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The Impact Of Single-Gender Scheduling On Students In A Title I School, Janet L. Moss
The Impact Of Single-Gender Scheduling On Students In A Title I School, Janet L. Moss
Education Dissertations and Projects
This dissertation was designed to examine the impact that single-gender scheduling would have on students who attend a struggling Title I middle school. The importance of the middle level cannot be denied. Strong research points to this time in a student's life as the pivotal crux on which success and failure are balanced. Middle level educators are charged with the responsibility of tipping the scales in the favor of student success by arming them with the skills they will need to survive and succeed.
A middle school in the northeastern part of Mecklenburg County had the majority of its students …
An Analysis Of Individual Teachers' Development Of Instruction Based On Classscape Program Data, Jason L. Parker
An Analysis Of Individual Teachers' Development Of Instruction Based On Classscape Program Data, Jason L. Parker
Education Dissertations and Projects
This dissertation was designed to examine and assess the effectiveness of the ClassScape formative assessment tool on the planning, implementation, and evaluation of instruction at a rural middle school in western North Carolina. The teachers had the ClassScape program for 3 years, but were not using the program to plan future instruction. The tools used for data collection revealed the strengths and weaknesses of the implementation of the program. It is essential that schools have ongoing formative assessment practices in order for students to be successful in the 21st Century.
This case study utilized the mixed methods approach in order …
A Case Study: The Evaluation Of The Graduate Middle School Education Program At A Southeastern University, Abbigail Armstrong
A Case Study: The Evaluation Of The Graduate Middle School Education Program At A Southeastern University, Abbigail Armstrong
Education Dissertations and Projects
This dissertation was designed to determine reasons graduate students do not complete requirements for a Master's in Middle Level Education degree at the southeastern university. Since the program's initial on-campus cohort (2000) the graduation rate has decreased from 80% to 62.96% with the fourth on-campus cohort (2005). The current cohort currently has five students enrolled which will yield a 29% graduation rate depending on student choice. Program faculty is concerned about the increasing difference between the number of applicants and number of those completing the program.
The researcher conducted a program evaluation, using Guba and Lincoln's four phases of responsive …