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Baek, Seunghyun – ProQuest LLC, 2023
With a growing interest in Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) in education (Goldberg et al., 2019; Gordon et al., 2016; Todd et al., 2022), schools have been positioned as effective settings for SEL development of students (Nielsen et al., 2015). As the potential of Physical Education (PE) to promote student learning in social and affective…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Social Emotional Learning, Rural Schools, Sustainability
Street, Nathan Lee – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Teacher value-added measures (VAM) are designed to provide information regarding teachers' causal impact on the academic growth of students while controlling for exogenous variables. While some researchers contend VAMs successfully and authentically measure teacher causality on learning, others suggest VAMs cannot adequately control for exogenous…
Descriptors: Value Added Models, Elementary School Teachers, Middle School Teachers, Secondary School Teachers
Williams, Debra D. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This dissertation is a qualitative case study of how three liberal arts colleges rationalized and provided physical education courses despite a trend in higher education to reduce or eliminate physical education from the curriculum. Kalamazoo College, Bennett College for Women, and Barnard College for Women continue to provide physical education…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Physical Activities, Educational Philosophy, Wellness