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Nozaki, Steven Yasuto – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Graphics education has been a central component in the engineering course of study. As technology advances, so have the methods in which graphics are expressed and practiced. Though the of media of graphics education have evolved, the concepts of the field remain relatively consistent. Tools are needed to measure students' comprehension,…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Graphs, Outcome Measures, Scientific Concepts
Wilkins, Gayle – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Students with Emotional Behavioral Disorders (EBD) are considered the most challenging students to include in the regular education environment. Self-contained classrooms are typically the preferred classroom for students with EBD in comparison to inclusion programs because of the problematic behaviors that are associated with these students.…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Elementary School Students, Emotional Disturbances, Behavior Disorders
Crumbacher, Christine A. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Single-case designs (SCDs) are often used to examine the impact of an intervention over brief periods of time (Kratochwill & Stoiber, 2002; Segool, Brinkman, & Carlson, 2007). The majority of SCDs are inspected using visual analysis (Kromrey & Foster-Johnson, 1996; Morgan & Morgan, 2009). Although the single-case literature…
Descriptors: Research Design, Hierarchical Linear Modeling, Comparative Analysis, Intervention
Wheelock, Michael D. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This dissertation uses a survey methodology to determine the factors behind the decision to adopt cloud storage. The dependent variable in the study is the intent to adopt cloud storage. Four independent variables are utilized including need, security, cost-effectiveness and reliability. The survey includes a pilot test, field test and statistical…
Descriptors: Internet, Information Storage, Surveys, Technology Integration
Fingeret, Lauren – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This dissertation is comprised of two manuscripts resulting from a single study, which examines a) the types of graphics that appear, and in what frequencies, in children's informational texts, and b) the defining features of different graphics. Graphics are ubiquitous in children's informational texts and a lot is known about the impact…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Graphic Arts, Illustrations, Graphs
Gjoka, Mina – ProQuest LLC, 2010
In recent years, the popularity of online social networks (OSN) has risen to unprecedented levels, with the most popular ones having hundreds of millions of users. This success has generated interest within the networking community and has given rise to a number of measurement and characterization studies, which provide a first step towards their…
Descriptors: Statistical Analysis, Sampling, Probability, Social Networks
Minelli, Rachel M. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This dissertation reports the results of three studies and a pilot study. The first study was a Monte Carlo validation study that examined the accuracy of a new visual inspection method, the semi-interquartile range method. Results of the study indicated that this method had lower levels of power than a previously validated method, the…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Student Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Preservice Teachers
Earnest, Darrell Steven – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This dissertation explores fifth and eighth grade students' interpretations of three kinds of mathematical representations: number lines, the Cartesian plane, and graphs of linear functions. Two studies were conducted. In Study 1, I administered the paper-and-pencil Linear Representations Assessment (LRA) to examine students'…
Descriptors: Mathematical Concepts, Graphs, Visual Aids, Grade 5
Voss, Christina L. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This mixed methods study combining a single-subject experimental design with an embedded case study focuses on the impact of a visual treatment on the handwritten and typed output of a struggling male writer during his 5th through 7th grades who has undergone a longitudinal remedial phase of two and a half years creating text-only material as well…
Descriptors: Cartoons, Novels, Oral Language, Mixed Methods Research
Finley, Helen – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The critical role of accountability on schools has intensified the need to understand the impact of intervention strategies and best practices on literacy. Of particular concern is the underachievement of boys and identifying the learning differences between boys and girls. Examined in this quantitative study were the strategies and practices…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Intervention, Gender Differences, Educational Improvement