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Imagining A Constructionist Game-Based Pedagogical Model: Using Tabletop Role-Playing Game Creation To Enhance Literature Education In High School English Classes, Kip Glazer Jan 2015

Imagining A Constructionist Game-Based Pedagogical Model: Using Tabletop Role-Playing Game Creation To Enhance Literature Education In High School English Classes, Kip Glazer

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In today's K-12 educational environment with the newly adopted Common Core State Standards (CCSS), improving student literacy as a foundational skill to obtain success in all other subject areas is one of the most important goals. Unfortunately, many literature curricula suffer from a lack of innovative pedagogy despite the introduction of various educational technologies meant to aid student learning. This study focused on developing a new game-based constructionist pedagogical model for literature education using tabletop role-playing game creation. Using Shulman’s (1987) Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK) that eventually evolved into Mishra and Kohler’s (2006) Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) as the …

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Leveraging Growth Synergies In A Multi-Unit Business Through The Application Of A Multidimensional Organizational Design Augmented By Lateral Intergrative Mechanisms: A Phenomenological Case Study, Joel Bigley Jan 2015

Leveraging Growth Synergies In A Multi-Unit Business Through The Application Of A Multidimensional Organizational Design Augmented By Lateral Intergrative Mechanisms: A Phenomenological Case Study, Joel Bigley

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The realization of growth synergies across products and services in a global multi-unit firm is a topic of discovery that has substantial implications for the profitability of multi-national corporations. A driver for the realization of this incompletely tapped potential is the influence of organizational design. The scholar comprehensively examines a singular case study in which a multidimensional organizational design is used to exploit growth synergies in a global multi-unit firm. For many firms, collaboration is connected to synergy realization, which is critical to growth in saturated and emerging markets. Cross-business unit strategy research has been largely focused on diversification rather …

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A Study Of High-Performing At-Risk High School Students And Their Perceptions On Academic Success And Achievement, Charles H. Pak Jan 2015

A Study Of High-Performing At-Risk High School Students And Their Perceptions On Academic Success And Achievement, Charles H. Pak

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The purpose of this transcendental phenomenological study was to explore and describe the school factors experienced by students at an alternative high school with an independent study program and a 90% CASHEE passage rate and to identify those factors, if any, that students perceived as contributing to their improved academic performance. The school factors included: the nature and quality of the school learning environment, learning experiences, program interventions, and the independent study program. This study was guided by the following 5 research questions: 1. How do students who have been enrolled at SMHS for at least 1 year and who …

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Opening Doors: A Collective Case Study Of Integrating Technology In The Preschool Through 3rd Grade Classroom In A Developmentally Appropriate Way, Amy Louise Cox Cameron Jan 2015

Opening Doors: A Collective Case Study Of Integrating Technology In The Preschool Through 3rd Grade Classroom In A Developmentally Appropriate Way, Amy Louise Cox Cameron

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Children today are growing up in a technology-saturated world and yet early childhood teachers do not typically include technology in their classrooms, or if they do, they include it inappropriately. The literature states that integrating technology in early education can yield many benefits, but many teachers of young children avoid using technology because they do not know how to incorporate it appropriately. This dissertation is an exploratory observational study of early childhood teachers (preschool through third grade) who integrate technology in their programs in developmentally appropriate ways. This study involved three classroom teachers who were identified as model teachers at …

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What Are The Necessary Skills To Lead An Innovation Center In Saudi Arabia?, Abdulaziz Hamad Algabbaa Jan 2015

What Are The Necessary Skills To Lead An Innovation Center In Saudi Arabia?, Abdulaziz Hamad Algabbaa

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In the early 2000s, technology innovation became a strategic choice for Saudi Arabia, supported by an increasing base of start-up technology businesses and young Saudis, who are considered a potential driving force for innovation and entrepreneurial activities. Since then, technological innovation encouraged more Saudi young people to become entrepreneurs or innovators. Thus, in mid 2000s, Saudi Arabia launched many initiatives related to innovation, science, and technology, such as the establishment of innovation centers and research parks, in an effort to support developing individuals who could potentially become future entrepreneurs. The purpose of this study was to identify the top leadership …

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Leadership: The Role Of Mentoring In Work-Life Integration, Sudonna Moss Jan 2015

Leadership: The Role Of Mentoring In Work-Life Integration, Sudonna Moss

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The purpose of this phenomenological research was to review the literature and investigate the role of mentoring in work-life integration. The study also raised further awareness about women’s identity, relational style, drive, motivation and adaptive styles. The findings indicate that mentoring and mentoring relationships are meaningful and effective when implemented. The study allowed for a greater insight into who the chosen mentors were and what they did professionally. Additionally, the narrative life-course framework was utilized for interpretation of results.

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