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Perspectives Of Middle School Science Teachers And College Instructors Regarding Preservice Writing Pedagogy Preparation, Amanda Stewart
Perspectives Of Middle School Science Teachers And College Instructors Regarding Preservice Writing Pedagogy Preparation, Amanda Stewart
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
The local problem explored in this study was the barriers and challenges facing middle school teachers in integrating and assessing writing in a science classroom. The purpose of this basic qualitative study was to explore the perspectives of college instructors and middle school science teachers regarding how teacher education programs provide the pedagogical skills necessary to integrate and assess writing within the classroom. Grounded in the Shulman’s pedagogical content knowledge framework, research questions were designed to ask college instructors to describe how they prepare their students to integrate and assess writing as well as how the teachers described how their …
Parents’ Perspectives On School Readiness In Preschool-Age Children In Idaho, Courtney Painton
Parents’ Perspectives On School Readiness In Preschool-Age Children In Idaho, Courtney Painton
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Over half of Idaho’s incoming kindergarteners lack the necessary school readiness skills. The environment in which the child lives and grows, which includes the child’s parents, determines the child’s readiness for school. This study addressed Idaho parents’ roles in preparing their preschool-aged child for kindergarten, and their current ability to access resources and information on school readiness. The study was grounded in Bronfenbrenner’s ecological systems theory, which provided a framework for the influence of parents on a child’s school readiness outcomes based on the idea that a person’s behavior evolves based on the relationship between the person and their environment. …
Jamaican Teachers’ Perceptions Of The Impact Of The Tablets In School Project On Their Literacy-Teaching Practices, Valri Leonie Morgan
Jamaican Teachers’ Perceptions Of The Impact Of The Tablets In School Project On Their Literacy-Teaching Practices, Valri Leonie Morgan
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
There have been many innovations targeting literacy teaching and learning in small countries such as Jamaica, but changes to literacy teaching practices are rarely sustained beyond the life of the initial projects. The purpose of this study was to understand teachers’ rationale for changes to literacy teaching practices that were and were not sustained beyond the life of the initial Tablets in Schools (TIS) project of 2014 in Jamaica. Grounded in Lewin’s and Rogers’s change theories, the study’s conceptual framework communicated that impactful innovation leads to sustainable change. The two research questions sought to establish how primary school teachers explained …
It Takes A Village: Stories Of Black Grandparents Raising Grandchildren, Cherieda A. Washington
It Takes A Village: Stories Of Black Grandparents Raising Grandchildren, Cherieda A. Washington
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
While several studies have reviewed the experiences of Black grandparent caregivers, there are limited sources that describe the stories of Black grandparents who are caregivers for their grandchildren and the challenges they face. Utilizing the concepts from Bowen family systems theory, the goal of this study was to explore the stories of Black grandparents who are caregivers for their grandchildren to discover preventive and enhanced counseling techniques for the next generation. Data were collected and analyzed from narrative inquiry interviews with six participants who were Black caregivers for their grandchildren in the state of Mississippi. After analysis of the data, …
Minnesota Public Assistance Program Utilization Frequency Among Jurisdiction Types, Heather Ann Winkleblack
Minnesota Public Assistance Program Utilization Frequency Among Jurisdiction Types, Heather Ann Winkleblack
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Despite the 2014 creation of the Minnesota Public Assistance Program (MPAP), no taxpayer program studies covering the 2014-2017 years have been conducted on how the program was distributed for evaluating the communities impacted and determining if there was a difference between years, threshold changes, and jurisdiction type. The purpose of this study was to examine the use of the MPAP for the 2014-2017 years across three different types of jurisdictions: tribal, urban, and rural to assess resource allocation. The study’s theoretical framework was based on Kingdon’s multiple streams theory. A quantitative quasi-experimental approach was used to examine under MPAP (a) …
The Lived Experiences Of Nigerian Women Diagnosed With Infertility And Residing In The United States, Kafilat O. Oseni
The Lived Experiences Of Nigerian Women Diagnosed With Infertility And Residing In The United States, Kafilat O. Oseni
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
According to recent studies, infertility remains one of the largest and most important reproductive health concerns among Nigerians. Despite the growing awareness of infertility in Nigerian women, there remains a significant gap in the research addressing the prevalence of the psychological and sociocultural experiences associated with involuntary childlessness in Nigerian women over age 50 who are living in the United States. The purpose of this qualitative phenomenological study was to investigate the psychological and sociocultural lived experiences of eight Nigerian women diagnosed with primary infertility, age 50 years and older, who currently reside in the United States and who have …
Strategies For Building Supply Chain Resilience And Sustainability Within Law Enforcement, Vladimir Walter Jankov
Strategies For Building Supply Chain Resilience And Sustainability Within Law Enforcement, Vladimir Walter Jankov
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Insufficient supply chain management expertise among law enforcement departments during black swan events may hurt the operationality, functionality, and effectiveness of their purpose to keep the communities safe. Grounded in black swan theory, the purpose of this multiple case study was to explore strategies for building supply chain resilience and sustainability within law enforcement. Data were collected from 11 command staff personnel from three law enforcement departments in South Carolina through semi-structured interviews, member checking, and assessments of organizational documents related to departmental supply chain policies and procedures. Data were analyzed using Braun and Clarke’s six-step thematic analysis framework. Six …
Human Service Professionals Perceptions About Support From Supervisors During The Covid-19 Pandemic, Ericka Booker
Human Service Professionals Perceptions About Support From Supervisors During The Covid-19 Pandemic, Ericka Booker
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
The United States Department of Human Services provided information about how to administer services remotely to human service organizations during the COVID-19 pandemic, but multiple challenges arose including lack of support, ethical concerns, and difficulty in building a rapport with clients remotely. The problem that was addressed in this study was the negative impacts on clients due to the issues with human service professionals providing virtual services during the pandemic. This generic qualitative study aimed to explore perceptions about the support human service professionals received from their supervisors during the pandemic. Bandura’s self-efficacy theory was used to explore participant perceptions …
High School Teacher Perceptions About Reading Strategies That Support African American And Hispanic Students, Sherrie Sudler
High School Teacher Perceptions About Reading Strategies That Support African American And Hispanic Students, Sherrie Sudler
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
The problem addressed by the study was African American and Hispanic students’ literacy scores remain the lowest of all ethnicities at high schools in a district, despite the implementation of numerous initiatives and curricular platforms. The purpose of this basic qualitative study was to investigate how high school teachers perceive their implementation of instructional strategies in reading to support African American and Hispanic students’ academic achievement. Using Freire’s theory of critical pedagogy, high school teachers’ perceptions of their implementation of instructional strategies in reading were explored. Data were collected using semistructured interviews of 10 participants who met the inclusion criteria …
Nigerian Secondary Physics Teachers’ Perceptions Of Factors That Challenge Information And Communication Technology Integration, Hemamalini Srinivasan
Nigerian Secondary Physics Teachers’ Perceptions Of Factors That Challenge Information And Communication Technology Integration, Hemamalini Srinivasan
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Challenges to integrating technology into educational institutions pose a significant issue that impacts students’ performance and accomplishments. The research problem addressed through this study was that secondary school physics teachers were challenged to integrate information and communication technology (ICT) in a southwestern state of Nigeria. The purpose of this basic qualitative study was to explore secondary physics teacher perceptions of the factors that challenged ICT integration in the southwestern state of Nigeria, so that schools could be provided with research-deduced recommendations to take informed steps forward toward developing technology-integrated student-centered pedagogies. In this study, the unified theory of acceptance and …
Exploring Spanish Translation Accommodations For English Learning Students, Lea Mendoza
Exploring Spanish Translation Accommodations For English Learning Students, Lea Mendoza
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
The problem is that translations of language in standardized mathematics tests are not provided, which reduces the achievement scores of native-Spanish-speaking English language learners (ELLs) in Grades 4 and 8. The purpose of this basic qualitative study was to explore teachers’ perceptions of language translation for the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) to uncover strategies of language translation to support the math scores of Spanish-speaking ELLs in fourth and eighth grades in a northeastern state. Underpinned by Krashen’s theory of comprehensible input, this study addressed the research question regarding how teachers of ELLs perceive language translation strategies for the …
Successful Small Business Strategies Addressing Financially Related Adverse Circumstances, Shirley Thomas
Successful Small Business Strategies Addressing Financially Related Adverse Circumstances, Shirley Thomas
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Small businesses are a crucial part of the economy of the United States. However, once a small business owner experiences a financially related adverse circumstance, the chances of failure increase exponentially. Grounded in the rational choice theory, the purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to identify and explore the effective strategies small business owners use when addressing financially related adverse circumstances. The participants were four small business owners in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area who used successful strategies to address financially related adverse circumstances. Data were collected using semistructured interviews and reviews of organizational documents and analyzed using …
Principal Instructional Leadership Practices That Improve Middle School Student Academic Achievement, Delarius Marshall
Principal Instructional Leadership Practices That Improve Middle School Student Academic Achievement, Delarius Marshall
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
The problem that was addressed in this study was that six of twelve middle schools that were formerly rated as unsuccessful by the Georgia Department of Education in English language arts and mathematics performance continued to perform poorly, while the other six improved performance in these areas. The purpose of this basic qualitative study was to explore instructional leadership practices of school leaders who transformed unsuccessful middle schools to achieve successful ratings. Hallinger’s instructional leadership model served as the conceptual framework for this study to inform analysis and data collection. Research questions were focused on middle school leaders’ perceptions of …
Strategies, Challenges, Experiences, And Approaches To Managing High School Student Misbehaviors, Kelly Ford
Strategies, Challenges, Experiences, And Approaches To Managing High School Student Misbehaviors, Kelly Ford
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Researchers have found that removing students from instructional settings for behavioral infractions adversely influenced student learning. The problem of this basic qualitative study was that strategies, challenges, experiences, and approaches used by high school general education teachers to manage student misbehavior were unknown. The purpose was to explore how high school teachers managed student misbehaviors. Bandura’s social cognitive theory was the conceptual framework selected for this study. Data were collected through one-on-one semi-structured open-ended interviews via Zoom with seven high school general education teachers with at least three years of teaching experience. Saturation was evident when data became redundant at …
Effects Of Mckinney Vento Act Of 1987 With Homeless Students In Mississippi, Denetra Jackson
Effects Of Mckinney Vento Act Of 1987 With Homeless Students In Mississippi, Denetra Jackson
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Services for students who are homeless allows students and their families to deal with their living situation psychologically and offer them resources need to succeed educationally. The purpose of this research was to examine how services to homeless students in one area of Mississippi inform policy makers of the needs that are addressed with the McKinney Vento Act. The McKinney Vento Act was passed to benefit homeless students because they deserve the same quality of education, transportation to and from school, access to meals as well as various needed academic support as those that are not homeless. Being homeless places …
Music Educators' Experiences Integrating Jazz Studies Into The Music Curriculum, Gail Johnson
Music Educators' Experiences Integrating Jazz Studies Into The Music Curriculum, Gail Johnson
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
The inclusion of jazz studies in the secondary school curriculum varies widely across the United States. School district personnel could miss opportunities to instruct students about cultural diversity, self–expression, and collaboration. The purpose of this basic qualitative study was to explore the experiences of music educators' challenges integrating jazz studies into their curriculum. Elements from constructivism and culturally relevant pedagogy formed the conceptual framework. The research questions focused on how music educators described their challenges and what skills and strategies were needed to integrate jazz studies into the curriculum. Data were collected through semistructured interviews with 12 participants across three …
A Correlational Study Of Technical And Social Factors That Affect Agile Software Project Success, Christopher Joel Fry
A Correlational Study Of Technical And Social Factors That Affect Agile Software Project Success, Christopher Joel Fry
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Agile software development team composition can lead to budgetary and timeline overruns, ultimately affecting software development project success. IT leaders and software development project managers must identify the critical success factors that affect agile software development project success, as unsuccessful project outcomes can make an organization seem inefficient and incapable by stakeholders. Grounded in the critical success factors theory, the purpose of this quantitative, correlational study was to examine the relationship between software development team size, experience, the level of effort estimation accuracy, and agile software development project success. Survey data (N = 61) were collected from software development project …
Skill Bias Perceptions Of Unskilled Workers' Self-Perception And Self-Efficacy, Cheryl M. Jackson
Skill Bias Perceptions Of Unskilled Workers' Self-Perception And Self-Efficacy, Cheryl M. Jackson
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
A common phenomenon witnessed in the United States health care industry is a division between skilled and unskilled workforces. The division results from skill bias perceptions that strip the appreciation and value of certain job titles and responsibilities. The purpose of this quantitative nonexperimental study focused on the human capability approach theory was to ascertain the differences in perception between the two types of workers and whether skill bias perceptions predict self-perception and self-efficacy. The goal was to recognize and support the innate human capabilities of unskilled workers as valuable human capital resources. From stratified sampling, 172 skilled and unskilled …
Type 2 Diabetes As A Risk Factor For The Development Of Cognitive Dysfunction In U.S. Adults, Bobbi Johnson
Type 2 Diabetes As A Risk Factor For The Development Of Cognitive Dysfunction In U.S. Adults, Bobbi Johnson
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
There is no consensus as to whether having type 2 diabetes increases an individual’s risk for developing cognitive dysfunction. Though cognitive dysfunction is considered a risk factor for type 2 diabetes, it is also classified as a newly formed diabetes-related complication. The purpose of the study was to evaluate if self-reported healthcare – diagnosed diabetes has any association in the risk of the development of cognitive dysfunction in individuals living with type 2 diabetes. Self-determination theory served as the theoretical framework. The research questions concerned whether (a) an association exists between diabetes and cognitive dysfunction, (b) ethnicity plays a vital …
Leadership Practices And Instructional Strategies To Advance Student Achievement In Title 1 Elementary Schools, Paula Michelle Watson
Leadership Practices And Instructional Strategies To Advance Student Achievement In Title 1 Elementary Schools, Paula Michelle Watson
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
This qualitative single case study aimed to explore how administrative team members perceived their leadership practices and instructional strategies that advance student academic outcomes on annual mathematics and literacy state assessments. Transformational leadership was the conceptual framework for data collection and analysis. Three research questions focused on how elementary administrative team members perceived leadership practices to advance student achievement in mathematics and literacy, their perceptions of the effectiveness of the leadership strategies used, and their perceptions of instructional strategies used to advance student achievement in mathematics and literacy. This single case study included the cases of three elementary school administrative …
Assessing The Effectiveness Of Treatment Programs Among Veterans With Opioid Use Disorder In New York State, Olatoye Oluwaseyi Itaniyi
Assessing The Effectiveness Of Treatment Programs Among Veterans With Opioid Use Disorder In New York State, Olatoye Oluwaseyi Itaniyi
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
New York State (NYS) is home to millions of veterans and has the fifth-largest veteran population in the country. Veterans represent a vulnerable population and are at higher risk for mental and physical health struggles. The focus of this quantitative study was to assess if there is any significant difference between pre- and post-OUD 24-hour detoxification treatment services, residential/rehabilitation treatment services, ambulatory outpatient treatment services, frequency of opioid use at discharge, and mental disorder among veterans with opioid use disorder in NYS when controlling for age, gender, race, and marital status. The study utilized the harm reduction framework and the …
Teachers’ And School Directors’ Perspectives On Standardizing A Learning Management System For Blended Learning, Alfredo Felipe Rivera-Mejías
Teachers’ And School Directors’ Perspectives On Standardizing A Learning Management System For Blended Learning, Alfredo Felipe Rivera-Mejías
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
The introduction of standardized learning management systems (LMSs) for blended learning (BL) in K–12 education in Puerto Rico signifies a pivotal shift towards enhancing educational environments with technology. This qualitative study was conducted to understand the perspectives of teachers and school directors on the LMS adoption process. Grounded in the concerns-based adoption model as its conceptual framework, the study aimed to elucidate the stages of concern and levels of use among educational stakeholders, shedding light on the multifaceted challenges and opportunities that technology integration brings to schools. Employing semistructured interviews with a selection of seven teachers and school directors, this …
Multiple Location Retailer Online Training Strategies For Improving Customer Support And Relations, Shaun Paythress
Multiple Location Retailer Online Training Strategies For Improving Customer Support And Relations, Shaun Paythress
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Online customer services have always been difficult for companies to handle using either employees or management. The general business problem is that leaders of retail organizations face challenges to satisfy and retain customers. The specific business problem is that some corporate retail leaders in retail organizations with multiple locations lacked effective strategies to train employees to improve online customer support. Grounded in the theory of diffusion of innovation and transformational leadership, the purpose of this qualitative pragmatic inquiry was to explore strategies corporate retail leaders use to train employees to improve online customer support in multiple locations. These developments implement …
Secondary School Teachers’ Perceptions Of Professional Development In An Urban School District In Liberia, Moses Blonkanjay Jackson
Secondary School Teachers’ Perceptions Of Professional Development In An Urban School District In Liberia, Moses Blonkanjay Jackson
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Due to the low academic performance of Liberian students, in 2013, the president of Liberia declared that the education sector needed to be overhauled. Consequently, the education minister launched a nationwide professional development (PD) program. Despite the PD initiatives, academic performance in an urban school district (USD, a pseudonym) has not improved. The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore Liberian secondary teachers' perceptions on the strength, weakness, and recommended improvements of the PD at USD. The theoretical framework that guided the study was Mezirow’s transformational learning theory. The key research questions were focused on the secondary school teachers’ …
Effect Of Virtual Learning On Middle School English And Mathematics Scores, Charlotte Schlamp
Effect Of Virtual Learning On Middle School English And Mathematics Scores, Charlotte Schlamp
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
State assessment test scores in English language arts (ELA) and mathematics had continued to decline in a southern state in the United States over the last few years. The purpose of this quantitative study was to examine the difference in middle school ELA and mathematics test scores between students receiving instruction in virtual and face-to-face environments for 5 years. The study, grounded in the theoretical framework of opportunity to learn, investigated the difference in middle school ELA and mathematics test scores between students receiving instruction virtually and students receiving instruction in face-to-face (FTF) environments for one year. This quantitative, ex …
Evaluating The Qualitative Aspects Of A Community College Academic Success Program, Joselito Dacillo Coquilla
Evaluating The Qualitative Aspects Of A Community College Academic Success Program, Joselito Dacillo Coquilla
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
College academic success programs (ASP) frequently include both quantitative and qualitative key performance indicators (KPI). While the quantitative KPIs are typically programmed for evaluation within an ASP’s implementation, evaluating qualitative KPIs is resource intensive and therefore, sometimes overlooked. The problem addressed by this study was the need to evaluate the qualitative KPIs in a large community college system’s 2016 ASP (2016-2020). The purpose of this basic qualitative study was to conduct a summative evaluation to determine the extent to which the college achieved its ASP’s qualitative KPI objectives from the perspectives of students. The study was guided by Tinto’s involvement …
Public Elementary School Counselors’ Experiences Serving Military-Connected Students With Active-Duty Parents, Tiffany Archer Taylor
Public Elementary School Counselors’ Experiences Serving Military-Connected Students With Active-Duty Parents, Tiffany Archer Taylor
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Most military-connected students (MCS) with active-duty parents attend public schools in the United States. Due to the highly mobile military lifestyles of MCS, some are at risk for academic, emotional, and social challenges. School counselors are often charged with supporting and advocating for MCS; therefore, it is vital to understand elementary school counselors’ experiences with these students. The purpose of this qualitative hermeneutic phenomenological study was to explore the lived experiences of elementary school counselors who work with MCS with active-duty parents in U.S. public-schools. Heidegger’s hermeneutic phenomenological approach served as a theoretical framework for this study. Semistructured interviews were …
Elementary Teachers’ Perceptions Of Challenges In Instructing Students With Dyslexia And Recommendations For Improvement, Lainie Barbieri
Elementary Teachers’ Perceptions Of Challenges In Instructing Students With Dyslexia And Recommendations For Improvement, Lainie Barbieri
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
The problem investigated in this study was that, despite professional development (PD) training, elementary teachers at a school district in the western United States are challenged in instructing students with dyslexia. The purpose of this basic qualitative study was to investigate teachers’ perceptions of the challenges of instructing students with dyslexia and recommendations to improve teacher training to work with students with dyslexia in the study school district. Guskey’s model of the five critical levels of PD evaluation theory informed this study. The research questions explored elementary teachers’ perceptions of the challenges of instructing students with dyslexia and recommendations for …
Supporting First-Generation College Student Counselors-In-Training To Overcome Systemic Barriers: A Participatory Action Research Study, Randolph Connell Scott
Supporting First-Generation College Student Counselors-In-Training To Overcome Systemic Barriers: A Participatory Action Research Study, Randolph Connell Scott
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
The need for mental health professionals is increasing rapidly, and the United States is facing a critical shortage of mental health counselors. Concurrently, one of the largest and fastest-growing graduate student populations is first-generation (FG) college students. But this marginalized population is less likely to persist to graduation than their continuing education peers. FG college students have many strengths that make them well-suited to become mental health counselors; however, counseling programs and counselor education and supervision (CES) faculty do not have the information about the challenges faced by these students or the supports that would help them persist to graduation. …
The Effects Of Academic Counseling On Undergraduate Student Degree Completion At A Northwestern State University, James Mccuistion
The Effects Of Academic Counseling On Undergraduate Student Degree Completion At A Northwestern State University, James Mccuistion
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
The problem that was addressed through this study is the declining student degree completion rate for a public state baccalaureate institution in a northwestern state over the six-year period of 2014 to 2020. The purpose of this quantitative study was to determine if completion of an undergraduate degree within six years could be predicted by the number of advising sessions a student had during degree completion. A student retention model created by Amara Atif, Deborah Richards, & Ayse Bilgin and NACADA’s academic advising core competencies model served as the framework, where student-institutional interactions through best practices in academic counseling can …