Browsing Auburn Theses and Dissertations by Department "Curriculum and Teaching"
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Dr. Billy G. Walls and the Auburn University Bands, 1961-1991: A Story of Impact, Influence and Innovation
(2010-12-08)
The purpose of this study was to examine the career of Dr. Billy G. Walls at Auburn University. The study focused on three aspects of his career, namely: social, economic and political issues that affected the band program ...
Early Childhood Education Today: Kindergarten Teachers’ Beliefs, Practices, and Influences
(2012-04-27)
The purpose of the study was to gain insight into the face of early childhood education in today's world of education. The study examined kindergarten teachers’ perspectives on (a) how young children should be taught, (b) ...
The Economic Impact of Supervised Agricultural Experiences in Agricultural Education from a National Perspective
(2014-07-24)
The purpose of this quantitative study was to examine, on a national level, the economic impact of the agricultural education students supervised agricultural experience programs (SAE), and determine whether certain ...
Educational Change: The View from Within
(2015-08-18)
The purpose of this dissertation research was to capture the lived experiences of teachers in an independent private school during a four-year period of multiple systemic changes. This was done in a retrospective manner ...
Educative Curriculum Materials
(2009-05-15)
This study explored the dynamic teacher-curriculum relationship to determine whether experiences with educative curriculum materials for using historical photographs might contribute to three social studies teachers’ ...
The Effect of a State Department of Education Teacher Mentor Initiative on Science Achievement
(2010-08-04)
This study analyzed a state department of education’s ability to have actual influence over the improvement of science achievement and proficiency by having direct relationships with science teachers in Georgia’s lowest ...
Effect of Independent Reading on Fourth Graders' Vocabulary, Fluency, and Comprehension
(2008-05-15)
Acquiring an extensive vocabulary can have an enormous effect on one’s comprehension, fluency, and the ability to speak effectively to others. One way to acquire this widespread vocabulary is through reading a wide array ...
The Effect of Risk Level and Group Size on Student Phonemic Awareness Achievement
(2005-12-15)
The purpose of the study was to determine if small group phonemic awareness intervention results in equal or greater phonemic awareness achievement than one-to-one tutoring dependent on a students risk level for reading ...
The Effect of Technological Representations on Developmental Mathematics Students' Understanding of Functions
(2010-08-03)
The use of technology in mathematics education has been strongly encouraged by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM, 2000) and the American Association of Two-year Colleges (AMATYC, 2006). Researchers have ...
The Effect of Text Illustrations on Young Children's Vocabulary Acquisition and Construction of Meaning During Storybook Read Alouds
(2006-12-15)
The effectiveness of illustrations for increasing students’ vocabulary knowledge and construction of meaning during storybook read alouds had been studied extensively. Although decades of research have suggested that ...
Effective Teaching In High Poverty Schools
(2013-11-21)
My experiences as a teacher in a high-poverty elementary school led me to believe that the most critical ingredient in the academic success of at-risk students is effective teaching. When teaching standards that are ...
The Effectiveness of DIBELS Oral Reading Fluency as a Predictor of Reading Comprehension for High- and Low-Income Students
(2005-08-15)
The purpose of this two-part, non-experimental study was to examine the predictive nature of reading fluency scores in relation to reading comprehension scores and determine if the associations between these scores were ...
Effectiveness of Explicit, Rich Vocabulary Instruction on Reading Comprehension and Word Knowledge of High School Students
(2013-11-19)
This study investigated the effects of explicit, rich vocabulary instruction on the word acquisition and reading comprehension of high school students. The quasi-experimental study employed a two-group pretest-posttest ...
Effects of Bibliotherapy on Second Grader's Conflict Resolution Related to Bullying
(2013-11-19)
This study investigated the effects of bibliotherapy on bullying with second graders. In this study, the bibliotherapy treatment group listened to and discussed ten trade books with the content of bullying. The control ...
The Effects of Length of Instruction on Rhythm-Reading Learning and Retention
(2014-06-24)
This study analyzed the effectiveness of instructional time on rhythm-reading learning and retention. Second-grade students (N = 128) received either five-minutes or ten-minutes of rhythm-reading instruction using techniques ...
Effects of Modified Fluency-Oriented Reading Instruction on African American Boys’ Oral Reading Fluency and Attitudes toward Reading
(2008-08-15)
Reading achievement among boys has been a subject of interest in educational research for several years. Not until the 1990s did the issue of educating boys become nationally and internationally acknowledged as an existing ...
The Effects of Teaching Critical Thinking and Reading Comprehension Strategies on the Writing of Developmental English Students in a Community College
(2008-05-15)
The setting for this study was a community college in southeast Alabama, and the purpose was to determine whether the teaching of reading comprehension and critical thinking strategies along with English grammar and writing ...
Effects of Teaching Vocabulary Using Various Forms of Rich Instruction in Thematically Versus Randomly Grouped Sets
(2011-05-09)
This study investigated the effects of teaching vocabulary words in thematically versus randomly grouped sets in the context of various forms of rich vocabulary instruction. A group of 62 fourth graders was taught 49 ...
The Effects of Two Approaches to Rhythm Study on the Sight-Reading Proficiency of Secondary Wind Instrumentalists
(2016-05-05)
Music educators strive diligently to develop musically literate student musicians. Sight-reading new music is one way of displaying music literacy because musicians must simultaneously synthesize an understanding of music ...
Elementary Preservice Teachers' Conceptions of Common Approaches to Teaching Science and Mathematics
(2011-11-22)
This study investigated preservice teachers’ thinking about common approaches to math and science education for elementary children in grades K-6. Specifically, this study focused on preservice teachers' thinking on the ...