The focus of this study was to explore my leadership practices to improve teachers' acumen and use of research-based Tier 1 strategies to propel student engagement, thereby increasing student achievement. More specifically, the problem addressed was the decline of student performance for students with disabilities in English Language Arts and the…

Prior research on student voice shows that when adults genuinely listen to and value student input, students are more likely to feel they belong and can learn in their educational setting. Given this, the purpose of this research study was to evaluate if previously disenfranchised students would develop a greater sense of agency, academic identity…

A novel intervention to introduce undergraduate students to bioinformatics, provide authentic research opportunities, and support student retention in science majors and careers is presented in the Characterizing Our DNA Exceptions (CODE) project. The need to increase the number of qualified STEM graduates, particularly in the fields of…

Over the last several decades, forms of reading have expanded far beyond conventional print-based text to include multimodal representational forms rooted in new practices and contexts (Miller, 2007) including a variety of text formats within technologies. This rapidly changing digital landscape has impacts on the ways in which students engage…

The problem addressed by this study was that Title 1 high school Mathematics teachers are limiting technology integration in the classroom by using traditional teaching practices that decrease academic achievement, student engagement, and classroom climate. The purpose of this qualitative case study was to explore how Title 1 urban high school…

Virginia Public schools continue to face teacher shortages, and policymakers and school leaders are desperately seeking ways to influence teachers' decisions to stay at school. This multi-site case study of seven elementary schools offers a conceptual framework to examine how teachers' trusting relationships with students and parents relate to…

The purpose of this quantitative study was to investigate the perceptions of the sixth, seventh, and eighth-grade teachers in Tuscaloosa City Schools about technology-enhanced practices and student engagement as a result of the "Digital Transformation Initiative." The Pre-service Teacher's Knowledge of Teaching and Technology TPACK…

The purpose of this constructivist-grounded theory study was to develop effective pedagogical methods for effectively training teachers to establish meaningful blended learning face-to-face activities that kept students actively engaged. With the advancements in technology over the past few decades and the COVID 19 pandemic event of 2019-2020,…

The purpose of this qualitative study was to understand teacher perceptions of blended learning as an instructional methodology for addressing the needs of diverse learners. The researcher explored the perceptions of teachers who were participating in an ongoing professional development program within their school district. This program focused on…

The purpose of this action research was to evaluate the implementation of the flipped classroom model in a high school English classroom. Students are entering college and the workforce lacking the minimum writing skills needed, which may be the result of a lack of engagement throughout school. The flipped classroom model is one teaching and…

With the increasingly widespread adoption of online learning, education is at an important crossroads. Spirituality and character building were once an important part of formal education. In the more secular modern era, many institutions of higher learning have neglected the spiritual aspects of teaching and learning. There is increasing academic…

African American women make up an increasing percentage of all the students attending higher education institutions (Jones-DeWeever, 2014). African American women are enrolling in community college at an alarming rate; however, there is little research about their success at community colleges. This quantitative study used Kuh's theory of student…

The purpose of the current study was to determine if there was a significant difference in teacher efficacy between teachers immersed in leadership development at the Leader in Me schools and teachers at schools not associated with the Leader in Me initiative. The Teachers' Sense of Efficacy Scale measured overall teacher efficacy and efficacy for…

This study was grounded in situative theory and explored the academic identity, motivation for class engagement, and social support of Asian international students, and the interaction of these variables in U. S. higher education classrooms. The participants were seven Asian international undergraduate students from China and South Korea.…

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between student aspirations and other background characteristics with student engagement level in their first year. Despite the knowledge that engagement is influential in student success outcomes, completion rates have not changed in more than thirty years (Gonyea, 2006). Hsieh (2014)…