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Doiel, Patrick W. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The North Carolina Occupational Course of Study (NCOCS) program is an alternative diploma track with a vocational focus toward post school employment to assist students who would not otherwise graduate with a standard course of study. The purpose of this qualitative single case study was to explore the local causes of low post-school employment…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Vocational Education, Career Readiness, Interviews
Herrell, Katherine A. – ProQuest LLC, 2014
This is a study of the development and validation of a rubric to enhance performer feedback for undergraduate vocal solo performance. In the literature, assessment of vocal performance is under-represented, and the value of feedback from the assessment of musical performances, from the point of view of the performer, is nonexistent. The research…
Descriptors: Scoring Rubrics, Singing, Feedback (Response), Undergraduate Students
McDougall, Christie M. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of the mixed methods study was to develop and validate the CSIS-360, a 360-degree feedback assessment to measure competencies of school improvement specialists from multiple perspectives. The study consisted of eight practicing school improvement specialists from a variety of settings. The specialists nominated 23 constituents to…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Specialists, Feedback (Response), Measures (Individuals)
Canfield, Barbara – ProQuest LLC, 2013
There are a large number of students entering college underprepared for college-level mathematics (Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, 2011). While this problem is not new, it has become the focus of national attention because of the impact it has on college completion and workforce development. There is much written in the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Phenomenology, Academic Persistence, Two Year College Students
Solomon, Bertina Loutrice – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This study researched whether family members and significant others influence a woman's decision to obtain an abortion. Influence is defined by Merriam-Webster (2011) as the power or capacity of causing an effect in indirect or intangible ways; power exerted over the minds or behaviors of others. The theoretical framework that will be used in…
Descriptors: Females, Pregnancy, Decision Making, Interpersonal Relationship
Martin-Glenn, Mya L. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Over the past 25 years, researchers have consistently reported that students' perceptions of their school's climate can have a measurable impact on their level of engagement in school, motivation to learn, social development, and, ultimately, their academic achievement. In light of the continued emphasis on education reform and school…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Educational Environment, Validity, Learner Engagement
Lewis, Kandia – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of the current study was to evaluate the psychometric validity of a Spanish translated version of a family involvement questionnaire (the FELP) using a mixed-methods design. Thus, statistical analyses (i.e., factor analysis, reliability analysis, and item analysis) and qualitative analyses (i.e., focus group data) were assessed.…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Construct Validity, Spanish Speaking, Translation
Long, Haiying – ProQuest LLC, 2012
As one of the most widely used creativity assessment tools, the Consensual Assessment Technique (CAT) has been praised as a valid tool to assess creativity. In Amabile's (1982) seminal work, the inter-rater reliability was defined as construct validity of the CAT. During the past three decades, researchers followed this definition and…
Descriptors: Creativity, Reliability, Educational Research, Educational Researchers
Collins, Clarin – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This study examined the intended and unintended consequences associated with the Education Value-Added Assessment System (EVAAS) as perceived and experienced by teachers in the Houston Independent School District (HISD). To evaluate teacher effectiveness, HISD is using EVAAS for high-stakes consequences more than any other district or state in the…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, High Stakes Tests, Educational Policy, School Districts
Lau, Jared Miki Jun Kong – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Based on Bronfenbrenner's (1979, 1992) ecological framework, the Counseling Training Environment Scale (CTES) was developed as a self-report measure that assesses the learning and training environment of counseling and related mental health training programs as perceived by current students. A two-phase mixed-methods design was used to create…
Descriptors: Counselor Training, Measures (Individuals), Student Attitudes, Mixed Methods Research
Gagliardi, Karen M. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
In this mixed-method causal comparative and interview-based study, I developed an understanding of the way in which school principals perceived their level of preparedness. The effectiveness of two types of leadership preparation programs, traditional-university based and alternative, were considered on principal preparedness. One hundred and…
Descriptors: Principals, Administrator Education, Career Readiness, Conventional Instruction
Davidson, Maaike T. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This sequential, mixed method, QUAN-QUAL study redefines the craft of teaching into the science ("what"), art ("how"), and the business of teaching to assess and prepare preservice teachers. It also measures the effectiveness of using theatrical elements as teaching strategies to effectively develop preservice teachers in the…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Teaching Methods, Educational Strategies
Martin, Charlene – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The three-fold purpose of this mixed methods study was to (a) analyze how preservice teachers' perceptions of teacher preparation program variables affect preservice teachers self-efficacy for literacy instruction, (b) determine how preservice teachers describe their teacher preparation program with regard to self-efficacy beliefs for…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Student Attitudes, Self Efficacy, Literacy Education
Harville, Pamela Cherie – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The role of emotional intelligence in effective teaching can be developed and enhanced through the use of an assessment instrument as a new evaluation and learning process for teachers. This involves a formative learning process for the qualities associated with excellent teaching characteristics and behaviors for use with teacher evaluation…
Descriptors: Emotional Intelligence, Likert Scales, Role, Teacher Effectiveness
Barrantes Santamaria, Alfredo G. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Due to federal mandates, Title I schools now are being asked to implement parent involvement programs that meaningfully involve parents in the schools to increase academic gains. This action research study was based on three different concepts from the literature: a) critical pedagogy theory from Paulo Freire, b) parent involvement from diverse…
Descriptors: Action Research, Video Technology, Communities of Practice, Critical Theory
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