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Huang, Fang – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This study examines elementary science content standards curriculum coherence between the People's Republic of China and the United States of America. Three aspects of curriculum coherence are examined in this study: topic inclusion, topic duration, and curriculum structure. Specifically this study centers on the following research questions: (1)…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Student Needs, Elementary School Science, Rhetoric
James, Kai'Iah A. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This dissertation study examines the impact of traditional and non-cognitive variables on the academic prediction model for a sample of collegiate student-athletes. Three hundred and fifty-nine NCAA Division IA male and female student-athletes, representing 13 sports, including football and Men's and Women's Basketball provided demographic…
Descriptors: Grade Point Average, Income, Standardized Tests, Prediction
Muzaffar, Irfan – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This study concerns itself with the conflict in mathematics education--popularly known as "math wars"--in the United States. More specifically, it investigates the "terms of debate" in this conflict to develop insights into the varied, and sometimes conflicting, relationships between the perceived nature of mathematics and its…
Descriptors: United States History, Mathematics Education, Rhetoric, Conflict