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Creator:: Berger, Amber D.
Abstract:: As people learn new concepts, they experience a process termed conceptual change. There are several theories that attempt to explain conceptual change, and this paper uses the framework theory to explain how students learn mechanics of materials. Semi-structured interviews with ninety students were qualitatively analyzed for this research in an...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Creator:: Staus, Nancy L.
Abstract:: Although many science educators and researchers believe that emotion is an important part of the learning process, few researchers have dealt with the topic in a systematic fashion. The purpose of this study was to examine the role of emotion in the learning process, particularly in the learning of science...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: emotion in terms of arousal and valence, and drew on research from the fields of psychology and

Creator:: Cerny, Leonard Thomas
Abstract:: A combination of theoretical perspectives is used to create a rich description of student reasoning when facing a highly-geometric electricity and magnetism problem in an upper-division active-engagement physics classroom at Oregon State University. Geometric reasoning as students encounter problem situations ranging from familiar to novel is described using van Zee...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Creator:: Lewis, Kendra M.
Abstract:: Schools are increasingly expected to prevent and decrease violence, substance use, and other problem behaviors linked to academics and prepare students to be contributing members of society. One approach with proven success in promoting positive outcomes related to a broad range of student behaviors and personal characteristics is social-emotional learning,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: minority youth are particularly affected by the disparities of the educational system (Aud, Fox, M

Creator:: Tominey, Shauna L. M.
Abstract:: Behavioral self-regulation has emerged as an important predictor of academic success as early as preschool. Few studies, however, have examined ways to improve children's behavioral self-regulation in preschool, prior to formal school entry. This dissertation includes two studies examining a pilot intervention using classroom games to improve behavioral self-regulation with...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: resources (financial and educational), little parent-child quality time, and high rates of authoritarian

Creator:: Hadraba, Heather D.
Abstract:: School counselors are challenged with creating a wide range of programs to address three developmental domains: personal/social, career, and academic, with an increasing requirement to provide accurate and sufficient data substantiating their professional contributions to students’ academic achievement. At the same time, the professional literature reports that during adolescence there...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: MI in educational environments (Kittles & Atkinson, 2009). While MI done by a school counselor is

Creator:: Meza Discua, José Luis
Abstract:: Latinos are the largest and most rapidly growing ethnic minority in the United States, and they have the highest dropout rates of any major ethnic group in the country (U.S. Department of Labor, 2003). Latinos' educational attainment is consistently lower than that of other students (Gandara, 2008). The majority of...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: orientation. Goal orientation originated in educational psychology literature in the early 1980s, and has

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