Teacher Perceptions Of School Climate And Pbis,
2017
Central Washington University
Teacher Perceptions Of School Climate And Pbis, Douglas Periman
All Master's Theses
The purpose of this study was to assess the relationship between perceptions of Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS), a behavior change system implemented in schools, length of teaching experience, and teacher perceptions of school climate. The sample for this study was made up of certified teachers in schools that had implemented PBIS, and from schools that had not implemented PBIS, located in Washington State. Data were collected from two surveys, one of which measured teacher perceptions of PBIS and the other measured teacher perceptions of school climate. A simultaneous multiple regression analysis was performed to determine if there was …
Do Homework Trackers Affect Students’ Academic Performance?,
2017
Central Washington University
Do Homework Trackers Affect Students’ Academic Performance?, Luisdaniel Barrera
All Master's Theses
With new state assessment requirements for high school graduation, teachers are focusing on different strategies to assist students to achieve those goals. Many teachers state that students who complete homework perform better academically. The current study analyzed whether homework planners (trackers) had any positive effect on the academic performance of 16 seventh grade students in a very small and rural school district. This was a mixed study (quantitative and qualitative). Students’ grades, district assessments, state assessments, and teacher surveys were analyzed. The results showed that students improved their math and English Language Arts (ELA) district assessment scores when compared from …
Impact Of Purposeful Professional Learning On Instructional Technology Integration In Daily Classroom Practices,
2017
Georgia Southern University
Impact Of Purposeful Professional Learning On Instructional Technology Integration In Daily Classroom Practices, Julie Chance
College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations
The Innovative Teacher Technology Project (ITTP) was designed and created to address the common misconception that teachers should be able to pull technology, both hardware and software, out of the box and begin appropriate integration with teaching and learning. ITTP was developed within a school system that continues to deal with the aftereffects of a nationwide recession and ongoing funding cuts from local, state and federal sources. While ITTP appeared to be working well, it had yet to be determined if the purposeful professional learning that occurred had an impact on the integration of instructional technology in daily classroom practices. …
Literary Devices: Effects Of Classroom Management On Student Engagement With 1:1 Devices,
2017
Central Washington University
Literary Devices: Effects Of Classroom Management On Student Engagement With 1:1 Devices, Elizabeth Parker
All Master's Theses
The study compares two different classroom management strategies in a 5th and 6th grade classroom using an iPad based intervention. The students participated in 10 sessions of a language and grammar intervention on the Moby Max program. During five of the sessions, the teacher actively monitored the classroom, walking around the room, and redirecting students as necessary. For the other five sessions, the teacher used data from the intervention and monitored and redirected students from her computer screen. The data collected included the number of corrections given to each student by the teacher, the number of minutes the program considered …
Educational Neuroscience, Educational Psychology, And Classroom Pedagogy As A System,
2017
CUNY Hostos Community College
Educational Neuroscience, Educational Psychology, And Classroom Pedagogy As A System, Alexander Vaninsky
Publications and Research
This paper introduces a view of educational process as a 3-layer system comprising human brain, personality psychology, and classroom pedagogy. It aims to present a classroom as a place where educational neuroscience and educational psychology meet to result in effective pedagogy. The paper demonstrates the advantages of such approach for mathematics education. Among them are understanding of mathematical anxiety as a defensive reaction of the brain on operating memory overflow, finding gifted and talented students objectively, assertion of possible limitations on the educational goals given unfavorable conditions, restricted time of information perception, limited liability of teachers and instructors for the …
แนวทางการนิเทศการสอนครูผู้สอนภาษาอังกฤษโรงเรียนประถมศึกษา สำนักการศึกษา กรุงเทพมหานคร,
2017
คณะครุศาสตร์
แนวทางการนิเทศการสอนครูผู้สอนภาษาอังกฤษโรงเรียนประถมศึกษา สำนักการศึกษา กรุงเทพมหานคร, วิไลพร ชิมชาติ
Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)
การวิจัยครั้งนี้มีวัตถุประสงค์เพื่อ 1) ศึกษาสภาพปัจจุบันและความคาดหวังของครูเกี่ยวกับการนิเทศการสอนครูผู้สอนภาษาอังกฤษ 2) เพื่อเสนอแนวทางในการนิเทศการสอนครูผู้สอนภาษาอังกฤษ ดำเนินการเป็น 2 ตอน โดยตอนที่ 1 การศึกษาสภาพปัจจุบันและความคาดหวังของครูเกี่ยวกับการนิเทศการสอนครูผู้สอนภาษาอังกฤษ ประชากร คือ โรงเรียนระดับประถมศึกษา จำนวน 431 โรงเรียน กลุ่มตัวอย่างจำนวน 431 คน สุ่มตัวอย่างแบบเจาะจง เครื่องมือที่ใช้ในการวิจัย แบบสอบถาม 1 ฉบับ แบบมาตราส่วนประมาณค่า วิเคราะห์ข้อมูลหาค่าเฉลี่ย ส่วนเบี่ยงเบนมาตรฐาน และวิเคราะห์การจัดลำดับความสำคัญของการต้องการจำเป็นโดยวิธี Modified Priority Needs Index (PNI) ตอนที่ 2 การศึกษาแนวทางการนิเทศการสอนครูภาษาอังกฤษ เก็บข้อมูลโดยการสัมภาษณ์ จาก ศึกษานิเทศก์ จำนวน 5 คน ผู้บริหารโรงเรียน จำนวน 5 คน ครูผู้นิเทศการสอนภาษาอังกฤษ จำนวน 5 คน รวม 15 คน เครื่องมือในการเก็บรวบรวมข้อมูล คือ แบบสัมภาษณ์แบบกึ่งโครงสร้าง ใช้การวิเคราะห์เชิงเนื้อหา
ผลการวิจัย พบว่า แนวทางการนิเทศการสอนครูผู้สอนภาษาอังกฤษ ด้านหลักสูตร 1) ควรกำหนดนโยบายการนิเทศการสอนครูผู้สอนภาษาอังกฤษอย่างเป็นระบบ 2) ควรจัดอบรมให้ความรู้เรื่องการพัฒนาหลักสูตรภาษาอังกฤษสำหรับนักเรียนกรุงเทพมหานครโดยเฉพาะ เช่น หลักสูตรท้องถิ่นเป็นภาษาอังกฤษ หลักสูตร Jolly phonics เป็นหลักสูตรเพิ่มเติมทุกโรงเรียน 3) ต้องมีนโยบายให้ครูจัดทำและส่งแผนการจัดการเรียนรู้เป็นประจำ ติดตาม ประเมินผลอย่างต่อเนื่อง 4) ควรนิเทศการสอนครูผู้สอนโดยการนิเทศแบบคลินิก Lesson Study, Instructional Rounds หรือ Mini Observation เป็นต้น ด้านการจัดกิจกรรมการเรียนการสอน 1) ควรจัดอบรมเพื่อพัฒนาครูด้านการจัดการเรียนการสอนภาษาอังกฤษแนวใหม่ตามกรอบมาตรฐานความสามารถทางภาษาอังกฤษที่เป็นสากล (CEFR) 2) ควรจัดศึกษานิเทศก์ภาษาอังกฤษให้มีจำนวนเพียงพอที่จะสามารถนิเทศครูภาษาอังกฤษได้ทุกโรงเรียน 3) ส่งเสริมให้ครูผู้สอนภาษาอังกฤษและครูชาวต่างชาติ ร่วมกับโรงเรียนในเครือข่ายหรือสำนักงานเขต จัดกิจกรรมร่วมกัน 4) ควรจัดตารางสอนให้ครูไทยเข้าสอนควบคู่กับครูชาวต่างชาติ 5) ควรส่งเสริมและสนับสนุนให้ครูเข้ารับการอบรมเกี่ยวกับจัดการเรียนการสอนและต้องส่งรายงานการอบรมทุกครั้ง …
A View On Research In Mathematics Education In Republic Of Srpska During 2010–2015 Through Quantitative Analysis Of Published Texts,
2017
East Tennessee State University
A View On Research In Mathematics Education In Republic Of Srpska During 2010–2015 Through Quantitative Analysis Of Published Texts, Ryan Nivens, Daniel Romano
ETSU Faculty Works
Studies of the publishing practices in mathematics education have situated sets of journals in tiers of quality. These reports document the rankings and prestige of only a subset of the wealth of journals available for publishing in mathematics education. We posit that there is value, quality, and purpose to be found in journals that present studies that are of value on a regional level, and that the studies are extremely important to the field. This is particularly important for journals published in languages other than English, and the studies referenced above are almost entirely English-language journals. In this paper we …
Southeast Asia Primary Learning Metrics (Sea-Plm) Assessment Framework,
2017
Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)
Southeast Asia Primary Learning Metrics (Sea-Plm) Assessment Framework, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer), Southeast Asian Ministers Of Education Organization - Seameo, Unicef
Assessment and Reporting
This assessment framework for the South-East Asia Primary Learning Metric (SEA-PLM) assessment program outlines an approach to assessing mathematical literacy (Chapter 2), reading literacy (Chapter 3) and writing literacy (Chapter 4). It also puts forward a conceptual framework for the context questionnaires (Chapter 5). The orientation implied by these labels is intended to emphasise that the curriculum arrangements in participating countries, which are necessarily at the centre of a regional assessment program, have as a major purpose the preparation of young people to participate effectively as members of society in such a way that they can use what they have …
Relationship Between Eighth Grade Social Science Students, Teacher Diversity And Academic Success,
2017
Walden University
Relationship Between Eighth Grade Social Science Students, Teacher Diversity And Academic Success, Rachel Elaine Murphy
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Dynamics between student teacher ethnicity and the practices of culturally plural curricula seeks to improve student performance and strives to minimize the achievement gap. This quantitative study explored whether there was a significant difference in the North Carolina Final Exam history-social science test performance between (a) African American and Hispanic students taught by a teacher from a different ethnic makeup and (b) African American and Hispanic students taught by a teacher from a similar ethnic makeup in 8th grade of social science classes. Student's performance is a key factor in evaluating the credibility of a school which is crucial to …
Qualitative Examination Of Strategies To Overcome Resistance To Change In Lean Manufacturing,
2017
Walden University
Qualitative Examination Of Strategies To Overcome Resistance To Change In Lean Manufacturing, Elizabeth Burmester
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Approximately 80% of lean manufacturing program initiatives are abandoned in the first year of implementation. Only 2% of organizations that embark on the lean journey complete it with the results and the sustainability they expected. There is a gap in past research regarding, the leadership strategies organizations can use to overcome resistance to change during lean manufacturing program implementations. The problem in this study was that leaders have limited information to overcome resistance to change when implementing these programs. The purpose of this study was to explore how leaders within manufacturing organizations may overcome resistance to change through leadership strategy. …
Effect Of Public And Private Preschool Attendance On Kindergarten Literacy,
2017
Walden University
Effect Of Public And Private Preschool Attendance On Kindergarten Literacy, Matthew Garofolo
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Students who enter kindergarten lacking readiness skills often struggle to meet literacy benchmarks and to successfully complete school. The problem to be investigated by this study is the low literacy scores on the standardized Fountas and Pinnell Benchmark Assessment test at 2 public New Jersey elementary schools. While some students attended public or private preschools, others did not attend any preschool prior to starting kindergarten. The purpose of this quantitative study was to determine the difference in kindergarten literacy gain scores among students who attended public, private, and no preschool. Vygotsky's sociocultural theory and emergent literacy theory served as the …
Expatriate Students' Perceptions Of Attendance And Persistence At A Private Malaysian Institution,
2017
Walden University
Expatriate Students' Perceptions Of Attendance And Persistence At A Private Malaysian Institution, Jin Deng
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Although Malaysia primarily relies on expatriates to develop its economy, a private Malaysian institution had not examined the retention of expatriate students who might contribute toward the country's future economy. The problem that prompted this study was the institution showed low graduation rates for expatriate students and had not assessed the perceptions of key factors that impacted their attendance and persistence. The purpose of this study was to provide insights about expatriate students' perceptions of key factors about attendance and persistence at the institution. Tinto's longitudinal model of dropping out and the conceptual model guided this study. With a guiding …
Relationship Between Parents' Attitudes And Involvement In An Elementary School,
2017
Walden University
Relationship Between Parents' Attitudes And Involvement In An Elementary School, Vaneia Lashea Williams
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Parental involvement at Shady Lane Elementary School is lower than the district average, which might be contributing to low levels of student achievement. The purpose of this quantitative correlational study was to explore attitudes of parents at the school and selected parental involvement behaviors. The framework for this study was the theory of planned behavior. The focus of research question 1 was the relationship between parents' attitudes toward the school and parental involvement in the form of communicating, volunteering, and learning at home. The focus of research question 2 was the relationship between parents' attitudes toward parental involvement and parental …
Development Of A Guideline For Hospice Staff, Patients, And Families On Appropriate Opioid Use,
2017
Walden University
Development Of A Guideline For Hospice Staff, Patients, And Families On Appropriate Opioid Use, Trenika Alexander-Goreá
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
There is an identified problem with patients receiving suboptimal pain management at a hospice agency in the northwestern United States. At this agency, undertreatment of pain is prevalent. Evidence indicates that this may be a result of a lack of guidelines, education, and knowledge of appropriate prescribing. Known barriers to the correct prescription and administration of potent opioids in the hospice setting include prevailing beliefs, knowledge, skills, and attitudes, all of which can impact care negatively. Contextually, hospice principles mandate patient comfort and caregiver involvement in continuous quality improvement, which includes adequate and informed pain management. Moreover, hospice metrics demand …
How Self-Awareness, Motivation, And Empathy Are Embedded And Modeled In Community College Preservice Early Educator Online Courses,
2017
Walden University
How Self-Awareness, Motivation, And Empathy Are Embedded And Modeled In Community College Preservice Early Educator Online Courses, Tracey Bennett Carter
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Researchers have determined that early childhood (EC) educators need to have personal and social skills and competencies to address the emotional demands of the EC profession. Research is lacking regarding how preservice programs help prepare students emotionally for the EC profession and on whether online courses are a suitable environment for future EC teachers to learn these skills. The purpose of this study was to explore if and how personal and social emotional intelligence (EI) competencies were being embedded and modeled in community college preservice EC educator online courses. This qualitative multiple case study design was employed using a conceptual …
Teacher Perceptions Of Head Start Preschool Programs In An Urban Public School,
2017
Walden University
Teacher Perceptions Of Head Start Preschool Programs In An Urban Public School, Salvador Perez
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
An initiative to coordinate early learning programs across a major city in the Midwestern United States was undertaken in 2013. The opinions of teachers regarding effects on instruction and children were not included in the development and implementation of the program. This omission is important because multiple scholars have pointed to the benefits and need of including stakeholders' perspectives in program development. The purpose of this study was to explore preschool teachers' experiences and perspectives of this initiative using a qualitative bounded instrumental case study design. Fullan's theory of educational change served as the framework of this study. Nine preschool …
Relationship Between Educational Leisure Motivation And Recovery From Mental Illness Among Members Of Clubhouse International,
2017
Walden University
Relationship Between Educational Leisure Motivation And Recovery From Mental Illness Among Members Of Clubhouse International, Dianna Rene Pearce
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Individuals with serious mental illness (SMI) exhibit low motivation to participate in educational leisure activities at Clubhouses accredited by Clubhouse International (CI). This correlational study examined the relationship between each of 4 motives, intellectual, social, competence-mastery, and stimulus-avoidance, to engage in leisure activities, and the perception of recovery from SMI. Knowles's theory of andragogy supported the concept of informal self-directed learning, which occurs with leisure activities. Literature indicates that participating in leisure activities such as those offered at Clubhouses aids in the recovery from SMI. Quantitative data were collected from a convenience sample of 75 individuals at 4 CI clubhouses …
A Summative Program Evaluation Of Online And Hybrid Military Professional Development Courses,
2017
Walden University
A Summative Program Evaluation Of Online And Hybrid Military Professional Development Courses, Leah Flores Goerke
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Instructors at a U.S. Military School transitioned traditional courses used for professional development (PD) of military and civilian personnel to fully online and hybrid formats that combine online and face-to-face instruction. No evaluation of student satisfaction or instructor experiences during the transition has been conducted. The purpose of this sequential mixed methods summative program evaluation was to evaluate hybrid and online delivery of 2 PD courses by analyzing student satisfaction data and instructor experiences. This study was grounded in Knowles, Holton, and Swanson's adult learning theory and Anderson's and Salmon's online learning theories. Data from 96 course evaluations from students …
How High School Teachers Perceive The Quality Of Professional Development,
2017
Walden University
How High School Teachers Perceive The Quality Of Professional Development, Leslie Puente-Ervin
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
New Jersey is 1 of 46 states to enroll in President Obama's Race-to-the-Top Initiative. Participating states must adopt national standards, revise teacher evaluation procedures, and administer new state assessments. States are prioritizing quality professional development (PD) to prepare teachers for these rapid shifts. The overall problem studied was how high school teachers perceive the quality of PD in a high school in New Jersey. While substandard PD alone is not enough to lose tenure, it has recently become one of the evaluative measures for teacher performance according to a new tenure law signed in 2012 by Governor Chris Christie. Such …
Impact Of Interactive Homework On Reading Achievement,
2017
Walden University
Impact Of Interactive Homework On Reading Achievement, Amanda Leigh Hunnell
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Many elementary students read below grade level, resulting in an inability to meet expectations on state testing. Epstein and other researchers theorized 3 influential factors that work together to help students achieve higher levels of attainment-home, school, and community. Studies have demonstrated the effectiveness of Epstein's Teachers Involve Parents in Schoolwork interactive homework (IH) to promote parent-child communication during learning interactions at home for students in language arts in Grades 6-8; however, there is little information on the effects of IH on reading achievement for elementary students. The purpose of this quasi-experimental study was to examine the effect IH has …
