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Cindy Kim-Ngan Lam – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Reading is a fundamental skill that is critical for later academic success. Despite extensive research on its development, reading remains a challenging skill for students in the U.S. to master: recent data from the National Assessment of Education Progress showed that 65% of fourth-grade students score below the level of "proficient" in…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Educational Technology, Learner Engagement, Reading
Jonathan D. Jampel – ProQuest LLC, 2022
There has been a growing body of research on best approaches to reduce college men's sexual assault perpetration. While some interventions have successfully decreased perpetrator behavior, very few have accounted for college men's pre-intervention likelihood of offending (i.e., risk status). Considering the difficulties in changing high-risk men's…
Descriptors: Males, Sexuality, Aggression, College Students
Sabzehzar, Amin – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Biases in online platforms pose a threat to social inclusion. I examine the influence of social biases on online platforms. In my dissertation, I conduct empirical studies on online crowdfunding platforms (prosocial lending and educational crowdfunding) to investigate the influence of funders' or recipients' social backgrounds on the funding…
Descriptors: Social Media, Self Concept, Prosocial Behavior, Cultural Influences
Martin, Benjamin Darby – ProQuest LLC, 2018
To identify a possible relationship between cyberbullying in the elementary school setting with increasing feelings of empathy and prosocial behaviors a mixed-method, quasi-experimental study was conducted. Lessons centered on prosocial behaviors, feelings of empathy and cyberbullying were conducted weekly in the classroom's morning meetings. The…
Descriptors: Bullying, Empathy, Prevention, Computer Mediated Communication