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  • Voices from the coast : drawing on family funds of knowledge to build ocean literacy and home school partnerships

    Creator:
    Roebber, Susan Merwin
    Abstract:
    In this qualitative study, ethnographic methods were used to identify parent funds of knowledge related to ocean literacy in a rural, coastal context. Participants included 16 parents of students in the teacher-researcher's third-grade classroom. Interactions between parent-child, parent-parent, and parent and the teacher-researcher were studied in order to determine factors...
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    Dissertation
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    parent perspectives of their experience following participation in ocean literacy activities with their

  • The effect of Head Start on mother and father involvement

    Creator:
    Harmon, Bethany J.
    Abstract:
    Past research on Head Start has focused on child outcomes, yet Head Start services also target the behaviors of parents. Using data from the Fragile Families and Child Well-being Study (FFCW), the current study examined the effect of Head Start on mother (n = 3,575) and father (n = 1,812)...
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    Masters Thesis
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    participation and at-home parent-child involvement

  • Exploring the foundations of science interest development in early childhood

    Creator:
    Pattison, Scott A.
    Abstract:
    There is growing evidence that children develop science-related interests in early childhood, before they enter school, and that these interests may have long-term implications for science participation and achievement. Although researchers have made headway in describing interest development in the preschool years, little is currently known about the proximal processes...
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    Dissertation
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    DISSERTATION OF Scott A. Pattison for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Science Education presented

  • Women, poverty, and educational success : a critical exploration of low-income women's experience in community colleges

    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...
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    Dissertation
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    low-income women’s participation in post secondary education, and low-income women’s issues and