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African-American Males' Perspective on Persistence during Their Second Year at an HBCU
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Bradford, Josette – ProQuest LLC, 2016
The college graduation rates for African-Americans, as compared to other ethnic cohorts, remains at a continuous low level. According to the National Center for Education Statistics (2014), 1,602,480 baccalaureate degrees were conferred nationwide to college students during 2009-2010. The purpose of this phenomenological research study is to…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, African American Students, College Students, Males
A Case Study on the Elements of School Culture and the Potential Effect on Student Achievement at the Rural Middle School Level
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Elizondo, Jodi L. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Schools exist for the sole purpose of academic achievement, and within every school exists a unique culture that every student navigates and absorbs. It is reasonable to assume a student's environment and the expectations set forth in that environment may have an effect on their academic achievement. The purpose of this study was to determine the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Case Studies, School Culture, Rural Schools
First-Generation College Students' Persistence at a Four-Year College: A Phenomenological Case Study
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Holodick-Reed, Jocelyn A. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
First-generation college students differ in their backgrounds and experiences from other college students and are more likely to drop out of college than continuing-generation students (Ishitani & Snider, 2004; Lohfink & Paulsen, 2005). The purpose of this phenomenological case study was to describe the experiences of first-generation…
Descriptors: First Generation College Students, Academic Persistence, Higher Education, Phenomenology
A Qualitative Study of Undergraduate International Students' Everyday Experiences with Cross-Cultural Interactions and the Student Adjustment Process
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Burkhardt, Joan Wilkinson – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this basic qualitative study was to understand how everyday cross-cultural interactions affected the adjustment of undergraduate international students attending a private research university in the northeastern United States. To fulfill this purpose, three research questions were formulated as a foundation for this investigation:…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Undergraduate Students, Foreign Students, Intercultural Communication
Learner-Content, Learner-Instructor, and Learner-Learner Interaction in a Web-Enhanced, Internet Videoconference AP Calculus Course
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Einfeld, Dana Hobbs – ProQuest LLC, 2014
The purpose of this action research was to investigate how the use of technology promotes interaction to foster high school students' mathematical understanding. This mixed method study is guided by social-constructivist theory (Vygotsky, 1978) and framed within Moore's (1989) model of learner-content, learner-instructor, and learner-learner…
Descriptors: Internet, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction, Calculus
Learning in Context in a Short-Term Education Abroad Program
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Lalley, Kristine – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The purpose of this study is to describe learning that occurred among participants who engaged in a short-term education abroad program using a modified situated learning theoretical framework. In situated learning theory, experience becomes activity and takes on a dynamic relation to learning. For the study, I selected a specific case to examine…
Descriptors: Study Abroad, Learning Theories, Qualitative Research, Field Studies