Electronic Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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INVESTIGATION OF SECONDARY SCIENCE TEACHERS’ PERSPECTIVES OF A CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE LESSON ON RACE AND HUMAN GENETICS
(2020-08-18)Background: High school students are not taught that race is a social rather than biological construct, and this pedagogical omission has led to biological essentialism. Biological essentialism is the belief that race can ... -
The Relationship Between Using A Computer-Assisted Instruction Program and End-Of-Course Performance Of Algebra 1 Students
Background: Each year in a large urban district in southeast Texas, students enter middle and high school classrooms with achievement gaps in mathematics. Students have various levels of prerequisite knowledge, and individual ... -
A CASE STUDY OF SCHOOL DECLINE AT A HISTORIC, PREDOMINANTLY AFRICAN AMERICAN, URBAN HIGH SCHOOL
(2020-08-07)Background: Researchers have not identified what factors cause schools to decline initially. Public school reform requires school leaders to dig through layers of questions to understand school decline, the process in which ... -
Molecular Insight into the Regulation of Cell Differentiation by a Master Regulator Spo0A in starving Bacillus subtilis cells
(2020-07-21)Gram-positive soil bacterium Bacillus subtilis can activate cellular differentiation pathways such as biofilm formation and sporulation, in response to starvation. Spo0A, the master regulator of these cellular differentiation ... -
Effects of contemporaneous orogenesis on sedimentation in the Late Cretaceous Western Interior Basin, northern Utah and southwestern Wyoming
(2020-07-21)During the Late Cretaceous, northern Utah and southwestern Wyoming were affected by contractional deformation driven by subduction of the Farallon plate. Deformation from the Sevier Orogeny resulted in the eastward propagation ... -
Clinical Evaluation of Rod Photoreceptor Function: Measuring Fractional Sensitivity in Normal and Diseased Retinas
(2020-08-10)The electroretinogram (ERG) can assess photoreceptor and postreceptoral retinal function. Robson and Frishman have suggested that the prevailing model of photoreceptor contributions to the a-wave, based only on outer segment ... -
Cognitive Dissonance in College: Focusing on the Classroom Experience
(2020-08-06)Background: According to cognitive dissonance theory, when individuals encounter information at odds with their existing values, beliefs, experience, or knowledge, they may experience cognitive dissonance, and consequently ... -
The Relationship Between Duty-Related Trauma Exposure and PTSD Symptom Severity in Urban Firefighters
(2020-08-06)Background: Many firefighters are also emergency medical service personnel. Therefore, they respond not only to fire calls, but also to an array of different incidents, including motor vehicle accidents, accidents involving ... -
A PROGRAM EVALUATION OF A STEM SUMMER PROGRAM FOR MIDDLE GRADE STUDENTS AND THE INFLUENCE ON ATTITUDES TOWARD STEM AND STEM CAREERS
(2020-08-07)Background: Informal learning environments that focus on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) provide students the opportunity to delve into hands-on problem-solving approaches in STEM disciplines, ... -
Is It Too Late to Save Ms. Angel?: What Elementary Educators Say About Professional Development and IDEA
(2020-08-05)Background: Effective professional development for elementary inclusion educators in meeting the needs of students under the special education program is essential. The researcher focuses on special education teachers who ... -
A Case Study of English Learners' Acquisition of Academic Vocabulary in a High School English 1 for Speakers of Other Languages Classroom
(2020-08-11)Background: Recently, 9.6% of public-school students in the United States were identified as English learners (ELs), nearly doubling from 4.9% in 2000. The U.S. Department of Education reports that the graduation rate ... -
A case study examining the Social Capital of first-generation students via a dual enrollment program
(2020-08-06)Background: Partnerships between public school districts and local community colleges known as dual enrollment programs have led to successful college transition experiences for students. These programs have proven results ... -
EXPLORING THE IMPACT OF GROWTH MINDSET STRATEGIES ON MATHEMATICS PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS’ BELIEFS
(2020-08-06)Background: Teachers entering the world of education often have predetermined beliefs about mathematics that may negatively affect instructional practices. These beliefs may or may not be perceptible to the person holding ... -
Perceptions on Enactment of the Effective Mathematics Teaching Practices by Teacher Candidates: A Replication Study
(2020-08-05)Background: Teacher candidates are encouraged in their teacher preparation programs to enact instructional practices that support equity and access for all students. Learning to teach is complex and challenging, and teacher ... -
Perceptions of 6th Grade Content Area Teachers Regarding Growth Mindset Strategies
(2020-08-05)Title: Perceptions of Sixth-Grade Content-Area Teachers Regarding Growth Mindset Strategies Background: Students in America face many challenges during their middle school years that social and emotional learning competencies ... -
Understanding Students’ Perceptions of Their Motivation to Practice Recreational Reading
(2020-08-05)Background: Research has found regular reading, or the practice of habitually reading for pleasure, to support students’ learning in both literacy and other subject areas. Although reading serves as the foundation for ... -
Professional Development, Instructional Coaching, and Discourse in the Secondary Mathematics Classroom
(2020-08-05)Background: This study focused on the need for understanding effective, ongoing professional development for teachers as they learn the skill of facilitating discourse into their classrooms. Teachers should engage in ongoing ... -
The Impact of Professional Development on Teachers’ Implementation of Formative Assessment Practices
(2020-08-05)Background: In order to better prepare teachers for the journey ahead of them, effective models of professional development must be implemented. Formative assessment shifts the onus of learning onto students; this necessary ... -
Supporting the Literacy Skills Necessary to Master Technical Vocabulary
(2020-08-05)Background: Career and Technical Education programs integrate authentic experiences that incorporate work-related skills into curricula, which provide students instruction related to a wide variety of careers and occupational ... -
CULTIVATING CAPACITY: A PRINCIPAL’S USE OF DISTRIBUTED LEADERSHIP THEORY TECHNIQUES
(2020-08-05)Background: The demands placed on educators are challenging. High stakes testing along with long hours, low pay, limited benefits, and not enough support lead to teacher frustration. Improving educators’ working conditions ...