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Synchronous Online Instruction, Institutional Connectedness, And Retention In College Students, Kara L. Wicklund
Synchronous Online Instruction, Institutional Connectedness, And Retention In College Students, Kara L. Wicklund
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This study utilized items in a campus life survey, administered during COVID-19, to explore relationships among synchronous instruction, institutional connectedness, and retention. Various statistical tests were applied to the data set to analyze relationships between variables. The study showed no relationship between synchronous instruction and retention, and also no relationship between synchronous instruction and institutional connectedness. However, this study did align with earlier research, demonstrating a significant relationship between institutional connectedness and retention. The study also revealed a significant relationship between retention and two key demographics, male gender and advanced standing. Additionally, the study demonstrated a significant relationship between institutional …
Exploring The Lived Experience Of Kumeyaay College Graduates, Ricardo Rafael Ramos
Exploring The Lived Experience Of Kumeyaay College Graduates, Ricardo Rafael Ramos
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The purpose of this study was to explore the lived experience during participation in higher education of Kumeyaay Indian Nation college graduates. Specifically, the study investigated the factors graduates perceived to contribute to their persistence and attainment of a baccalaureate degree within six years of enrollment at a four-year institution of higher education. Participants included twelve participants who self-identified as members of the Kumeyaay Indian Nation who had earned at least a baccalaureate degree from a four-year institution of higher education within six years of enrollment. MaxQDA was used to organize, code, and synthesize interview transcripts to develop themes pertaining …
Teacher Feedback And Assessment Outcomes Of Students: A Literature Review, David Doe Agoha
Teacher Feedback And Assessment Outcomes Of Students: A Literature Review, David Doe Agoha
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This paper examines the role of teacher feedback in improving the assessment outcomes of students. The literature review provides a brief overview of the types and levels of feedback, and discusses how the timing, format, and type of feedback affect the learning and assessment outcomes of students. This literature review reveals that feedback is valuable and it closes the gabs between learners’ current understanding and performance compared to their learning targets. It also gives information to both learners and instructors that lead to an adjustment of learning through the use of more effective strategies to achieve learning objectives. Furthermore, feedback …
Mentor Effectiveness And Its Correlation With Physician Assistant Faculty Job Satisfaction And Turnover Intentions, Amy Bronson
Mentor Effectiveness And Its Correlation With Physician Assistant Faculty Job Satisfaction And Turnover Intentions, Amy Bronson
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Growth in physician assistant training programs is resulting in an increasing demand for qualified physician assistant faculty. Gaining an understanding of mentoring in PA education and its relationship to faculty job satisfaction and faculty turnover intentions is important. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between the effectiveness of mentoring in relation to faculty perceived levels of job satisfaction and faculty turnover intentions for Physician Assistant (PA) Educators in the United States. A correlative cross-sectional web-based survey design, created from a combination of The Mentor Effectiveness Questionnaire, Job in General Scale, and the Turnover Intentions Measure, were …
Job Embeddedness: The Pulls Of Staying For Teachers In The International School Setting, Ann M. Jurewicz
Job Embeddedness: The Pulls Of Staying For Teachers In The International School Setting, Ann M. Jurewicz
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The purpose of this study was to explore the factors that influence retention of teachers in the international school setting using the construct of job embeddedness. As the largest global study of its kind to date, 975 respondents hired for the 2015-2016 and 2016-2017 school years were surveyed through the four main recruitment agencies: Search Associates, International School Services, Council of International Schools, and the Association of America Schools in South America. Applying a quantitative research method, the study first assessed the influence of any demographic factors significant in teacher retention regarding region, age, tenure status, number of overseas contracts, …
Rural Principals On The Move: Why They Leave, Cynthia Hansen
Rural Principals On The Move: Why They Leave, Cynthia Hansen
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the personal, institutional, and environmental factors that influenced a principal’s decision to leave his or her school. Respondents included six elementary principals in rural Minnesota who left their positions within the past year. Interviews were recorded, transcribed, coded, and analyzed for themes. Transferability and credibility were enhanced through the participation of the researcher in a bracketing interview to identify potential biases, independent coding by an outside analyst of the bracketing and regular interviews, and repeated checks with respondents about transcriptions, codes, and themes. Themes were codes that occurred in at least four …