Browsing by Department "Education Foundation, Leadership, and Technology"
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A Middle School's Use of Systems Thinking To Make Decisions
(2017-04-13)
Flair Middle School is a middle school that is located in the suburbs of a major Midwestern city in the United States. It houses grades six through eight, along with more than seven hundred students. Flair Middle School ...
Middle Space Leader: Professional Quality of Life
(2023-04-03)
This quantitative study explored the professional quality of life of middle space leaders who are serving public school systems in the state of Alabama. This study determined if there was a relationship between mindfulness ...
Military Deployments: Evaluating Teacher Knowledge
(2011-07-18)
This mixed method study examined the possible influence of a military deployment online tutorial on teacher knowledge. DoDEA and public school teachers were the two groups used for the study. From this exploratory study, ...
Military Faculty Development at the Post-Graduate Level: Using the Cognitive Apprenticeship Model with Curriculum-Based Leadership
(2023-04-09)
The Department of Defense’s enduring mission is to provide combat-ready military
forces needed to defend our nation, deter war, and protect the security of the United States (DoD,
2020). Effective military training and ...
Mindfulness Practices as Predictors of Resilience in Alabama Principals
(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 ...
Mitigating the Occurrences of Graduate Student Attrition: Making the Case for Standardized Noncognitive Assessments
(2021-06-10)
The purpose of this dissertation study was twofold. First, this research study examined the role of noncognitive factors on degree completion, academic achievement, and persistence. Second, this research study examined the ...
A Mixed Methodological Study of Text Annotation: Exploring Its Effects on Collegiate Student-Athletes’ Reading Comprehension
(2021-12-09)
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 ...
A Mixed-Methods Study: Understanding Student Ties in a Distance Learning Educational Leadership Cohort
(2019-12-09)
With instructional delivery for education changing at an increasing rate from the traditional face-to-face classes to distance learning and hybrid formats, educators must stay current with best practices. Cohorts, which ...
Motivation, Stress, and Satisfaction of Graduate Students: A Comparative Study of Student Parents and Non-Parents
(2021-07-29)
This study investigated the motivational orientation, perceived stress, and general satisfaction of student parents (i.e., students who have dependent children) and non-parents (i.e., students who do not have dependent ...
Motivations of Chinese/Japanese/Korean Language Learners and their Relationship to Pedagogical Preferences
(2020-04-14)
The purpose of this study was to examine motivations of Asian Language learners, their pedagogical preferences in terms of classroom structures and activities in U.S. higher education setting, and their relationship based ...
Multicultural Counseling Competency of Counselors in Turkey
(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
(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 ...
Muslim Women of Influence: A Cross-Cultural Study of Aspirations of Muslim Women in Morocco and the United States
(2020-05-13)
Issues concerning the role and status of women in society are not new; the post-
9/11 period has put the Muslim women on center-stage as key players in global peace.
This renewed interest in Muslim women has spawned a ...
A National Study of the Relationship Between the Rates of State Adult Population Educational Attainment and Current Social Laws and Policies
(2013-11-25)
This nation-wide study investigated the relationship between state adult population educational attainment rates of high school degree or higher, bachelor’s degree or higher, and advanced degree or higher and the three ...
The Nature and Existence of Mentoring Relationships at the United States Air Force Academy
(2010-04-14)
The practice of mentoring and the study of mentoring relationships
continue to garner interest from business and industry, education and military organizations. The purpose of this study was to examine the nature and ...
The Nourishment of Assistant Principals: The Effective Development of Future School Principals in Alabama
(2016-01-11)
The assistant principalship is a vital and necessary pathway to the principalship. There are more demands for the principal to be the change agent for a school system and there is great concern about the quality of ...
The Older Adult: Considerations and Learning to Age in Place
(2020-10-28)
The process of aging independently in a current home can also be described as aging in place. Research has found that common concerns and limitations exist with many older adults as they make decisions on either modifying ...
Online self-directed learning readiness and learning outcome in online statistics learning environment: The mediating roles of self-efficacy to learn statistics and 2x2 Achievement goal orientations
(2023-07-11)
This study investigated the understanding of the effects of online self-directed learning readiness (OSDLR) on academic achievement. and course satisfaction for online learning statistics through the mediating variables ...
Online vs. Traditional Classroom: An Examination of Public Speaking Anxiety in Community College Students
(2017-12-07)
Most people admit to having some degree of public speaking anxiety (Hickerson, 1998). This study examined the public speaking anxiety levels of students enrolled in an online and traditional public speaking course. This ...
Overwhelmed and Under Pressure: The Influence of Extracurricular Over-Involvement on Academic Success and Student-Faculty Relationships
(2014-07-02)
Involvement in extracurricular activities is an oft-studied element of the college experience, especially as it has been linked to positive academic and non-academic measures. Yet, the possible limits of involvement’s ...