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Strazzeri, Kenneth Charles – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purposes of this study were to investigate (a) undergraduate students' reasoning about the concepts of confidence intervals (b) undergraduate students' interactions with "well-designed" screencast videos on sampling distributions and confidence intervals, and (c) how screencast videos improve undergraduate students' reasoning ability…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Video Technology, Statistics, Logical Thinking
Conant, Darcy Lynn – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Stochastic understanding of probability distribution undergirds development of conceptual connections between probability and statistics and supports development of a principled understanding of statistical inference. This study investigated the impact of an instructional course intervention designed to support development of stochastic…
Descriptors: Statistics, Probability, Statistical Distributions, Statistical Inference
Blackwood, Jothany – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this study was to examine whether middle-level female administrators in the California Community College System were being mentored to higher-level positions, and whether the retention of leaders in higher-level positions was influenced by mentoring. Specifically, this research study examined the mobility and retention of female…
Descriptors: Mentors, Community Colleges, Statistical Significance, Statistical Distributions
Kraus, Brian W. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The purpose of this study was to analyze opinions of selected school district stakeholders regarding potentially critical factors in school bond referendum success and failure in Kansas during the years 2004-2007. Of the 72 eligible school districts, one district was randomly selected from each of six groups formed through a stratified random…
Descriptors: Opinions, Elections, Public Relations, Bond Issues
Royster, Otelia – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The problem addressed in this study was that regular education teachers lacked the training to include students with disabilities in inclusive classrooms. The evidence indicated that teachers were beginning to show greater levels of frustration, students were being referred out of the classroom, and many students were being sent to the special…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Faculty Development, Knowledge Level, Expertise
Lloyd, Tracy – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The No Child Left Behind (NCLB) legislation of 2001 increased the stakes for all schools to increase student achievement by mandating all students meet or exceed state standards by 2014. A small rural school responded 5 years ago to their failure to make adequate yearly progress (AYP) by implementing professional learning communities (PLC) as a…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Communities of Practice, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation