Dissertations of graduates of the Doctor of Education - Educational Leadership approved in the 2015-2016 academic years. NOTE: To see all the content in this collection, click on the search icon without search terms.
American students in the 21st century are growing up with Internet accessible technology available at their fingertips. Considering this and the continued pressure to compete in a global society, The United States’ Department...
Tema:
One-to-One Technology, Standardized Assessment, Student Achievement y Elementary School
Creador:
Medlin, Shane A.
Contribuidor:
Tammy Condren (Advisor/Committee Chair), James Truelove (Committee Member) y Pam Hedgpeth (Committee Member)
Appropriately meeting the needs of gifted students by implementing research based practices is a challenge for public education. According to Davis and Rimm (2004), gifted students are a unique group of learners who have a...
Tema:
Gifted Students y Accelerated Advancement
Creador:
Sallee, Lori
Contribuidor:
Allison Langford (Advisor/Committee Chair), Tammy Condren (Committee Member) y Laura Nelson (Committee Member)
Students with disabilities often start their school career in an Early Childhood Special Education program. The Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA) of 2004 mandates school districts to allow students with disabilities as...
Tema:
Early Childhood, Special Education, Disabilities y Design for Learning
Creador:
Boyer, Amanda
Contribuidor:
Julie Bryant (Advisor/Committee Chair), James Truelove (Committee Member) y Pam Hedgpeth (Committee Member)
Educational reform has taken on many faces but current trends focus on college readiness. While educators believe dual credit courses improve college readiness little research has been done to see the true effects. This study...
Tema:
College Readiness, Dual Credit, Graduation Rates y Student Success
Creador:
Coffey, Lynn D.
Contribuidor:
Edward W. Walton (Advisor/Committee Chair), Pamela Hedgpeth (Committee Member) y Robert Perry (Committee Member0
Diverseness within our society has children entering Kindergarten with a wide variety of early experiences and learning opportunities. Developmental screening prior to Kindergarten entrance has become a common factor for...
Tema:
Kindergarten, Diversity y Developmental Screening
Creador:
Ratcliff, Addie Colleen
Contribuidor:
Michael David Arnold (Advisor/Committee Chair), Tammy Condren (Committee Member) y Janice S. VanGilder (Committee Member)
Education in the 21st century is subject to standardized testing with financial implications associated with testing. Under continued focus at the federal level to close the socioeconomic achievement gap, equitable distribution...
Tema:
21st Century, Standardized Assessment, Socioeconomic Status y Student Achievement
Creador:
Kuessner, Sonia Shedd
Contribuidor:
Robert Perry (Advisor/Committee Chair), Pam Hedgpeth (Committee Member) y Nancy Colbaugh, (Committee Member)
Standards-based education has been cited for decades as a means to increasing student achievement. Standards-based grading (SBG) has been identified as a possible method to support learning of standards. While SBG has received...
Tema:
Standards Based Grading, Student Achievement y Middle Schools
Creador:
Bauer, Steven Patrick
Contribuidor:
James Truelove (Advisor/Committee Chair), Ron Wilken (Committee Member) y Brad Johnson (Committee Member)
With a lack of reflection, distrust, and teacher isolation prevalent, principals rely on programs instead of eliciting deeply embedded practice (Fullan 2001; Reeves, 2009; Schmoker, 2004). What is needed is a deeply embedded...
Tema:
Deeply Embedded Practice, Elementary School y Cognitive Coaching
Creador:
Tennison, Rachel Louise
Contribuidor:
Nancy Colbaugh (Advisor/Committee Chair), Allison Langford (Committee Member) y T. C. Wall (Committee Member)
Research identifies several grading practices considered ineffective for their negative impact on the accuracy of the report of student achievement they yield. The ability to positively impact student achievement is the...
Tema:
Grading, Student Achievement, Teacher Self-Efficacy y K-12 Schools
Creador:
Weaver, Jason
Contribuidor:
Michael Arnold (Advisor/Committee Chair), James Truelove (Committee Member) y Robert Perry (Committee Member)
Effective grading practices in the classroom as well as reporting practices such as standards-based grading (SBG) is one way to report learning (Marzano, 2010). The focus of this particular study was to address alternative ways...
Tema:
Standards Based Grading y Grading
Creador:
Akins, Jeremie
Contribuidor:
James Truelove (Advisor/Committee Chair), Tammy Condren (Committee Member) y Linda Wooderson (Committee Member)
