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Rana, Shalu – ProQuest LLC, 2018
This study examined the functional relation between the use of a computer-based graphic organizer (CBGO) with embedded technology features and the improvements in the personal narrative writing by upper elementary students with high-incidence disabilities. In addition, this study explored the improvements in the students' digital literacy skills…
Descriptors: Instructional Materials, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Elementary School Students
Pei, Li – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of virtual literature circles (VLCs) on Chinese university English as a foreign language (EFL) students' independent English reading. The importance of independent reading for EFL students to develop critical thinking, language proficiency, and good readership was extensively discussed and…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, College Students, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Mintos, Alexia – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this study is to understand characteristics and outcomes of instructional tasks used to support preservice secondary mathematics teachers (PSMTs) in learning about equity in secondary mathematics methods courses. This study focuses on five instructional tasks from four purposefully chosen teacher education programs. These activities…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Secondary School Teachers, Mathematics Teachers, Teacher Education Programs
Capanegra, Ana Isabel – ProQuest LLC, 2014
Many scholars have researched reading-to-writing relations, some of which found reading to be an effective enhancer of writing (Al-Jarf, 2004; Asencior, 2006; Lee, 1986a; Lee & Riley, 1990; Perez-Sotelo & Gonzalez-Bueno, 2003; Shang, 2007). Similar beginner college student samples were used previously by Asencior (2006), Perez-Sotelo and…
Descriptors: Reading Writing Relationship, College Students, Experimental Groups, Control Groups
Ingebrand, Sarah Wynonah – ProQuest LLC, 2016
The following study was developed to investigate the development of writing skills in second and third grade students. The recent emphasis on writing, specifically writing in multiple genres, made in the Common Core State Standards (CCSS, 2010) has increased the need to further understand how students write. The NAEP (2002) reports that…
Descriptors: Writing Skills, Writing Instruction, Grade 2, Grade 3
Bowles, Bruce L. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Although response scholarship has continually called for a greater emphasis on context when analyzing instructors' written commentary on student writing, textual analysis of written comments remains a primary direction for response research. Additionally, when context is accounted for, it is oftentimes done so in a rather reductive fashion, with a…
Descriptors: Context Effect, Writing (Composition), Models, Assignments
Harper Benjamin Keenan – ProQuest LLC, 2018
This three-article dissertation specifically examines one challenging element of teaching history to young children: the representation of historical violence and adversity, using fourth grade curriculum and instruction surrounding the topic of Spanish colonization of California as a case study. This era, known as the Spanish mission period in…
Descriptors: History Instruction, Elementary Education, Grade 4, United States History
Ravenscroft, Matthew D. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Digital textbooks are replacing print books in school districts across the United States due to their adaptability for students with special needs, enhanced student interest, and lower cost. This is also true in the rural state of West Virginia which lags the U.S. in broadband Internet saturation. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Electronic Publishing, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
Gyllen, Justin Gordon – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This dissertation examines students' use of written course materials in introductory engineering courses, begins to elucidate the relationships between students' study habits and their subsequent course performance, and evaluates the impact that carefully designed preparatory assignments has on these relationships. Much of previous educational…
Descriptors: Use Studies, Users (Information), Instructional Materials, Introductory Courses
Baer, Julie – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Writing is a critical proficiency for academic and career success, but a significant number of students enter higher education underprepared for the academic writing expectations awaiting them. Due to immense sociocultural barriers, linguistically-diverse college (LDC) students, in particular, may find college writing challenging. Complicated…
Descriptors: Writing Skills, Writing (Composition), Academic Discourse, College Readiness
Churchill, Sara J. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This qualitative multiple case study explored the factors that impact the recreational reading selections of gifted students. Eleven students in grades four and five participated in the study. The methods of data collection included in-depth personal interviews and analysis of library circulation records and independent reading program data. The…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 4, Grade 5, Academically Gifted
LaLonde, Courtney C. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Effective classroom management is critical in the creation of learning environments that foster academic success for all students. Preservice teachers must develop an awareness and understanding of all aspects of classroom management and their relation to the two main classroom management approaches: the discipline based approach and the…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Academic Achievement, Course Content, Consciousness Raising
Duvall, Matthew D. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This case study, conducted at a large suburban high school with two sections of a contemporary literature class for struggling 12th grade students, sought to understand how repurposing a non-educational technology such as Goodreads might impact adolescents' academic literacy practices and events. Incorporating Goodreads in a high school classroom…
Descriptors: English Instruction, Language Arts, High School Students, Suburban Schools
Petrites, Taralynn Wells – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This quantitative correlational study included an investigation of potential factors effecting high attrition rates in postsecondary online courses. Online learner-instructor interaction was examined by assessing instructor response times (RTs), student satisfaction, and final course grades at an online two-year postsecondary institution. A sample…
Descriptors: Two Year Colleges, Two Year College Students, Online Courses, Correlation
Whitney, Premila A. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
The event management segment of the hospitality industry has experienced tremendous growth in recent years. As a result, demand for qualified event management professionals continues to increase. To help prepare qualified professionals for the event management industry, higher education institutions in the United States are now offering…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, College Graduates, Hospitality Occupations, Case Studies
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