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Joseph S. Kozlowski – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Tangible coding toys have been promulgated as useful learning tools for young children to learn computer science and mathematics concepts and skills. Although research shows coding toys can support mathematics for early childhood aged children, little is known about the specific design features of coding toys that afford mathematical thinking…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Young Children, Coding, Toys
Seebeck, Kelly A. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
The purpose of this study was to identify if special education teachers' self-efficacy beliefs are impacted by student engagement, instructional strategies, and classroom management. Specifically, this study focused on the self-efficacy of high school special education teachers in an urban setting. This was a correlational quantitative design…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, Self Efficacy, Teacher Effectiveness, High School Students
Willmann, Kerri Lynn – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Reading achievement scores in the United States are low and educators need more strategies to support young students in literacy. It is important to identify the technologies and implementation strategies that educators find beneficial for literacy instruction. The purpose of this qualitative study was to investigate perspectives on instructional…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Early Childhood Education, Kindergarten
Thomas, Diona C. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Technology is now being utilized in schools in an effort to address the lack of engagement most students have experienced in mathematics when learning foundational skills at the elementary school level. While there are a number of studies that have described teacher perceptions of engagement through the use of technology during the school day,…
Descriptors: Role, After School Programs, Elementary School Students, Mathematics Skills
Arnold, Bradley A. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The purpose of this qualitative case study was to develop descriptions of how teenage students remain engaged in learning while using mobile technology. Developments in technology have expanded learning contexts and provided learners with improved capacities to connect with others to exchange, gain, and construct knowledge. Developments in…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Telecommunications, Learning Activities, Qualitative Research
Sheffield, Adriane Nicole – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Autonomy is the sense that one has control over one's actions within an environment or that one has some degree of choice over his or her own life. Autonomy support involves an individual who is in a position of authority, (e.g., parent, teacher, coach), taking the perspective of another (e.g. student, child), acknowledging their feelings, and…
Descriptors: Personal Autonomy, STEM Education, Art Education, Student Projects
Critchosin, Heather – ProQuest LLC, 2014
Executing Quality describes the perceived process experienced by participants while engaging in Keystone Standards, Training, Assistance, Resources, and Support (Keystone STARS) quality rating improvement system (QRIS). The purpose of this qualitative inquiry was to understand the process of Keystone STARS engagement in order to generate a…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, State Standards, Qualitative Research, Comparative Analysis
Barnet, Michael D. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Each fall, approximately one million children enter the ninth grade with little prospect of completing high school. Of the 1.1 million students projected to leave school without a diploma for the 2012 school year, a staggering 27 percent (approximately 310,000) will be of Latino descent (Alliance for Excellent Education, 2012). The purpose of this…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, Phenomenology, Interviews, Qualitative Research
Byno, Kristin Jacobson – ProQuest LLC, 2014
This phenomenological case study was designed to investigate the experiences educators encounter when implementing iPad technology into middle school math classrooms at a middle school in Northeast Texas. The growing popularity of the iPad mobile device has made the technology an attractive tool that can be implemented into K-12 classrooms,…
Descriptors: Phenomenology, Case Studies, Technology Integration, Middle School Teachers
Villarreal, Lorena A. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Imagination has been described as a cognitive endeavor that serves as a catalyst for creative actions and aids in the development of comprehension skills. Studies show that incorporating imagination into classroom practice builds on children's lived experiences and encourages the creative reworking of elements that enable the generation of new…
Descriptors: Imagination, Comprehension, Visualization, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique)
Snyder, Jill – ProQuest LLC, 2014
This qualitative case study was designed to explore students' perceptions of online learning at a small rural community college to understand what factors impacted their persistence in coursework. The research problem dealt with retention rates in online courses, which were lower than in face-to-face courses. Despite extensive quantitative…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Case Studies, Student Attitudes, Online Courses
Burkhardt, Joan Wilkinson – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this basic qualitative study was to understand how everyday cross-cultural interactions affected the adjustment of undergraduate international students attending a private research university in the northeastern United States. To fulfill this purpose, three research questions were formulated as a foundation for this investigation:…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Undergraduate Students, Foreign Students, Intercultural Communication
Eastabrooks, Donna – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this two-phase mixed methods research study was to examine the select noncognitive factors of academic integration, goal orientation and self-efficacy relative to the persistence of traditional and nontraditional students. First, eighty-three questionnaires were distributed to traditional and nontraditional students enrolled at a…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, Goal Orientation, Self Efficacy, Nontraditional Students
Ward, Steven Jerome – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine the course design decisions and pedagogical practices of American literature teachers at three rural community colleges of varying size in North Alabama. Fink's (2003) Integrated Course Design (ICD) model provided a framework for this study, and the researcher attempted to determine if and to…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Curriculum Design, Literature, Rural Schools
Winfree, Linda – ProQuest LLC, 2013
As college and workplace success becomes increasingly dependent on reading, parents and educators have become more interested in how to engage students in reading. Teachers at a rural Georgia high school have reported that students are reluctant to engage in academic reading. Guided by previous research on the factors that promote or discourage…
Descriptors: Reading Motivation, Learner Engagement, High School Students, Rural Schools
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