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Kokensparger, Brian Jay – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This study explored relationships between writing sample features and LMS usage patterns for 366 college students who enrolled in Theology courses, junior-level courses cross-listed with theology courses, or Senior Perspective Program courses in the fall semester of 2012. These hybrid courses were managed inside the Canvas(TM) learning management…
Descriptors: College Students, Theological Education, Blended Learning, Writing (Composition)
Hayes, Alicia G. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The purpose of this study was to identify and compare educational needs and goals during deployment and nondeployment of spouses of active-duty Army service members. The sample consisted of spouses of active-duty military service members from the Army brigades who had recently returned from a deployment or who were experiencing a deployment…
Descriptors: Military Personnel, Spouses, Educational Needs, Educational Attainment
Smalley, Kristi D. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Distance education, especially that of online coursework, is growing at a phenomenal rate. Despite its growth, there is a lack of experimental and quasi-experimental research that has been conducted to investigate what factors influence students' experiences and academic success in online learning environments. Previous research has focused on…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Academic Achievement, High School Students, Distance Education
Baker, Glenda – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This study investigated the strategic uses of music in the U.S. history classroom of six expert secondary U.S. history teachers identified by their administrators as expert teachers based on the merit of national certification, exemplary student and/or administration evaluations, high achieving teacher awards, or a combination of these criteria.…
Descriptors: Music, United States History, History Instruction, Teaching Methods
Hepworth, A. J. – ProQuest LLC, 2014
The purpose of this study was to investigate how engagement, mood and number of assignments completed on computerized differentiated homework using an iPad in a one-to-one mobile device environment influenced the growth index and normalized gain in reading literature benchmark assessments of students in grades five, six, and seven. Furthermore,…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Homework, Assignments, Psychological Patterns
Perun, Stefan A. – ProQuest LLC, 2014
The primary objective of this dissertation was to help illuminate why most students who enroll in developmental English at community colleges never make it to a college-level course. The extant literature suggests that students' learning experiences in a course largely account for success or failure, yet few studies have uncovered how students…
Descriptors: Remedial Instruction, Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Interviews
Parsons, Cherie – ProQuest LLC, 2010
As a way of examining how writing helps college students balance an understanding of subject matter with self and social understanding as well as develop their abilities to participate in the public realm, this qualitative study focused on the writing experiences of five college students, with particular attention paid to the assignments that…
Descriptors: College Students, Females, Interviews, Academic Discourse
Wang, Manhui Amy – ProQuest LLC, 2013
While many college students at two-year public colleges need Basic Writing classes before entering college-level writing courses, only 34% have successfully passed their Basic Writing classes (Ternes, 2008). Troyo (2000) maintained that the reason students failed in Basic Writing classes was that more research-based effective teaching strategies…
Descriptors: Two Year College Students, Basic Skills, Writing Skills, Instructional Effectiveness
Zheng, Binbin – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Over the last decade, the number of one-to-one laptop programs in U.S. schools has steadily increased. Though technology advocates believe that such programs can assist student writing, there has been little systematic evidence for this claim, and even less focused on the benefits of specific technology use by diverse learners. This dissertation…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Social Media, Writing (Composition), Educational Technology
Walls, Laura – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This study investigates the dynamics in the Spanish classroom between heritage language learner (HLL) dyads, second language learner (L2L) dyads, and mixed HLL-L2L dyads. Specifically, it examines oral, written and embodied discourse that informs our understanding of how learners attend to language. Analysis for this dissertation examined…
Descriptors: Heritage Education, Second Language Learning, Discourse Analysis, Video Technology
Rowden Quince, Bianca C. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Student success in community-college online courses remains a topic of concern within higher-education research. Online courses offer flexibility and opportunities for students to learn anytime and anywhere. Students who are not prepared for the anytime-anywhere format struggle in online courses. As enrollment in online courses increases, the rate…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Learning Strategies, College Students, Online Courses
Roberts, John Christopher – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The role of interest in educational settings has been seen as a significant factor in nurturing an appreciation for learning and influencing the extent to which that learning occurs. Interest can be divided into two sub-categories, individual interest and situational interest. Individual interest is personal rather than global, slow to develop,…
Descriptors: Student Interests, Elementary School Students, Grade 4, Music Education
Gutierrez, Yxstian – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The Individual with Disabilities in Education Act (IDEA) 2007, a federal special education law, states that students with disabilities requiring special education services can use accommodations or adaptations of the curriculum to access the general education curriculum. A shortened assignment, as an accommodation, can help learning disabled…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Assignments, Teacher Attitudes
Royster, Kelly Berghoff – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Teacher education programs across the United States must prepare teachers who have the content area knowledge, pedagogical expertise, and cultural competence needed to teach an increasingly diverse student population. One consistent suggestion for programs committed to preparing culturally responsive teachers is to incorporate investigations of…
Descriptors: Culturally Relevant Education, Literacy, Teacher Education Programs, Methods Courses
Urbanski, Cynthia Diane – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Michel Foucault argues that power is everywhere, all of the time. He describes it as concrete, "capillary," acting in, on and through the actual body. All "knowledge" and "truth" is an effect of that power which is why power and knowledge are integrally related. Power/knowledge produces social positioning. In this…
Descriptors: Social Theories, Urban Schools, Middle School Students, Power Structure
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