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Creator:: Viveros Cespedes, Marcos
Abstract:: This dissertation examines college students' reflections on gender-related topics within a social justice course of a teacher preparation program. Using critical and feminist approaches, this study explores how a strategically designed curriculum focused on the study of gender enhances students' understanding of sexism, gender oppression, and masculinity. The curriculum employs...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
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Creator:: DeLoach, Robin
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to explore the factors that influence the ability of teachers and administrators to use data obtained from a data warehouse to inform instruction. The mixed methods study was guided by the following questions: 1) What data warehouse application features affect the ability of an...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: ................................................................................. 151 Appendix E Focus Group Informed Consent

Creator:: Harrison, Faimous J. L.
Abstract:: Branch campuses play an important part in postsecondary degree attainment by providing place-bound students from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds in different geographical regions access to education that is convenient. Their heterogeneousness structures, including enrollment size, communities, and populations served, are not accurately reflected in the majority of the research. Currently, there...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: ) specifying and illustrating data results accessibility; and e) a system implemented where different state

Creator:: Avila, Kena T.
Abstract:: This research examines the discourses that impact the teachers of ELL teachers within their instructional practices, their school environment, and a wider educational system. Interviews, observations, and focus groups of twelve teachers at two elementary schools in the Pacific Northwest provide the data for this grounded theory approach that uncovers...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
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Creator:: McKiel, Carol J.
Abstract:: Research suggests that a key factor in student persistence and success is the relationships students form with faculty (Chickering & Gamson, 1991; Kuh et al., 2005; Tinto, 1987). While it appears to be intuitive that small classes would promote these instructor/student relationships, research on class size provides conflicting results, with...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Affective Management Functions: (E) Providing Motivation .............................169 Chapter Summary

Creator:: Barry, Kate R.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study is to critically explore low-income women's experience as they negotiate post secondary education in community colleges. Three research questions explore the context through which low-income women have entered the college experience, what that experience is like for them, and how the community college experience has...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: ……………………………………………154 Appendix D: Personal Disclosure……………………………………………….156 Appendix E: Glossary of Terms

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