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Examining Alabama Teacher of the Year Nominee Applications: Toward a Prototype of Expert Teaching
(2015-04-30)
Because of the complex nature of teaching (Gün, 2014), studying teacher expertise is no easy task. Many researchers have contributed to our understanding of teacher expertise by comparing expert teachers to non-experts ...
Examining Alcohol-Related Expectancies within College Class Standing
(2012-05-04)
Alcohol is the most widely abused substance among America’s youth (Department of Health and Human Services, 2007). A significant portion of alcohol abuse occurs in college. College is often symbolized by a tradition of ...
Examining Assessment Methods in Project-Based Mathematics Learning
(2018-11-30)
Project-based learning (PBL) is an instructional method that has grown in popularity across all grade levels and subject areas, in both K-12 schools and higher education institutions. PBL embraces the integration of ...
Examining Blood Alcohol Concentrations Through a Simulated Drinking Game Procedure
(2011-07-05)
Alcohol consumption on college campuses is a prevalent activity, with over half of college students reporting alcohol consumption at least once in the past month, and it embodies “binge” drinking, consuming 4 (5 for males) ...
Examining Business and Industry Involvement in Alabama CTE Programs, Teacher Satisfaction with the Partnership, and Perceived Barriers
(2023-08-07)
Alabama's economy is currently trending towards a crisis due to the lack of skilled talent to fill the technical positions in the growing labor market. It is no secret that Career and Technical Education (CTE) participants ...
Examining Career Patterns of Football Bowl Subdivision Directors of Athletics
(2016-07-28)
The career path to become a collegiate athletics director is an area of interest to young professionals who seek this position. This study examined Football Bowl Subdivision Directors of Athletics within Division I of the ...
Examining Changes in Parenting Behaviors Among a Diverse Sample of Marriage Education Participants
(2010-07-06)
Research has shown that the quality of the couple relationship is a critical factor in the environment in which children develop, in that it affects parent involvement and parenting practices. This spillover process suggests ...
Examining Characteristics and Barriers on the Adoption of School Gardens among Agricultural Education Teachers
(2019-06-13)
The overall purpose of this study was to understand the influence of selected
factors on the adoption of school gardens by Agricultural Science teachers in Alabama.
This study looked at how the relationships between ...
Examining College Students' Motivations and Perceptions Toward Enrollment, Participation, and Engagement in Physical Activity Courses
(2013-07-25)
Instructional physical activity programs offer a great opportunity for college and university students to have the opportunity to engage and participate in various physical activities on a regular basis. For students who ...
Examining early growth genetic potential of two distinct localities of Florida Bass and an F1 hybrid bass (Micropterus floridanus x Micropterus salmoides)
(2020-11-11)
The pursuit of trophy black bass (Micropterus spp.) is a challenge many freshwater anglers embrace. In addition, the growth of a trophy-sized specimen is a challenge fishery and hatchery managers have striven to solve for ...
Examining Educator Perceptions of a Response to Intervention Initiative: Facilitating Factors, Barriers and Benefits
(2016-04-28)
This study investigated a school district's implementation of a state mandated, Tier III, Response to Instruction (RtI) Program during its fifth year of implementation. This study examined administrators' and teachers' ...
Examining Espoused Beliefs and Actions of Assistant Principals in Alabama
(2012-08-02)
This quantitative research study examined beliefs and actions of assistant principals in Alabama. Assistant principals were the only group used in this study. From this research study, the researcher also wanted to explore ...
Examining Executive Functioning Deficits in Juvenile Delinquents with a History of Trauma Exposure
(2012-12-05)
We examined whether an early childhood history of trauma explains which juvenile offenders develop Executive Functioning (EF) deficits. One hundred and eighty-eight incarcerated adolescent males were evaluated for personal ...
Examining Family Structure and Half-Sibling Influence on Adolescent Well-Being
(2011-12-05)
Using data from a statewide education project for adolescent youth (N=2,555), this study explored family structure variations of youth in two-parent families and their influence on coping, sexual activity delay, and alcohol ...
Examining Impacts of Cumulative Risk on Military-Connected Youth and the Role of Coping
(2018-12-19)
Youth in military families are confronted with stressors that are normative (e.g., racial or ethnic minority status, non-married family structure, social isolation) and stressors that are context-specific and emerge in ...
Examining Influences on the Beliefs and Practices of Secondary Social Studies Teachers in their Early Careers: A Multiple-Case Study
(2016-05-05)
This study examined the enduring effects of a pre-service teacher preparation program rooted in problem-based historical inquiry on the beliefs and practices of five program graduates in their early careers. Interviews ...
Examining Irregular Word Learning: Do Young Children Use Decoding and Context to Read Irregular Words?
(2013-12-11)
The purpose of this study was to examine how readers build orthographic
knowledge for irregular words, defined as words that do not conform to conventional
phonics rules and patterns. This study tests my theory that ...
Examining Management's Impact on Institutional Performance in Higher Education
(2019-12-09)
Extensively studied in several public policy contexts, O'Toole and Meier's (OTM) (1999) framework modeling public management's impact has shown that managerial, structural, and environmental influences matter for performance. ...
Examining neighborhood effects among survivors of health-related events
(2018-11-15)
To date, scientists have examined how neighborhoods impact health related to mental illness (Hurd, Stoddard, & Zimmerman, 2013), obesity rates (Pruchno, Wilson-Genderson, & Gupta, 2014), and cancer rates (Beyer, Malecki, ...
Examining Nonlinear Business Cycle Effects on U.S. Unemployment and Capacity Utilization
(2012-12-05)
This thesis develops nonlinear smooth transition autoregressive (STAR) models to capture the business cycle dynamics of the U.S. rates of unemployment and capacity utilization. This choice of model is motivated by a general ...