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How Flipped Classrooms Impact K-12 Student Achievement: Flipping A Middle School Geography Classroom, Jenna Norman

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The purpose of this thesis is to apply knowledge gained from reviewing the literature on flipped classrooms to a middle school geography unit. The history of the flipped classroom model, varying models of flipped classrooms, the need for flipped classrooms and the importance of flipped learning are introduced to support the rationale and purpose of the research. Literature on academic performance, student achievement, instructor impact, and technology are reviewed to give benefits and challenges to flipping a middle school geography unit. An application emphasis is included to further discuss the audience, sustainability and resources required to flip a middle school …

The Influence Of Social Support And Basic Psychological Needs Satisfaction On Student Academic Motivation At A Cameroonian University: Structural Equation Modeling, Samuel Adamou

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The growing number of students at the university level in Cameroon created maladaptive behaviors including lack of behavior adaptation, interests, respect, happiness, self-esteem, which led to strikes, vandalism, academic failure and resulting in school dropout (Nwaimah, 2008). The Cameroonian government proposed a number of reforms to solve these issues. One of the major proposed reforms consisted of implementing the Bologna Model in higher education through borrowing and transferring of policies, ideas, and practices from a European higher education area (Eta, 2015; Mngo, 2011). Yet despite the surface progress, the question of how to enhance student learning and improve instruction …