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Types Of Parental Involvement And Their Effect On Student Mathematics In Secondary Education: Attitudes, Self-Efficacy, And Achievement, Paula Johnson

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Research Question

The purpose of this study was to understand the correlation between types of parental involvement and student attitude/self-efficacy/achievement in math. The research question is: What types of relationships exist between parental involvement styles and math achievement in secondary students?

Focus of the Paper

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships between types of parental involvement and attitudes toward math, self-efficacy in math, and math achievement. I have researched articles using the EBSCO resource offered to me as a St. Cloud State University student. In my search for articles, I used the following descriptors: “secondary education,” …

High School Mathematics Grading Practices And Their Correlation To Standardized Test Scores, Brian J. Robelia

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Research Question

In high school mathematics do standards-based grading scores show more validity/ correlation to standardized test scores than traditional grading scores?

Focus of the Paper

The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of standards-based grading and math achievement on standardized tests and the effectiveness of traditional grading and math achievement on standardized tests. I have used the EBSCO host resources, using the academic search premier’s databases to search for my information. In my search for articles, I used the following words or phases: “standards-based grading,” “grades,” “math achievement,” “Common Core,” “No Child Left Behind (NCLB),” “grade …

Connecting Schools And Community With Real World Science Through Technology To Promote Environmental Literacy, Erin Mcmahon

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Does A Co-Teaching Push-In Delivery Method Have A Positive Impact And Higher Gains On Title I Students' Achievement On Benchmark Assessments?, Katherine Bremer Bickford

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The Effects Of Blogging In The Elementary Classroom On Students' Writing, Tracy Fix

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Think-Aloud Reading Strategy, Kate Schmitz

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The Future Of Physical Education Will Be A Matter Of Perception: Do We As Educators Dictate Or Listen To Our Students? Teachers Versus Students, Mark John Henrich

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Police Emergency Driving Instruction Program Evaluation, John W. Palmer

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This study attempts to answer the basic question, "Does practice and instruction in simulated emergency situations lead to improvement in the driving performance of the treated subjects, as related to accident reduction?"

As a group of drivers, police officers receive little or no special preparation in driving skills. With preparation minimal, it would follow that polic officers who are confronted with emergency situations will often respond incorrectly and collisions will be the result. Training can, therefore, eliminate many accidents.

The study at St. Cloud State University was limited to comparisons between two groups of Minnesota Police Officders. The experimental group …

Investigation Of The Relationship Between Children's Language And Teacher-Pupil Interaction, Jerry James Wellik

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PROBLEM: It was the purpose of this study to determine the effect of pupil language as measured by the auditory reception and grammatic closure subtests of the Illinois Test of Psycholinguistic Abilities and indirectly by maternal education level on teacher interaction style in dyadic contacts with children.

PROCEDURE: Twenty-one -children age seven through ten were administered the auditory reception and grammatic closure subtests of the Illinois Test of Psycholinguistic Abilities. Maternal education was ascertained from the children's cumulative records. Teacher-pupil interaction for three hours of class time for each child was recorded according to the Flanders' Interaction Analysis Category System. …

A Historical Study Of The Development Of The American Federation Of Labor-Congress Of Industrial Organizations' Committee On Political Education And An Assessment Of Its Political Effectiveness, Arthur F. Grachek

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For over two hundred years organized labor has participated in the political activity of the United States. In the following statement, Professor Lloyd G. Reynolds of Yale expressed his opinion on organized labor's long history in political action. He stated:

"It is often debated whether unions should 'go into Politics,' really, they have no choice in the matter. The are automatically in politics because they exist under a legal and political system which has been generally critical of union activities. The conspiracy suit and the injunction judge have been a problem for unions from the earliest times. A minimum of …