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A Black Death: Can Relic Oysters Be Used in Restoration Efforts?
(2018)The eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica, plays an important role in estuarine ecosystems, but populations have been decimated compared to historic levels. Large storm events, including hurricanes, periodically eliminate ... -
A Case for Competencies: Assessing the Value of Trait-Based Performance Appraisal for Non-Faculty University Employees
(Educational Policy Analysis Archives, 5/11/2016)A case study analyzed how supervisors at one university selected competencies, or trait-based skills, for non-faculty employees. This case study provides a valuable contribution by focusing on employees at one institution ... -
A Case Study Analysis of Academic Advisors’ Perceptions and Attitudes Towards Intrusive Advising
(December 2)Background. This study examines how and why intrusive advising programs function from the perspective of academic advisors who utilize the intrusive style of advising with community college students entering into college ... -
A Case Study Of An Early College High School: Students' Perceptions Of The Benefits And Challenges Experienced While Attending An Early College High School And Factors Influencing Program Completion
(2016-12)Nationwide, there has been an enormous amount of attention paid to the importance of college readiness for high school students. The Early College High School Program was created to address the problems of low college ... -
A CASE STUDY OF DELAYING SCHOOL ENTRY ON THE EFFECTS OF STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT IN MATHEMATICS IN SEVENTH GRADE
(2012-05)The concept known as “red-shirting” in sports to provide an athletic advantage by delaying a child’s entry into sports is also prevalent among parents who perceive an academic advantage for delaying their children’s school ... -
A Case Study of Middle School Discipline Referrals by Gender, Grade Level, and Consequence
(2011-05)The purpose of this study is to determine if office discipline referrals differ significantly by gender and grade level for middle school students, and to determine if a relationship exists between gender, discipline reason, ... -
A CASE STUDY OF THE EFFECTS OF CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT OF COOPERATIVE LEARNING ON STUDENT ON-/OFF-TASK ENGAGEMENT IN FIVE HIGH SCHOOL MATHEMATICS CLASSROOMS
(2011-05)Cooperative learning is one active learning strategy that creates an opportunity for students to work together to acquire both cognitive and affective skills. However, observations of secondary classrooms reveal that ... -
A Case Study of the Implementation and Adoption of a Learning Management System (LMS) in a Large Urban School District
(2017-05)Leaders planning for innovative teaching and learning require special decision-making abilities, and need to avoid imposing new technology when organizational members are not well-prepared or integrated into the project ... -
A case study of the influence of professional friendships among teachers on teacher retention, school culture, teacher performance, and student performance
(2016-05)The manner in which teacher friendships influence teacher retention, student performance, and the influence they have on the quality of the school’s learning environment has not been studied in great depth. Many studies ... -
A CASE STUDY OF THE TRANSFORMATION OF A LOW-PERFORMING SCHOOL INTO A HIGH PERFORMING SCHOOL
(2011-05)A critical issue for school administrators is low-performing schools. The enactment of the No Child Left Behind Act in 2001 and the resulting emphasis on school accountability ratings and high-stakes achievement testing ... -
A Case Study on Administrative Perspectives of Student Relationships on a Rural Middle School Campus
(August 201)Background: Relationships forged at school can aid or hinder development in regards to learning and behaviors. These relationships are critical at the middle school level when adolescents are beginning to form their own ... -
A Case Study on Teacher and Tutor Perceptions of the Influence of Peer Tutoring in the Newcomer English Learner Mathematics Classroom
(2019-12)Background: Research studies have shown that Latino immigrants entering secondary U.S. classrooms have lower academic achievement, higher rates of absenteeism, and reported higher levels of stress in their communities, ... -
A Case Study on the Annexation of the North Forest Independent School District by the Houston Independent School District
(December 2)Abstract Background: The challenges confronting a school district to meet state or federal standards and regulations can be daunting, and the failure to meet them can have serious consequences. If a district fails to ... -
A Case Study on Video-based Professional Development
(August 201)Pearson and Gallagher’s (1983) Gradual Release of Responsibilities Model suggests the starting point of teaching is modeling. As teacher expertise is essential in supporting good instruction, teachers need modeling of ... -
A Case Study: Acculturation of International Undergraduate Students from China
(December 2)The purpose of this study was to examine the acculturation strategies of undergraduate, international students from China at a Southwest university. It applies John Berry’s (1997) acculturation theoretical framework that ... -
A Case Study: Developmet of Critical Skills Curriculum For Post 9/11 Veterans Transitioning to Civilian and Higher Education Lifestyles
(2014-08)This case study focuses on curriculum development for creating critical skills enhancement curriculum that qualifies for the Post 9/11 Government Issued (GI) Educational Bill, as well as providing a cohort structure that ... -
A Checkpointing Restart Approach for OpenSHMEM Fault Tolerance
(2016-05)The Partitioned Global Address Space (PGAS) has emerged recently for parallel programming at large scale. The PGAS ecosystem contains libraries, and languages (often implemented atop those libraries). One such library is ... -
A Clinical Protocol to Validate a Breast Conservative Therapy Outcome Model
(2013-08)Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women around the world. Regarding the different treatments modalities for breast cancer, one is Breast Conservative Therapy (BCT) where the complete tumor and a margin of healthy ... -
A Code Structure Visualization Tool for Groovy
(2013-12)Real world systems often turn complex by nature. Dealing with complexity takes great amount of effort and time. A visualization tool can help to understand the code structure and ease the efforts. This work is an attempt ... -
A cognitive dimensional approach to understanding comorbidity among reading disability, math disability, and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
(2015-12)Reading disability (RD), math disability (MD), and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are common disorders that frequently co-occur in school-aged children. However, it is not yet clear which cognitive factors ...