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Pugh, Carol – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The topic of this study was student motivation and intention to graduate at a for-profit university. The research problem addressed is only 23% of bachelor's degree-seeking students at for-profit universities persist to graduate within six years. Students who leave without graduating incur more debt and earn less money over time. Grounded in an…
Descriptors: Bachelors Degrees, Intention, Academic Persistence, Student Motivation
Zeng, Songtian – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Over 30 states have adopted the Early Childhood Environmental Rating Scale-Revised (ECERS-R) as a component of their program quality assessment systems, but the use of ECERS-R on such a large scale has raised important questions about implementation. One of the most pressing question centers upon decisions users must make between two scoring…
Descriptors: Rating Scales, Scoring, Validity, Comparative Analysis
Ibrahim, Sara – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The insider security threat causes new and dangerous dimensions in cloud computing. Those internal threats are originated from contractors or the business partners' input that have access to the systems. A study of trustworthiness and transparency might assist the organizations to monitor employees' activity more cautiously on cloud technologies…
Descriptors: Trust (Psychology), Accountability, Regression (Statistics), Computer Security
Bonnaig, Joy – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this quantitative correlational research was to investigate to what extent 2007 performance of third grade students who had been retained in 2006 for failing to attain proficiency on the Reading and Mathematics Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) predicted their performance in 2010 on the sixth grade Reading and Mathematics…
Descriptors: Predictive Validity, Predictor Variables, Scores, Statistical Analysis
Han, Jae-Bum – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The primary goal of this dissertation is to develop and provide preliminary validation for a new measure of culturally responsive practice. This instrument, which is called the Culturally Responsive Practice Scale (CRPS), includes items that reflect ways that teachers teach multicultural students in their classrooms. To accomplish the goal, three…
Descriptors: Culturally Relevant Education, Educational Practices, Secondary School Teachers, Foreign Countries
Eickhoff, Mary Ann – ProQuest LLC, 2016
There is currently a nursing shortage in the United States. By 2022, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) expects, the number of job openings for Practical Nurses (PN) will be 168,500, an increase of 25% over 2012 (BLS, 2014). Nursing education does not currently meet present, much less future needs. Nursing programs have limited space; according…
Descriptors: Nursing Students, Predictor Variables, Success, Licensing Examinations (Professions)
Parham, Candace S. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this study was to determine if individual and institutional factors predict candidates' performance on the Board of Certification for the Athletic Trainer (BOC) examination and to determine if institutions' demographic profiles of athletic training predict pass rates on the BOC examination for people of color (POC). A BOC candidate…
Descriptors: Demography, Individual Characteristics, Institutional Characteristics, Performance Factors
Hirschl, Rebecca C. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The present study investigated the predictive validity of the DIAL-3 kindergarten screening tool. Participants consisted of 178 students from a suburban school district located in northern Westchester County. Chi squared analyses and T-tests were used to compare DIAL-3 scores to later performance on New York State English Language Arts and…
Descriptors: Predictive Validity, Screening Tests, Identification, Kindergarten
Dacay, Monique – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Addressing inconsistencies in student achievement between students of different racial backgrounds has been acknowledged and explored for over fifty years. Policies and programs have been developed and funded to decrease the discrepancies between groups with limited evidence of success. This study will explore the presence of achievement…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Readiness, Achievement Gap, Student Motivation
Murray, Linde – ProQuest LLC, 2013
While access to higher education has received a great deal of attention, the focus has more recently shifted to issues of student success. Student retention and degree completion have taken the forefront, and evidence indicates that the fastest growing occupations will require some level of postsecondary training. Without greater degree…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Correlation, State Universities, Role
Richards-Usher, Laurene – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The teachers' perception and implementation of differentiated instruction, the difference between novice and experience teachers' perception on differentiate instruction, and the predictive relationship between teachers' perceptions and teachers' implementation of differentiated instruction were studied. The study utilized a…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Middle School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Curriculum Implementation
Verbout, Mary F. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Multiple-choice tests of punctuation and usage are used throughout the United States to assess the writing skills of new community college students in order to place them in either a basic writing course or first-year composition. To determine whether using the COMPASS Writing Test (CWT) is a valid placement at a community college, student test…
Descriptors: Predictive Validity, Multiple Choice Tests, Student Placement, Community Colleges
Peifer, Nancy – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this study was to contribute to the academic discussion regarding the validity of Multiple Intelligences (MI) theory through focusing on the validity of an important construct embedded in the theory, that of congruence between instructional style and preferred MI style for optimal learning. Currently there is insufficient empirical…
Descriptors: Multiple Intelligences, Psychometrics, Test Construction, Program Validation
Hamer, LaJuana Maurice – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of the number of transitions by students from school to school on their mathematics achievement. Transition is defined as the number of times a student has changed schools from Kindergarten to the current school year. This study also looked at the relationship between the students' perceived…
Descriptors: Algebra, Self Efficacy, High School Students, Mathematics Achievement
Kieu, Hung Q. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Leadership is critically important because it affects the health of the organization. Research has found that leadership is one of the most significant contributors to organizational performance. Expanding and replicating previous research, and focusing on the specific telecommunications sector, this study used multiple correlation and regression…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Telecommunications, Internet, Transformational Leadership