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Electronic Apprenticeship In The Social Construction Of Teacher Knowledge: An Ethnographic Case Study Of Online Learning, Michelle Anne Elliott

Theses and Dissertations

This ethnographic case study sought to understand the complex social phenomena of reflective practice for increasing teacher knowledge through an online learning community. This study adapted the cognitive apprenticeship model for use in the design of online professional development for teachers. The activity system engaged 13 veteran reading teachers from three different school districts participating in weekly online focused discussion and reflection. These activities served as the core of the 12-week online intervention for inquiry teaching. Three research questions framed the study: 1) How do teachers perceive the effectiveness of participating in an online activity system toward professional reflection? 2) …

April 4, 2017 Ereporter, University Of Alabama At Birmingham

eReporter (campus newsletter)

No abstract provided.

Learning To Teach In Indonesian High School Settings: A Case Study Of Two Efl Female Pre-Service Teachers, Dwi Riyanti

Department of Teaching, Learning, and Teacher Education: Theses and Other Student Research

The teaching practicum has long been recognized as an important component of pre-service teacher education (Santoro, 1997) if not the most important one (Farrell, 2007). It is also the “capstone experience” in most teacher education programs (Gaudelli & Ousley, 2009, p. 931). The importance of the teaching practicum for student teachers in the process of becoming teachers is also widely recognized (Beck & Kosnik, 2002). One reason for that is that it provides opportunities for pre-service teachers to apply knowledge of teaching and learning which they gain during their university coursework (Beeth & Adadan, 2006). Due to the importance of …

Oasa Leadership Forum Summary, April 4, 2017, Uno Office Of Academic And Student Affairs

2016-2017 Academic Year

Notes from the April 4, 2017, OASA Leadership Forum.

2017-April-04-Asking 'What If?', University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

No abstract provided.

Many Hands Make Light Work: Crowdsourced Ratings Of Medical Student Osce Performance, Mark Grichanik

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Clinical skills are often measured using objective structured clinical examinations (OSCEs) in healthcare professions education programs. As with assessment centers, it is challenging to provide learners with effective feedback due to burdensome human capital demands. The aim of this dissertation was to evaluate the viability of using a crowdsourced system to gather OSCE ratings and feedback. Aggregating evaluations of student performance from a crowd of patient proxies has the potential to mitigate biases associated with single-rater evaluations, allow the patient a voice as the consumer of physician behavior, improve reliability, reduce costs, improve feedback latency, and help learners develop a …

The Sustainability Of Career And Technical Education Teacher Preparation Programs In Florida, Lisa Martino

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

There is a historical trend of decline in available Career and Technical Education (CTE) Teacher Preparation programs and an increase in CTE course and program enrollments in Florida’s secondary school system. This contradiction in CTE teacher supply and demand raises an important question. What is going on? More specifically, what sustains the remaining programs in the face of this decline?

The purpose of this qualitative study is to explore sustainability factors from past and present CTE teacher preparation program educators and administrators to gain a better understanding of this issue. The participant selection for this study was identified from four …

Successful Inaugural Major Comprehensive Campaigns: How Organizational Learning Helps Explain The Process, Laza Johany Razafimanjato

Theses and Dissertations

This qualitative study consisted of two case studies of southern public metropolitan universities, which successfully completed inaugural major comprehensive fundraising campaigns. The purpose of the study was to explore how the process of initiating and competing an inaugural comprehensive fundraising campaign was explained by organizational learning and knowledge creation theories. Based on the conceptual framework, the fundraising campaign process required (1) essential conditions (organizational conditions and attributes of leadership) which were considered to be necessary pre-conditions for learning, (2) phases of imaging, interpreting, integrating, which constituted the learning procedure, and (3) institutionalizing, which was the resulting outcome of learning. It …

Identifying Ebook Pedagogies For Literacy Instruction: A Qualitative Content Analysis, Jamey Twitchell Herdelin

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Capstones

Students in K-6 support becoming digital learners but many lack the digital skills needed to engage with ICTs such as eBooks. Some educators lack the technological pedagogical knowledge (TPK) to adjust instruction and meet students’ needs. This study examined the extant body of research on the use of eBooks with K-6 literacy instruction to address the perceived lack of effective evidence based practices needed to build self-efficacy. The goal: identify effective TPK regarding when, how, and why to integrate eBooks with K-6 literacy instruction. The research questions: According to the extant literature, what types of K-6 literacy practices and engagements …

Identifying Ebook Pedagogies For Literacy Instruction: A Qualitative Content Analysis, Jamey T. Herdelin

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Capstones

Students in K-6 support becoming digital learners but many lack the digital skills needed to engage with ICTs such as eBooks. Some educators lack the technological pedagogical knowledge (TPK) to adjust instruction and meet students’ needs. This study examined the extant body of research on the use of eBooks with K-6 literacy instruction to address the perceived lack of effective evidence based practices needed to build self-efficacy. The goal: identify effective TPK regarding when, how, and why to integrate eBooks with K-6 literacy instruction. The research questions: According to the extant literature, what types of K-6 literacy practices and engagements …

Reading Fluency Instruction Of Students With Cognitive Disabilities Using A Multiple Probe Methodology, Sarah N. Merimee

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Capstones

Despite making up less than one percent of the student population, students with significant cognitive disabilities have the right to receive the best education possible. There is currently a paucity of research regarding effective reading instruction within a comprehensive approach, especially in the area of fluency. The purpose of this investigation was to determine if there was a functional relation between repeated reading and choral reading and the word correct per minute oral reading of six high school students with significant cognitive disabilities. Additionally, the extent to which fluency impacts reading comprehension was also examined. Five of six participants demonstrated …

Volume 114, Number 21 - Tuesday, April 4, 2017, Saint Mary's College Of California

The Collegian

No abstract provided.

Experiences Of Former Participants In Teen Advocates For Sexual Health (Tash), Celeste Nicholas

Dissertations

This qualitative study explores the experiences of former participants in a Planned Parenthood youth development and sex education program, Teen Advocates for Sexual Health (TASH). Phenomenologically-based interviews centered the question, “What did it mean to participate in TASH?” Chapter 1 introduces the study context and synthesizes foundational literature from the fields of sex education, public health, critical pedagogy, civic engagement, youth development, and youth organizing. Chapters 2-4 each contain complete manuscripts, representing three complementary analytic approaches to a common data set and inviting multiple audiences. Chapter 2 addresses sex educators in describing TASH’s “rights-based” sex education model. Research questions included: …

Advisor Perspectives On The Relationship Between Professional Values And The Practice Of Academic Advising, John Pharo Morgan Iii

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Professional academic advisors play an important role in higher education—especially at large, research institutions where their use is more prevalent. This study explored professional advisor perspectives about the impact of the NACADA Statement of Core Values (SCV) on the practice of academic advising. This study explores advisor perceptions about the impact of the SCV on advising practice.

An in-depth, qualitative interview conducted via e-mail was used to discover advisor perceptions about the SCV in relation to advising practice. The interviews addressed advisor perceptions about the impact of the SCV in regard to (a) academic advising in general, (b) their own …

Data Management Services Newsletter

Library Publications (1999-2023)

No abstract provided.

Tenth Annual Graduate Student Symposium [Panelist Program Schedule], 2017, University Of Northern Iowa

Annual Graduate Student Symposium Programs

Panel Program Schedule - Table of Contents

--Welcome from President Mark Nook

--Graduate Education for the Greater Public Good-Alumni Panel

1) Panelist: Tatum Buse; BA Accounting & MBA, UNI; Vice President of Finance and Corporate Controller, Rockwell Collins, Inc.

2) Panelist: Quentin Hart; BA Sociology, Minnesota State University; MAE in Postsecondary Education Student Affairs, UNI; Mayor of Waterloo, Iowa

3) Panelist: Katie Mulholland; BA Art; MA Special Education & EdD, Educational Administration, UNI; President Pro Tem, Iowa Board of Regents.

4) Panelist: Christopher Shackelford; BA History & MA History, UNI; Historical Content and Program Developer, Grout Museum District, Waterloo, Iowa. …

Generational Change In Parenting Styles Among Vietnamese In Nebraska, Paulina Nguyen

UCARE: Research Products

This study is part of a larger research project that examines the experiences and beliefs of parents from five Asian population in Nebraska, namely, Filipino, Korean, Chinese, Vietnamese, and Indian. There is a need for research on Vietnamese American families, more so because of its increasing population in the state. The goal of the study is to describe the ways in which Vietnamese American parents differ across generations in terms of their child-rearing practices. Parents are either authoritarian or authoritative. Nguyen and Cheung (2009) stated that research specifically on Vietnamese parents is limited. Thus, past literature has generalized all Asian …

Uab Names Sean Murray As New Director Of The Marching Blazers, Staff

Browse All News

No abstract provided.

Reducing Recitivism: How To Combat Repeat Suspensions And Improve Student Achievement, Derrick King

FL MED Educational Leadership Capstones

This project is intended to take examine how Mount Olive High School can implement an alternative school program to reduce the number of students who are habitually absent from school, reduce the number of students receiving out of school suspension, and improve this demographic of student’s overall student achievement. This project explains what alternative school is, its pro’s and con’s, and how it has been proven effective in other schools. This project examines the steps which were taken at Mount Olive to implement this program into its school. The project provides data on the effect the alternative school had on …

Coming To The End, This Time For Good: Reflections On Forty Years Of Teaching And Learning, John C. Bird, Teaching And Learning Center

The Weekly Reader

No abstract provided.

Sjsu Erfa Board Minutes, April 3, 2017, San Jose State University, Emeritus And Retired Faculty Association

SJSU ERFA Minutes

SJSU ERFA Executive Board Minutes April 3, 2017

Renee Crown Honors Program, Capstone Awards, Kent Syverud

Chancellor's Collection

No abstract provided.

Grand Valley Forum, Volume 041, Number 27, April 3, 2017, Grand Valley State University

2016-2017, Volume 41

Grand Valley Forum is Grand Valley State's faculty and staff newsletter, published from 1976 to the present.

The Effects Of A Multi-Sensory Reading Program On Students With Disabilities, Lisa P. Myers

Specialist in Education Degree (Ed.S.) Theses

The Effects of Multi-Sensory Reading Program on Students with Disabilities. A study of three students with a reading disability and the effects of instruction in a multi-sensory reading approach.

Lanthorn, Vol. 51, No. 54, April 3, 2017, Grand Valley State University

Volume 51, July 11, 2016 - June 5, 2017

Lanthorn is Grand Valley State's student newspaper, published from 1968 to the present.

Promoting Long-Term Learning Progress, Geoff N. Masters Ao

Teacher columnist – Geoff Masters

How well do we help students recognise and reflect on the long-term progress they make at school? Could progress in school mathematics learning be more like progress in music learning? Professor Geoff Masters AO discusses.

Pilot Without Arms, Jolynne Lyon

Blog Posts

Blog post about is about Jessica Cox’s experiences as a pilot and her other accomplishments.

Making Sense Of School Reform: A Case Study Of Mathematics And Science Teachers' Sensemaking With One District's Differentiation And Detracking Initiatives, Katelyn Daplyn Skinner

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this case study was to examine how individual science and mathematics teachers within a particular high school made sense of a district differentiation effort. A focus on teachers' perceptions and interpretations of this effort was targeted through the theoretical framework of sensemaking. Two of the teachers were present for an initial detracking reform effort, which enabled the researcher to examine their sensemaking of both initiatives.

There were clear differences in the sense that teachers made of the differentiation initiative. Additionally, there were multiple factors that impacted teacher sensemaking; the district initiative was not one of these factors. …

2017-April-03-Vet Initiative, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

No abstract provided.

2017-April-03-Celebration Concert, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

No abstract provided.