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Assessment Of Student Knowledge Of The Weak And Strong Nuclear Forces, Pramila Shakya
Assessment Of Student Knowledge Of The Weak And Strong Nuclear Forces, Pramila Shakya
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The purpose of this study was to determine if the use of active-learning activities to teach weak force and strong force to students enrolled in various courses at The University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg campus and Gulf Park campus at different class times would increase their knowledge. There were eighty-six students that took part in this study. The study was conducted in the lab classes of an introductory astronomy survey course (AST 111), an introductory algebra-based physics course (PHY 112), and an introductory calculus-based physics course (PHY 202) during fall semester 2014. Each class was randomly assigned as active-learning or …
An Evaluation Of Math Assessment Policy Process In A Southwestern School District, Alicia O'Brien
An Evaluation Of Math Assessment Policy Process In A Southwestern School District, Alicia O'Brien
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An Evaluation of Math Assessment Policy Process in a Southwestern School District
by
Alicia Taber O'Brien
EdS, Walden University, 2011
MA, Western Governors University, 2004
BS, New Mexico State University, 1994
Doctoral Study Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree of
Doctor of Education
Teacher Leadership
Walden University
September 2015
This project study addressed the lack of evaluation of a math assessment policy in a rural elementary school district in the southwestern United States. This district implemented a math assessment policy in the spring of 2005, yet no evaluation had been conducted to determine whether the policy …