Despite ongoing initiatives and research efforts, the persistent underrepresentation of marginalized groups in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) disciplines in the U.S. has seen little improvement. This study posits that a fundamental change in teacher preparation can lead to more inclusive STEM learning environments. It centers on the development...
In the 27 years since the establishment of federal law mandating special education, no state has been fully in compliance. In addition, the voices of school personnel (special education teachers, speech and language pathologists, and school psychologists) charged with implementing these laws and regulations have been largely silent in the...
The purpose of this research project was to gain a deeper understanding of the
lived experience of faculty of color. More specifically, this project explores how
diversity-related workload expectations impact faculty of color who work in
predominantly white community colleges. Known by various descriptors, the term
used in this research...
More than any other single factor, access to community college education depends on proximity. The advent of the community college branch campus has opened higher education to broader segments of the population.
The purpose of this study was twofold: 1) to discover services that students who attend a branch campus...
This qualitative narrative inquiry study explored the experiences and perspectives of five Asian American females who have sought presidencies and/or vice presidencies in community colleges. All five of the participants are currently either a president or vice president in community colleges. This study found nine themes that capture the barriers...
The purpose of this study was to examine the relativeeffectiveness of functional isometric squats on thedevelopment of dynamic strength, static strength and powerof college males. Ten college males volunteered for thestudy. The subjects trained two days per week for a totalof eight weeks which consisted of a two week preconditioningperiod...
Community college and university degree partnership programs allow students to tailor their educational experiences to fit personal goals and preferences while transitioning back and forth seamlessly between a community college and four-year university. This qualitative research study, telling the stories and lived experiences of six students participating in a community...
The purpose of this study was to examine how accurate classroom
teachers' observations are for identifying high and low motor
performances.
In order to assess teacher accuracy in rating motor performance,
an analysis was conducted on students' scores on the Short Form of
the Bruininks - Oseretsky Test of Motor...
The black and white pattern formed when an individual word is
printed on a page was analyzed by the Fourier transform. The Fourier
transform produces a sequence of sinusodial functions, usually called
spatial frequencies, whose amplitudes depend upon the particular
pattern analyzed. These amplitudes were examined to determine if the...
The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of
teaching high school health by team teaching and traditional teaching
methods. For this study 114 second-semester sophomore health
students from Centennial High School in Gresham, Oregon were
used, distributed in three health classes as a control group, utilizing
traditional...