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Chromebook Access and the Impact on Smarter Balanced Achievement Levels
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Wood, Melissa Marie – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Purpose: The purpose of this quantitative, experimental study was to determine if there was a significant difference in 2016 Smarter Balanced Assessment (SBA) English language arts (ELA) writing levels and ELA overall achievement levels between 7th- and 8th-grade students with and without access to Chromebooks for at least one 46-minute period of…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Laptop Computers, Statistical Analysis, Language Arts
The Impact of Work Study on the Integration and Retention of Undergraduate Students at the University of California
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Blandizzi, Maria Queta – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Consistent increases to the educational costs to attend the University of California are the current climate students and families find themselves grappling with. The federal work study program is one program employed to support students and their families in financing the cost of education. In an effort to further enhance the professional…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Work Study Programs, School Holding Power, Graduation Rate
A Study of Faculty Development in Community College Teachers in Learning Community Teaching Teams Using the Concerns-Based Adoption Model: A Mixed Methods Study
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Malmgren, Irene – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine if faculty development, as measured by progression through the Stages of Concern, identified in the Concerns-Based Adoption Model, occurred as a result of teaching in a learning community (LC) cohort at a California community college, and if progression through developmental Stages of Concern is…
Descriptors: Student Needs, Community Colleges, Cooperation, Longitudinal Studies