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Carrie Emerick – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This study sought to find if the implementation of the strategy of goal setting and reflective portfolios would improve reading comprehension among long-term English learners (LTELs), which in turn would impact their FastBridge aReading scores. LTELs have difficulty reclassifying, resulting in negative outcomes regarding graduation rates and…
Descriptors: Reading Skills, English Language Learners, Reflection, Goal Orientation
dela Cruz, Samuel – ProQuest LLC, 2016
The relationship of principals' leadership orientations to the classification of their schools in New Jersey were examined in this study. While their role has expanded over the years, school principals continue to be essential in school reform and sustainability efforts. However, they are often overshadowed by the role of teachers. This…
Descriptors: Principals, Leadership Styles, Classification, High Achievement
Hall, Marva M. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Scholarly community engagement in higher education historically focused on the 4-year university, as a result there is limited research on how community colleges engage with their communities. In 2006, The Carnegie Foundation established a new Elective Community Engagement classification for higher education institutions. Research on Carnegie…
Descriptors: Higher Education, School Community Relationship, Case Studies, Community Colleges
Brejwo, Carolyn Jackson – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Civic teachers are members of their community and are responsible for preparing their students to be future citizens. West Virginia is one of nine states that requires students to pass a class whose title includes the word "civic." All 12th grade students in the state must take a year long civic education course. The goal for the course…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, High School Students, Secondary School Teachers, Case Studies
Taylor, Jacqueline Simone – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Though much research has been conducted about the factors that contribute to overall college student success, little research has been conducted which ties self-efficacy, career focus, and a critical third variable, sense of life calling or purpose to race or ethnicity and the relationship of college classification to this topic. Specifically, the…
Descriptors: College Students, Academic Achievement, Student Attitudes, Correlation
Pittaoulis, Melissa – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This dissertation examines the strategies that students use for navigating their way through college and the steps they take in preparation for college graduation. I wrote this dissertation because I wanted to understand how students go from being freshmen not long out of high school to young adults prepared (or not prepared) to enter the…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), Interests, Rewards, Social Class