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Strategies For Reducing Dropout Rates Of First-Generation College Students, Tanya Washington Bostic Feb 2024

Strategies For Reducing Dropout Rates Of First-Generation College Students, Tanya Washington Bostic

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

At a community college in the state of Florida, student retention has become a critical concern because more than half of the first-year first-generation students fail to graduate. That rate is four times higher than for other first-year students. Guided by Tinto’s Student Integration Model as the conceptual framework, this intrinsic qualitative case study was conducted to investigate factors that students, faculty, and staff perceive to contribute to the high dropout rates among first-generation students at the local site. Additionally, this study was conducted to identify strategies to reduce first-year, first-generation college student dropout rates. Data was collected from participants …


The Effects Of Communication, Knowledge Sharing, And Trust On Agile Virtual Team Effectiveness, Ivana Pino Feb 2024

The Effects Of Communication, Knowledge Sharing, And Trust On Agile Virtual Team Effectiveness, Ivana Pino

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Ongoing globalization and the evolution of technology in the workplace reinforce the need for virtual teamwork. Individuals working together across the globe comprise virtual teams. Many teams across industries value and use agile methodology to manage their projects. Research shows that agile virtual teams face challenges based on social and organizational problems such as lack of trust, knowledge sharing, and suitable communication. Therefore, this quantitative study aimed to address a gap in the current literature on the effect that communication, trust, and knowledge sharing have on agile virtual team effectiveness. Additionally, the aim was to determine the moderating effect of …


Strategies For Insider Threat Mitigation And Detection, Adam Clifton Feb 2024

Strategies For Insider Threat Mitigation And Detection, Adam Clifton

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Some information technology (IT) security professionals lack strategies to protect against insider threats. This lack of strategy is concerning because of the widespread organizational damages from insider threat incidents within global organizations, which often lead to financial penalties against organizations and a lack of public trust. Based upon the total quality management model, the goal of this qualitative multiple-case study was to explore strategies IT security managers used to secure their organizations against threats from trusted insiders. Data were collected by conducting semi-structured interviews with five high-level network security practitioners specializing in insider threat mitigation. Five themes emerged during data …


Elementary Teacher Perspectives Regarding Leadership Practices That Supported Creation Of A Dual Language Public School, Angelica Ozuna Feb 2024

Elementary Teacher Perspectives Regarding Leadership Practices That Supported Creation Of A Dual Language Public School, Angelica Ozuna

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An increase in the enrollment of elementary school students who do not speak English as their first language has led to initiatives to provide effective instruction for these students which require effective leadership. The problem is that leadership practices have been unsuccessful in supporting dual language elementary school teachers, and minimal research has explored teachers’ perspectives of leadership in this area. The purpose of this basic qualitative study was to explore perspectives of rural public school teachers regarding leadership practices they found effective and ineffective in creation of a new dual language elementary school. Eleven participants answered 10 semistructured interview …


Exploring The Experiences And Practices Of Midwestern High School English Teachers, Melea Shimkus Feb 2024

Exploring The Experiences And Practices Of Midwestern High School English Teachers, Melea Shimkus

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The problem under study was that in a state in the midwestern United States, there was a disparity in reading scores between secondary schools of similar demographics. The purpose of this basic qualitative study was to explore the strategies and approaches used by secondary teachers whose students’ reading achievements exceeded those of other students. Shulman’s pedagogical content knowledge and Bandura’s theory of self-efficacy were used as the conceptual framework for the study. Data were collected from one-on-one interviews with 10 participants and analyzed with open coding. The findings indicated how to combine content and pedagogy; feeling efficacious about teaching had …


Teachers’ Self-Efficacy When Instructing Students With Emotional And Behavioral Disorders In Inclusive Classrooms, Maysoon Atra Feb 2024

Teachers’ Self-Efficacy When Instructing Students With Emotional And Behavioral Disorders In Inclusive Classrooms, Maysoon Atra

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Teachers in American public schools have been challenged with implementing effective instructional practices for students with disabilities (SWDs) in inclusive classrooms. Among the broad category of SWDs, students with emotional and behavioral disorders (EBDs) are among those whose social and academic progress continues to be of concern. The purpose of this basic qualitative study was to understand perceptions of general education teachers’ self-efficacy when instructing middle school students with EBDs in inclusive classrooms within a northeastern school district in New Jersey. The conceptual framework for this study was Bandura’s social cognitive theory. The research question involved how general education teachers …


Educators’ Perspectives Of How To Support Mathematics Achievement Of Grade 3 Through Grade 5 At-Risk Students, Shanerron Fordham-Knox Feb 2024

Educators’ Perspectives Of How To Support Mathematics Achievement Of Grade 3 Through Grade 5 At-Risk Students, Shanerron Fordham-Knox

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The problem addressed in this study was that teachers are struggling to support the instructional needs of at-risk students Grades 3–5 in mathematics in a Southern state. The purpose of this basic qualitative study was to explore the perspectives of Grades 3–5 teachers of the instructional supports, approaches, and recommendations to support the mathematics achievement of at-risk students in Grades 3–5. Bruner’s theory on the stages of representation informed this study. The research questions focused on Elementary teachers' perspectives and recommendations of instructional supports and approaches to support the mathematics achievement of at-risk students in Grades 3–5. Data were collected …


Novice Kindergarten Through Second-Grade Teachers’ Perspectives Of Their Preparedness To Teach Students To Read, Shanell Lee-Angry Feb 2024

Novice Kindergarten Through Second-Grade Teachers’ Perspectives Of Their Preparedness To Teach Students To Read, Shanell Lee-Angry

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The majority of U.S fourth graders are not proficient in reading. With lawmakers in some U.S. states enacting “Read by Grade 3” laws, it is important for teachers to be well prepared to teach reading to their students. The purpose of this study was to explore novice kindergarten through second grade (K–2) teachers’ perspectives of their preparedness to teach students to read and their beliefs about what they needed to improve their strategies to teach reading. The conceptual framework was based on self-efficacy theory. The research questions addressed K–2 teachers’ perspectives on their preparedness to teach students to read and …


Spontaneous Self-Affirmation And Social Context As Moderators Between Stereotype Threat And Online Academic Performance, Katrina Hilton Feb 2024

Spontaneous Self-Affirmation And Social Context As Moderators Between Stereotype Threat And Online Academic Performance, Katrina Hilton

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Despite years of progress, there remains an academic achievement gap among minority and non-minority students in all levels of education. A possible reason for the persistent achievement gap is stereotype threat, which is a situational predicament that prompts individuals to perform in ways that mirror the stereotypes associated with their social groups. Self-affirmation interventions are often used to disrupt the effects of stereotype threat, as students are taught how to focus on their strengths and values to help improve their self-concepts. However, spontaneous self-affirmation techniques may be more impactful because students are able to automatically self-affirm in any psychologically threatening …


Strategies For Change Implementation In The Energy Industry, Elier Alvarado Feb 2024

Strategies For Change Implementation In The Energy Industry, Elier Alvarado

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Many energy leaders struggle to effectively lead change initiatives amidst the evolving landscape of the energy industry marked by decarbonization, decentralization, and digitization. Unsuccessful change initiatives jeopardize organizations’ sustainability and negatively influence business performance and profitability. Grounded in Lewin’s concepts and the 3-step change model, the purpose of this multiple case study was to explore the strategies leaders in the energy industry employed to achieve success in their change initiatives. Data were collected from nine U.S. energy leaders who successfully implemented organizational change initiatives, utilizing a combination of semistructured interviews and document reviews. Thematic analysis was used to analyze the …


Characteristics Of Trust Between African Americans And Health Care Providers, Carol C. Griffiths Feb 2024

Characteristics Of Trust Between African Americans And Health Care Providers, Carol C. Griffiths

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African Americans (AA) are one of the groups disproportionally affected by health care disparities. Despite years of research and government funding, the health of AA continues to decline, and a variety of factors intermingle to produce this effect. Furthermore, trust has been identified as contributing to poor health outcomes in AA. There is a gap in the literature about the lack of trust between AA and health care providers (HCPs), and information about how AA define, perceive, and experience trust in interactions with health care providers and the health care system is lacking. The purpose of this qualitative study was …


Elementary Teachers’ Perceptions Of Closing The Math Achievement Gaps Between Black And White Students In Grades 3–5, Carla Shantell Waller Feb 2024

Elementary Teachers’ Perceptions Of Closing The Math Achievement Gaps Between Black And White Students In Grades 3–5, Carla Shantell Waller

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

The problem underpinning this study was a pronounced achievement gap between Black and White students, evident in standardized test score pass rates of third through fifth graders, in a school district in the U.S. state of Virginia. The purpose of this basic qualitative study was to explore the extent to which culturally responsive instructional practices influence elementary teachers' perceptions, approaches, successes, and challenges in closing the differences in standardized math scores between Black and White students in Grades 3 through 5. Gay’s work on culturally responsive teaching, which encompasses theory, research, and evidence-based instructional approaches teachers can implement to address …


Perceptions Of Principal Leadership Skills And Knowledge Necessary To Impact Student Achievement, Ezra Jonah Greene Feb 2024

Perceptions Of Principal Leadership Skills And Knowledge Necessary To Impact Student Achievement, Ezra Jonah Greene

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

The problem is that secondary school students within an education system in a small island Caribbean state are not performing at the required academic standard. The purpose of the study was to explore the perceptions of the Ministry of Education and Public Service Commission regarding the recruitment and selection of prospective principals with the leadership skills and knowledge necessary to positively impact student achievement within a local education system. The conceptual framework was guided by principles embedded in Dickinson’s recruitment and selection model. The research question asked how the Ministry of Education and the Public Service Commission perceived the selection …


Electrical Field Service Employees’ Intent To Stay Or Leave, Jeffrey Daniels Feb 2024

Electrical Field Service Employees’ Intent To Stay Or Leave, Jeffrey Daniels

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Electrical field service leaders are concerned with losing human capital as it requires the shifting or reallocating of economic and non-economic resources to maintain operations and financial goals. Grounded in Herzberg’s two-factor theory, the purpose of this quantitative correlational study was to examine the relationship between general job satisfaction, employee motivation, and employee turnover intentions. Participants included 51 electrical field service leaders in the electrical field service industry who completed the Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire and the Motivational Trait Questionnaire. The multiple linear regression analysis results indicated the model could significantly predict employee turnover intentions, F(2, 48) = 15.29, p < .001, R2 = .389. In the final model, general job satisfaction was the only significant contributor (t = -5.15, p = < .001, β = -0.586). A key recommendation is for electrical field service leaders to implement goals around the mastery of a particular task, quarterly competitions around goal attainment, and regularly scheduled team meetings. The implications for positive social change include the potential to improve work–life balance, shift more time invested into the local community, and update models incorporating a multicultural workforce in the services sector.


Professional Development In Technology Integration For Mathematics Teachers In Title 1 Schools, Nate-Nna Kalu Abba Feb 2024

Professional Development In Technology Integration For Mathematics Teachers In Title 1 Schools, Nate-Nna Kalu Abba

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

For teachers to increase their instructional abilities, it is imperative they are provided with instructional support and an engaging technological professional work environment. The need is particularly great for math teachers at low socioeconomic status (SES) schools. The purpose of this basic correlational quantitative study was to explore teachers’ attitudes about professional growth and leadership, digital age work and learning, and digital age learning experiences and assessments, and their level of technology integration for high school mathematics teachers in Title 1 low SES schools. Bandura’s social cognitive learning theory provided a framework for understanding self-efficacy and stages of teacher’s adoption …


Instructional And Leadership Practices Benefiting Elementary African American Students’ Reading Achievement, Tammeka L. Foreman Feb 2024

Instructional And Leadership Practices Benefiting Elementary African American Students’ Reading Achievement, Tammeka L. Foreman

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

No abstract provided.


Adult English Learners With Disabilities’ Perceptions Of Self-Efficacy And Algebra 1 Capabilities, Laura Ann Guillion Feb 2024

Adult English Learners With Disabilities’ Perceptions Of Self-Efficacy And Algebra 1 Capabilities, Laura Ann Guillion

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No abstract provided.


Secondary Special Education Teachers’ Perception Of Technology Integration And Its Use In Classroom Instructions, Carla Mills Windfont Feb 2024

Secondary Special Education Teachers’ Perception Of Technology Integration And Its Use In Classroom Instructions, Carla Mills Windfont

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No abstract provided.


The Trucking Industry, Working From Home, Covid-19, And Positive Social Change Effects, Martin Lulgjuraj Feb 2024

The Trucking Industry, Working From Home, Covid-19, And Positive Social Change Effects, Martin Lulgjuraj

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

No abstract provided.


Teachers’ Perceptions Of Challenges And Support Needed To Teach Mathematics To Grade 6 Students, Asma Dahbour Jan 2024

Teachers’ Perceptions Of Challenges And Support Needed To Teach Mathematics To Grade 6 Students, Asma Dahbour

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

No abstract provided.


Supporting Elementary Teachers With Technology Integration Within The Mathematics Curriculum, Trace Lynn Hart Jan 2024

Supporting Elementary Teachers With Technology Integration Within The Mathematics Curriculum, Trace Lynn Hart

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No abstract provided.


Principal Perceptions On The Digital Divide, Equity, And Learning Barriers During The Covid-19 Pandemic, Kristina Ana Chittick Jan 2024

Principal Perceptions On The Digital Divide, Equity, And Learning Barriers During The Covid-19 Pandemic, Kristina Ana Chittick

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

No abstract provided.


An Investigation Of The Relationship Between Adverse Childhood Experiences And Women’S Mental Health, Dr. Mercedes Zubieta Richmond Jan 2024

An Investigation Of The Relationship Between Adverse Childhood Experiences And Women’S Mental Health, Dr. Mercedes Zubieta Richmond

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

No abstract provided.


Exploring Teachers’ Integration Of Math And Ela Into The Career Technical Education Curriculum, Ann Marie Thomas Jan 2024

Exploring Teachers’ Integration Of Math And Ela Into The Career Technical Education Curriculum, Ann Marie Thomas

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

No abstract provided.


Cameroonian Parent And Teacher Perspectives Of Corporal Punishment And Its Psychological Effects On Children, Joan Mbeng Bakia-William Jan 2024

Cameroonian Parent And Teacher Perspectives Of Corporal Punishment And Its Psychological Effects On Children, Joan Mbeng Bakia-William

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

No abstract provided.


Teachers' Perspectives Of Declining Student Performance In K-3 Grade Reading, Mae Lee Johnson Jan 2024

Teachers' Perspectives Of Declining Student Performance In K-3 Grade Reading, Mae Lee Johnson

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

No abstract provided.


Transformative Learning Experiences Of Secondary Alternative School Educators During The Covid-19 Pandemic, Erin Marie Garrant Jan 2024

Transformative Learning Experiences Of Secondary Alternative School Educators During The Covid-19 Pandemic, Erin Marie Garrant

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No abstract provided.


Qualitative Research To Create Fundraising Strategies For A Growing Nonprofit Organization, Rolanda Warren Jan 2024

Qualitative Research To Create Fundraising Strategies For A Growing Nonprofit Organization, Rolanda Warren

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No abstract provided.


Examining The Influence Of Demographics On Workers’ Experiences Of Psychosocial Risk In The Canadian Construction And Extractive Industries, Melanie Denaige Mcdonnell Jan 2024

Examining The Influence Of Demographics On Workers’ Experiences Of Psychosocial Risk In The Canadian Construction And Extractive Industries, Melanie Denaige Mcdonnell

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No abstract provided.


At-Risk Students’ Self-Determination Through The Lens Of Alternate Graduation Programs, Donka Catalina Flaig Jan 2024

At-Risk Students’ Self-Determination Through The Lens Of Alternate Graduation Programs, Donka Catalina Flaig

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

No abstract provided.