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Adetogun, Adeyemo Adekanmi – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education has become increasingly important in the US due to its influence on the nation's educational needs, the creation of a skilled labor force, and opportunities for more tech-savvy workers. However, the evaluation approaches and methodologies used in STEM education programs have come…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Evaluation Methods, Evaluators, Educational Philosophy
Emery, Maria Carmen – ProQuest LLC, 2016
As dual language immersion (DLI) programs experience unprecedented growth, the need for school administrators that understand DLI structures and philosophy, in order to methodically initiate them and effectively sustain them, becomes critical. In this study, DLI refers to educational programs that provide literacy and academic content instruction…
Descriptors: Immersion Programs, Bilingual Education Programs, Language of Instruction, Educational Philosophy
Lopez-Guerra, Maria Asusena – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this research was to gain and provide an in-depth, holistic description and interpretation of the knowledge and literacy instruction tutors at Readers Advance provide students. Guided by a post-positivist realist framework and grounded theory methodology, qualitative inquiry design strategies were used to guide this research. This…
Descriptors: Tutoring, Tutors, Literacy, Reading Instruction
Thurgood, Larry L. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
A mixed methods study examined how a newly developed campus-wide framework for learning and teaching, called the Learning Model, was accepted and embraced by faculty members at Brigham Young University-Idaho from September 2007 to January 2009. Data from two administrations of the Approaches to Teaching Inventory showed that (a) faculty members…
Descriptors: Teacher Improvement, College Faculty, Teaching Methods, Barriers
Hedgecock, Dara Jeannene – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Principals must be instructional leaders in their schools in order to adhere to federal, state, and local mandates as well as being able to discern that the programs for students with disabilities are being developed and implemented with fidelity to meet the needs of those students. The transition a school goes through to include students with…
Descriptors: Principals, Administrator Role, Inclusion, Program Implementation
Ahmed, Zahra G. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This dissertation studies the creation and implementation of service learning policy and the implications of these programs for democratic citizenship and political participation. The project focuses on service learning centers at three universities in the Los Angeles area, framing the creation and implementation of these campus-wide centers as an…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Citizenship, Democracy, Service Learning
Lee, Juanita Joyce – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The long-term concern relative to education inequity indicates that the nation's youth will not be adequately prepared for the global and highly competitive marketplace of the 21st century (Casner-Lotto & Barrington, 2006). Initiatives to address this concern persist, including the creation of the virtual charter school (Vanourek, 2006;…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Qualitative Research, Educational Philosophy, Focus Groups
Crose, Sarah L. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The purpose of this descriptive qualitative study is to better understand how teachers and district leaders respond when implementing a technology instructional support application. The study also explores the influences affecting that implementation process. Secondary mathematics teachers who had been presented with the option to implement a…
Descriptors: Mastery Learning, Educational Technology, Mathematics Teachers, Educational Change