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Yoon, HyeonJin – ProQuest LLC, 2018
In basic regression discontinuity (RD) designs, causal inference is limited to the local area near a single cutoff. To strengthen the generality of the RD treatment estimate, a design with multiple cutoffs along the assignment variable continuum can be applied. The availability of multiple cutoffs allows estimation of a pooled average treatment…
Descriptors: Regression (Statistics), Program Evaluation, Computation, Statistical Analysis
Hall, Mark Monroe – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of proactive student-success coaching, informed by predictive analytics, on student academic performance and persistence. Specifically, semester GPA and semester-to-semester student persistence were the investigated outcomes. Uniquely, the community college focused the intervention on only…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Coaching (Performance)
Griffin, Lauren Elyse – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Increasing teacher efficacy poses challenges to educational leaders, highlighting the need for a study of the awareness and development of strengths related to teacher efficacy. The purpose of the current study was to examine the effect of the awareness and development of strengths on teachers' perceived self-efficacy, as well as to determine if…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Self Efficacy, Teacher Characteristics, Teaching Experience
Cannon, Russell – ProQuest LLC, 2016
This dissertation contains chapters that explore higher education policy issues related to student outcomes. In the first chapter, I examine the results of a controlled randomized trial of a brief, inexpensive phone call outreach to a sample of Pell eligible students at the University of Missouri intended to increase FAFSA filing, on-time FAFSA…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Policy, Outcomes of Education, Outreach Programs
Conn, Katharine – ProQuest LLC, 2014
The aim of this dissertation is to identify effective educational interventions in Sub-Saharan African with an impact on student learning. This is the first meta-analysis in the field of education conducted for Sub-Saharan Africa. This paper takes an in-depth look at twelve different types of education interventions or programs and attempts to not…
Descriptors: African American Achievement, Foreign Countries, Research Methodology, Intervention