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Abstinence Education: Creating Evaluation Criteria and Evaluating Curriculum

Keitel, Robert S. (2004)

This study created evaluation criteria using the A-H federal abstinence education guidelines (originally part of the Welfare Reform Act of 1996). It examined each guideline to identify its uniqueness vis-a-vis the other ...
An Action Research Study of the Impact of Professional Development on Unit Planning and Curriculum Alignment: At the Middle School Level

Proskinitopoulos, Parthena P. (2020-11-04)

This action research study of teacher instructional planning and professional development was conducted using qualitative and quantitative data in the needs assessment, Iteration 1 and 2. The purpose of the needs assessment ...
ALL THAT GLITTERS IS NOT GOLD: A CASE STUDY OF A HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES COLLEGE READINESS PROGRAM

Hanks, Shantè T. (2021-08)

Researchers are finding the traditional vision of college readiness is not working for today’s disconnected youth. Hess (2010) and Hehir (2012) affirm that the one-size fits all approach for advising students about ...
An Analysis of Factors Correlated with the Achievement of the Goal Standard for the Science Portion of the Connecticut Academic Performance Test

Kmetz, Barbara F. (2001-03)

This study sought to identify factors that could be used to predict the success of students on the science portion of the grade ten Connecticut Academic Performance Test (CAPT). While the Connecticut State Department of ...
An Analysis of First Amendment Issues Concerning Public Funding of Private Schools With an Emphasis on Voucher Plans in Cases Adjudicated by The United States Supreme Court as of 2002

Iparraguirre, Ann R. (2003-03-26)

In June, 2002, the United States Supreme Court upheld the constitutional soundness of a voucher plan that had been passed into law in Ohio. It was the first time the highest court rendered a decision in the matter. While ...
An Analysis of State and Supreme Court School Desegregation Cases: The Impact of Granting Unitary Status

Chakar, Robert L. Jr. (2003)

This study reviewed and analyzed the legal and educational impact of court decisions granting unitary status to school districts that have been declared desegregated. This study reviewed literature concerning segregation, ...
An Analysis of the Levels of Thinking Required by Questions in Selected Literature Anthologies for Grades Eight, Nine, and Ten

Ambrulevich, Almeda King (1985-11)

The purpose of this study was to determine whether selected literature textbooks published for students in grades eight through ten provided questions which ranged from the simplest to the most complex levels of thinking. ...
Argumentative Writing Through a 21st Century Framework: An Action Research Study

Stasaitis, Maria P. (2017-04-03)

This Action Research study examined the implementation of integrated writing as originally described by MacArthur, Graham & Schwartz (1993) in order to investigate (a) seventh-grade English-Language Arts students' ...
Attachment Styles, Resource Control Strategies and Achievement Motives Predict Adjustment to College: A Quantitative Study

Drath, Anne-Fried (2018-09-04)

Emerging adulthood is a critical developmental time as individuals strive to form an identity and establish important social ties. The balance among motives to achieve, gain social power, and connect with others shapes ...
A Bi-Variate Examination of Leonard Bernstein's Artful Learning Model

Hamilton, Heather Amlin (2010-04-01)

The purpose of this study was to determine if there was a significant difference in the test scores of fifth grade, public school students, in Iowa, who are using Leonard Bernstein's Artful Learning Model compared to fifth ...
Build Back Better: The COVID-19 Pandemic and My Evolution as an Urban Music Educator

Roche, Michael (2021-07-14)

This thesis is an action research study exploring the impact the pandemic has had on my own teaching, and more generally, education and music education in the city where I teach. Data includes my own reflections on the ...
A Case Study of Social Strategies: A Retrospective from 7 Adults with Special Needs Educated in Connecticut Public School

Fullam, Rosanne Guccione (2015-04-25)

The educational community has developed many programs, support systems, and provided teacher training that is focused on promoting professional knowledge and skills, and acceptable support systems for students with special ...
Cerebral Dominance, English as a Second Language Methodologies, Theory, Learning, and Acquisition for the Adult ESL Student

Aucella, Laurence F. (1997-04)

The purpose of this study was to affirm that the right cerebral hemisphere is dominant in the initial phase of English as a Second Language processing. This study compared a right cerebral hemispheric Whole Language ...
The Comer Model: School Improvement for Students at Risk

Joyner, Edward (1989-11)

This study assessed the effect of the School Development Program (SDP) or Comer Model on selected outcomes of schooling in six elementary schools in a southern New England urban school district. Subjects included elementary ...
Community College Freshmen's Perceptions of In-Class Faculty Microaggressions and Their Intent to Persist

Ramsay, Sandra (2019-12-15)

Faculty microaggressive behavior was reported to be pervasive in the community college classroom (Casanova, McGuire, & Martin, 2018; Suarez-Orozco et al., 2015). However, not much research focused on how community college ...
A Comparative Study of Students' Perceptions of School Climate at the Traditional High School Versus the Alternative High School in New Haven County

Adebayo, Afolabi James (2007-08-08)

A comparative study of students' perceptions of school climate at the traditional high school versus the alternative high school in New Haven County. The primary purpose of this study was to compare students' perceptions ...
The Construction of Physics Knowledge by High School Students as a Result of Participation in the Yale University Physics Olympics

Andronesco, Nicholas (2007)

Constructivism is a concept and methodology debated and applied for many years in education. According to this concept, knowledge is built in learners' minds through experimentation and reflection. Communicating and ...
Contributions to the successes and barriers of African American male educators in K-12 public school education: A Case Study

Sinclair, Nadine (2019-10-18)

There is a shortage of African American male educators in the United States (Delpit, 2006). This underrepresentation occurred as a result of the significant case, Brown vs. Board of Education (1954), which permitted the ...
Deconstructing Gender in the Elementary String Classroom

D'Angelo, Katherine (2021-05-06)

At the elementary level, gender roles play a large part in shaping children’s current and future music education. Research demonstrates, that by fifth grade, children beginning instrumental instruction choose an instrument ...
A Descriptive Analysis of the Nigerian Educational Framework

Umoh, Peter (2015-07-24)

Nigeria inherited a colonial educational framework at independence from Britain on October 1st 1960. The systemic thrust of this education centered on the liberal arts modality and not the sciences. This system of education ...

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