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Hoh, Thomas John – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Wisconsin school district superintendents faced with the need to fund capital improvement projects through a school finance bond referendum need support. Information regarding the factors related to a successful referendum in Wisconsin is limited. This mixed methods study examined the factors associated with successful bond referenda in Wisconsin…
Descriptors: School Districts, Educational Finance, Bond Issues, Voting
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Chan, Hsun-yu; Wang, Xueli – Community College Review, 2016
Objective: This study explored the relationship between different types of interpersonal interaction, characterized by their underlying motivations, and educational outcomes among students in manufacturing programs at two-year colleges. While there exist several ways to classify interaction, motivation as an inherent attribute that fuels behaviors…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Interpersonal Relationship, Outcomes of Education, Two Year College Students
Radaj, Jane M. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The study examined the contributions of "orthographic processing" factors to the spelling achievement of typically developing middle-elementary students. The researcher framed orthographic processing as a multilinguistic, multidimensional construct involving process factors related to procedural orthographic operations and product…
Descriptors: Orthographic Symbols, Spelling Instruction, Spelling, Academic Achievement
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Chi, Guangqing – Rural Sociology, 2010
The effects of highways on transforming human society and promoting population change have been investigated in several disciplines, including geography, sociology, economics, and planning. Currently, the primary highway construction activity in the nation is highway expansion; however, this expansion has not been the focus of much of the existing…
Descriptors: Population Trends, Civil Engineering, Performance Factors, Economic Impact
Melekoglu, Macid A. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This study investigated the impact of motivation to read on the reading gains of struggling adolescent readers with and without specific learning disabilities (LD) who were exposed to a structured, research-based reading program over an 18-week period. Participants included 13 adolescents with LD and 25 students without disabilities from two…
Descriptors: Reading Motivation, Reading Achievement, Achievement Gains, Adolescents
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Roach, Andrew T. – Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities (RPSD), 2006
The purpose of this investigation was to understand the variables that influence parents' perceptions of the Wisconsin Alternate Assessment (WAA). Parents and teachers of elementary and secondary students with severe cognitive disabilities (n = 77) from across Wisconsin participated. Teachers submitted case materials that included a copy of the…
Descriptors: Teacher Surveys, Rating Scales, Predictor Variables, Multiple Regression Analysis