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Inclusion And Deliberative Dialogues: Exploring Outcomes Of Transformative Experiences For Adolescents, Hadley Robertson
Inclusion And Deliberative Dialogues: Exploring Outcomes Of Transformative Experiences For Adolescents, Hadley Robertson
Undergraduate Honors Theses
The purpose of this study was to explore outcomes of participating in a deliberative dialogue for adolescents. Participants attended a deliberative dialogue facilitated by the primary researcher. After the dialogue, participants completed journal prompts that asked about their experience participating in the dialogue. Results indicated that participation in the dialogues impacted adolescents’ confidence and open-mindedness. Findings also indicated components of atmosphere that contributed to willingness to engage, and strategies participants can use in future conversations. Deliberative dialogues are an avenue for transformative experiences and the data from this study can help experience designers understand these types of experiences for adolescents. …
Enhancing Creativity In Organizational Teams: Development Of The Spark Program, Kimberly Morehead
Enhancing Creativity In Organizational Teams: Development Of The Spark Program, Kimberly Morehead
Creativity and Change Leadership Graduate Student Master's Projects
Organizational teams have experienced unprecedented change since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic—such as frequent changes in leadership, increased turnover, and shifting to full-time remote work—which have impacted their ability to form lasting creative connections. This project addresses the challenge of the above changes by introducing a creativity-boosting program called The Spark, designed to help organizational teams remain inspired, connected, and energized throughout times of change. Following an overview of the rationale for this project and a review of the pertinent literature, the process plan is provided in detail. The project resulted in a program structure based on the Torrance …
Math Identity Experience Of College Students In Developmental Courses: The Effects Of Chronological Multicultural Mathematics, Jonah Shulman
Math Identity Experience Of College Students In Developmental Courses: The Effects Of Chronological Multicultural Mathematics, Jonah Shulman
UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones
The present grant funded study by the Office of Research and Sponsored Projects investigated the effects of a chronological multicultural mathematics (CMM) framework on math identity and math achievement of student participants enrolled in two virtual post-secondary developmental math courses (N=9). The students were selected due to an inability to pass previous developmental courses or the placement exam to earn entrance into credit bearing math courses. An exploratory mixed methods case study utilized interviews, reflections, surveys, classwork, and grades to arrive at conclusions. Student participants were exposed to supplemental additions to the curriculum that provided elements of past (founders and …
A Multiple Case Study: Exploration Of The Writing Instruction Practices Of Veteran High School English Teachers, Victoria Lindemann
A Multiple Case Study: Exploration Of The Writing Instruction Practices Of Veteran High School English Teachers, Victoria Lindemann
UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones
The gift of literacy can be the greatest equalizer in a society or used as a weapon to marginalize. As writing instructors, it should be our job to help our students find their voice – to give voice to the voiceless (Friere, 1970). More research must uncover the influences beyond the classroom and how those influences inform veteran teachers’ decisions about their writing practices and instructional designs, specifically on how teachers engage students in writing. It is the writing of our thoughts and ideas that shares a piece of ourselves with the world around us.This study explored how experienced English …
Metacognitive Supports In Online Community College Learners, Bethany L. Emory
Metacognitive Supports In Online Community College Learners, Bethany L. Emory
STEMPS Theses & Dissertations
Community colleges provide educational, social and professional lifelines for students. Community college students are often characterized by their need to balance school amidst conflicting life needs, such as employment and family. As a result, many community college students struggle to find time to commit to on campus classes. Asynchronous online courses offer these students flexibility. Without the ability to self-regulate their learning, this mode of learning has been shown to be more challenging, resulting in students who succeed and persist in coursework less consistently.
This quantitative, quasi experimental study involving 92 asynchronous online community college participants from the southeast, explores …
Three Paper Dissertation: Mooc Participation And Experiences Of Women Learners, Kinta Montilus
Three Paper Dissertation: Mooc Participation And Experiences Of Women Learners, Kinta Montilus
Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)
Through three distinct investigations, this dissertation provides a unique approach to investigating the engagement of women in MOOCs. According to previous MOOC research, not only 10% of learners who enroll in the course complete it, but the majority of these students appear to be men (Christensen et al., 2013). Women's participation in MOOCs is generally low, but it varies greatly depending on whether the course is STEM or non-STEM (i.e., Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics courses—STEM). The first study examines gender participation patterns in STEM and non-STEM MOOCs using data from existing MOOC platforms. The second research study looked at …
Advancing Medical Education By Optimizing The Use Of Formal And Informal Curriculum Resources, Ziana Bagot
Advancing Medical Education By Optimizing The Use Of Formal And Informal Curriculum Resources, Ziana Bagot
Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2020-
Current and aspiring medical school students are inundated by curriculum resources. To optimize the curriculum resources that are offered in medical education, the present work examines both institutionally and commercially developed resources from the lens of various stakeholders through three separate, yet related, studies. The first study, a scoping review, synthesizes and recognizes gaps in scholarship regarding obstacles that underrepresented, pre-medical students encounter in applying to medical school, specifically focusing on the impact of access to commercial test preparation resources. A review of existing literature regarding this population's medical school admission difficulties yielded a majority of non-empirical, deficit-focused articles that …
Constructing A Well-Being: Exploring Knowledge Construction In Dbt Skills Training Using Art And Activity Theory, Elizabeth Bailey
Constructing A Well-Being: Exploring Knowledge Construction In Dbt Skills Training Using Art And Activity Theory, Elizabeth Bailey
Wayne State University Dissertations
Through Arts-based Research, constructed within the theoretical basis of the Activity System, participants engaged with dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) program content to develop a cohesive and meaningful project. Participants are conceptualized as reliable experts in their own experience, and as active agents of knowledge construction. Participants generate profound and relevant insights into their experiences – insights that can enhance DBT practice, expand research methodology, and build conceptual connections across theories. The Arts-based Activity System offers a theoretically-backed methodology that can disrupt the harmful parallels between the development of the disorders DBT is intended to treat and the dominant research paradigm …
Ambiente Virtual Ubicuo Para El Aprendizaje De La Lengua Inglesa Basado En Proyectos, Diana Carolina Guayara Ortiz, Jenny Viviana Castelblanco Barrera, Diana Carolina Rozo Becerra
Ambiente Virtual Ubicuo Para El Aprendizaje De La Lengua Inglesa Basado En Proyectos, Diana Carolina Guayara Ortiz, Jenny Viviana Castelblanco Barrera, Diana Carolina Rozo Becerra
Maestría en Diseño y Gestión de Escenarios Virtuales de Aprendizaje
En esta investigación se desarrolló un ambiente virtual ubicuo para el aprendizaje de la lengua inglesa basado en proyectos para estudiantes adultos de nivel inicial (1A) de los cursos de extensión de lenguas extranjeras de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia. El método utilizado fue la investigación aplicada basada en la teoría fundamentada. El modelo de diseño instruccional seleccionado fue ADDIE. En una encuesta inicial, los estudiantes evidenciaron la necesidad de un mayor énfasis en la producción, los ejercicios de práctica, la interacción, la retroalimentación y los temas de interés (trabajo, estudio y viajes). En consecuencia, se planteó un modelo que …
Influence Of Online Professional Learning Networks On Teacher Self-Efficacy For Using Information Communication Technology, Jeremy A. O'Toole
Influence Of Online Professional Learning Networks On Teacher Self-Efficacy For Using Information Communication Technology, Jeremy A. O'Toole
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Information communication technology (ICT) is increasingly used to enhance teaching and learning, but many teachers lack mastery-level experiences using these computing technologies in the classroom. To further their knowledge, some teachers have turned to online professional learning networks (PLNs) for development, but further research is needed to explore how and why these networks change teachers’ practice. Framed by Albert Bandura's theory of self-efficacy, the purpose of this study was to explore the influence of online PLNs on teachers’ perceptions of their technological self-efficacy for implementing ICT in the classroom. The research question of this basic qualitative study with interviews addressed …
Identifying Core Components Of Digital Literacy Initiatives For Adult Education Programs, Vivia May Dorothea Pitter
Identifying Core Components Of Digital Literacy Initiatives For Adult Education Programs, Vivia May Dorothea Pitter
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Digital literacy is a powerful tool for learners, and educational institutions and programs are tasked with the responsibility of developing frameworks, models, guidelines, or strategies within a digital literacy initiative to equip the learner. However, a lack of clarity and consensus on what constitutes digital literacy hinders developmental efforts and processes of digital literacy initiatives. The purpose of this qualitative modified Delphi study was to identify what experts agree are the core components of digital literacy initiatives that will provide clarity and consensus for adult education programs. The concerns-based adoption model’s innovation configuration dimension is the conceptual framework for this …
Blended Elearning Tools And Upper Elementary Reading Achievement, Angela Dawn Tester-Smith
Blended Elearning Tools And Upper Elementary Reading Achievement, Angela Dawn Tester-Smith
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Though researchers have demonstrated that adaptive practice software is an effective tool to use with primary grade students, they have not fully established the impact blended eLearning tools have on upper elementary students in a suburban school setting. The problem facing one southeastern state district was that their schools had selected different approaches to address declining reading scores, but the district had no systematic analysis of the chosen blended eLearning tools to determine an improvement in reading growth scores among all students. The purpose of this comparative quantitative project study was to determine the influence different blended eLearning tools, Reading …
Use Of An Intelligent Tutoring System And Academic Performance In An Online College Course For Pre-Nursing Students, Mark Schmidt
Use Of An Intelligent Tutoring System And Academic Performance In An Online College Course For Pre-Nursing Students, Mark Schmidt
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
The efficacy of intelligent tutoring systems (ITS) for undergraduate college level courses was not well established and specifically, the Pearson Dynamic Study Modules (PDSM) program had not been investigated locally. The purpose of this quantitative study was to determine whether the use of an ITS designed with a cognitive learning approach; the PDSM, would enhance pre-nursing student academic performance. The multiple attribute decision making and the human plausible reasoning theories grounded the study. A non-experimental quantitative research design was used to determine whether there was a difference in the assessment scores of pre-nursing students in a college level anatomy and …
Individual Public-School Teachers’ Influence On Technology Implementation, Aletcia Whren
Individual Public-School Teachers’ Influence On Technology Implementation, Aletcia Whren
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Many teachers in the United States, despite access to and demonstrated benefits of instructional technology, are reluctant to integrate these innovations into their teaching. Although public schools spend millions to supply the technology to improve instruction and student academic achievement, teachers often choose not to adopt it. The purpose of this generic qualitative study was to understand better how and why many teachers are reluctant to integrate instructional technology in their classrooms. Guided by cultural historical activity theory, the study occurred in two phases. First, the Concerns-Based Adoption Model Stages of Concern Questionnaire was used to identify a sample of …
Links Between Screen Tim, Montessori Preschool Exposure, And Working Memory, Paula Lyn Larsen Mamani
Links Between Screen Tim, Montessori Preschool Exposure, And Working Memory, Paula Lyn Larsen Mamani
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
A high-quality, foundational education offers lifelong benefits for young children. The problem is that working memory in pre-school-aged children is declining and could be impaired by the extraneous cognitive load imposed during engagement with screen media apps and/or preschool programs. Although the pedagogical practices associated with Montessori preschool programs have been found supportive of cognitive load germane to learning and improved working memory, they have not been fully considered in relation to preschoolers' screen media use. The cognitive load created by screen media apps could affect their usefulness as learning tools. The purpose of this quantitative study was to discover …
Elementary Teacher Perceptions Of Blended Learning In The Digital Classroom, Sarah Cummings
Elementary Teacher Perceptions Of Blended Learning In The Digital Classroom, Sarah Cummings
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Blended learning is an instructional model in which instruction is delivered using a combination of traditional teaching methods and online learning materials such as digital textbooks, virtual textbooks, and teacher-made videos. The problem was that elementary teachers in local schools were not implementing blended learning as intended by the school’s improvement plan. The purpose of this study was to examine the perspectives of elementary teachers in Grades 3-5 who have experience using blended learning. The framework for the study is the complex adaptive blended learning system (CABLS) because it helps examine the blended learning elements and the changes that result …
Elementary Teachers’ Perceptions Of Scholastic Literacy Pro To Monitor And Support Students’ Independent Reading, Lana Leigh Bates
Elementary Teachers’ Perceptions Of Scholastic Literacy Pro To Monitor And Support Students’ Independent Reading, Lana Leigh Bates
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Teachers’ perceptions were needed about monitoring and supporting students’ independent reading using Scholastic Literacy Pro (SLP). Teachers have reported concerns about monitoring independent reading productivity with extrinsically based computerized monitoring methods that result in avoidance of reading. The purpose of this basic qualitative study was to explore the perceptions of elementary school teachers about monitoring and supporting students’ independent reading using SLP in a Southeast U.S. school district. The conceptual framework underpinning the study was Ryan and Deci’s self-determination theory. Semistructured interviews were conducted with eight elementary teachers using SLP. Data were manually analyzed using first cycle in vivo coding …
Elementary Teacher Experiences Regarding Use Of Technology In The Western Pacific Islands, Lynn Ordonez Mendiola
Elementary Teacher Experiences Regarding Use Of Technology In The Western Pacific Islands, Lynn Ordonez Mendiola
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
In the Western Pacific Islands School District (WPISD), technology standards were last developed and adopted in 2008. These standards have not been revisited or revised. The problem is that teachers are expected to use the latest educational technology, but technology standards are not current for preparing students for the 21st century workforce. The purpose of this basic qualitative inquiry was to explore how elementary teachers use current classroom technologies to address 21st century skills as mandated by the WPISD, despite having outdated technology standards. The Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) framework guided the study in order to integrate pedagogy, content, …
Oil Rig Trainees’ Perspectives On The Influence Of Drilling Simulation On Their Learning And Motivation, Adel Mohamed Hassanein Abdelaziz
Oil Rig Trainees’ Perspectives On The Influence Of Drilling Simulation On Their Learning And Motivation, Adel Mohamed Hassanein Abdelaziz
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Low enrollment levels in vocational drilling training programs in the Arabian Gulf area have resulted in a talent gap, with little success in building and retaining national crews. With current simulation technology, it is believed that trainees' learning, motivation, and achievements will increase; however, further study is needed to determine if these conclusions hold. The purpose of this basic qualitative study was to explore how using simulation technologies influences trainees' learning, motivation, and perspectives about completing their education at an oil-field drilling rig’s vocational training facility. Davis’s technology acceptance model concerning user reception of information systems formed the conceptual framework. …
How College Faculty Experience Designing Blended Courses They Teach, Judy Bauer Puritt
How College Faculty Experience Designing Blended Courses They Teach, Judy Bauer Puritt
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Blended learning has been growing and evolving in higher education since the early 2000s. Despite extensive quantitative research examining blended course use and exploration of how students experience blended-courses, more situated, local research about faculty members’ experiences was needed. The purpose of this qualitative study was to develop a deeper understanding of faculty members’ experiences during the decision-making process in designing blended courses they teach. The conceptual framework was grounded in Engeström’s activity theory to allow an exploration of individual agency within a specific community setting. Faculty members’ decision-making experiences and perceptions were explored using an interpretive description methodology. A …
Novice Teachers’ Perceptions Of Liminality In Building Self-Efficacy Through Technology During Covid-19 Closures, Ashley Jane Mcintyre
Novice Teachers’ Perceptions Of Liminality In Building Self-Efficacy Through Technology During Covid-19 Closures, Ashley Jane Mcintyre
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
The COVID-19 pandemic created a social-educational problem in understanding how novice teachers developed self-efficacy through technology amidst distance learning. Exploring the social-educational problem of novice teachers’ liminality and construction of self-efficacy during coronavirus-related school closures is an emerging issue that justifies further research. A gap in research and understanding currently exists regarding novice teachers’ establishment of self-efficacy and liminal experience as first-year professionals during COVID-19-related school closures. The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore how novice teachers developed self-efficacy through technology amidst the liminal first-time experiences of distance learning. To explore this topic, three concepts were used: the …
Mediating Language Fluency Development: An Action Research Study In A High-School Ap Chinese Second-Or-Foreign-Language Task-Based Language Teaching Classroom, Jing Liang
Doctoral Dissertations
Fluency development is critical in language learning; however, the teacher’s role as a mediator in a learner’s fluency development rarely has been explored in Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT) classrooms. This study investigated how a teacher, as the human mediator who can be certain that stimuli in the learning environment will be available and benefit the learners, implemented mediation under the guidance of Mediated Learning Experience (MLE) theory in aiding learners’ speaking cognitive and utterance fluency development in one AP Chinese high-school TBLT classroom in the Bay Area. MLE theory, developed by psychologist Reuven Feuerstein, provided a mediation framework for this …
Teacher Perceptions Of Technology-Enhanced, Collaborative, Project-Based Learning On Students In Mixed-Ability Classrooms, Amy Lauren Pierson
Teacher Perceptions Of Technology-Enhanced, Collaborative, Project-Based Learning On Students In Mixed-Ability Classrooms, Amy Lauren Pierson
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
The skill of collaboration is fundamental for every student as a future participant of a global society. Students with learning disabilities feel excluded amongst peers in a traditional classroom setting, specifically elementary students with learning disabilities in the area of collaboration. The overall purpose of this basic qualitative study was to explore elementary teacher perceptions of how students in mixed-ability classrooms collaborate using technology in a project-based learning (PBL) environment. Vygotsky’s social constructivism theory informed this study by providing a framework for learning in social groups, specifically collaborative learning practices in a PBL environment. The research question in this study …
Strategies For Attracting And Retaining Highly Skilled It Professionals For The High-Tech Workforce, Mia Gyjuan Moore
Strategies For Attracting And Retaining Highly Skilled It Professionals For The High-Tech Workforce, Mia Gyjuan Moore
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Many information technology (IT) managers have experienced challenges retaining high-tech professionals. Organization leaders lose investments of time and money when essential personnel leave. Grounded in the task-technology fit theory and the technology acceptance model, the purpose of this qualitative multiple-case study was to explore technology-focused strategies IT managers use to attract and retain IT professionals. The participants included five IT managers from five high-tech organizations who implemented strategies to attract and retain IT professionals. Data were collected from semistructured interviews and online resources. Thematic analysis revealed four themes: (a) using high-tech tools and alternative methods, (b) employing talent management techniques, …
College Students’ Perceptions Of The Importance Of Student Engagement In Online Courses, Alicia Beasley
College Students’ Perceptions Of The Importance Of Student Engagement In Online Courses, Alicia Beasley
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Researchers have identified high dropout rates in online courses for the past several years with few strategies for improvement. The problem addressed in this basic qualitative study was that peer socialization and engagement are challenges in online courses. The purpose of this study was to understand how far utilizing social media improved student socialization and engagement in online courses thus resulting in increased student success. This study used the conceptual framework of engagement theory, which states that students must be meaningfully engaged in learning activities through interaction with others and worthwhile tasks. The research questions addressed student perceptions about the …
Fully Automated Life Support Training Effects On Inpatient, Cardiac Arrest Survival Rates, Adessa D. Goss
Fully Automated Life Support Training Effects On Inpatient, Cardiac Arrest Survival Rates, Adessa D. Goss
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
In the United States, more than 200,000 adult patients die annually from inpatient cardiac arrest with survival rates stagnated at 22%–25% nationally. Recently, the adoption of fully automated life support training modalities by health care organizations has become widespread with limited literature available showing the effects on inpatient, cardiac arrest survival. The purpose of this quantitative study was to investigate the effects of fully automated life support training on inpatient, cardiac arrest survival. Applying Bloom’s mastery learning theory, the impact of the Resuscitation Quality Improvement (RQI) quarterly training and hospital unit compliance on inpatient cardiac arrest return of spontaneous circulation …
Barriers To Technology Integration Perceived By Kindergarten Through Second-Grade Teachers, Jessica Levine
Barriers To Technology Integration Perceived By Kindergarten Through Second-Grade Teachers, Jessica Levine
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
A problem exists in southeastern United States where technology integration is limited in classrooms. Although researchers have found benefits for integrating technology, it was unknown why teachers were not integrating technology into instruction. The purpose of this generic qualitative study was to explore the perceptions of teachers of kindergarten through second-grade students about the barriers for integrating technology into instruction and the support needed to effectively integrate technology. There have been studies about the barriers to technology integration experienced by teachers; however, it was uncertain what these barriers were for kindergarten through second-grade teachers. Bandura’s self-efficacy theory was the conceptual …
Occupational Therapy Educators' Self-Efficacy To Teach In A Blended Curriculum, Inti Marazita
Occupational Therapy Educators' Self-Efficacy To Teach In A Blended Curriculum, Inti Marazita
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
In recent years, occupational therapy education has been evolving due to educational trends such as blended learning. Blended learning is a combination of both synchronous and asynchronous learning that occurs online as well as in a brick-and-mortar setting. Little is known regarding occupational therapy educators' self-efficacy to teach in a blended curriculum. It is essential to understand the self-efficacy of these educators, especially related to their skills and capabilities to teach in such an innovative format. The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine the perceptions of occupational therapy educators' self-efficacy teaching in a blended curriculum. The research question …
Information And Communications Technology Integration In Bahamian Public High School Biology Classrooms, Cynthia Carmen Johnson
Information And Communications Technology Integration In Bahamian Public High School Biology Classrooms, Cynthia Carmen Johnson
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
More research on information and communications technology (ICT) use for teaching and learning is needed, particularly since the almost global transition from traditional face-to-face to virtual classrooms forced by the COVID-19 pandemic. The problem addressed in this current qualitative project study was the reported challenges experienced by teachers integrating ICT into the delivery of the biology curriculum in Bahamian public high school classrooms. The purpose of the study was to explore the biology teachers’ ICT integration into their virtual classrooms during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study was grounded in the technological pedagogical and content knowledge conceptual framework. Three research questions …
Education For Ltach Nurses On Clinical Monitoring Systems, Deneen Stokes
Education For Ltach Nurses On Clinical Monitoring Systems, Deneen Stokes
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Alarm fatigue is a patient safety issue. The gap identified in practice is that nurses did not know how to navigate the monitoring system properly such that improper use of the alarm system was the result, which compromised patient safety. The goal of this project aimed to fill the gap in knowledge and skill among the staff and improve the confidence level among nurses by providing an educational program. The practice-focused question focused on whether knowledge, skills, and confidence would increase among nurses after receiving education on the clinical monitoring system. The model to facilitate organizing and analyzing this project …