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Hunter, Robin C. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this quantitative, single case study was to examine principal perceptions of their own leadership traits which may impact student achievement. Principals in one Florida district were invited to participate in an open ended interview, providing their own perceptions of their personal leadership behaviors. By examining the data…
Descriptors: Leadership Qualities, Academic Achievement, Scores, Statistical Analysis
Sweet, TeCora Lashon – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The functional curriculum is a beneficial curriculum for education students with intellectual disabilities. Special education teachers have transitioned from spending most of their academic time using the functional curriculum to spending more time teaching the additional academic content material. There are numerous research studies focusing on…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Communication Skills, Special Education Teachers, Knowledge Base for Teaching
McConnell, Kimberly Joy – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The Resident Assistant (RA) position is arguably the most demanding and time-intensive student leadership position on a university campus with responsibilities that include crisis management, counseling, referral, administrative tasks, teaching, leadership, community building, individual student assistance and role modeling (Blimling, 2003). The…
Descriptors: Resident Advisers, Student Leadership, Leadership Training, Qualitative Research
Winters, Michael Joseph – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This quantitative correlational study examined the relationship between teacher pre-hiring effectiveness evaluation and their performance evaluation scores at the end of the first year of teaching. Prior to this study, it was not known if and to what degree teachers' scores on the Ventures for Excellence B-22 screening interview correlated to…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Correlation, Statistical Analysis, Urban Schools
Ingraham, Frank – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This mixed methods study was designed to examine the potential impactful relationship between personal goal setting and the quality of life satisfaction (built upon the Goal Setting Theory of motivation and performance). The study aimed to determine how influential the goal achievement process is (or is not) regarding personal fulfillment and…
Descriptors: Goal Orientation, Quality of Life, Mixed Methods Research, Adults
Gower, Matthew Lee – ProQuest LLC, 2017
As four-day school weeks continue to gain popularity among school districts across the United States, determining the potential impact associated with the unconventional school week has become increasingly important (Johnson, 2013). The four-day school week has been credited with producing a number of potential benefits and consequences, but there…
Descriptors: School Schedules, Academic Achievement, Attendance, Scores
Savage, Rachel Marie – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The purpose of this qualitative, case study was to understand how the four-day school week influenced a school district in Northern Arizona, over five years. Research Questions 1 through 3 addressed district performance including teacher/staff and student attendance, achievement on the state assessment in reading and math, and costs on utilities.…
Descriptors: School Schedules, Case Studies, School Districts, Qualitative Research
Banks, Laurie A. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
This study explores the outcomes of policy implementation from the perspective of the policy makers and the educators who are charged with implementation, specifically examining the decision-making process for district leaders during implementation. The study identifies the outcomes from the perspective of the policy-maker utilizing accountability…
Descriptors: Grade 3, Educational Policy, Reading, Decision Making
Allen, Claudette M. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Empirical research has suggested that professional learning communities (PLCs) and employee engagement have a positive impact on the school community, school culture, and academic achievement. Further research has postulated that school leadership is one of the most important ingredients in the success of schools. But do school leaders have any…
Descriptors: Educational Administration, Public Schools, High Schools, School Personnel
Ott, Jeran Louis – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Increased access to technology has changed the current educational landscape and, will dramatically affect the future of education. These shifts are redefining the roles of educators and require that teachers have the attributes necessary to legitimately incorporate technology into the classroom. The purpose of this study is to examine existing…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Secondary School Teachers, High Schools, Technology Integration
Baker, Amanda R. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This dissertation consists of a theoretical essay and two empirical studies exploring the associations between students' perspectives on knowledge, the processes they use to negotiate dissonance, and their subsequent service-learning outcomes. The overarching goal of this research is to better understand why some students productively negotiate…
Descriptors: Epistemology, Postsecondary Education, Service Learning, Outcomes of Education
Powell, Lori T. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
This study evaluated the effectiveness of a new teacher induction program as implemented in a rural school district in central North Carolina. All beginning teachers with 3 or less years of experience, all school-based administrators, and all mentoring teachers were the target participants. The purpose of the study was to evaluate the…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Beginning Teacher Induction, Rural Schools, School Districts
Pretto, Mary Kate – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Does the commitment on the part of the principal to the use, promotion and encouragement of technology positively affect the implementation of technology into the classroom of each teacher within that principal's school building? This one-year, multi-method case study was structured so as to answer that question. The participants included seven…
Descriptors: Principals, Technology Uses in Education, Influence of Technology, Case Studies
Stanton, Lorraine May – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Virtual worlds are innovative teaching and learning methods that can provide immersive and engaging learning experiences (Lu, 2010). Though they have potential benefits, students sometimes experience a steep learning curve and discomfort with the technology (Warburton, 2009). This study explored how students in two American Studies classes using…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Self Efficacy, Learning Experience, Computer Simulation
Bulatowicz, Donna Marie – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Published children's literature in the United States overrepresents some identities while underrepresenting others, such as people of color, LGBT people, people with disabilities, people who live below the poverty line (Crisp et al., 2016), and more. Thus, some children may not encounter text representative of their identities. As literature can…
Descriptors: School Libraries, Elementary Schools, Childrens Literature, Librarians