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Ivory, Shirley Clark – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This study was an IRB approved qualitative investigation of experiences of the single low-income African American mothers in their maternal protective role. In-depth interviews and a focus group were conducted with 13 single-low income women who met the criteria for participation in the study, in an effort to understand the social context in which…
Descriptors: Financial Needs, Low Income, Mothers, Outreach Programs
Benners, George Anthony – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This study investigated the complex influences of individual differences and school contexts on the growth of mathematical reasoning skills in high school, with particular emphasis on differences in academic preparation, demographics (i.e., race/ethnicity, gender and socioeconomic status), and school characteristics. Students' growth of…
Descriptors: Standardized Tests, Gender Differences, Individual Differences, Student Characteristics
Kuo, Li-feng – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Much research on requests has been carried out among L1 Chinese adults, L1 Chinese children, L1 children, L2 adults, and L2 children, but no studies to date have simultaneously examined Chinese children's requests in Chinese (L1) and English (L2). The aim of this study is to investigate how Taiwanese elementary school children vary requests…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Case Studies, Foreign Countries, Pragmatics
Perkinson, Betty J. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The view that community college developmental studies educators have about the space in which they teach, any renovated or new spaces they were involved in designing, and the type of space in which they would like to teach is examined. The developmental studies educators are experts in their field, having completed The Kellogg Institute at…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Developmental Studies Programs, College Faculty, Teaching Conditions
Rugen, Brian David – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Contemporary research suggests that forming a professional identity is crucial to the process of becoming a teacher. Furthermore, a "narrative turn" has emerged as a major methodological influence for the study of identity in research on teaching. A guiding assumption of traditional narrative research is that stories act as…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Foreign Countries, Discourse Analysis
Judd, Jeffrey S. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Changes to the global workforce and technological advancements require graduating high school students to be more autonomous, self-directed, and critical in their thinking. To reflect societal changes, current educational reform has focused on developing more problem-based, collaborative, and student-centered classrooms to promote effective…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Student Motivation, Chemistry, Educational Environment
Barg, Katherine Sanjiyan – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Studies over the past 30 years have examined teacher-student interactions in the classroom but have not focused on how those interactions may affect the self-efficacy feelings of students. Research suggests that students who connect well with their teachers experience more positive academic success. Therefore this study examined how adolescent…
Descriptors: Teacher Student Relationship, Interaction, Grade 7, Early Adolescents
Turner, Carmen Maria – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The number of undergraduates with diverse linguistic backgrounds currently enrolled at U.S. colleges and universities has increased dramatically over the past decade. Many of these students are international nonnative English speakers, resident bilinguals, and bidialectal speakers of African American English (AAE). Challenged by a host of language…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Undergraduate Students, Student Diversity, Literacy
Waschak, Michael R. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
There has been an increase in the use of partnerships as a policy prescription for improving education since the mid 1980's. This trend builds on nearly a century of reform movements in education, has been noted in the professional literature and can also be seen in the growing trend to add partnership requirements to federal grant programs in a…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, Program Implementation, Context Effect, Educational Finance
Barbera, Lucy Elizabeth – ProQuest LLC, 2009
"Palpable Pedagogy: Expressive Arts, Leadership, and Change in Social Justice Teacher Education" is an arts-informed ethnographic study of the pedagogy and culture engendered when the expressive arts are employed in social justice teacher education. "Palpable Pedagogy" is a qualitative study that examines the power of the expressive arts to…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Teacher Education, Education Courses, Participant Observation
Meyer, Tricia L. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Every school has an organizational habitus that represents its allocated resources, mission, perception about students' cultural capital, and the school counselor's expectation and behavior related to college admissions. A school's mission, resources, and assumptions about students and their families affect the college choice process of students…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Admissions Counseling, Expectation, College Choice
Francis, Linda M. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The study examined interest, a unique affective construct distinct from motivation, as an important instructional design consideration. New interest theory suggests that interest develops along a continuum, and at its earliest stages, may be triggered through intentional use of interesting materials and environments. Instructional designers need…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Student Interests, Learner Engagement, Student Attitudes
Bassett Berry, Ann – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The shortage of special education teachers is a critical issue facing rural school districts. Administrators face moderate to extreme difficulties recruiting special educators and some are unable to fill positions at all. The retention of teachers to special education positions in rural schools is part of any comprehensive plan to deal with…
Descriptors: Social Support Groups, Teacher Shortage, Special Education Teachers, Special Education
Haynes, Rebekah Mina – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Recent and ongoing research has demonstrated the alarming likelihood of children from low-income homes and from ethnic minorities to read at much lower reading levels than their peers. Additionally, reading ability is related to the earliest of emergent literacy skills, which can be measured in young children before they enter formal schooling.…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Predictor Variables, Preschool Children, Parent Child Relationship
Makomenaw, Matthew Van Alstine – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Tribal colleges, which are often community colleges, have been successful in helping American Indian students achieve academic success. The current study was designed to understand what happens to American Indian tribal college students when they transfer to four-year Predominantly White Institutions (PWIs). The research question that guides the…
Descriptors: American Indians, American Indian Education, Academic Achievement, College Graduates