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Erin E. Hardin; Sean Murphy; Melinda M. Gibbons – Journal of Career Development, 2024
We investigated environmental supports, an understudied aspect of Social Cognitive Career Theory (SCCT), with rural Appalachian youth, an understudied population. We developed a new measure of proximal influences that bolster the pursuit of postsecondary education, the Assessment of Postsecondary Supports (APSS). Across 3 studies, we develop and…
Descriptors: Rural Areas, Youth, Environmental Influences, Evaluation
Dunn, Rhiannon Hartman – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This quasi-experimental, quantitative study was completed to determine if a Modern Classroom approach to teaching had a significant relationship with student self-reported efficacy measures and end-of-course test data when compared to classrooms taught with traditional instructional methods as well as if there was a difference in results for…
Descriptors: Student Projects, Active Learning, Self Efficacy, Academic Achievement
Montgomery, Dionicia F. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The purpose of this study explored alternative teaching methods to improve student outcomes in the classroom. The researcher investigated the effects of the active learning strategies, Process Oriented Guided Inquiry learning and Peer Instruction on student achievement, conceptual understanding, and students' self-efficacy in an honors biology…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Inquiry, Peer Teaching, Outcomes of Education
Hamer, LaJuana Maurice – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of the number of transitions by students from school to school on their mathematics achievement. Transition is defined as the number of times a student has changed schools from Kindergarten to the current school year. This study also looked at the relationship between the students' perceived…
Descriptors: Algebra, Self Efficacy, High School Students, Mathematics Achievement
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Alfeld, Corinne; Hansen, David M.; Aragon, Steven R.; Stone, James R., III – Career and Technical Education Research, 2006
This study explored the hypothesis that Career Technical Student Organizations (CTSOs) provide a variety of experiences that either directly or indirectly affect three important outcomes of secondary education: achievement, transition to postsecondary education and training, and employability. A pre-post-test comparison study of high school…
Descriptors: Employment Potential, Self Efficacy, Motivation, Student Organizations
McAllister, Deborah A., Ed.; Deaver, Sharon R., Ed. – Online Submission, 2008
As a part of the teacher licensure program at the graduate level at The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC), the M.Ed. Licensure candidate is required to complete an action research project during a 3-semester-hour course that coincides with the 9-semester-hour student teaching experience. This course, Education 590 Culminating…
Descriptors: Action Research, Research Projects, Student Projects, Student Teaching