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Moral Reasoning Of Chronically Disruptive Pre-Adolescent African-American Males In An Urban Elementary School Setting, Larry Ellison
Moral Reasoning Of Chronically Disruptive Pre-Adolescent African-American Males In An Urban Elementary School Setting, Larry Ellison
Education Doctoral
The purpose of the study was to explore the moral reasoning of a small group of chronically disruptive pre-adolescent African-American male students in an elementary school involved in an intensive, interactive intervention intended to stimulate in moral reasoning. The participants for this study exhibited challenging behaviors in the school setting. The researcher was interested in obtaining the participants’ perception of their lived world related to self, school, and home. The study explored whether there were significant changes in the moral reasoning of the participants after participating in an intervention, and if so, what were those changes? The study also explored …
An Examination Of Student Involvement As A Factor Impacting The Graduation Of Black Males In Higher Education Opportunity Programs At Four Colleges In Western New York, Montrose A. Streeter
An Examination Of Student Involvement As A Factor Impacting The Graduation Of Black Males In Higher Education Opportunity Programs At Four Colleges In Western New York, Montrose A. Streeter
Education Doctoral
Abstract The primary purpose of this study was to examine the extent that involvement promotes persistence towards graduation for Black males participating in New York State’s Arthur O. Eve Higher Education Opportunity Program (HEOP). The general question was, “Which factors, if any, promote graduation for Black males in the Higher Education Opportunity Program? To build an answer, a cross-sectional quantitative study was conducted to identify and examine the college experiences of HEOP students who were currently enrolled or had recently graduated from four independent higher education institutions in New York State. Participants in this study included 147 currently enrolled and …
Ninth Grade Transition: Practices Used By New York State High School Principals To Support Student Achievement During Ninth Grade, Dana Boshnack
Ninth Grade Transition: Practices Used By New York State High School Principals To Support Student Achievement During Ninth Grade, Dana Boshnack
Education Doctoral
New York State high school principals are implementing a variety of practices to support ninth grade transition. Principals from across the State of New York were surveyed to identify the practices that are being implemented and the practices they would use if afforded the necessary resources. This state-wide study sought to gather information regarding characteristics of schools, their districts and the likelihood that schools with similar characteristics would choose similar organizational practices. A k cluster analysis was used to identify three cluster groups based on the practices being implemented by each respondent. The three clusters were categorized using the following …
Administrators’ And Special-Subject, Pre-Tenured Teachers’ Perceptions Of Instructional Support, Sheila M. Marconi
Administrators’ And Special-Subject, Pre-Tenured Teachers’ Perceptions Of Instructional Support, Sheila M. Marconi
Education Doctoral
This study informs the work of school leaders, administrators, pre-tenured teachers, and induction program directors by supporting research related to instructional leadership, school performance, and teacher socialization. The study investigates how administrators’ and special-subject, pre-tenured teachers’ perceive instructional leadership support. The study compared administrators’ and special-subject, pre-tenured teachers’ perceptions of support strategies in schools meeting and not meeting New York State English Language Arts adequate yearly performance (AYP) targets. The results of the study support research related to effective school leadership and contribute to the current literature on support for new teachers. The results suggest that administrators in schools meeting …
Authoritative Parenting And The Relationship To Academic Achievement: Views Of Urban African American Adolescents, Christine Brown-Richards
Authoritative Parenting And The Relationship To Academic Achievement: Views Of Urban African American Adolescents, Christine Brown-Richards
Education Doctoral
Authoritative parenting and the relationship to academic achievement was the prime focus of this study. The research questions of this study addressed what parenting behaviors do urban middle and high school students identify as influential on their current academic performance and did the identified parenting behaviors of students fit the literature’s notion of Baumrind’s authoritative parenting. This qualitative study interviewed a purposeful sample of urban African American adolescents in grades 7-10 from a midsize urban city in upstate New York, recruited in the after school setting. In addition, parents completed a survey regarding their parenting behaviors in relationship to their …
The Life Space Interview In Therapeutic Crisis Intervention: An Action Research Study On Its Implementation In A Suburban High School, Susan J. Flood
The Life Space Interview In Therapeutic Crisis Intervention: An Action Research Study On Its Implementation In A Suburban High School, Susan J. Flood
Education Doctoral
Students with emotional and behavioral disabilities experience less school success than any other subgroup of students. The educational system is the only institution mandated to serve children and youth with emotional disabilities; however, for approximately 51% of these students, the educational experience ends with the decision to drop out of school. For novice teachers, an early experience with a disruptive student can end their career, while even experienced teachers may feel daunted by student behavior. Educators are searching for more effective means of working with students with emotional needs whose unresolved conflicts can escalate into classroom disruption, lack of student …
A Study Of Change Readiness: Factors That Influence The Readiness Of Frontline Workers Towards A Nursing Home Transformational Change Initiative., Veronica A. Barber
A Study Of Change Readiness: Factors That Influence The Readiness Of Frontline Workers Towards A Nursing Home Transformational Change Initiative., Veronica A. Barber
Education Doctoral
The purpose of this study was to determine factors that influence the readiness of frontline workers toward a nursing home’s planned organizational change. Individual levels of readiness toward change were assessed to determine if there were differences in levels of readiness and: organizational commitment, relationship with direct supervisor, and perceived organizational support. Demographic variables were also assessed to determine whether a relationship existed with change readiness. A quantitative method was employed for the study using a single-subject survey design. 460 employees from a large not-for-profit nursing home in upstate New York completed the survey. The organization was in the planning …
What Employees Value In Company Wellness Programs And Their Perceptions Of The Incentives Offered To Them To Participate, Shadi Wageeh Sifain
What Employees Value In Company Wellness Programs And Their Perceptions Of The Incentives Offered To Them To Participate, Shadi Wageeh Sifain
Education Doctoral
Employer-sponsored wellness programs have emerged as programs which seek to improve overall employee health and to reduce health care costs. Integrating benefit delivery and providing employee benefits can be directly correlated to the effectiveness of a wellness program, as measured by the total return on investment for shareholders (Wolff, 2008). Additionally, effectiveness is positively impacted when the incentives provided to the population are both meaningful to them and offered immediately instead of offered to them in a delayed fashion (Wyatt, Morrato, O’Hill, Ghushchyan, & Sullivan, 2007). The purpose of this study is to understand the following: (a) How employees perceive …
Give Back, Give Books: A Formative Program Evaluation, Wendy Lynn Fritz
Give Back, Give Books: A Formative Program Evaluation, Wendy Lynn Fritz
Education Doctoral
For over a decade, the Rochester City School District (RCSD) has reported substandard test scores and graduation rates. In 2007, in response to negative press regarding academic achievement, Rochester Mayor Robert Duffy launched a city wide campaign designed to eradicate illiteracy in the city of Rochester. Part of Mayor Duffy’s literacy initiative involved engaging the community in this effort. In conjunction with the Mayor’s campaign, the Rochester Education Foundation (REF), a non-profit organization whose primary goal is to improve learning and success among Rochester city schoolchildren, began its Give Back, Give Books program. REF was established in 2005 and their …
Black Students Perceptions Of Their Access To Precollege Counseling Practices, Tonja M. Williams
Black Students Perceptions Of Their Access To Precollege Counseling Practices, Tonja M. Williams
Education Doctoral
Despite an increase in college enrollment for all racial groups over the past three decades, the rate at which Black students attend college continues to significantly trail that of White students. A contributor to this gap includes Black students inadequate access to college-going and financial aid information. The purpose of this study was to understand how access to school counseling activities impacted Black high school students college choice decisions. this study included, seventeen 12 th Participants for grade Black male and female students who attended two high schools in an urban school district in New York state. Eight of the …
The Relationship Of Leadership Style And Horizontal Violence To Emergency Department Staff Nurse Retention, Deborah C. Stamps
The Relationship Of Leadership Style And Horizontal Violence To Emergency Department Staff Nurse Retention, Deborah C. Stamps
Education Doctoral
This study was a quantitative, non-experimental, cross-sectional national survey that examined the relationship between leadership style of the nurse manager (NM) and horizontal violence (HV) and the impact of that relationship on staff nurse turnover in the emergency department. The study examined which leadership style of the nurse manager influenced the presence of horizontal violence and whether there was a relationship on anticipated staff nurse turnover int eh emergency department. Postal mail communication methods were used to petition participation in the online survey. Three thousand surveys were mailed to registered nurse members from the Emergency Nurses Association (ENA). An on-line, …
The Skills, Competencies, Expertise, And Embedded Knowledge Of Nurse Managers, As Leaders, In Long-Term Care, Kathleen Hodgson Dever
The Skills, Competencies, Expertise, And Embedded Knowledge Of Nurse Managers, As Leaders, In Long-Term Care, Kathleen Hodgson Dever
Education Doctoral
Nurse Managers in long-term care supervise healthcare services for residents who have higher acuity levels and numerous health co-morbidities. There has been minimal research identifying the long-term care Nurse Manager‟ s skills and competencies and no research on a novice-to-expert scale. The purpose of this qualitative, phenomenological study was to define the Nurse Manager ‟s leadership skills, competencies, expertise, and embedded knowledge. Nineteen Nurse Managers, with a minimum of five years longterm care management experience, and their respective Directors of Nursing, completed the Nurse Manager Inventory Tool (NMIT) which was based on a 5-point Likert noviceto-expert scale. Interview questions were …
The Synergies, Efficacies And Strategies Involved In Teaching Creativity And Leadership Together: A Grounded Theory, Jo A. Yudess
The Synergies, Efficacies And Strategies Involved In Teaching Creativity And Leadership Together: A Grounded Theory, Jo A. Yudess
Education Doctoral
Leadership researchers and authors cite creativity as an important leadership skill. Creativity researchers and authors cite leadership skills developed as the leader internalizes cognitive, rational and semantic problem solving skills. In this study, eight faculty members at Buffalo State College who uniquely teach creativity and leadership together were interviewed regarding their opinions about how and why creativity and leadership are taught in the same program and they were invited to explore the connections between the two subjects. The resultant qualitative data was analyzed using Atlas.ti to develop a grounded theory describing what is needed to teach creativity and leadership together …
Quality Of Life In The Nursing Home: An Outcome That Matters, Carol Dumond
Quality Of Life In The Nursing Home: An Outcome That Matters, Carol Dumond
Education Doctoral
This quantitative study collected information to determine how elders living at the nursing home studied perceived their quality of life, determined if there are differences in quality of life among neighborhoods, and if there are differences experienced by those living in private rooms compared to shared rooms. A descriptive, correlational, and cross-sectional design was applied. An instrument that focused on enhanced quality of life, the Quality of Life Scales for Nursing Home Residents, was used to guide 155 structured interviews. Data collected provided information on eleven domains of quality of life including safety, physical comfort, food enjoyment, meaningful activities, relationships, …
Successful Career And Technical Education Students’ Perceptions Of The Organizational Features That Contribute To Their Academic Achievement And Graduation, Melisa Niver
Education Doctoral
Low graduation rates in the United States indicate a need to better connect the high school curriculum with realities of life beyond high school. The purpose of this study was to develop a theory about successful career and technical education students’ perceptions of the organizational features that contribute to their academic achievement and graduation. This study employed a qualitative methodology and participants were high school senior CTE students. Data was transcribed, coded and analyzed using grounded theory methods. Core categories and themes were revealed through the data analysis to help create an emergent theory which is represented in the Linkages …
Teacher Knowledge About Educating Children Of African Descent In Urban Schools, Susan Goodwin
Teacher Knowledge About Educating Children Of African Descent In Urban Schools, Susan Goodwin
Education Doctoral
Teacher Knowledge about Educating Children of African Descent in Urban Schools was a quantitative study that examined what a sample of teachers knew about effective teaching in urban schools in order to inform professional development in the urban district where this study was conducted. This research proceeded from the idea that having knowledge about African descent people is a requisite for teaching them, and that absence of this cultural knowledge has served as a barrier to effective education. A quantitative instrument, Teaching in Urban Schools Scale, was used to identify teachers’ knowledge about effective teaching in urban schools, and a …
A Mixed Methods Study Of Community College Students On Academic Probation: The Limiting Effect Of Academic Doublespeak, Kristine D. Duffy
A Mixed Methods Study Of Community College Students On Academic Probation: The Limiting Effect Of Academic Doublespeak, Kristine D. Duffy
Education Doctoral
A mixed methods study of students placed on academic probation at Onondaga Community College (OCC) in Syracuse, New York, revealed that voluntary participation in an intervention program yielded limited change in participants’ grades when compared to probationary students who did not participate. Only 29% of participants and nonparticipants improved their grades to return to good academic standing. Grades were compared between the program participant group and the non-participant group and a statistical analysis applying an independent sample t -test (comparing the mean GPAs), as well as an Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) (comparing the means of three groupings) resulted in no …
Sustainability Of The Educational Strategy Looping In Middle School Settings, Darcy Smith
Sustainability Of The Educational Strategy Looping In Middle School Settings, Darcy Smith
Education Doctoral
This qualitative study explores teachers’ and administrators’ experiences with the strategy looping in middle school settings. Whereas schools should seek to match ageappropriate, research-based strategies to the needs of students, introducing and sustaining change in public school settings is challenging. Whereas some schools fail to deliberately provide structures to support the development of positive student-teacher relationships, other schools with structures in place meet with varying degrees of success. Within interviews and focus groups, obstacles teachers and administrators experience implementing looping programs were explored using the following broad questions: (a) What are the lived experiences of teachers and administrators involved in …
Impact Of Cultural Competence Educational Learning Unit Intervention On First-Semester Junior Bachelor Of Science Nursing Students, Jennifer E. Reid
Impact Of Cultural Competence Educational Learning Unit Intervention On First-Semester Junior Bachelor Of Science Nursing Students, Jennifer E. Reid
Education Doctoral
Research evidence strongly suggests that there is a direct relationship between a lack of cultural competence in healthcare providers and health care disparities in diverse racial, ethnic, and socio-cultural groups of people. Nursing education curricula designed to educate nurses in the process of becoming culturally competent may have a significant impact on inequity in healthcare delivery. This study examined how entry level nursing students responded to a cultural competence educational learning unit (CCELU) to improve their level of cultural competence in desire, awareness, knowledge, skill, and encounters. A one-way between-groups multivariate analysis of variance and an independent t-test were used …
Resilience: Factors That Influence Black Males To Re-Enroll In High School Or A General Equivalency Diploma Program, Jerome Watts
Resilience: Factors That Influence Black Males To Re-Enroll In High School Or A General Equivalency Diploma Program, Jerome Watts
Education Doctoral
Research has shown that Black males drop out of urban high schools due to the emotional, academic, and personal challenges they encounter in and out of school. However, there is a scarcity of academic research on the re-enrollment of urban, Black male students and the resilience they exhibit towards their diplomas. The purpose of this study is to understand resilience in Black males who dropout, re-enroll and complete their General Equivalency Diplomas or high school diplomas. The study determined what these students identify as components of their resilience. A qualitative research approach was utilized, specifically individual interviews, demographic sheets, field …
Examining The Need For A Uniform Training Program For Coaches "' Of Student-Athlete.S In Jesuit High Schools On The Topic Of Sportsmanship, Christopher A. Parks
Examining The Need For A Uniform Training Program For Coaches "' Of Student-Athlete.S In Jesuit High Schools On The Topic Of Sportsmanship, Christopher A. Parks
Education Doctoral
The Jesuit Secondary Education Association (JSEA) currently lacks a uniform training program for coaches of student-athletes in Jesuit schools specifically on the topic of sportsmanship. The purpose ofthe study was to identify the needs of coaches, as recognized by coaches, teachers, and Jesuit priests at Talin Preparatory School, in concert with Jesuit and sportsmanship "literature," to establish a uniform program for how to teach sportsmanship to student-athletes in Jesuit secondary schools and the pedagogy needed to deliver it. The study combined literature of sportsmanship, moral development, social learning theory, self-motivation theory, and Jesuit education. The study used focus groups, conducted …
Minority Business Enterprises (Mbe) And Organizational Diversity Procurement Programs: Implications For Mbe Business Development, Matthew Augustine
Minority Business Enterprises (Mbe) And Organizational Diversity Procurement Programs: Implications For Mbe Business Development, Matthew Augustine
Education Doctoral
Minority Business Enterprises (MBEs) compete in the marketplace for business in an environment that both helps and hinders the process. Most large organizations employ some form of diversity procurement advocacy program for varies reasons. However, the efficacy of these programs is not known. This qualitative, phenomenological study explored the lived experiences, perceptions, and attitudes of buyers and MBE owners located in the Monroe County, New York area relating to aids and barriers for minority business development. Attitudes and perceptions of both groups were gathered along with factors influencing such attitudes and perceptions. In addition, the perceived costs associated with this …
Reading, Writing, ' Rithmetic And Relationships: Advisories, The Fourth R In Enhancing Student Achievement?, Marilynn Patterson Grant
Reading, Writing, ' Rithmetic And Relationships: Advisories, The Fourth R In Enhancing Student Achievement?, Marilynn Patterson Grant
Education Doctoral
Urban communities are challenged by increasing numbers of young people dropping out of school. The small school movement's focus on personalization represents a response to social, economic, and political forces that require new approaches to educating students. Small size may nurture relationships; however, it cannot guarantee academic achievement. This exploratory quantitative study examined the predictive capacity for AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination) Elective (advisory) students' sense of membership, coupled with academic press, to influence academic achievement. A survey and scores on English Language Arts and Math assessments were used to determine what impact the two variables had on students' achievement. …
Secondary School Teachers’ And Principals’ Perceptions Of Online Learning To Support Instruction And Student Learning In An Urban School District In New York State, Theodora C. Waters
Secondary School Teachers’ And Principals’ Perceptions Of Online Learning To Support Instruction And Student Learning In An Urban School District In New York State, Theodora C. Waters
Education Doctoral
This study investigated secondary school teachers’ and principals’ perceptions of online learning (OL) to support instruction and student learning in an urban school district in New York State The literature is replete with examples that demonstrate the effectiveness and advantages of online learning in comparison to high-quality, face-to-face instruction (Watson, 2008). However, in the absence of statewide policy and legislation as an incentive to adopt online learning, the researcher determined that it was important to identify and examine secondary school teachers’ and principals’ perceptions relating to the use of this technology and their motivations to adopt it to support instruction …
Exploring Novice Urban Elementary School Principals' Socialization Into The 21st Century Principalship, Michelle Walczak-Corsi
Exploring Novice Urban Elementary School Principals' Socialization Into The 21st Century Principalship, Michelle Walczak-Corsi
Education Doctoral
This qualitative interview study used data from in-depth semi-structured interviews, field notes, documents. and participant demographic information sheets to understand novice urban elementary school principals' experiences with socialization into the 21 51 century principalship. The primary research question guiding this study asked what resources novice urban elementary school principals drew upon to navigate the first three years of the principalship. A research subquestion asked what influenced the participants' socialization into the principalship. Findings indicated that principals actively pursued ongoing learning and drew upon an array of resources comprised of inside mentors, outside coaches, and personal mechanisms. Their use of resources, …
An Examination Of Entrepreneurial Activity In Independent Colleges And Universities In New York State: A Presidential View Of Entrepreneurial Leadership, Gary M. Smith
Education Doctoral
This research study is an examination of entrepreneurial leadership and activity in independent colleges and universities in New York State. Many higher education institutions are facing serious financial challenges. Competition for enrollment and donations combined with price competition, increasing costs, student consumerism, and changing demographics are all factors that challenge the financial viability of independent colleges and universities. There is increasing pressure on the leadership of these institutions to find new sources of revenue to meet these financial challenges. The purpose of the study was to examine the relationships between and among the selfperceived entrepreneurial orientation of presidents and other …
Don't Count Them Out: Transitioning Adolescents' Perceptions Of Issues Impacting Learning In Middle School, Concetta Lucchese
Don't Count Them Out: Transitioning Adolescents' Perceptions Of Issues Impacting Learning In Middle School, Concetta Lucchese
Education Doctoral
The transition from elementary to middle school presents adolescents with challenges that deter them from becoming learning-focused students. In urban settings, transitioning students are often confronted with issues as they enter middle school and attempt to acclimatize to the new environment. This study explored first-hand experiences of transitioning urban middle school seventh graders at the completion of their first year in a middle school setting. The purpose of the study was to describe students' perceptions of the issues negatively impacting their ability to focus on learning. This phenomenological research study was conducted primarily using pre-existing data from seventh grade test …
Examining Alumni Perceptions Of Care From High School Teachers As A Source Of Student Social Capital, Ryan P. Pacatte
Examining Alumni Perceptions Of Care From High School Teachers As A Source Of Student Social Capital, Ryan P. Pacatte
Education Doctoral
This study combined the literatures of social capital and care. Specifically, the study surveyed alumni perceptions of care from their high school teachers as a measure of teacher-based social capital. In contrast with previous literature that examined care as teacher-based social capital measuring from the teacher perspective, this is the first study to measure care as teacher-based social capital from the perspective of the former student. The study used an established instrument, Teven and McCroskey's (1999) Source Credibility Instrument, in an on-line format to measure perceptions of care from former teachers as the independent variable. The research survey collected data …
A Study Of Self-Efficacy Of Educational Professionals In Managing Classroom Behavior And Their Readiness For Differentiating Discipline, Donna Riter
Education Doctoral
Keeping children behaviorally appropriate and in their classrooms has become increasingly challenging for today's educational professionals where there is less tolerance for classroom disruption, greater expectation of performance and higher paced learning formats. These professionals face even greater dilemmas if they enter the classroom without confidence that the skills they have will be the right fit for managing students who struggle behaviorally. A Likert scale survey was used for this quantitative study to assess perceived beliefs of educational professionals concerning self-efficacy in managing classroom behavior, and their readiness (ability and willingness) to differentiate approaches to behavior intervention in order to …
The Influence Of Positional Leadership On Second-Year Male Satisfaction And Retention, Jennifer Lynn Furner
The Influence Of Positional Leadership On Second-Year Male Satisfaction And Retention, Jennifer Lynn Furner
Education Doctoral
The purpose of this study was to examine the influence positional leadership has on satisfaction and retention of second-year students, especially males. To accomplish this, the researcher conducted a mixed-methods study utilizing an online administration of the Student Leadership and Satisfaction Survey (Appendix B) and the completion of focus groups with second-year male positional leaders at Cazenovia College (CAZ), Hobart and William Smith Colleges (HWS), and Keuka College (KC). This study showed significant relationships between many of the variables within the study, resulting in an understanding that overall satisfaction influenced retention, but that being involved in campus memberships or exercising …