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Pricci, Erica Barone – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This qualitative research study explored how college students' perceptions of the learning environment impacted their decisions to engage in academic dishonesty. Second and third-year college students (n = 445) were surveyed using an open-ended survey to determine how their perceptions of elements of the learning environment influenced their…
Descriptors: Cheating, Qualitative Research, College Students, Student Attitudes
Gerritson, Michael – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The practice of grading student writing often seems arbitrary and unfair to students. It is important to students and educators that writing is fairly and accurately assessed in order to facilitate demonstrable improvement in their composition. This research addressed a specific writing rubric as a method to mitigate implicit or subconscious…
Descriptors: Grading, Scoring Rubrics, Writing Assignments, Writing (Composition)
Gerke, Philip James – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The study adapted an existing instrument to examine perspective transformation and its associated factors in participants of evangelical faith-based adult nonformal education in the Midwestern United States. Stratified random one-stage cluster sampling of 11 churches produced a nonprobability sample ( N = 597) that was significantly (p < 0.05)…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Religious Education, Christianity, Transformative Learning
General Academic or Domain-Specific Vocabulary?: The Impact of Word Selection in High School Biology
Birmingham, Elizabeth A. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this study was to determine the impact of learning various types of words in biology on students' reading comprehension, vocabulary performance, and science content knowledge. The study involved 315 ninth grade biology students who were placed in one of four groups and spent two weeks for ten minutes per day working on independent…
Descriptors: Biology, High School Students, Science Instruction, Vocabulary Development
Bacino Thiessen, Michelle – ProQuest LLC, 2015
This qualitative study explored the experiences of an online learner at a community college. The purpose of the study was to investigate community college students' perception of online courses through an examination of their experiences with online learning. The community of inquiry theory was used as a guide to better understand the importance…
Descriptors: Student Satisfaction, Electronic Learning, Community Colleges, College Students
Kim, Jae Woo – ProQuest LLC, 2014
Problem: The problem of this study was to determine the difference in Bible comprehension scores among gender-based groups of older children using selected passages from three Bible translations: the Children's Bible, the Easy Bible, and the New Revised Korean Bible. Procedures: A total of 288 older children in three churches (Beautiful Baptist…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Comprehension, Grade 5, Elementary School Students
Walton, Edward W. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Many academic libraries were early adopters of e-books and continue to acquire e-books to support student learning. The e-book is an innovation that purports to replace the printed book; however, students continue to prefer to use the printed book. While students prefer the printed book, academic libraries that provide access to e-books report…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Small Colleges, Adoption (Ideas), Books
MacMonagle, William Peter – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this research was to seek evidence of awareness of metacognitive processes and intertextuality in the reading comprehension of students in an adult basic education class. Its purpose was to interweave several strands of research investigation and theory to explain the reading and writing capabilities of a representative population…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Reading Comprehension, Adult Basic Education, Learning Theories
Bradarich, Katherine – ProQuest LLC, 2012
In light of the escalating literacy demands of the 21st Century workplace, and the reality the adolescent literacy rates remain stagnant despite considerable focus on them, there appears to be a need for translation of the role that reading comprehension plays in the growth of literacy of adolescent learners. A framework that recognizes the…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Reading Comprehension, Formative Evaluation, Middle School Students
Campbell, Donald P. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This study investigated the effect of student prior knowledge and feedback type on student achievement and satisfaction in an introductory managerial accounting course using computer-based formative assessment tools. The study involved a redesign of the existing Job Order Costing unit using the ADDIE model of instructional design. The…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Accounting, Pretests Posttests, Feedback (Response)
McEntarfer, Heather Killelea – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Schools are often hostile and unwelcoming spaces for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered, queer/questioning (LGBTQ), and gender-nonconforming students, teachers, and parents. This qualitative study sought to address that problem by examining the role that teacher education can play in preparing teacher candidates to transform those spaces. The…
Descriptors: Sexual Identity, Homosexuality, Sexual Orientation, Educational Environment
Duncan, Benjamin R. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Elements essential to effective teaching are closely aligned with the domains of a teacher's pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) (Park & Oliver, 2008). Often, alternatively trained teachers enter the teaching profession lacking exposure to pedagogical events that allow these educators opportunities to reflect on their practice and construction…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Alternative Teacher Certification, Secondary School Teachers, Science Teachers
Waner, Lisa Marie – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Students moving from high school writing to college writing are, from a sociocultural perspective, transitioning from one "community of practice" to another, from one "Discourse" to another (Gee, 1992; Wenger, 1998). This process can be difficult, not only for basic writers (Bartholomae, 1985; Shaughnessy, 1977) but also for…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Freshman Composition, Communities of Practice, Student Experience
Stansell, Jon W. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
My fulfillment in life comes through helping others develop their potential, work through their troubles, and follow their dreams. I have found that my college students embrace this aspect as I teach them expressive, author-involved writing. Peter Elbow's work asserts that this type of writing fits into his theory of personal development, which is…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Freshman Composition, College Freshmen, Student Development
Randel, Bronwyn C. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
An 18-week experimental intervention tested the effect of the WAC strategy known as microthemes on math achievement of secondary students. The sample population included 231 students, with 106 in the experimental group and 125 in the control group, enrolled in six different math courses from basic to advanced, ninth to twelfth grade. Students in…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Secondary School Mathematics, Secondary School Students, Writing Across the Curriculum