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Direct linkTrees, Frances P. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Programming is recognized as being challenging for teachers to teach and difficult for students to learn. For decades, computer science educators have looked at innovative approaches by creating pedagogical software tools that attempt to facilitate both the teaching of and the learning of programming. This dissertation investigates the motivations…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Program Effectiveness, Programming, Resource Materials
Sousa, Morgan Margaret – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The impetus for this project stemmed from a curiosity about two particular areas in the history of usability research. For one, I began research for this project with a desire to learn about patterns in the theory, practice, attitude, and perception about usability work, both in academic contexts and in corporate contexts, with a focus on the…
Descriptors: Use Studies, Testing, Usability, Meta Analysis
Hara, Motoaki – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Despite having drawn from empirical evidence and cumulative prior expertise in the formulation of research questions as well as study design, each study is treated as a stand-alone product rather than positioned within a sequence of cumulative evidence. While results of prior studies are typically cited within the body of prior literature review,…
Descriptors: Expertise, Evidence, Substance Abuse, Identification
Chappell, Shanan L. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The 2001 renewal of the United States' Title I program, which provides federal funds to schools with large populations of low-income students, instituted the Supplemental Educational Services (SES) program in which schools in their third year of failing to make Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) are required to offer after-school tutoring in core…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, School Effectiveness, Low Achievement, Tutoring
Oldfield, James L. R. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The purpose of this study is to compare attitudes toward inclusion among general education (GE) and special education (SE) teachers. Between 1997 and 2007, many changes took place within the Individuals with Disabilities Act and in 2002 the introduction of No Child Left Behind. This meta-synthesis examines the teacher's attitude towards inclusion.…
Descriptors: General Education, Federal Legislation, Disabilities, Special Education Teachers
Bishop, Shawn P. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
For schools, creating an appropriate learning environment is critical. Edwards (2008) said "an improper learning environment strikes at the heart of the school's purpose" (p. 1). School discipline is extremely important because positive strong learning conditions are critical to student success and disciplinary problems are a continual…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Student Behavior, Discipline, Testing
