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A Phenomenological Study: Understanding Teacher Experiences With Grief In The Classroom, Melissa A. Cyfers
A Phenomenological Study: Understanding Teacher Experiences With Grief In The Classroom, Melissa A. Cyfers
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Teachers entering the classroom along with teachers who have been in the classroom for a long time often find themselves dealing with grieving students. Grief is something that everyone is familiar with, especially when dealing with a death. Often what is not so familiar are other events that can cause a grief response. Teachers spend a lot of time in training and being trained on many facets of education, emergency drills, and many things they may or may not encounter. Yet, a student expressing some type of grief is something nearly every teacher has encountered but has not been trained …
Corequisite Mathematics: A Program Analysis At The College Level, Shannon Miller-Mace
Corequisite Mathematics: A Program Analysis At The College Level, Shannon Miller-Mace
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Many incoming college freshmen who do not meet minimum standardized exam cut-score requirements are often determined to be not ready for college-level coursework and registered for pre-requisite, multi-semester, remedial course sequences. The goal of pre-requisite courses is to prepare students for college-level courses prior to enrollment in college-level classes. However, based on multiple studies, traditional, pre-requisite developmental education has become a barrier to student success. In contrast, the co-requisite instructional model enrolls students into their college-level, credit-bearing course in their first semester on a college campus, improving the likelihood of success in those courses and beyond. The purpose of this …