Browsing by Department "Education Foundation, Leadership, and Technology"
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An Examination of Coaching Leadership Style Preferences of Female Professional Basketball Players
(2017-07-26)
In athletics, every athlete on any team prefers different behaviors from their coach.
Previous research has not been able to articulate player preferences regarding their preferred
coaching behaviors and if their coaches ...
An Examination of Diversity and Inclusion in Physical Therapy Admissions
(2020-04-22)
The purpose of this study was to examine Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) admissions practices. This study focused on admission committees’ selection priorities and processes and their influence on diversity and inclusion. ...
An Examination of Factors Influencing African-American Students' Choice to Attend Predominately White Institutions
(2009-07-28)
The purpose of this study was to examine the factors that influence African American college students’ decisions to attend an HBCU or a PWI 4-year institution. Differences among African Americans in factors influencing the ...
An Examination of Factors Influencing Collegiate Social Integration of African American Students at a Predominantly White Institution
(2012-05-03)
There is a lack of research addressing social integration of African American students at predominantly White institutions (PWIs). Evidence has indicated that the college experience for African American students at ...
Examination of factors that promote transformative learning experiences of college-level adult learners of foreign languages
(2013-10-28)
The purpose of this study was to examine factors that promote transformative learning experiences of college-level adult learners of foreign languages. This study was conducted to analyze how college-level adult learners ...
Examination of Faculty Members’ Multicultural Teaching Competencies at a Four-Year Institution
(2016-05-04)
The demographic diversification of the student body and the cultural mismatch between the students and their educators have impacted both the academic achievement of the students and the faculty and graduate-level educators ...
An Examination of Gender and Occupational Training on Grade Point Averages of Postsecondary Career Technical Education Graduates in Alabama
(2014-11-24)
Career technical education programs are viewed as an essential resource to addressing the economic and workforce development needs in the State of Alabama. The primary impetus for this study is to determine whether students ...
An Examination of Language Learning Beliefs and Language Learning Strategy Use in Adult ESL Learners in a Higher Educational Setting
(2014-05-01)
The purpose of this study was to examine adult international students’ English learning beliefs and their use of different learning strategies at a four-year institution. This study was conducted to analyze English learning ...
Examination of Leadership and 4-H Experience among 4-H Participants
(2021-07-20)
The future of the nation, and the future of world civilization, will soon rest in the hands of today’s youth (Kleon & Rinhart, 1998). Youth organizations such as Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, and 4-H provide lifelong leadership ...
Examination of Learning Styles and Technology Perceptions among Higher Education Students
(2015-07-23)
Today, adoption of innovative technology is an important subject for research and work. Recent research discussed the importance of integrating modern technology into teaching and learning environments in higher education ...
An Examination of Mentoring Mindsets of Faculty (Mentors) and Graduate Students (Protégés): An Exploratory Study of a Mentoring Framework
(2017-05-17)
The purpose of this study was to examine the characteristics consisting of attitudes, behaviors, and competencies of protégés in a mentoring relationship. The study examined the presence or absence of a protégé mentoring ...
Examination of Mentoring Relationships of Women in Student Affairs
(2014-12-10)
According to the American Council on Education (2007) the growth of women in leadership positions in higher education has been slow and has not taken place consistently at different types of higher education institutions. ...
An examination of motivational factors influencing high school dropouts participating in General Education Degree (GED) programs
(2012-05-04)
According to the GED Testing Service (2011), over 18 million people have earned a GED credential since 1942. The results from the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey (2007) show that 89% of Whites, 80% of Blacks, ...
The Examination of Outcomes of Fatherhood Program Participants in Rural and Non-Rural Communities
(2017-04-25)
Fatherhood programs focus on enhancing parenting behaviors, couple and co-parenting relationships, and economic security for families and their children. While there is a growing literature on evaluation of fatherhood ...
Examination of Parental Involvement in Relation to a Child's Academic Success
(2017-07-22)
Parents are their child’s first teacher, and education begins in the home. This study has been conducted to investigate the relationship between parental involvement and academic success. The study used a quantitative ...
An Examination of Perceptions, Attitudes, and Levels of Job Satisfaction of Faculty Teaching in a Distance Education Environment
(2009-04-24)
Distance education programs have been encumbered with numerous issues concerning the quality of the delivery of distance education. The purpose of this study was to examine the perceptions, attitudes, and levels of job ...
An Examination of Personality Type Preferences of Male and Female Juvenile Delinquents
(2011-08-15)
Each year, over two million youth are adjudicated through American juvenile courts (Snyder, 2006). Delinquency is a problem that has a negative impact on families, communities, and society. Annual juvenile delinquency ...
An Examination of Positive Behavior Supports in Alabama
(2015-07-29)
This dissertation examined the effects of Positive Behavior Supports (PBS) on academic achievement in the state of Alabama as measured by the scores of the Alabama Reading and Math Test (ARMT) for fourth graders. In this ...
An Examination of Problem-Based Learning and its Impact on Medical Students' Attitudes and Academic Outcomes: A Meta-Analysis
(2017-05-01)
This study examined the relationship of Problem-based Learning (PBL) and medical students’ attitudinal behavior and academic outcomes. The analyses of 14 independent, primary studies conducted between 2003 –2016, on 4,981 ...
An Examination of Reading Comprehension Test Scores and the Use of Graphic Organizers for Adult English as a Second Language Learners
(2019-07-29)
The vast majority of the studies concerning graphic organizer use for the improvement of reading comprehension have been carried out with first language (L1) learners. The recommendations to employ graphic organizers as ...