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A Multilevel Nonlinear Approach Of Piecewise Regression For Detecting Turning Points: Developing An Alternative Platform With An Application Of Timss, Jing Zhang

Theses and Dissertations--Education Sciences

Studies in recent years have explored the methods of identifying the turning points when dealing with the non-linear relationship. Four approaches applied by researchers, the eyeball approach, the establishment approach, the theory-driven approach, and the data-driven approach, are all under the traditional piecewise regression framework when seeking turning points. Thus, the purpose of this study is to introduce a multilevel piecewise regression model to identify the turning point beyond the traditional piecewise regression, as a completely non-linear approach.

Data used for this study is TIMSS 2019 United States sample. TIMSS is a project guided by the International Association for the …

National Assessment Program: Ict Literacy 2022: Technical Report, Dominique Hall, Kate O'Malley, Renee Kwong, Emma Camus, Tim Friedman, Kristy Osborne, Zachary Watts, Dulce Lay

ICT - Digital Literacy

This report describes the various technical, operational and administrative procedures of the NAP– ICT Literacy 2022 assessment. It should be read in conjunction with the NAP–ICT Literacy 2022 Public Report, which presents a summary of the cognitive and contextual analysis of the data collected in the 2022 cycle. The assessment instrument used in NAP–ICT Literacy 2022 was based on the design principles established for NAP–ICT Literacy 2005, which continued through the assessment cycles in 2008, 2011, 2014 and 2017. The assessment was computer-based and included a broad range of task formats including multiple-choice, short text response, and simulated and authentic …

Assessing 4-H And Its Circle Of Courage In A Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility: A Case Study, Elizabeth Steering

Theses and Dissertations--Family Sciences

This 4-H case study takes place in a psychiatric residential treatment facility (PRTF) in Kentucky. The PRTF provides clinical services to youth that are not able to be safely maintained in their homes due to having demonstrated unsafe or harmful behaviors. Youth admitted to the PRTF stay for an average of three to six months while they receive intensive therapeutic and psychiatric care as well as medical treatment and public schooling. The current case study incorporates programming from 4-H, which is the youth development program of the Cooperative Extension System (CES) and the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), …

Teacher Perceptions Of The Implementation Of Schoolwide Positive Behavioral Interventions And Supports (Swpbis) In A Rural Southwest Georgia School District, Angela E. Bell

Theses and Dissertations

This study examined teacher perspectives of SWPBIS and how those perceptions impacted school discipline in a rural, Title I middle school located in southwest Georgia. This paper reviewed the history of school discipline policies and discipline practices. The focus was on teacher perceptions of SWPBIS and how those perceptions impacted school discipline in a rural, Title I middle school in a southwest Georgia county. Results were obtained using a quantitative survey and focus groups. Overall, the findings discovered that all respondents believed that SWPBIS had helpful benefits.

A Longitudinal Analysis: Interpreting Pbis Sas Results And Disciplinary Patterns In A Middle Georgia School District, Johnathan Andrew Gross

Theses and Dissertations

This study examined the relationship between staff perceptions of Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) and Office Discipline Referrals (ODR) across elementary, middle, and high schools in a middle Georgia school district over a three-year period (2019-2022). PBIS is a research-based framework that aims to improve school-discipline procedures, effectively reduce ODR, and enhance school climate. The study focused on the Self-Assessment Survey (SAS) data and ODRs to determine whether staff perceptions of PBIS impacted student behavior management across all levels of the district. Using causal-comparative and correlational research designs, the study analyzed staff perceptions obtained through the SAS survey instrument …

Professional Learning Communities Effectiveness On Teacher Learning As Perceived By Title I Elementary Teachers: A Case Study, Tiffany Nicole Baisden

Theses and Dissertations

Professional learning communities (PLCs) have undergone decades of research as an improvement strategy for schools. PLCs are known to foster a collaborative culture among educators through shared learning. Teachers can improve their effectiveness by strengthening their pedagogical practices, which will have a positive impact on student achievement. The purpose of this bounded case study was to examine how Title I elementary school teachers who participated in a PLC perceived PLCs and their effectiveness on improving teacher learning. The goal was to gather teachers’ insights and experiences of PLCs to provide state, district, and school leaders with an understanding of how …

Academic Dishonesty: The Ghost Of Papers Past, Wayne T. Whitmore

All Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Other Capstone Projects

This research project examined student’s acts of academic dishonesty and their beliefs regarding whether acts of academic dishonesty were acceptable through survey research conducted online at a two-year college and a four-year university in the Minnesota State (MinnState) system in southern Minnesota. This research aimed to build on existing research related to academic dishonesty in higher education. The sample included 195 students enrolled at a two-year comprehensive college and a four-year state university. Outcomes indicated a majority of students engaged in acts of academic dishonesty. Second, outcomes indicated men are more likely to engage in academic dishonesty than women. Third, …

Education Based On Graduate Marginalized Perspective, Bryanna Edwards

All Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Other Capstone Projects

The United States Education system has received many budget cuts throughout the years. Sixty-six percent of Americans believe that the United States Education system needs major changes or to be rebuilt (Pew Research, 2013). There has been much debate regarding the first step toward reform. To begin to answer this question this research investigated some of the most restrictive educational spaces.

The most available and beneficial first steps to reform lie in the minds and practices within the educational institution. This research could lead to cultivating more inclusive policies and practices, to serve an increasingly diverse student population. Although disciplines …

Acer 2020-2021 Annual Report, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

ACER Annual Reports

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Bibliography, Gayle Mallinger

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Bibliography of publications by Gayle Mallinger.

Summer 2023 Census Enrollment Indicators Tables 1-3, Systems Intelligence And Data Analytics, University Of Nebraska At Omaha

Enrollment Reports

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Historical Research And The Case For A Fifth Component Of Sms, Paul A. Craig

International Journal of Aviation, Aeronautics, and Aerospace

Abstract

Three tragic events from aviation history were examined using a Historical Research and Case Study Method. The events explored were the disasters of the Airship R101 (1930), the Space Shuttle Challenger (1986) and the Boeing 737 Max 8 (2018). From the research, several closely related commonalities, or themes, were discovered across the three events. In each case, fatal decisions were made by upper-level managers, who allowed non-safety related motivations to influence their decision making. Each case also involved employees who discovered safety concerns and reported those concerns within their organizations, only to have those alerts be ignored, downplayed, rationalized …

Testing Backward Chaining Ab-Initio Flight Instruction, Samuel M. Vance, Kat Gardner-Vandy Phd, Brendan A. Pearce

International Journal of Aviation, Aeronautics, and Aerospace

This conceptual/exploratory research updates that previously published in the Journal of Aviation/Aerospace Education and Research (JAAER) Vol. 30, Issue 1 (Spring 2021) which asked if backward chaining, ab-initio pilot training decrease time to first solo? The specific focus of the research was the viability of landings instruction as the first ab-initio lesson. The research compared a total of eight respondents in a backward-chained flight instruction methodology against four respondents in a forward-chained flight instruction methodology. All 12 respondents were recruited without previous flight instruction or Pilot-in-Command logged flight time. Ground instruction preceded simulator instruction which was followed by instruction in …

Refreshing The Research Process, John Venecek, Barry Mauer

SoTL Commons Conference

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The Impact Of Recognizing Faculty Engagement, Helena D. Hubl, Sharon Derosier

SoTL Commons Conference

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Flexibility And Usability: Focal Point Of Graduate Students’ Knowledge Level Of The Features Of Sakai Learning Management System, Jonathan Odame, Clarke Ebow Yalley

Journal of Educational Technology Development and Exchange (JETDE)

Coupled with the global pandemic (COVID-19) and technological advancement, the SAKAI learning management system (LMS) was initiated to deliver synchronous, asynchronous, blended instruction to break the artificial boundaries towards delivering quality education. This requires students to acquire the requisite knowledge to develop self-regulated skills to navigate through inbuilt features of SAKAI LMS to ensure usability, flexibility, and accessibility. To ascertain the usability, flexibility and accessibility of the SAKAI LMS, this study sought to examine the knowledge level of graduate students on the features of SAKAI LMS. The cross-sectional survey design was used to gather data. Using the SAKAI LMS, the …

Achieving Educational Equity In Minnesota's K-12 Public School Districts, Jennifer A. Yang

School of Business Student Theses and Dissertations

This study seeks to determine whether there are relationships between: first, public funding investment and educational equity; second, access to opportunities for students of color and disadvantaged backgrounds and educational equity; third, the interaction effect between access to opportunities for students of color and disadvantaged backgrounds and public funding investment on educational equity; fourth, teacher workforce diversity and educational equity; and fifth, the interaction effect between teacher workforce diversity and public funding investment on educational equity. The Minnesota Achievement and Integration Program is the source of public funding for this study, and the program was established in the 2013-2014 school …

Growing Within An Ecology Of Practices: The First-Year Experiences Of Teaching Artists, Gigi Schroeder Yu, Juana M. Reyes, Patricia Goubeaux

Education Department Faculty Articles

This research reveals two teaching artists’ dynamic practices that emerged from participating in the Collaboration Laboratory (CoLab) professional development and coinciding classroom arts-based co-inquiry projects of Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education (CAPE). The researchers draw upon the 60-year-old Reggio Emilia Approach as one of the most widely recognized examples of sustainable partnerships with contemporary artists in an educational system with notable comparisons to CAPE. The Reggio Emilia Approach and CAPE disrupt educational systems that narrowly define curriculum by working with contemporary artists to co-create arts-based inquiries with teachers and students. The following research question guided the investigation: How do the …

Environmental And Climate Change Dictionary, Fozia Parveen

Books

The idea of creating a dictionary was conceived after AKU-IED launched the climate change and environmental sustainability module in 2022 for parents, teachers, and students. As a follow-up to the launch, under the ismaili civic banner, over 100 teachers and youth educators were oriented about the module. It was realized that several words that we presume teachers would know are not as common in their vocabulary as we had thought, especially considering that head teachers come from diverse background.
Working on the principle of creating more scholarship for climate change education and education for sustainable development, this dictionary was initiated …

Challenges Of Engineering Education In Digital Intelligence Era, Weifeng Qiao, Jie Fu

Journal of Educational Technology Development and Exchange (JETDE)

The rise of the digital intelligence era signifies a new paradigm of digital technology and intelligent applications, bringing fresh opportunities and challenges to engineering practice. This paper focuses on the analysis of nine key challenges, encompassing the enhancement of complex engineering problem-solving abilities, the shortening of knowledge half-life, coping with the competition from intelligent machines, the role of engineers in industrial digitalization, the dual transformation of digitization and sustainability, effective engineering practice training, attracting outstanding young talent, digital transformation of engineering education, and the refinement of quality assessment standards for engineering education. These challenges reflect the complexity and diversity of …

Research On The Construction Of Data Governance Framework In Vocational Colleges, Qian Zhou, Kaiyu Yi, Xiangyu Chen

Journal of Educational Technology Development and Exchange (JETDE)

The data governance framework is a critical reference for organizations to develop data governance plans, carry out data governance processes, and evaluate the effects of data governance. This study employs content analysis based on the existing literature to extract the core elements of vocational college data governance, including 17 primary indicators and 32 secondary indicators from the perspectives of process, organization, and content. Based on the 5W1H principle, a theoretical prototype of the data governance framework for vocational colleges is established. Following this, two rounds of expert consultations were conducted with twelve experts in data governance from vocational colleges, focusing …

Addressing A Cohort Discrepancy Among Ninth-Grade Students At A Rural/Suburban High School, Bryley Keaton Murphy

Theses and Dissertations--Educational Leadership Studies

Ninth grade is a critical period where some children experience academic and social growth, while others struggle to navigate their new context, leading to reduced outcomes at school and worsened physical/mental health (Benner & Graham, 2007; Rice, 2001). This mixed-methods action research (MMAR) study addressed how professional practice changes could better support students during this foundational period. Quantitative data was collected from school databases to compare the rate of student success and identify demographic discrepancies, while qualitative data was used to identify possible causes. These data were then integrated to create insightful meta-inferences into the problem of practice. From these …

Development And Validity Inquiry Of A Rubric For Interdisciplinary Competencies In Occupational Safety And Health In Capstone Projects Of Carerc Program Graduates, Olumuyiwa Moses Desmennu

Theses and Dissertations--Education Sciences

Emerging demands in the field of interdisciplinary studies reveal a need for competent professionals who can apply their skills and experience to solving complex tasks of the workplace. This has placed inevitable demands on training institutions to adequately equip graduates to deliver on their mandate. Competency appraisal is an effective way to ensure proficiency in graduates. Meanwhile, transparent and valid rubrics provide opportunities for both students and trainers to continuously assess and evaluate the transfer of necessary skills.

This study focused on evaluating interdisciplinary competencies in Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) in the capstone projects of the CARERC program, a …

Score Equating Between Aeps-2 And Aeps-3 For 0-3 Year Olds, Yuyan Xia

Theses and Dissertations--Education Sciences

Over the past two decades, the emphasis on educational equity in early childhood education (ECE) and early childhood special education (ECSE) has highlighted the importance of assessment through policies and regulations. Ensuring accurate assessment scores is a fundamental aspect of this trend. The release of the Assessment, Evaluation, and Programming System for Infants and Children, Third Edition (AEPS-3) in December 2021 led to a shift from the Second Edition (AEPS-2) in child development scoring. In order to harmonize the previous and updated assessment versions for children aged 0-3 across six developmental domains, a common item non-equivalent design, featuring fixed parameter …

Survey Development And Validation: Student Self Expectations Of The First-Year College Experience Survey (The Se-Fye Scale), Min Xiao

Theses and Dissertations--Education Sciences

First year at a university is often a transitional stage for students where they have opportunities to grow and develop in various areas and get familiar with a collegiate environment. Understanding what first-year students expect to navigate and succeed in their first year at the university is crucial. Their expectations reflect how well they prepared for university, affecting their behaviors and eventually influencing their intentions to continue higher education. One of the primary purposes of this study was to design a survey to measure student self-expectations of the first-year college experience (the SE-FYE scale) by applying a structured survey development …

Minimum High School Graduation Requirements And Teacher Compensation, Allison Johnson

Theses and Dissertations--Educational Policy Studies and Evaluation

In the last forty years of educational reform, significant changes have been made to the number and type of high school credits students are required to complete for graduation. As these requirements have changed, the demand for higher-level academic courses has increased while teacher shortages, particularly in high-demand areas such as math and science, have continued to increase. This study uses data from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Student and Staffing Survey to examine the relationship between minimum graduation credit requirements in core subject areas (English, math, science and social sciences) and teacher salaries, both holistically and in …

A Profile Of Sophomore Inquiry Students Fall 2023, Rowanna L. Carpenter

University Studies Assessment Research

In order to better understand the students who enroll in Sophomore Inquiry (SINQ) courses and begin to identify areas where they may need support, University Studies (UNST) began collecting and compiling data on these students. This report presents a profile of SINQ students from Fall 2022. It presents an overview of all students enrolled in SINQ during Fall 2022 and then summarizes information from the Prior Learning Survey. It is organized around three areas that contribute to student success: academic preparation and concern; financial and physical wellbeing; and connectedness to campus.

การออกแบบส่วนต่อประสานผู้ใช้งานโปรไฟล์ความพร้อมด้านทักษะทางสังคมของนักเรียนเพื่อสนับสนุนการใช้ข้อมูลในการจัดการเรียนรู้ของครู, ณัฐณิชา วิชาภรณ์

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

การวิจัยครั้งนี้มีวัตถุประสงค์ 1) เพื่อวิเคราะห์องค์ประกอบและพัฒนาแบบประเมินความพร้อมด้านทักษะทางสังคมของนักเรียน 2) เพื่อวิเคราะห์ความต้องการและลักษณะการใช้ข้อมูลความพร้อมด้านทักษะทางสังคมของนักเรียนในการจัดการเรียนรู้ของครู 3) เพื่อออกแบบส่วนต่อประสานผู้ใช้งานโปรไฟล์ความพร้อมด้านทักษะทางสังคมของนักเรียนเพื่อสนับสนุนการใช้ข้อมูลในการจัดการเรียนรู้ของครู ในการดำเนินการวิจัยแบ่งเป็น 3 ระยะดังนี้ ระยะที่ 1 วิเคราะห์องค์ประกอบความพร้อมฯ ตรวจสอบความตรงเชิงเนื้อหาจากผู้เชี่ยวชาญ ตรวจสอบความเที่ยงใช้การวิเคราะห์สัมประสิทธิ์แอลฟาของครอนบาค ระยะที่ 2 วิเคราะห์ความต้องการและลักษณะการใช้ข้อมูลความพร้อมของครูจากการสัมภาษณ์ ตัวอย่างคือ ครูระดับชั้นอนุบาลปีที่ 3 จำนวน 4 คน ในโรงเรียนสังกัดสพฐ. และโรงเรียนสังกัดสช. และระยะที่ 3 ออกแบบส่วนต่อประสานผู้ใช้งานโปรไฟล์ความพร้อมฯ ทำการทดสอบ A/B Testing ครูเก็บข้อมูลความพร้อมนักเรียนจำนวน 100 คน วิเคราะห์ข้อมูลด้วยสถิติเชิงบรรยาย และสัมภาษณ์การใช้ข้อมูลนักเรียนในการจัดการเรียนรู้ของครู ผลการวิจัยสรุปได้ดังนี้ 1. องค์ประกอบความพร้อมด้านทักษะทางสังคมของนักเรียนสังเคราะห์ได้ทั้งหมด 4 ด้าน ได้แก่ 1) การสร้างมิตรภาพและการรักษาสัมพันธภาพ 2) การจัดการอารมณ์และความรู้สึกของตนเอง 3) การรับรู้และเข้าใจมุมมองของผู้อื่น และ 4) การปฏิบัติตนเมื่ออยู่ร่วมกันในสังคม ผลการตรวจสอบคุณภาพของเครื่องมือ มีค่าความตรงเชิงเนื้อหา (IOC) ทั้งฉบับอยู่ระหว่าง .67-1.00 ด้านความเที่ยง มีค่าสัมประสิทธิ์แอลฟาครอนบาค เท่ากับ .85 แบบประเมินมีความน่าเชื่อถือ สามารถนำไปใช้ได้ 2. ครูมีความต้องการใช้เครื่องมือลักษณะสมุดบันทึก แบบเป็นตาราง ใช้สีโทนอ่อน และมีสรุปรวมคะแนน ร้อยละ จุดเด่น จุดด้อย และจุดที่ควรพัฒนา 3. ผลการออกแบบส่วนต่อประสานผู้ใช้งานโปรไฟล์ความพร้อมฯ ครูมีความพึงพอใจรูปแบบ A มากกว่า B ส่วนนักเรียนควรได้รับการส่งเสริมความพร้อมด้านการรับรู้และเข้าใจมุมมองของผู้อื่น ครูใช้ข้อมูลความพร้อมฯ พัฒนาพฤติกรรมนักเรียนให้มีทักษะทางสังคมมากขึ้น

การเปรียบเทียบประสิทธิภาพของวิธีการจัดการข้อมูลรบกวนที่เกิดขึ้นในตัวแปรตามของโมเดลจำแนกกลุ่มข้อมูล : การประมาณค่าทดแทนพหุ, กฤษฎี ศิริเรือง

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

การวิจัยครั้งนี้มีวัตถุประสงค์เพื่อเปรียบเทียบประสิทธิภาพของวิธีการจัดการข้อมูลรบกวนที่เกิดขึ้นในตัวแปรตามของโมเดลจำแนกกลุ่มข้อมูล ภายใต้สถานการณ์ของข้อมูลรบกวนและโมเดลจำแนกกลุ่มข้อมูลที่แตกต่างกัน โดยเปรียบเทียบวิธีการขจัดข้อมูลรบกวนด้วยตัวกรองข้อมูล 4 วิธี ได้แก่ วิธี Condensed Nearest Neighbor (CNN), วิธี Edited Nearest Neighbors (ENN), วิธี Cross-Validated Committees Filter (CVCF) และ วิธี Iterative Partitioning Filter (IPF) และวิธีการปรับค่าตัวแปรตามที่มีการใช้ตัวกรองข้อมูลรบกวนจากวิธีการขจัดข้อมูลรบกวนร่วมกับการประมาณค่าทดแทนพหุ 3 วิธี ได้แก่ วิธี polytomous regression (polyreg), วิธี random forest (rf) และ วิธี multiple imputation through XGBoost (mixgb) โดยศึกษาผ่านการจำลองข้อมูลแบบมอนติคาร์โล ภายใต้สถานการณ์ของขนาดตัวอย่างเท่ากับ 100, 500 และ 1,000 หน่วย ปริมาณข้อมูลรบกวนเท่ากับ 10%, 20%, 30% และ 40% โดยประสิทธิภาพของวิธีการจัดการข้อมูลรบกวนและโมเดลจำแนกกลุ่มข้อมูล พิจารณาจากค่าความถูกต้อง และค่า F1 ของโมเดลจำแนกกลุ่มข้อมูล 4 วิธี ได้แก่ k-NN, Random Forest, Naïve Bayes และ Support Vector Machine ผลการศึกษาพบว่า วิธีการจัดการข้อมูลรบกวนมีอิทธิพลปฏิสัมพันธ์กับทุกปัจจัย ได้แก่ ขนาดตัวอย่าง อัตราออดของตัวแปรอิสระ ปริมาณข้อมูลรบกวน และโมเดลการจำแนกกลุ่มข้อมูล ที่ส่งผลให้ค่าประสิทธิภาพ F1 แตกต่างกันอย่างมีนัยสำคัญทางสถิติที่ระดับ .05 โดยหากตัวอย่างขนาดเล็ก (n = 100) การปรับค่าตัวแปรตามจะมีแนวโน้มดีกว่าการขจัดข้อมูลรบกวน แต่เมื่อขนาดตัวอย่างขนาดใหญ่ขึ้นทั้ง 2 วิธีจะมีประสิทธิภาพใกล้เคียงกัน เมื่ออัตราออดระดับต่ำ ประสิทธิภาพ F1 ในแต่ละวิธีการจัดการข้อมูลรบกวนมีแนวโน้มสูงกว่าที่อัตราออดระดับกลาง และระดับสูง …

First Impressions: Engage Your Students Starting With The Syllabus!, Virginia (Ginger) B. Wickline, Drew Appleby

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