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Improving Student Satisfaction And Wellbeing In An International Baccalaureate Program: An Improvement Science Study, Michael Fisher

Doctor of Education (EdD)

This research aimed to improve student satisfaction and wellbeing in an International Baccalaureate (IB) program, located in the US Virgin Islands, through the implementation of an improvement science dissertation in practice (ISDiP). The study utilized a framework of Plan, Do, Study, Act (PDSA) over the course of a 90-day improvement cycle. A networked improvement community (NIC) met throughout the cycle to develop a shared understanding of the problem of practice and context, develop a theory of improvement, collect data related to that theory, and make adjustments based on that data.

The NIC identified four primary drivers they believed would result …

Improving Student Engagement Through Instructional Design During The Covid-19 Pandemic, Jill Kirksey - Diehl

Doctor of Education (EdD)

This Improvement Science Dissertation in Practice (ISDiP) aimed to investigate the improvement of student engagement through instructional design of remote and hybrid learning models in the second school year of the COVID-19 Pandemic using an improvement science dissertation in practice (ISDiP) framework. The ISDiP follows a district network improvement community (NIC) at a high poverty K-8 public school district in Washington state as they planned, implemented, studied, and reflected on the educational outcomes of initiating the instructional models with upper elementary grade level students during the final term of the 2020-2021 school year. Through a 90-day cycle, the NIC developed …

Improving Student Engagement In A Digital Environment: An Improvement Science Study, Christopher Scott Gragg

Doctor of Education (EdD)

Research sought to improve student engagement in a digital learning environment using an improvement science dissertation in practice (ISDiP) framework of a strategize, implement, analyze, and reflect (SIAR) cycle. The ISDiP convened a network improvement community (NIC) to conduct a 90-day SIAR cycle. The NIC implemented four strategies to address systems, instruction, culture, and leadership functions present at a high school in Oregon. These strategies included progress monitoring and support of students by their Advisory teacher using existing systems, connecting instruction by regularly providing student engagement resources to teachers, including culture by connecting with families of English learners, and using …