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Snipes, Shaftina Fiesta – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this hermeneutic phenomenological was to describe teacher efficacy in the lived experiences of secondary teachers actively engaged in the instructional coaching process. The theoretical framework guiding this study was Albert Bandura's (1992) social cognitive theory as it expounds upon the role efficacy plays in human agency as it…
Descriptors: Phenomenology, Hermeneutics, Teacher Effectiveness, Self Efficacy
Robinson, Euphemia – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Empirical evidence from the National Education Inspectorate suggested that teachers at the primary school in this study in an island country in the Caribbean have inadequate science content knowledge. Students' average performance on the science Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) has been below 40% for the last 5 years. The purpose of this bounded…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Effectiveness, Knowledge Base for Teaching
Welch, Karen P. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Formative assessment has been identified as an effective pedagogical practice in the field of education, where teachers and students engage daily in an interactive process to gather evidence of the students' proficiency of a specific learning goal. The evidence collected by the teacher and a student during the formative assessment process allows…
Descriptors: Action Research, Secondary School Teachers, High Schools, Language Arts
Maguire, Lisa – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Teachers are looking for meaningful ways to connect with students and instill in them an understanding and appreciation for academic content that will extend beyond the classroom. Service-learning is a teaching pedagogy that connects classroom content with real-world problems that allow students to practice applying knowledge and skills while…
Descriptors: Service Learning, High School Students, Secondary School Teachers, Teacher Student Relationship
Diletti, Jeri S. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The Common Core State Standards for Mathematics (CCSSM) highlight the importance of students' conceptual understanding, mathematical reasoning, and problem solving in order to prepare students for college and careers. However, the success of this reform effort largely depends on how teachers actually design and implement instruction based on the…
Descriptors: Common Core State Standards, Secondary School Mathematics, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematical Logic
Miller, Jamie-Marie Wilder – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Instructional coaching has been a professional learning opportunity that many school districts have employed to support teacher practice. Pairing instructional coaching with on-going workshops is a relatively new approach to professional development. Participants for this study include fourteen middle school teachers that teach either mathematics…
Descriptors: Coaching (Performance), Middle School Teachers, Mathematics Teachers, Special Needs Students
Nikolayev, Mariya – ProQuest LLC, 2015
This single-subject research study examined functional relation between digital games enriched with voice-overs and theory of mind (ToM) when game play was either followed or not followed by a discussion focused on the game's content. The study employed multiple baseline design across participants to evaluate the effects of games with mental state…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Theory of Mind, Thinking Skills, Skill Development
Cruz-Ramirez de Arellano, Daniel – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Organic chemistry is an essential subject for many undergraduate students completing degrees in science, engineering, and pre-professional programs. However, students often struggle with the concepts and skills required to successfully solve organic chemistry exercises. Since alkyl halides are traditionally the first functional group that is…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Organic Chemistry, College Science, Scientific Concepts
VanDeusen, Andrea J. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
With the intent of informing music teacher education practices and developing more culturally responsive and relevant teachers, the purpose of this research was to explore pre-service music teachers' understandings of culture and diversity, and to examine the impact of a short-term cultural immersion field experience on pre-service music teachers'…
Descriptors: Music Education, Music Teachers, Educational Practices, Cultural Background
Chen, Yajing – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This dissertation investigates Chinese undergraduate student engagement at U.S. universities. Over the past decade, the number of Chinese students studying in the United States has increased dramatically, but scholars have yet to concentrate on these student experiences or on the dynamics of their interaction with host institutions. Dominant media…
Descriptors: Asians, Learner Engagement, Foreign Students, Interviews
Koehler, Karen E. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore the use of 3-D printed models as an instructional tool in a middle school science classroom for students with visual impairments and compare their use to traditional tactile graphics for aiding conceptual understanding of geoscience concepts. Specifically, this study examined if the students'…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Secondary School Science, Science Education, Teaching Methods
Perdigon, Nereida – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Latin@ is a minority group that has grown rapidly in the last twenty years in the United States. However, Latin@s have low participation in higher education, placing the group in a disadvantaged position compared with other ethnic groups. Therefore, it is important for the United States to educate and appropriately employ this group. This…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Hispanic American Students, Student Experience, Qualitative Research
Lehet, Bonnie – ProQuest LLC, 2013
With the national trend to link student achievement results with teacher evaluation ratings, it is critical for teachers to examine and interpret children's assessment results collaboratively. This study explored how the clinical interview process can be integrated into a professional learning experience to support teachers in identifying…
Descriptors: Elementary School Mathematics, Interviews, Mathematics Instruction, Pretests Posttests
Mead, Chris – ProQuest LLC, 2014
This dissertation is presented in two sections. First, I explore two methods of using stable isotope analysis to trace environmental and biogeochemical processes. Second, I present two related studies investigating student understanding of the biogeochemical concepts that underlie part one. Fe and Hg are each biogeochemically important elements in…
Descriptors: Biochemistry, Natural Resources, Geology, Environmental Education
Tabor, Erin L. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The definition of plagiarism that is used in university handbooks is a simple one, and policies along with tiers of disciplinary strategies are used by faculty members in higher education to deter students from committing a plagiarism infraction based on this simple definition. However, plagiarism still occurs on college campuses, and this may be…
Descriptors: Cheating, Plagiarism, College Students, Interviews