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When Students Are Afraid Of Learning, Jennifer Shewmaker Oct 2019

When Students Are Afraid Of Learning, Jennifer Shewmaker

Teacher Education

As teachers, how do we set up our classrooms and organizations in such a way that we help our students overcome fear, commit to change, experiment with new conditions of knowledge, and move into the growth to which learning calls them? How do we help our students move forward rather than run away?


David Edwin Harrell, Jr. Papers, 1923-2017, David Edwin Harrell Jr Sep 2019

David Edwin Harrell, Jr. Papers, 1923-2017, David Edwin Harrell Jr

Center for Restoration Studies Archives, Manuscripts and Personal Papers Finding Aids

No abstract provided.


Mid-Career Adult Learners In An Online Doctoral Program And The Drivers Of Their Academic Self-Regulation: The Importance Of Social Support And Parent Education Level, Peter E. Williams, Natalie Wall, Wade W. Fish Feb 2019

Mid-Career Adult Learners In An Online Doctoral Program And The Drivers Of Their Academic Self-Regulation: The Importance Of Social Support And Parent Education Level, Peter E. Williams, Natalie Wall, Wade W. Fish

School of Educational Leadership

Adult professionals enroll in online graduate programs and rely on social support and on their ability to self-regulate to be successful. The literature on academic self-regulation among emerging adults (traditional college age) is ample, but we do not know how social support interacts with academic self- regulation among adult graduate students at mid-career, particularly among those students who are first generation college goers. This study addressed the following questions: (1) To what degree do parental education level and cohort progression predict academic self-regulation? and (2) What sources of social support – family, friends, loved one (significant other), and classmates – …


Ila Duncan Sewell Papers, 1921-1924, Ila Duncan Sewell Feb 2019

Ila Duncan Sewell Papers, 1921-1924, Ila Duncan Sewell

Center for Restoration Studies Archives, Manuscripts and Personal Papers Finding Aids

No abstract provided.


Ora Mae Curry Papers, (1917-1921), Ora Mae Curry Feb 2019

Ora Mae Curry Papers, (1917-1921), Ora Mae Curry

Center for Restoration Studies Archives, Manuscripts and Personal Papers Finding Aids

No abstract provided.


Finding Aid For Elsie Green Dement Papers, (1928-1934), Elsie Beatrice Green Dement Feb 2019

Finding Aid For Elsie Green Dement Papers, (1928-1934), Elsie Beatrice Green Dement

Elsie Beatrice Green Dement Papers

Finding aid for the Elsie Green Dement Papers, (1928-1934).


Finding Aid For Sabinal Christian College (Sabinal, Tx) Records, (1905-1922), Abilene Christian University Special Collections And Archives Feb 2019

Finding Aid For Sabinal Christian College (Sabinal, Tx) Records, (1905-1922), Abilene Christian University Special Collections And Archives

Sabinal Christian College (Sabinal, TX) Records

Finding aid for the Sabinal Christian College (Sabinal, TX) Records, (1905-1922).


Finding Aid For Ila Duncan Sewell Papers, Abilene Christian University Special Collections And Archives Feb 2019

Finding Aid For Ila Duncan Sewell Papers, Abilene Christian University Special Collections And Archives

Ila Duncan Sewell Papers

Finding aid for the Ila Duncan Sewell Papers, (1921-1924).


Finding Aid For Edward Washington Mcmillan Papers, (1863-1986), Abilene Christian University Special Collections And Archives Jan 2019

Finding Aid For Edward Washington Mcmillan Papers, (1863-1986), Abilene Christian University Special Collections And Archives

Edward Washington McMillan Papers

Finding aid for the Edward Washington McMillan Papers, (1863-1986).


Theophilus Brown Larimore Papers, 1907-1935, Theophilus Brown Larimore Jan 2019

Theophilus Brown Larimore Papers, 1907-1935, Theophilus Brown Larimore

Center for Restoration Studies Archives, Manuscripts and Personal Papers Finding Aids

No abstract provided.


Christian Scholars' Conference Records, 1981-2009, Christian Scholars' Conference Jan 2019

Christian Scholars' Conference Records, 1981-2009, Christian Scholars' Conference

Center for Restoration Studies Archives, Manuscripts and Personal Papers Finding Aids

No abstract provided.


Finding Aid For Christian Scholars Conference Records, (1981-2009), Abilene Christian University Special Collections And Archives Jan 2019

Finding Aid For Christian Scholars Conference Records, (1981-2009), Abilene Christian University Special Collections And Archives

Christian Scholars Conference Records

Finding aid for the Christian Scholars Conference Records, (1981-2009).


Abilene Christian College Faculty Wives Records, 1924-1961, Abilene Christian College Faculty Wives Jan 2019

Abilene Christian College Faculty Wives Records, 1924-1961, Abilene Christian College Faculty Wives

Center for Restoration Studies Archives, Manuscripts and Personal Papers Finding Aids

No abstract provided.


The Relationship Between Metaliteracy Pretest, Posttest, And Metacognitive Strategies For Library Research Skills Scale: Creating A Metaliteracy Course For Online Ed.D. Students, Melissa D. Atkinson Jan 2019

The Relationship Between Metaliteracy Pretest, Posttest, And Metacognitive Strategies For Library Research Skills Scale: Creating A Metaliteracy Course For Online Ed.D. Students, Melissa D. Atkinson

Library Research and Publications

The purpose of this quantitative, quasi-experimental, exploratory study was to create a metaliteracy course for online Ed.D. students and determine if there was a relationship between the Metacognitive Strategies for Library Research Skills Scale, Metaliteracy Pretest, and Metaliteracy Posttest. Library literature is lacking on assessment of information literacy skills as determined by a new term, metaliteracy, and the goals and objectives associated with this new term. A course was created in the researcher’s institution’s learning management system, Canvas, using metaliteracy goals and objectives. The researcher developed a pretest and posttest using the goals and objectives of metaliteracy to assess students’ …