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The Multiple Roles of Women Pursuing Doctoral Studies
(Virginia Tech, 1998-03-17)
Increases in the employment of women in administrative and managerial careers have drawn attention to a need for research that examines the interdependency of work and family roles, a need that is particularly crucial in ...
A Formative Evaluation of Franklin School
(Virginia Tech, 1999-08-08)
This formative evaluation of Franklin School was shaped around the implicit and explicit goals of the school and those school practices that are recognized as being effective in schools for students at-risk of dropping out ...
Bureaucracy and Teachers' Sense of Power
(Virginia Tech, 1999-11-18)
The purpose of this study was to explore the utility of Hall's (1961) conceptualization of Max Weber's (1946) theory of bureaucracy as an analytical tool in Turkey. The population was 1946 teachers in 91 public schools ...
Revitalizing a Dying School-Business Partnership
(Virginia Tech, 2000-03-29)
The notion of business involvement in helping to improve public schools is not new. Although business involvement faded somewhat in the 1960s and 1970s, a resurgence in business involvement began in the late seventies and ...
Learning How to Grow: a Case Study of School Renewal in One Elementary and Middle School
(Virginia Tech, 1998-12-07)
School Renewal is a broadly defined process used as an alternative route to school improvement and regional accreditation. However, there is no direct evidence to support its use. To date, there have been no systematic ...
Comparison of Achievement in 7A/B Block Scheduled Schools and 7-Period Traditional Scheduled Schools in Virginia
(Virginia Tech, 1998-04-10)
The American high school schedule of single-period classes has remained mostly unchanged for over one hundred years. In response to societal changes and reform movements, the secondary school schedule is receiving renewed ...
Factors Related to Computer Use by Teachers in Classroom Instruction
(Virginia Tech, 1998-03-24)
The purpose of this study was to determine the extent to which the following factors predict computer use by teachers in classroom instruction: attitudes of teachers toward computers in the classroom, access by teachers ...
A Description of Instructional Practices in Inclusive Classroom Settings
(Virginia Tech, 1999-11-16)
This study was designed to describe the experiences of general education students in elementary settings where the inclusion of students with disabilities was responsibly implemented. The research question investigated ...
A Cross-Case Analysis of Peer Coaching in Two Elementary Schools
(Virginia Tech, 2007-04-05)
The purposes of this study were to (1) identify the variables affecting peer coaching, (2) the characteristics of peer coaching, and (3) to determine the outcomes of peer coaching. Participants were interviewed individually, ...
The Development and Implementation of an Intelligent Hierarchy Leadership Process in an Elementary School
(Virginia Tech, 2014-04-11)
Leadership in modern-day schools is changing. School leaders are expected to oversee the physical plant and school finances, as well as to be the instructional leader, personnel officer, public relations specialist, and ...