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Pragmatic Feminist Empiricism: An Original Analytical Framework for Technical Communication
(East Carolina University, 2017-04-19)
Focusing on issues of embodiment and power in technical communication specifically through visual discourses of health and medicine created through data, the research is an introduction to an original methodology called ...
Integral Captions and Subtitles: Designing a Space for Embodied Rhetorics and Visual Access
(East Carolina University, 2017-04-28)
This dissertation challenges the conventions of adding static captions to the bottom of videos and instead advocates for designing integral captions and integral subtitles that interact with bodies, sound, and other modes ...
CHOOSING TO ADVANCE: MOVING TEACHERS IN THE CHAPEL HILL CARRBORO CITY SCHOOLS TO A KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS-BASED COMPENSATION SYSTEM
(East Carolina University, 2017-04-28)
This study examines the design decisions, or choice architecture, that was made in planning and implementing a knowledge and skills-based career ladder in the Chapel Hill Carrboro City Schools (CHCCS). At the start of the ...
HEARING FROM THE 8%: PERCEPTIONS OF PRE-COLLEGE EXPERIENCES FROM SUCCESSFUL COLLEGE STUDENTS FROM LOW AND MODERATE SOCIOECONOMIC BACKGROUNDS
(East Carolina University, 2017-04-28)
A college degree is an important gateway for entering our modern economy; the net value of a college degree is more than $800,000 above a high school diploma. Nationally only 8% of students from families in the lowest ...
EMPHASIZING PROFESSIONALISM TO ADDRESS TEACHER TURNOVER AT DILLARD MIDDLE SCHOOL
(East Carolina University, 2017-04-19)
The dissertation examines the effects professional learning communities can have on improving teacher retention in a high needs school. The goal is to positively impact teacher retention by emphasizing and encouraging ...
IMPROVING TEACHER RETENTION IN THE GRANVILLE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT
(East Carolina University, 2017-05-03)
Teacher attrition continues to be a problem in many communities throughout North Carolina and the United States. Research indicates salary, student discipline, and administrative support as leading causes of teacher turnover. ...
A PROGRAM EVALUATION OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A MULTI-TIERED SYSTEM OF SUPPORT STRUCTURE
(East Carolina University, 2017-05-03)
The purpose of this project was to evaluate the implementation of the North Carolina Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS) model in terms of its potential to positively impact student achievement and to identify barriers ...
RAISING STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT USING A MULTI-TIERED SYSTEM OF SUPPORTS: A PROBLEM-BASED ORGANIZATIONAL STUDY
(East Carolina University, 2017-04-19)
Three elementary schools were chosen for this study based on discrepancies in state summative assessment composite scores between schools in similar geographic regions and with similar rates of students receiving free or ...
IMPROVING THE RTI PROCESS IN GREENE COUNTY SCHOOLS
(East Carolina University, 2017-04-20)
This study provides a comprehensive process to improve the implementation of RTI in an elementary school. Improvement Science was the approach used to assist in identifying the problem and created strategies to improve ...
Reading the Writing of the Wall: The Israeli Security Fence/Palestinian Apartheid Wall as Semiotic Text
(East Carolina University, 2017-05-04)
Using theoretical perspectives drawn from critical discourse analysis (CDA) and visual rhetoric, this study examines how the symbolic meaning of two structures, Bethlehem Checkpoint 300 and the Israeli Anti-Terrorism ...