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Direct linkBekin, Mahmut – ProQuest LLC, 2023
SWLD are often underperforming in STEM courses compared to their peers without learning difficulties. Furthermore, how students perform in 9th grade is found to be a strong predictor of high school success, graduation, enrolling, and persisting in college (Easton et al., 2017). The study aimed to investigate whether the use of PBA, a…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Learning Problems, STEM Education, Grade 9
Christopher Edward Gilmore – ProQuest LLC, 2024
In this study, I explored how (a) a team-based instructional method rather than a one-teacher-one-classroom, traditional teaching model and (b) an inquiry-based learning approach affected teachers attitudes and self-efficacy for teaching and students attitudes, self-efficacy, engagement, and connections to school. The study was conducted within…
Descriptors: Grade 9, High School Students, Urban Schools, Team Teaching
Colby, Jolie Chrisanne – ProQuest LLC, 2021
This dissertation explored the roles schools can play in the successful outcomes of large carnivore or keystone reintroduction projects. Schools are more than centers for knowledge acquisition--they connect their community and disseminate information quickly to a wide audience. This study took place in California's Eastern Sierra Nevada, a…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Wildlife, Units of Study, Grade 6
Ackerman, Lyn Kajiwara – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Video games are a growing multi-billion dollar industry. Pew Internet & American Life Project (2008) reported that 97 percent of teens ages 12 to 17 years play computer, web, portable, or console games. Of the various genres that were reported, 36 percent of teens played role playing games and 21 percent played massively multiplayer online…
Descriptors: Video Games, Computer Games, Adolescents, Mixed Methods Research
Higgins, Patrick D. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Effective communication skills are a vital component of student academic achievement and success, yet students often struggle with them. This study utilized an organizational writing graphic organizer based on a critical thinking model to determine the impact of its use on the persuasive writing scores of 9th-grade students. A sample of…
Descriptors: Instructional Materials, Critical Thinking, Program Effectiveness, Grade 9
Brooks, Aarti P. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Cooperative learning allows individuals with varying abilities to work alongside their peers. Students are placed into achievement levels based on placement test scores. The Regular College Preparatory (RCP) level is a score of 59% or lower and Academic College Preparatory (ACP) level is a score of 60-92% on the placement test. The purpose of this…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Cooperative Learning, Problem Solving, Grade 9
