Browsing by Author "Strom, Paris"

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Interviews as a Predictor of Success to Support Admission to Nursing School

Hamilton, Cam (2011-11-21)

Baccalaureate nursing programs are encouraged to provide increased numbers of graduates prepared to meet the future needs of healthcare. Limited access to nursing schools and unique cohort learning necessitates close ...

Job Performance and Self-Efficacy of Final Assembly Workers in Southeastern Automobile Manufacturing Facilities

Sellars, Tajuan (2021-07-29)

This study investigated the relationships between final assembly workers’ job performance and self-efficacy as assessed by self-reported job performance and general self-efficacy instruments. Study participants were selected ...

Learning Partnerships in a Sustained Turnaround School: A Social Network Approach

McCurdy, Shannon (2017-12-06)

Turnaround schools had gained attention since the Bush Administration and No Child Left Behind. Studies were published frequently on the blueprints of turnaround and sustainability in which leadership was a focal point. ...

A Life Preserver for the 'Sink or Swim' Years: An Investigation of New Teacher Obstacles and the Impact of a Peer Support Group

Brandt, Shannon (2005-08-15)

The high number of teachers leaving the profession after only a few years of teaching has created a need for teacher education programs and school systems to address the obstacles new teachers are facing and look at ways ...

Math Developmental Education Practices in the Alabama Community College System: Fall 2012 to Summer 2022

Birchfield, Kelly (2023-12-11)

In the United States, students often graduate from high school unprepared to succeed in college. In Alabama, fewer than 25% of high school graduates are college ready. Frequently, unprepared students enroll in community ...

A Meta Analysis: The Effectiveness of the Use of Mobile Computers on the Attitude and Academic Outcomes of K-12 Students

Cassil, Kathleen (2005-08-15)

Statistical meta analyses performed for this study included 32 primary studies conducted between 1993–2005. Two independent meta analyses were conducted regarding student attitudes and academic outcomes. The overall meta ...

Mindfulness Practices as Predictors of Resilience in Alabama Principals

Kiser, Brandon (2020-07-15)

The purpose of this study was to determine how mindfulness predicts the resilience of Alabama principals. This study examined how Alabama principals rated themselves as related to mindfulness practices and resilience and ...

A Mixed Methodological Study of Text Annotation: Exploring Its Effects on Collegiate Student-Athletes’ Reading Comprehension

Hardin, Kimberly (2021-12-09) ETD File Embargoed

Orientation study skills courses and collegiate developmental courses are the new trend for some universities, as more and more students are entering college underprepared. However, there is a gap in research relating ...

Multicultural Counseling Competency of Counselors in Turkey

Koc, Nizamettin (2015-08-12)

The purpose of this study was to measure the multicultural counseling competency of counselors in Turkey. The multicultural counseling competency of Turkish counselors studied based on whether participants have or have not ...

Music Therapy as a Behavior Modification for Students with Severe Behavior

Parker, Forrest (2019-03-07)

Current research shows the effects of music are varied. Research also suggests that music therapy for students with disabilities is varied. This study investigated the effects of the music therapy technique of listening ...

Post-Secondary Instructors’ Approaches to the Assessment of Online Discussions: Influential Factors, Obstacles, and Solutions to the Challenges

Bush, Kyle (2017-04-20)

This study examines the factors, challenges, and solutions to the challenges to assessing online discussions. Online learning continues to become more and more prevalent. Entire degrees are now being offered online. One ...

Project-Based Learning in Adult English as a Second Language Programs: A Multiple Case Study

Davis, Alexis (2015-12-10)

Given the influx of internationals immigrating to the United States (US), English language learners (ELLs) are now the fastest growing group of students in the country with 65% of them being born in the US (DaSilva, Combs, ...

The Relationship Between Creativity and Learning Style Preference, Age, and Educational Achievement

Christensen, James (2015-12-04)

This study investigated the relationship between creativity and learning style preference, age, and educational achievement. One hundred adult graduate students from the departments of Adult Education and Higher Education ...

The Relationship between Delinquency and Creative Writing for Detained Adolescent Males

Simmons, Lisa (2017-04-26)

This study examined the use of a brief writing intervention, Writing Our Stories (WOS), as it relates to delinquency, impulsivity, and IQ in a sample of detained adolescent males. The oppositional and unruly subscales of ...

The Role of Self-regulation in Doctoral Students' Status of All But Dissertation

Kelley, Martha J. M. (2011-07-25)

A large amount of research has been conducted on self-regulated learning as it relates to academic achievement. Further, there is a large body of literature regarding doctoral candidates who do not complete their dissertations ...

Self and Peer Assessments of Teamwork Skills in an 8th Grade Math Course Using the Teamwork Skills Inventory

Cason-Ogletree, Stephanie (2021-11-22)

Today’s society requires individuals to have effective teamwork skills in order to be successful at work. The researchers in this study felt the need to provide teachers with an opportunity to see the benefits of including ...

The Status of Technology Integration in Music Classrooms and Implications for Technology Training: A Survey of K-12 Music Educators in Four Southeastern States

Holliman, Lynn (2021-12-02)

The purpose of this descriptive study was to investigate the status of technology integration in K-12 music classrooms after the onset of Covid-19 across four states in the southeast. Music teachers in Alabama, Arkansas, ...