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The Effect Of Elementary And Middle School Grade Span And Transition On Student Achievement And Graduation, Jeana Conley
The Effect Of Elementary And Middle School Grade Span And Transition On Student Achievement And Graduation, Jeana Conley
Doctoral Dissertations and Projects
Social factors surrounding critical transition periods, school and class size, and grade configuration at the elementary level greatly impact current and future student performance. The expectation is that all of these factors are standard among schools, but in reality, every school is different; therefore, the potential for inconsistent quality of learning exists. This causal-comparative study explored the difference etween school size, grade span configuration, and transitions associated with a district’s seven elementary feeder schools in a small county in rural Western North Carolina. Differences in student performance, in both reading and math, at the elementary, middle, and high school level, …
The Relationship Between Satisfaction, Motivation, And Caseload And Teacher Retention, Corbett Hawks
The Relationship Between Satisfaction, Motivation, And Caseload And Teacher Retention, Corbett Hawks
Doctoral Dissertations and Projects
Teacher retention has long been a major issue in the educational sector. In today’s schools, effective teachers are a necessity for meeting the fluctuating needs of society. The purpose of this quantitative, correlational, predictive study was to examine the relationship between satisfaction, motivation, and caseload in relation to teacher retention for elementary special education teachers in southwest Virginia. This study incorporates the Three C’s of Education theory (Sher, 1983) and the influence of characteristics, conditions, and compensation. Non-experimental research with a correlational design was implemented along with the criterion variable (retention) and the predictor variables (satisfaction, motivation, and caseload). Participants …