Student Characteristics, Correlation
Russell, Jae-eun Lee – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Students' motivation has been identified as a critical factor for meaningful engagement and positive academic achievement in various educational settings. In particular, self-regulation strategies have been identified as important skills in online learning environments. However, applying self-regulation strategies, such as goal setting,…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Learner Engagement, Online Courses, Goal Orientation
Kelley, Ginno Paoli – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This study examined the factors that have an effect on student scores on the Florida End-of-Course (EOC) Assessment in four secondary Algebra 1 classrooms using interactive whiteboard tools (IWTs). Four teachers and 335 students were observed in one public suburban school in central Florida during the second half of the spring term. Hierarchical…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Scores, Algebra, Secondary School Mathematics
Long, Nicole Natasha – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this study was to explore effects of faculty and student affairs staff roles within living-learning programs (LLPs) on perceptions of growth in critical thinking/analysis abilities, cognitive complexity, and liberal learning among LLP participants. This study used two data sources from the National Study of Living-Learning Programs…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Student Personnel Workers, Role, Critical Thinking
Niehaus, Elizabeth Kathleen – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this study was to explore the extent to and ways in which student participants in Alternative Break (AB) programs report that their AB experience influenced their intentions or plans to volunteer, engage in advocacy, or study or travel abroad, or their major or career plans. Additional analysis explored the specific program…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Education, Student Experience, Intention, Volunteers
Svihla, Vanessa Lynn – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Authentic design commonly involves teams of designers collaborating on ill-structured problems over extended time periods. Nonetheless, design has been studied extensively in sequestered settings, limiting our understanding of design as process and especially of learning design process. This study addresses potential shortcomings of such studies…
Descriptors: Teamwork, Interaction, Design, Biomedicine