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Supporting Black-White Biracial Students: Leadership Practices and Recognition in the K-12 School Environment
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Emily A. Dillard – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The purpose of this study is to explore the efforts of a K-12 Mid-Atlantic school district to support the identity development of Black-White biracial students. The methodology is a qualitative case study and the case unit is a K-12 Mid-Atlantic school district. Data collection in the form of semi-structured interviews, documentation, and archival…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Racial Identification, Self Concept, Multiracial Persons
The Impact of Race and Socioeconomic Status on the Reading Comprehension Growth Trajectories of Adolescents
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Pickens, Tyra W. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
The purpose of the current study was to examine features of adolescent reading comprehension trajectories and make within-person and between-person analyses of growth that occurs during the high school grades. Racial and socioeconomic group differences of the adolescent reading trajectories were also investigated and compared. This examination…
Descriptors: Race, Socioeconomic Status, Reading Comprehension, Adolescents
Problem-Based Learning versus Traditional Science Instruction: Achievement and Interest in Science of Middle Grades Minority Females
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Mungin, Rochelle E. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This quantitative study examined science interest and achievement of middle school minority females in both traditional science classes and Problem-based Learning (PBL) science classes. The purpose of this study was to determine if there is a significant difference between traditional teaching and the PBL teaching method. The researcher also…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Conventional Instruction, Science Instruction, Science Achievement