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Nesheim, Scheavonna – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Teachers in Nevada have faced the problem of providing consistent, effective literacy instruction to elementary students, which impacts overall student achievement; only 48.3% of students in Clark County, Nevada were proficient in English Language Arts (ELA) in the 2018-2019 school year. This problem was explored from a case study perspective…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Achievement Gap, Literacy Education, English
Florence, Kimberly M. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The college preparedness of first-year, first-semester, undergraduate students was researched and analyzed in this study. The research entailed a purposeful selection of 10 first-year, first-semester, undergraduate student participants that transitioned into a four-year public university, University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), from a Nevada…
Descriptors: College Preparation, College Freshmen, High School Graduates, Qualitative Research
Fabbi, Jennifer L. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Information literacy--the ability "to recognize when information is needed and have the ability to locate, evaluate, and use effectively the needed information" (American Library Association [ALA], 1989, para. 3)--has been widely and increasingly cited as an essential competency for college success, for the workplace, and for life…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Secondary Education, Information Literacy, College Freshmen