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Benjamin L. Edelman – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This dissertation is about a particular style of research. The philosophy of this style is that in order to scientifically understand deep learning, it is fruitful to investigate what happens when neural networks are trained on simple, mathematically well-defined tasks. Even though the training data is simple, the training algorithm can end up…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Research Methodology, Algorithms, Models
Ramona Ginn – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Low performing schools remain an issue within Louisiana. The problem addressed by this study was low student performance in underperforming schools due to lack of understanding in pedagogy by teachers. The use of master teachers as instructional coaches is one way this school district sought to improve student achievement. The purpose of this…
Descriptors: Master Teachers, Coaching (Performance), Faculty Development, Models
Ashley McLain Westmoreland – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The purpose of this study was to conduct a program evaluation case study on the impact of standards-based grading in a North Carolina school district. The implementation procedures and end products of grading reform were assessed using the CIPP model. Data from teacher questionnaires, principal implementation checklists, interviews, and…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Case Studies, Academic Standards, Grading
Tanaz Christina Arteaga – ProQuest LLC, 2023
College students complete end-of-term surveys during their undergraduate education to report on their experiences of curriculum, faculty, and overall course satisfaction. Significant decisions are based on these surveys' results, despite limited and potentially unrepresentative results. Low student response rates on digital, electronic course…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Models, Response Rates (Questionnaires), Data Collection
Kryscio, Kathryn – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Researchers have known for several years that when a child is reading below proficiency by the end of third grade, it is likely the child will continue to struggle learning to read through the child's academic career (Dickinson & Porche, 2011; Wasik & Hindman, 2011). Yet, the problem of children falling below third grade reading…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Teacher Attitudes, Faculty Development, Literacy
Olivar, Sarah Mae – ProQuest LLC, 2023
In this qualitative study, the author used case study research methods to explore school practices for engaging racially, ethnically, linguistically, socioeconomically, and structurally diverse families in their children's education. In addition, this study explored how families perceive their roles in their children's education and provided space…
Descriptors: Culturally Relevant Education, Cultural Background, Family School Relationship, Case Studies
Misato Hiraga – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This dissertation developed a new learner corpus of Japanese and introduced an error and linguistic annotation scheme specifically designed for Japanese particles. The corpus contains texts written by learners who are in the first year to fourth year university level Japanese courses. The texts in the corpus were tagged with part-of-speech and…
Descriptors: Japanese, Computational Linguistics, Form Classes (Languages), Error Analysis (Language)
Rebecca Rocha – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Since the founding of the United States, teacher preparation has been undergoing constant revisions to continue to improve instruction and meet the needs of all students in public schools. Teacher residency programs are on the rise with funding from the state and federal government increasing annually. Despite the increase in funding, there is…
Descriptors: Culturally Relevant Education, Models, Teacher Education Programs, Practicums
Joi Lin – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This dissertation describes a qualitative research study that grows our understanding of the career development experiences, supports, and barriers of social entrepreneurs who are gifted adults (SEGA) so that we may nurture the career development of future SEGA. Research questions for this study probed the career development experiences, supports,…
Descriptors: Gifted, Adults, Entrepreneurship, Criticism
El-Adawy, Shams – ProQuest LLC, 2023
To broaden participation in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) education and continue building research capacity, this dissertation focuses on STEM professionals: those who take up education research later in their career and those who facilitate engagement in physics learning outside the formal classroom. Using agency,…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Capacity Building, Physics, Informal Education
Xu, Jie – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Research has shown that cross-sectional mediation analysis cannot accurately reflect a true longitudinal mediated effect. To investigate longitudinal mediated effects, different longitudinal mediation models have been proposed and these models focus on different research questions related to longitudinal mediation. When fitting mediation models to…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Error of Measurement, Longitudinal Studies, Models
Wei, Xing – ProQuest LLC, 2023
In language learning, aided language modeling refers to the method by which communication partners provide models of the communication system used by individuals with complex communication repertoires that involving both symbols and speech. Providing aided language models creates opportunities for individuals with complex communication repertoires…
Descriptors: Models, Speech Communication, Receptive Language, Expressive Language
Lefkowitz, Lee Michael – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Research in phonetics has established the grammatical status of gradient phonetic patterns in language, suggesting that there is a component of the grammar that governs systematic relationships between discrete phonological representations and gradiently continuous acoustic or articulatory phonetic representations. This dissertation joins several…
Descriptors: Grammar, Phonetics, Language Variation, Models
Deng, Jie – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This case study explored the unique context and dynamics of leadership in an education abroad office. The focus was on how leadership took place in the synergistic interactions among the leader, the followers, and specific situations in such an office. Interviews, observations, and document review were used to collect data. Hughes, Ginnett, and…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Case Studies, Models, Transformational Leadership
Fedri, Melanie Elizabeth – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Much research on how curriculum reform occurs in higher education has focused on top-down models that deemphasize individual agency and overlook bottom-up processes of innovation. This case study, in contrast, described and analyzed the process by which an engineering instructor used the strategies and tools of entrepreneurship, honed through his…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Entrepreneurship, Engineering Education, Curriculum Development
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