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Walton, Calvin Wesley – International Journal of Education & the Arts, 2020
A wide body of research has been conducted which examines the relationship between arts engagement and academic performance for the general population of students in U.S. schools. To date, few studies have been conducted that examine the effects of arts-based learning experiences on African American males' academic performance. To address this gap…
Descriptors: African American Students, Males, High School Students, Theater Arts
Taylor, Luke N., III – ProQuest LLC, 2014
In a rural Alabama school district, 38.46% of the students failed the reading portion of the high school graduation examination. While the teachers in the school district were trained to differentiate instruction according to ability and gender, the impact of gender-differentiated reading instruction was unknown. The purpose of this case study was…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Rural Schools, Individualized Instruction, High School Students
Tyler, Kathleen P. – Forum on Public Policy Online, 2012
Interest in child development as a knowledge base for early childhood education programs flourished in the 1970s as a result of the theories and philosophies of Jean Piaget and other cognitive developmentalists. During subsequent decades in America, reform movements emphasizing accountability and achievement became a political and social…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Educational Change
Williams, Robert Warren – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this transcendental phenomenological study is to describe how digital immigrant teachers perceive the influence of social media on the affective and cognitive development of students at three high schools in Alabama. As the prevalence of social technologies is increasing, educators must understand how it is affecting students in…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Computer Literacy, Secondary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes
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Elliott, Glenda R. – Alabama Counseling Association Journal, 2011
Based on the core conditions of client-centered counseling and supported by aspects of psychodynamic, cognitive developmental, and behavioral theories, a perspective is introduced that provides a resolution to the dilemma experienced by counselors and counseling students whose personal values and beliefs conflict with the ethical guidelines of the…
Descriptors: Counseling Techniques, Conflict, Values, Ethics
Shively, Joe E. – 1975
This report describes a survey of Appalachian parents conducted to determine what abilities they expect their children to develop before entrance into first grade. The survey was designed to help establish an empirical base for the curriculum of Appalachia Educational Laboratory's Home-Oriented Preschool Education Program (HOPE). HOPE is an…
Descriptors: Achievement, Behavior Rating Scales, Child Development, Cognitive Development
Cecil, Carl E. – 1971
The major purpose of this research project, conducted as a part of the Huntsville-Madison County Education Improvement Program, was to generate basic data in order to determine the effect of a preschool intervention program on a population of socioeconomically disadvantaged children. Specifically, cognitive, demographic, learning, material,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Disadvantaged Youth