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Rosner, Terre Layng – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This study is a mixed-methods, neopragmatist examination of the systems currently being practiced in creative professional companies and the consequential changes in Higher Education Media Arts curricula, supporting a kind of meta-disciplinary pedagogy emerging from the pressures of content and device convergence in industry. The research…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Mixed Methods Research, Pragmatics, Creative Thinking
Hearns, Maureen C. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this study was to explore the effectiveness of undergraduate academic and clinical training programs for music therapy in addressing the subject of personal growth, as it relates to the development of critical self-awareness and self-care strategies. The study further attempted to identify which self-care strategies are being used…
Descriptors: Music Therapy, Allied Health Occupations Education, Program Effectiveness, Individual Development
Fontanez, Kimberly – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The students at 2 middle schools in County SD, NHMS and WMS are not scoring on or above grade level on the information text portion of the English Language Arts (ELA) standardized SC Palmetto Assessment of State Standards (SCPASS) test given annually in South Carolina. The teachers developed and implemented art-based anchor charts to help close…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Language Arts, Academic Achievement, Instructional Materials
Fiedler, Krista M. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this study was to examine what information third-grade boys attending school in three rural school districts might contribute to current understanding about what motivates boys to engage in reading. A multi-method, multi-sensory Mosaic Approach was used to explore, record, and interpret the voices of the 14 boys with varying levels…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Reading Attitudes, Males, Elementary School Students
Cowley, Danielle M. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Across the United States young women with disabilities are experiencing economic and educational disadvantages. Although post-school outcomes have shown improvement, young women continue to experience high unemployment rates, low wages, and high rates of poverty. In this study, I explore the experiences of four teenage girls who have been labeled…
Descriptors: Females, Special Education, Race, Social Class
Alfnifie, Shuaa – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This study examined adolescent developmental experiences and participation in extracurricular activities. Providing youth with multiple channels to nurture their development and acknowledge their interests and strengths can play a significant role in their holistic growth. This is a descriptive study of a mixed-methods design (quantitative and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adolescent Development, Student Participation, Extracurricular Activities