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An Examination Of The Principals And Teachers Relative To Elements Of Shared Decision Making In Selected Urban, Suburban, And Rural Schools, Andrea M. Foxx
An Examination Of The Principals And Teachers Relative To Elements Of Shared Decision Making In Selected Urban, Suburban, And Rural Schools, Andrea M. Foxx
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Schools nationwide are experimenting with methods that promise to better educate students and improve schools performance. The educational structure in the United States has been moving from primarily centralized systems to more decentralized ones. Shared decision making is designed to improve education by increasing the autonomy of the school staff to make school site decisions. The purpose of this study was to investigate the actual and desired levels of shared decision making as perceived by teachers in public elementary schools in West Tennessee. In this study two research questions were posed: (1) How do teachers and principals rank the educational …
Teacher Perceptions Of Middle School Concept Implementation And Effect Upon Science Achievement, Shelly Lindsey Bruce
Teacher Perceptions Of Middle School Concept Implementation And Effect Upon Science Achievement, Shelly Lindsey Bruce
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The current educational reform intends to enhance our nation's competitiveness through specific focus upon curricular and instructional improvement of math and science education for all students in America. The implementation of nationwide common internationally-benchmarked standards is purposed to advance student academic performance through enriched curriculum and better prepared teachers. This research investigates the relationship between school demographics and implementation of the middle school concept to improved science achievement. A teacher questionnaire and state testing data will be utilized to determine: (1) which middle school concept characteristics, within each of the three domains of curriculum, instruction and advising, and school governance, …
Encouraged By A Little Progress: Voting Rights And The Contests Over Social Place And Civil Society In Tennessee's Fayette And Haywood Counties, 1958-1964, Richard Lavell Saunders
Encouraged By A Little Progress: Voting Rights And The Contests Over Social Place And Civil Society In Tennessee's Fayette And Haywood Counties, 1958-1964, Richard Lavell Saunders
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Between 1958 and 1964 the citizens of black-majority populations in adjoining West Tennessee counties struggled to claim and exercise citizens' rights to participate in civil society. Voting rights activism amon the black community was answered with an economic embargo conducted by county officials and the busines community. Voting rights were the fracture point in civic society as both counties made the change from tenant to mechanized agriculture and wrestled over the civil and economic position of a no-longer-necessary laboring population. This study examines voter registration as a catalyst of socioeconomic change and social discourse in rural America. During the 1960s …
Pidgin In The Classroom: Hawai`I'S English Standard Schools, Americanization, And Hawaiian Identity, 1920-1960, Katherine J E Fox
Pidgin In The Classroom: Hawai`I'S English Standard Schools, Americanization, And Hawaiian Identity, 1920-1960, Katherine J E Fox
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From 1924 to 1960 some of Hawai`i's public schools were segregated institutions. Unlike the segregated schools of the mainland, the main goal of the English Standard schools, as they were known, was to ensure that English-speaking children be taught in environments free from Pidgin and other native languages spoken by the majority of Hawai`i's school children. Because this segregation was linguistically-based, it was possible for children of all races and ethnicities to attend English Standard schools, but there can be no doubt that they were heavily dominated by white students in the early years of the program, much to the …
Urban Elementary And Middle School Teachers' Perceptions Of Instructional Time, Resources And Facilities And Their Relationship To Student Academic Achievement Reading And Mathematics, Rosalind Renee Martin Mrs.
Urban Elementary And Middle School Teachers' Perceptions Of Instructional Time, Resources And Facilities And Their Relationship To Student Academic Achievement Reading And Mathematics, Rosalind Renee Martin Mrs.
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Federal and state laws rely on multiple indicators to measure and improve student performance. However, inadequate attention has been directed at school climate as a means to improve student academic achievement even through there is a diverse body of research linking school climate to student achievement and academic performance (Kober, 2001; Loukas & Robinson, 2005; Shindler, et al 2004). The specific purpose of this study is to examine elementary and middle school teachers' perceptions of school climate dimensions such as: use of instructional time, access to resources, and adequate facilities, in relationship to students academic achievement in an urban school …
An Investigation Of The Attitudes Of School Leaders Toward The Inclusion Of Students With Disabilities In The General Education Setting, Karen Felicia Ball
An Investigation Of The Attitudes Of School Leaders Toward The Inclusion Of Students With Disabilities In The General Education Setting, Karen Felicia Ball
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Public laws mandating access to free appropriate public education in the least restrictive environment have been in place for decades. Yet, many students with disabilities are still educated in segregated environments that fail to provide them with quality learning opportunities and supports. Inclusive practices have been implemented in many schools. However, the extent to which these practices meet the intent of the law depends on characteristics of the school leader. The purpose of this study was to examine the attitudes and perceptions of school leaders in a Southeast United States public school district relative to inclusion of students with disabilities …
Teachers' Perception Of School Climate In Independent Jewish Day Schools In Relations To Change And Transition Of Leadership Personnel, Sharon Knafo
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This study examined the relationship between turnover of school leadership personnel and school climate as perceived by teachers. The study focused on Jewish day schools in the United States in different cities and states. Fifty Jewish day schools (ranging from preschool age to high school) participated in the study with 200 teachers from these schools taking part in the study and 45 teachers completing the researcher designed questionnaire. Using school climate as the unit of analysis, the questionnaire outlined and measured six elements related to school climate (personal relationships, resourcefulness, professional collaboration, management, professional performance, and growth climate of the …
Exploring The Impact Of First-Generation Status And Family Cohesion On The Career Thoughts Of College Students, Roneferiti Maishia Fowler
Exploring The Impact Of First-Generation Status And Family Cohesion On The Career Thoughts Of College Students, Roneferiti Maishia Fowler
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The impact of first-generation status and family cohesion on the career thoughts of college students was investigated. While prior research had examined the differences between first-generation and non-first-generation college students, few studies have focused on the career-decision making of first-generation college students. No research to date had specifically explored the relationship between first-generation status, family cohesion, and negative career thoughts of college students. While making a career decision is often a difficult task, it was expected that given their parents' lack of experience with college, first-generation college students would likely experience more barriers in career thinking than other students. In …
Professional Development For Technology Integration: A Study Of The Impact On Concerns And Levels Of Use, Carmen Lindsey Weaver
Professional Development For Technology Integration: A Study Of The Impact On Concerns And Levels Of Use, Carmen Lindsey Weaver
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For teachers to successfully prepare students for the current job market and adhere to current legislation, they must integrate technology into their curriculum. Preparing teachers for this challenge is of great importance. However, the professional development provided to teachers for this purpose is most often inadequate. The purpose of this research was to study teachers’ perceptions of their readiness to implement new technology with the curriculum. The views of teachers who had and who had not participated in prescribed technology integration professional development were examined. The research included a study of their concerns about the anticipated one-to-one technology initiative at …
The Freedom Faith Speeches Of Prathia L. Hall: Uncovering A Hybrid Rhetoric Of Protest, Mittie K. Carey
The Freedom Faith Speeches Of Prathia L. Hall: Uncovering A Hybrid Rhetoric Of Protest, Mittie K. Carey
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Cultural hybridity is most prevalently revealed in cultures where racism starkly exists, according to Homi K. Bhabba. The Jim Crow culture if the South during the Civil Rights Movement was one such culture. To Bhabba, a hybridized racial identity emerges when two polarized cultures are thrown together. I alter his perspective by arguing that a hybridized rhetoric of protest emerged in the South before and during the Civil Rights Movement, as evinced by the freedom faith expressions of activist, womanist, professor, lecturer, and preacher Prathia L. Hall (1940-2002). Hall first coined the phrase, freedom faith, in 1997, but described it …
Social Networking, The Writing Process, And Cooperative Learning: A Three-Strategy Approach Helping Developmental Students And First-Year Composition Students Prewrite, Brandi Michelle Leonard
Social Networking, The Writing Process, And Cooperative Learning: A Three-Strategy Approach Helping Developmental Students And First-Year Composition Students Prewrite, Brandi Michelle Leonard
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Students in developmental writing courses and first-year composition coursesstruggle with thewriting process. Individual instructional strategieshave been insufficient to engage these students or build their self-confidences for further writing courses. The purpose of thisstudy was to understand how students perceive a combination of three strategies,social networking, the writing process, and cooperative learning may help students to be successfulwith the prewriting phase of the writing process. The three research questions were (1) what are students' perceptions of a social networking tool; (2) how do students perceive asocial networking tool influences prewriting in cooperative groups; and(3) how do cooperative groups work together to …
An Exploration Of How Health Professionals Create Ehealth And Mhealth Education Interventions, Suha Rahif Tamim
An Exploration Of How Health Professionals Create Ehealth And Mhealth Education Interventions, Suha Rahif Tamim
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The purpose of this study was to explore how health education professionals create ehealth and mhealth education interventions. Three research questions led this qualitative study. The first research question focused on the use of learning theories, instructional models, and instructional design models. The second research question focused on the use of elearning and mlearning design principles. The third research question focused on the use of health behavior theories and models. Twelve health professionals selected for their involvement in the creation of ehealth and mhealth education interventions participated in this study. The themes emerging from the research questions showed a variability …
Transmittable Turnover: The Contagious Nature Of 'Water Cooler' Conversations In Organizations., Julie Irene Hancock
Transmittable Turnover: The Contagious Nature Of 'Water Cooler' Conversations In Organizations., Julie Irene Hancock
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Job affect, mobility, and labor market conditions have long been studied as predictors of employee turnover. While these relations have been strongly supported, there are a number of other factors that have not been considered within the turnover literature. In particular, the means by which individuals develop labor market perceptions via referent others and how this influences turnover have not been examined.This dissertation explores employee turnover by integrating the social contagion literature with that of social networks, examining the effects that network characteristics, such as number of ties, degree of closeness with ties, and frequency of communication with ties, have …
The Relationship Between Leadership Behavior, The Thirteen Core Competencies, And Teacher Job Satisfaction, Detris Nanette Crane
The Relationship Between Leadership Behavior, The Thirteen Core Competencies, And Teacher Job Satisfaction, Detris Nanette Crane
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The purpose of this quantitative correlational study was to determine if teacher job satisfaction is enhanced when principals value and exhibit behaviors informed by the 13 core competencies. Principals and teachers from 70 elementary, middle, and high schools in the southeast United States participated in the study. The Leadership Behavior Inventory was used to collect information regarding principal behavior, as perceived by principals and teachers. The Purdue Teacher Opinionaire was used to collect information from teachers regarding job satisfaction. Results indicated that principals valued the 13 core competencies and frequently used them in the administration of their schools, as perceived …
Cindy Sheehan's Confrontational Iraq War Protests: A Case Study In Contentious Rhetoric, Jennifer Ann Jackson
Cindy Sheehan's Confrontational Iraq War Protests: A Case Study In Contentious Rhetoric, Jennifer Ann Jackson
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This dissertation examines Cindy Sheehan's Iraq War protests from November 2004 to May 2007 as a case study of contentious rhetoric. The notion of contentious rhetoric is based on the concept of contentious politics developed by sociologist and political scientist Charles Tilly, sociologist Doug McAdam, and political scientist Sidney Tarrow. This new conceptualization acts as a guide to understanding how Sheehan navigates the dichotomy between women and war and how she uses her own motherhood as validation for her protests. I selected a cross section of Sheehan's speeches and online blogs for this analysis and, through a close reading of …
Working Smarter With A Large Urban School District Implementing School-Wide Positive Behavior Interventions And Supports: A Systematic Process To External Coaching, Kathryn Jean Nichols
Working Smarter With A Large Urban School District Implementing School-Wide Positive Behavior Interventions And Supports: A Systematic Process To External Coaching, Kathryn Jean Nichols
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School-wide Positive Behavior Interventions & Supports (SWPBIS) create an environment within the school that prevents problem behaviors via promotion of prosocial and learning behaviors. The framework of SWPBIShas built within it a system for evaluation, in which the school is evaluated as a unit. External SWPBIS coaches guide schools to engage in ongoing progress monitoring and action planning to direct PBIS efforts and facilitate accurate implementation of the key SWPBIS features. The reliability and concurrent validity of the current SWPBIS evaluations need to be established. Additionally, the ability of large urban school systems to implement SWPBIS with fidelity need to …
Sowing Seeds Of Tradition! Applying Traditional Family Values And Adaptive Reuse To Resurrect A Community., O B Aaron Harris Jr
Sowing Seeds Of Tradition! Applying Traditional Family Values And Adaptive Reuse To Resurrect A Community., O B Aaron Harris Jr
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There are problems in every community, including South Memphis, Tennessee. Issues that need to be addressed include teen pregnancies, school drop-outs, crime, childhood obesity, and lack of parental guidance. Traditional family characteristics such as spiritual life, caring and appreciation, commitment, flexibilty and openness to change were once guiding forces that have been lost in our current culture. The response has been to provide community centers, which have often failed because they do not teach the basic skills necessary for a productive life. One solution is to convert the Turner Dairy Warehouse on South Bellevue into a facility that will provide …
A Study Of Effective Teachers' Knowledge And Use Of Intersectional Data To Improve Student Academic Performance, Raychellet Williamson
A Study Of Effective Teachers' Knowledge And Use Of Intersectional Data To Improve Student Academic Performance, Raychellet Williamson
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The discussion on how to improve students’ academic performance has a long and rich history in the U.S.Although it has been a national priority, the debate has centered on the best method to accomplish this goal. Bernhardt (2003) and Shenand Cooley (2008) recognized the importance of teachers, principals, and data, deployed together, as critical tools to improving academic performance.More specifically, putting the right cross-section of data about the student, school, staff, and community together can inform teachers of the best practices to improve students’ academic performance. The researcher’s goal was to develop a consensus on teachers’ knowledge and use of …
Korean Women's Voice: The Vocal Music Of Young-Ja Lee, Kyoung-Wha Cho
Korean Women's Voice: The Vocal Music Of Young-Ja Lee, Kyoung-Wha Cho
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The focus of this dissertation is on the vocal music of Young-Ja Lee, the most important Korean woman composer of our time, within the context of the history of Korean Western music with special attention given to her songs. Many Korean women composers of Western music invested great efforts to incorporate the musical elements of Korean traditional music into their compositions, and define “Koreanness” despite the challenges that they faced within a male-dominated society. Korean women have faced different experiences and challenges from their male counterparts, and thus the art of Korean women offers us a unique insight into Korean …
An Examination Of Students' Perceptions Of Civic Issues: A Comparison Of 1957 And 2011, Cody Long Lawson
An Examination Of Students' Perceptions Of Civic Issues: A Comparison Of 1957 And 2011, Cody Long Lawson
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Illuminated by a historical review of trends in educating for citizenship in American social studies classroom, the purpose of this study was to investiagte students' perceptions of civic principles across three domains- democratic values, economic principles, and constitutional rights and responsibilities. To this end, a purposive, nonrandom sample of two hundred 12th grade students from eight high schools in a suburban school district in a Sour=theastern state was drawn and subsequently surveyed using an instrument originally developed during the 1950's by Purdue University researchers. To determine whether there were generational differences in perceptions, the responses of the contemporary sample of …
Influence Of Early Intervention Career Exploration On Student Persistence, Ben Littlepage
Influence Of Early Intervention Career Exploration On Student Persistence, Ben Littlepage
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The study examined whether 181 academically underprepared, first-time freshmen were found to increase persistence and academic achievement due to the early intervention of a career exploration assessment. Persistence was defined as continuous, active enrollment from Fall 2010 to Fall 2011. Academic achievement was defined as grade point average. The study site was a rural community college located in northwest Tennessee where household poverty was high, educational attainment was low and 70 percent of first-time freshmen had a remedial education need in 2010. Pre-existing characteristics and the level of academic preparedness for each participant were collected. Participants were purposefully sampled by …
An Examination Of Principals' Perceptions Toward Teacher Performance Pay In Tennessee, Janice Valencia Tankson
An Examination Of Principals' Perceptions Toward Teacher Performance Pay In Tennessee, Janice Valencia Tankson
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There have been many programs and initiatives used throughout the United States that have answered the call of educational reform; however, performance pay programs continues to lead the discussion of incentives to improve academic achievement. Nevertheless, there continues to be a lack of clarity regarding its effectiveness. In addition, to addressing the challenge of improving academic achievement, performance pay is also being recognized as a tool to assist with teacher retention which has become a serious issue for many school districts across the nation. While many teachers are retiring, many others are taking the option of leaving the profession due …
The Praxis I Math Study Guide Questions And The Praxis I Math Skills Test Questions: A Statistical Study, Mary Elaine Wilkins
The Praxis I Math Study Guide Questions And The Praxis I Math Skills Test Questions: A Statistical Study, Mary Elaine Wilkins
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In 2001, No Child Left Behind introduced the highly qualifiedstatus for k-12 teachers, which mandatedthe successfulscores on a series of high-stakestest; within this series is the Pre-Professional Skills Test (PPST) orPRAXISI. The PPSTmeasures basic k-12 skills for reading, writing, and mathematics.The mathematics sub-test is a national concern because some American high school students may graduate with basic math skills deficits that may prohibit their performance on the PPST. One approach to understanding this national concern is to explore the PPST preparation materials. This study focused on the numbers and operations, Algebra, Geometry and measurement, and data analysis and probability categories …
A Female Reformer In The Age Of Booker T. Washington: The Life And Times Of Margaret Murray Washington, Sheena Harris
A Female Reformer In The Age Of Booker T. Washington: The Life And Times Of Margaret Murray Washington, Sheena Harris
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By the end of the 19th century black women had created women's clubs as a meeting-ground to voice their political and social concerns. However, more needs to be written on individual clubwomen who formed and presided over these clubs during the Progressive Era. This study examines the professional life and clubwork of Margaret Murray Washington, the third wife of race leader Booker T. Washington.This dissertation seeks to provide the most comprehensive study to date on Margaret Murray Washington's professional life. Washington's early beginning's played a significant role in her future ideas on self-help and community betterment. Born in the rural …
The African American Experience In The City Of Memphis, 1860-1870, Nicholas Kovach
The African American Experience In The City Of Memphis, 1860-1870, Nicholas Kovach
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This is a study of African Americans in Memphis, Tennessee. The primary focus is on the transition from slavery to freedom, 1860-1870, and how the changing social structure affected and was influenced by AfricanAmerican agency. City, county, federal, and state records were used. Specifically, the Memphis Public Library, University of Memphis Special Collections, and Shelby County Archives served as sources of information. Additionally, a comprehensive bibliography of secondary sources was examined and utilized. Unique conditions existed in Memphis. Since its founding, extrememly oppressive conditions existed for slaves and free people of color, which created a resonating struggle for the African …
Data Driven Decision Making In Schools: The Influence Of Professional Development On Educator Perceptions, Kristen D. Niemeyer
Data Driven Decision Making In Schools: The Influence Of Professional Development On Educator Perceptions, Kristen D. Niemeyer
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This study examined the influence of in-service training on educator perceptions concerning the use of Data-Driven Decision Making (DDDM) in schools to guide instructional practice. Participants included 63 educators teaching in a southeastern metropolitan city school district. As part of the investigation, participants attended a 90-minute professional development training that focused on integrating DDDM into instructional practice. A pre-assessment and post-assessment questionnaire was completed by each participant to investigate the effects of the training on each participant’s perception of DDDM. Using paired samples t-tests, the investigation demonstrated a significant difference in perceptions for three of nine questionnaire item pairs (pre …
School Improvement Plans And Their Effect On Student Improvement: An Evaluation, Lauren M. Lewis
School Improvement Plans And Their Effect On Student Improvement: An Evaluation, Lauren M. Lewis
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During the more than 10 years that the Federal No Child Left Behind Legislation has been in effect, a plethora of research has been conducted on the design, the implementation and the effectiveness of No Child Left Behind, but there has been little to no research on School Improvement Plans, or their effectiveness. For the purposes of my research I focus on the corrective action portion of NCLB, specifically with regard to School Improvement Plans. I create a dataset with information collected for over 260 schools in the state of Illinois. I analyze student scores and determine that while School …
A Comparison Of Lecture And Interactive Lecture Using Student Response Systems In An Inclusive And Non-Inclusive Classroom, Jenny Anne Hayes
A Comparison Of Lecture And Interactive Lecture Using Student Response Systems In An Inclusive And Non-Inclusive Classroom, Jenny Anne Hayes
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It is crucial for the most effective evidenced-based educational practices to be identified and implemented in our classrooms, so that students can reach their academic potential. Active learning is not a new pedagogy, but many gaps still exist in the literature specifically concerning the technology of student response systems. In an attempt to address these shortcomings, this study compared the effects of the traditional lecture method versus lectures that incorporated student response systems on students' academic achievement immediately following the lecture. This study also examined the relation between student response systems and students with disabilities in an inclusive classroom. The …
George "Machine Gun" Kelly: His Life And Impact, Marilyn Horton Taylor
George "Machine Gun" Kelly: His Life And Impact, Marilyn Horton Taylor
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This is a biographical study of George Kelly and his evolution from small-time bootlegger to bank robber to kidnapper. His progression into the criminal world mirrored the society in which he lived. His career began during Prohibition, an experiment in the government's attempt to control morality. A great portion of American society did not want this control and continued to manufacture and partake of the illegal brew. Kelly gladly became the middleman, selling and delivery whiskey. Once sentenced to prison, Kelly took advantage of the education one received when forced to live with those whose criminal activity provides them the …
The Transformation Of A Low Performing Middle School Into A High Performing Middle School: An Auotethnography, Sharon Patrice Williams-Griffin
The Transformation Of A Low Performing Middle School Into A High Performing Middle School: An Auotethnography, Sharon Patrice Williams-Griffin
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Federal and state mandates to improve student achievement for all students necessitate change in the way schools operate and are run. The role of the principal has changed and requires different skills to succeed in the 21st century. However, there are few studes that focues on revealing the perspective of a principal who applied a change theory in a school setting and positively transformed a low performing school into a high performing school. The purpose of this qualitative autoethnography was to study a principal's leadership in a middle school culture as the principal attempted to transform the school from 2005-2008.The …