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Aisja Jones – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Historical data showed evidence of repeated poor performance on end-of-year (EOY) state tests (South Carolina Department of Education [SCDE], 2017, 2018, 2019). For this study, 12 fifth-grade students read expository text, employed reciprocal teaching strategies, collaborated face to face and online using a Web 2.0 tool during the reading…
Descriptors: Reading Strategies, Teacher Role, Student Role, Reading Instruction
An, Jin S. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Student retention is a major concern of many higher education administrators and educators in the United States. The American College Testing Program (ACT) studies conducted between 1983 and 2010 indicated that one out of three students who started college did not return as sophomores and one out of two college students were unable to graduate.…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Attitudes, Technology Uses in Education, School Holding Power
Coleman, David W. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Information Technology (IT) provides public sector organizations the capability to provide real increases in organizational effectiveness by aiding in the efficient exchange of information. Adoption of advanced IT such as service oriented environments, Web 2.0, and bespoke systems such as Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) promises to markedly…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Public Sector, Web 2.0 Technologies, Case Studies
Galdo, JoAnne Donnelly – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This study investigated the impact of Web 2.0-based literature response blogs on summer reading loss and student reading motivation. There is limited empirical research that connects summer reading and the use of social media as a means of maintaining reading levels of elementary aged students during out-of-school time. This study attempted to…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Reading Motivation, Electronic Publishing, Diaries
Taranto, Gregory A. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The purpose of this study was to design, implement, and evaluate the effectiveness of incorporating an online learning community as part of a comprehensive new teacher induction program. First, the researcher created an online learning community model based on the results of a comprehensive review of literature and from the previous year's…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Communities of Practice, Program Effectiveness, Beginning Teacher Induction