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Professional Learning Communities Enhancing Capacity For Improved Student Learning, L. Keith Adams
Professional Learning Communities Enhancing Capacity For Improved Student Learning, L. Keith Adams
Master's Theses
Educators continue to be challenged with improving the nation's schools. The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 created an elusive moving target towards perfection as the ultimate goal. This was a mandate for every school receiving federal funds to close the achievement gap. Recently, states have been applying for waivers to help them move out of the NCLB rut of narrowly focused and unattainable goals. The pressure of school improvement and its challenges, with limited funding, continue for schools to supply efficient and effective professional development that will benefit student learning. The Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan, wrote in …
Undoing The Factory Model: A Practical Field Test In Blended Learning, Adam Holden
Undoing The Factory Model: A Practical Field Test In Blended Learning, Adam Holden
Master's Theses
The successful implementation of e-learning strategies into the learning process is not a new idea. Education was first introduced to the concept of digital natives using technological tools to learn over a decade ago now, and yet we remain a nation struggling to come to terms with the educational potential of technology. It is true, that the past ten years has seen a significant integration of hardware into the classroom; the question must be asked however, whether this has been wastefully accomplished by many schools, without predetermined planning or the development of strategic outcomes for its use. Merely, introducing these …
Factors Affecting Daily Stress In Siblings Of Children With Special Needs, Todd Blackwill
Factors Affecting Daily Stress In Siblings Of Children With Special Needs, Todd Blackwill
Master's Theses
For families who have a children with disabilities, a great amount of stress are put on not only the primary caregivers but all members of the family unit. This study examined what factors influence stress experienced by siblings of children with disabilities. These factors included severity of the children’s disabilities, gender of the siblings, how much help the siblings provide in the care of the children with disabilities, and the number of people in the families. The purpose was to raise awareness of the participants and pinpoint certain characteristics that affect how frequent and how intense stress is experienced by …
The Impact Of Maturity And Parenting Style In Delinquent Behaviors, Nichole Lind
The Impact Of Maturity And Parenting Style In Delinquent Behaviors, Nichole Lind
Master's Theses
Most of the previous research about juvenile delinquency has focused on why some adolescents become delinquent. Elliott and Voss (1974) theorized that delinquent behavior occurs due to the aspiration opportunity disjunction, or goals that are beyond one’s means. Moffitt (1993) shifted the focus of research as to why most adolescents quit their delinquent behavior and others persist towards a lifetime of criminal activities. Mounts (2002) found that parents who had higher levels of parenting management practices had adolescents with lower levels of drug use and drug using friends. Moffitt (1993) proposed that it is a perceptual shift or an exit …