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In this dissertation, it is proposed that presence is a mechanism overlooked by previous work on video games and guilt. Presence is a multidimensional construct which broadly reflects the feeling of “being there” in a mediated space. One...
Research has shown that the quality of preschool teacher-child relationships can forecast children's social-emotional development, academic achievement, and school attitude; these benefits are amplified for impoverished children. However...
This study sought to fill the gap in the literature concerning gifted students and academic motivation by examining the academic motivation in 126 non-gifted (n = 66) and intellectually gifted (n = 60) middle and high school students....
Reactive Aggression (RA) and Proactive Aggression (PA) represent two functions for engaging in aggressive behaviors. Proactive Aggression (PA) is considered to be a “cold” aggression that results in planned behaviors. In contrast, ...
The purpose of the current study is to provide evidence of the possible repercussions of different teacher certification pathways on student achievement that can inform policy in order to improve the instruction students receive. In the...
My motivation for developing this project started with the question: What is the intersection of students’ culture with physics ideas? I ask this because for decades scholars have explored the impact that the intersection of school and...
Black Students from At-Risk to Thriving At-Possibility: An Exploration of Multi-Systemic Ecological Factors Associated with the Academic Resilience of Black Male High School Students
America’s problem with high school students discontinuing enrollment or dropping out of school still persists despite reported increases in the nation’s graduation rates over the past few years. Black males have statistically had the...
Prior research has documented a general decline in children's learning value and self-concept (i.e., expectation for success), beginning in the first years of school. Students who demonstrated patterns of low academic value and low...
An important goal of teacher education programs is to encourage preservice teachers to develop their understanding of student learning and instruction. One way to determine the possible impact of teacher education programs on preservice...
Reform-based mathematics instruction is a complex process, involving an interaction of students, content, and pedagogical approaches (Cohen & Ball, 1999). To implement such instruction, teachers not only need to have the knowledge of...
The purpose of this study was to test the effects of various perceived reading purposes on seventh and eighth grade social-studies students' levels of Mental Representation of Text and General Comprehension of texts. One hundred and four...
Despite years of attempted mathematics education reform, there is little evidence that prospective teachers entering the profession are significantly better positioned than their in-service peers to implement reform-based mathematics...
As the American student population continues to diversify, preparing teachers to effectively educate these students is paramount. Scholars have conducted an array of culture and classroom management studies attempting to ameliorate this...
The development of children's emergent literacy skills is important because these skills are strongly associated with later reading abilities and academic achievement. In the United States, students who are of Hispanic/Latinx descent...
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