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How Happiness, Self-Concept, and Locus of Control Relate to 12th Grade Reading Achievement: A Quantitative Study Using NAEP Data
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Stephen Melville – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Fundamentally, the aim of education is to empower students to live better lives. By "better" it is not merely meant that students will find gainful employment and be more civic-minded, but also that on an individual level a student will engage the examined life and fulfill their potential. This process of self-discovery addresses three…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Self Concept, Locus of Control, Grade 12
Academic Achievement Gaps of Students in Private School Settings as Compared to Their Counterparts in Regular Public Educational Settings
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April Yelani Ferguson – ProQuest LLC, 2018
This applied dissertation was designed to provide the effectiveness of promoting change management through historical findings of closing reading comprehension (i.e., vocabulary) achievement gaps with black and white 9th and 10th grade students in a private school and 66 participants in this study. Achievement gaps in education refers to the…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Private Schools, Public Schools, Differences
Creating and Sustaining a Professional Learning Community to Impact Student Achievement on a High School Campus: An Action Research Project
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Nichols, Dionne DeShall – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Professional learning communities (PLCs) have become one of the most talked about ideas in education today. Many K-12 schools are working to become PLCs in the hope that student learning will improve when adults commit themselves to talking collaboratively about teaching and learning and then take action that will improve student learning and…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Academic Achievement, Action Research, African American Students
Examining the Relationship between Virtual School Size and Student Achievement
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Sherrill Waddell – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between virtual school size and student achievement in virtual schools in a southwestern state. Enrollment size and the following areas were studied in an attempt to determine student achievement: STAAR English Language Arts/Reading, STAAR Math, STAAR Science, and STAAR Social Studies…
Descriptors: Correlation, Virtual Classrooms, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
The Effect of a Zoo-Based Experiential Academic Science Program on High School Students' Math and Science Achievement and Perceptions of School Climate
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Mulkerrin, Elizabeth A. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of an 11th-grade and 12th-grade zoo-based academic high school experiential science program compared to a same school-district school-based academic high school experiential science program on students' pretest and posttest science, math, and reading achievement, and student perceptions of…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, High School Students, Grade 11, Grade 12
Factors Related to Students' Engaged Reading in High School Science Classrooms
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Ochoa-Angrino, Solanlly – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Using emergent motivation theory, this study analyzes the relationships between high school students' perceptions of their reading skills, task challenge, and personal control over assigned reading activities and their reading engagement (i.e., interest, enjoyment, and concentration) during science instruction. The study also examines how…
Descriptors: High School Students, Science Education, Reading Achievement, Reading Habits