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Squire, Nikki Marie – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Using active learning strategies, such as games, can make a positive impact on how students learn, how they process and retain information, and how they interact with digital media. This quantitative comparative research study examined differences among online freshman students' posttest information literacy (IL) summative scores comparing…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Active Learning, Learning Strategies, Statistical Analysis
Wood, Melissa Marie – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Purpose: The purpose of this quantitative, experimental study was to determine if there was a significant difference in 2016 Smarter Balanced Assessment (SBA) English language arts (ELA) writing levels and ELA overall achievement levels between 7th- and 8th-grade students with and without access to Chromebooks for at least one 46-minute period of…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Laptop Computers, Statistical Analysis, Language Arts
Maynard, Stephanie Elizabeth – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Concerns about the reading comprehension skills of students in the United States have been raised partly because of the introduction of digital products into their lives and the classroom setting. The Arizona Instrument to Measure Standards results from 2013 that were provided by the Arizona Department of Education indicated that reading scores…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Strategies, Printed Materials, Electronic Publishing
Jeffery, Jeremy Owen – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Requiring teachers to complete a performance-based assessment in the form of a teacher performance assessment is becoming a common way for initial teacher licensure or advancing a license. While some traditionally- and alternatively-licensed teachers from all content areas may have to complete some type of performance-based assessment for initial…
Descriptors: Career Education, Technical Education, Summative Evaluation, Alternative Teacher Certification
Bielitz, Colleen L. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
The demand by the public for a wider variety of course formats has led to complexity in determining a course's optimal delivery format as many faculty members still believe that online and accelerated courses do not offer students an equivalent experience to traditional face to face instruction. The purpose of this quantitative, comparative study…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Acceleration (Education), Conventional Instruction, Teaching Methods
Bryan, Rosemarie – ProQuest LLC, 2014
Students in U.S. public schools have consistently recorded substandard scores on measures of school performance in mathematics. This substandard performance could adversely affect the nation's future economic competitiveness, growth, and welfare. Educational and political leaders have sought school reforms that will result in U.S. students scoring…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Manipulative Materials, Simulated Environment, Educational Technology