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Education, Language, and Identity: A Narrative Inquiry on Perspectives in Rural South Africa
(2017-08)This qualitative study takes a narrative approach to inquiring into the lived experiences of linguistically diverse students. As students are often placed into developmental education courses due to factors that point back ... -
The Texas Success Initiative Assessment and The Tests of Adult Basic Education: A Comparison of Student Performance And Placement
(2021-12)This study explores the relationship between scores and educational placement levels on two academic mathematics assessment systems: The Tests of Adult Basic Education 11/12 mathematics (TABE-M) and the Texas Success ... -
Undergraduate Latina/o/x Student Motivation: Moderating Influences of Cultural Capital on STEM Persistence at a Hispanic-serving Institution
(2021-12)This dissertation is a quantitative correlational study that explored the associations between elements of expectancy-value theory of achievement choices and Latina/o/x students’ intention to persist in their STEM major ... -
Say It Loud!: An identity intersection autoethnography as told by a Black female early childhood educator to affluent white students and their parents
(2021-12)A person is not just one identity, they are many. All of their identities intersect to make the person who they are. In this autoethnograpic narrative, I describe how my upbringing and racialized experiences shaped my ... -
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Student Motivation and Academic Dishonesty: A Meta-Analytic Investigation
(2019-05)Academic dishonesty plagues nearly every educational institution. It can lead to serious consequences, including the illegitimate earning of credentials, inability to perform job duties, and continued deviance within ... -
Social Media Professional Development: Options for Community College Developmental Education Adjunct Instructors
(2021-05)Effective professional development for course instructors in higher education has long been a point of interest in terms of how not only ongoing training can benefit instructors but also how those benefits could possibly ... -
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Through the Reading Lens: A Case Study Exploration of the Transfer Aspirations of Latina Community College Students Enrolled in Developmental Literacy Coursework
(2020-12)Many students who begin postsecondary education at community colleges indicate holding aspirations of transferring and obtaining a bachelor’s degree or higher, but less than a third of these students transition to a four-year ... -
To What Extent do Grade Level and Above Grade Level Seventh Grade Readers Use Metacognitive Reading Strategies in Reading Fiction and Non-Fiction?
(2001-12)This study examined grade level and above grade level seventh grade readers’ current awareness and use of metacognitive reading strategies. The sample included a target group o f 12 students—six students from each ability ... -
Developing Voice using Journal Writing in Grades 7-12: A Content Analysis of Teacher Resources
(2002-08)No abstract prepared. -
Arithmetical Concepts and Understandings for the Junior High School Level Educable Mental Retardate
(1967-05)No abstract prepared. -
Effects of 4-H Interstate Exchange Program Participation
(2003-12)This study examines the effects of participation in the 4-H interstate exchange program. Prior to this investigation, very little research has been done on this subject. The study included three case studies with a total ... -
Traditional-Age, First-Generation College Women: The Influence of Interpersonal Relationships on Their Academic Experiences
(2020-08)The number of women matriculating to college and successfully earning their degree continues to rise; all the while, college campuses continue to see a steady incline in the enrollment of first-generation students. Despite ... -
Transformative Interventions: Studying Participant Perceptions of the Significance of Various Correctional Rehabilitation Program Elements
(2000-12)This qualitative phenomenological study inquired into the experiences and perceptions of 8 successful graduates of the Convicted Offender Re-Entry Effort (CORE) boot camp and Construction Gateway rehabilitative program ...
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A Proposal for a Program of Education for the Migrant Students in the Secondary Schools of Harlingen, Texas
(1959-08)No abstract prepared. -
A Check List Analysis of Methods Used by Pre-primer Teachers of Non-English Speaking Children
(1941-08)No abstract prepared. -
