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Bicultural Self-Efficacy, Student Achievement, And Persistence Of Mexican American College Students, Richard Kirk
Bicultural Self-Efficacy, Student Achievement, And Persistence Of Mexican American College Students, Richard Kirk
Theses and Dissertations - UTB/UTPA
This mixed methods study will explore the relationship of bi-cultural self-efficacy with student achievement and persistence for first generation Mexican American students enrolled at a two year college. The Bicultural Self Efficacy Scale for Minority Adults (BISES-MA ) will be used to collect quantitative data from a study group and control group. The study group will participate in a student success course using high engagement strategies developed by Advancement Via Individual Determination for Higher Education (AHE). Analysis of variance will be conducted to determine the degree of difference between the study and control groups on bicultural self-efficacy and student achievement …
The Effects Of Principal's Transformational Leadership Behaviors On Teacher Leadership Development And Teacher Self Efficacy, Socorro M. Espinoza
The Effects Of Principal's Transformational Leadership Behaviors On Teacher Leadership Development And Teacher Self Efficacy, Socorro M. Espinoza
Theses and Dissertations - UTB/UTPA
Leadership has been identified as an essential ingredient of educational reform aiming to ensure that every student gets the education they need to succeed in an era of high accountability. Transformational leadership in the educational context is conceptualized as a process of building commitment to meet the challenges faced by professionals in education everyday while empowering teachers to become leaders in the process of educating our children. The purpose of this study was to examine how much of the total variance of teacher leadership development and teacher efficacy can be accounted for or explained by their principal’s transformational leadership behaviors …