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Meta-analysis of Student Assistance program Outcomes
(Virginia Tech, 2009-10-08)
The main purpose of this study was to conduct a meta-analysis with data collected from seven schools in Southwest Virginia school district. Data was collected for students who were referred to the Student Assistance Programs ...
Evaluation of the Externship Within a Master's Degree Program for Mathematics Specialists at Virginia Tech
(Virginia Tech, 2009-03-31)
The purpose of this evaluation was to determine the effectiveness of an Externship as the capstone experience of a Masterâ s degree program in preparing seventeen teachers to be Mathematics Specialists. This formative ...
Technology Adoption and Integration: A Descriptive Study of a Higher Education Institution in a Developing Nation
(Virginia Tech, 2009-03-30)
New electronic technologies like computers and the Internet continue to spread to all parts of the world. Developing nations like Malawi have experienced this thrust in the area of electronic technologies. Mzuzu University, ...
Key Factors Affecting the Implementation of Biotechnology Instruction in Secondary School Level Technology Education Classrooms
(Virginia Tech, 2009-05-21)
The growing impact of biotechnology globally and nationally over the past few decades has prompted the need for elevating general biotechnological literacy levels in all populations. This need is currently being addressed ...
Advanced Placement and College Success in Freshman and Sophomore Level Biology Courses
(Virginia Tech, 2009-03-16)
This investigation examines college success in freshman and sophomore level biology courses for students with biology AP credit by addressing the following questions: One, Does AP biology experience increase academic ...
Literacy Coaching: Approaches, Styles, and Conversations
(Virginia Tech, 2009-05-05)
This study is an investigation of teachersâ perspectives on coaching activities and styles of feedback language used by literacy coaches. Because literacy coaching processes represent a common approach to school-based ...
Achievement Of Developmental Milestones Among Salvadorian Orphans
(Virginia Tech, 2009-02-02)
El Salvador has a large population of children living in orphanages where, as predictions from previous research indicate, many will not meet developmental milestones that could be remediated with research and development.
The ...
Use of Digital Technologies in Graphic Communication Education
(Virginia Tech, 2009-05-12)
This study investigated the use of digital technologies in secondary and post-secondary graphic communication education. Specifically it investigated: 1) the extent to which graphic communication educators utilized digital ...
In Search of Discussion in the Standards-Based Middle School Social Studies Classroom
(Virginia Tech, 2009-04-02)
The goal of this study was to determine what factors influence teachers in their use of discussion in the social studies classroom. I interviewed two middle school teachers and made classroom observations over a three month ...
Teacher Variables and Student Mathematics Learning Related to Manipulative Use
(Virginia Tech, 2009-06-10)
It has been suggested that teachers’ instructional practices mediate the relationship between teacher background variables and student learning (Fennema & Franke, 1992; Mewborn & Cross, 2007). That is, an indirect relationship ...