Browsing by Subject "Academic achievement"
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Service quality as a predictor for academic engagement, student performance, and student satisfaction
(East Carolina University, 2014)Many factors have led to the focus on quality and services in higher education. With an increase in competition from other academic institutions, a reduction in state resources, and increased program and service demands, ... -
SOCIAL JUSTICE WARRIORS: COACHING TEACHERS TO ENACT CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE PEDAGOGY
(East Carolina University, 2021-05-03)This project centered on culturally and linguistically responsive pedagogy (CLRP) with the intention of increasing opportunities for rigorous academic discourse in middle school humanities classrooms. In collaboration with ... -
Social Support, Health Behaviors, and Academic Success in College Students
(East Carolina University, 2011)The purpose of this study was to examine whether perceived social support was associated with self-efficacy for health promoting behaviors, and whether self-efficacy for health promoting behaviors predicts academic success ... -
STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND FIDELITY OF IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MIDDLE SCHOOL CONCEPT IN MIDDLE SCHOOLS
(East Carolina University, 2013)This study, using qualitative, multiple case methodology, examined four middle schools within a Local Education Agency (LEA) in eastern North Carolina to determine whether the implementation of key middle school features; ... -
Student-Faculty Interactions and College Adjustment as Predictors of Academic Achievement
(East Carolina University, 2013)Student-faculty interactions and college adjustment were analyzed as predictors of academic achievement. Participants included undergraduate freshmen enrolled in an Introduction to Psychology course (N = 86) from a large ... -
Students' Attitudes Toward And Valuation of First-Year Composition (FYC) as Predictors of Students' English 101 Success
(East Carolina University, 2015)This study investigates first-year composition students' attitudes toward and valuation of first-year composition (English 101) to learn which variable, attitudes or valuation, has a relationship with students' first-year ... -
The Students' Voices in Developmental Education
(East Carolina University, 2014)This dissertation explores community college students' perceptions and assumptions about developmental education in writing classrooms. The study focuses on students who have taken at least one developmental writing class ... -
A STUDY TO DETERMINE THE CONCURRENT VALIDITY BETWEEN COURSE GRADES AND STANDARDIZED ASSESSMENT RESULTS
(East Carolina University, 2011)This study sought to determine the concurrent validity between course grades and performance on standardized test in classrooms where nonachievement factors were separated from the reporting of achievement factors in a ... -
SYSTEMIC CHANGE : FUNCTIONS OF THE CENTRAL OFFICE SUPERVISOR THAT SUPPORT INCREASED ACHIEVEMENT FOR ALL STUDENTS
(East Carolina University, 2010)A detailed review of the history of education documented the role of the central office supervisor as being overlooked as a contributing factor to increased student achievement. The emerging research warns that improvements ... -
THE ACADEMIC AND SOCIAL INTEGRATION OF SAUDI INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS IN THE U.S. HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS
(East Carolina University, 2018-11-30)The purpose of this research study was to examine the factors that affect the social and academic integration of Saudi Arabian international students in U.S. higher education institutions. Tinto's student departure model ... -
THE IMPACT OF LITERACY INTERVENTION ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF THIRD GRADE AT-RISK STUDENTS
(East Carolina University, 2015-12-10)Third grade at-risk students in Wilson County Schools, Wilson, NC continuously perform below the state average on the North Carolina Third Grade Reading End-of-Grade test. Leaders in the Wilson County Schools school district ... -
THE IMPACT OF STUDENT ENGAGEMENT FOR UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS WITH PSYCHOLOGICAL DISABILITIES
(East Carolina University, 2017-05-03)The purpose of this study was to examine the level of student engagement for undergraduate students with and without psychological disabilities. George Kuh (2009) examined the benefits and impact of student engagement in ... -
The Relationship Between Categorical Expenditures and Graduation Rates at North Carolina Community Colleges
(East Carolina University, 2018-12-10)The public perception of higher education, the culture of that institution, and its value to American citizens is changing. Taxpayer demands to downsize costly government expenditures, including government subsidizing of ... -
The Relationship between Racial Microaggressions and Academic Self-Efficacy Among College Students of Color
(East Carolina University, 2022-10-21)Research suggests that people of color are at-risk of facing racial microaggressions. In the context of schools, students who are recipients of microaggressions have reported either significantly improved or impaired levels ... -
Using A Framework To Review And Evaluate Educational Technology Resources
(East Carolina University, 2021-05-03)School districts have an enormous number of resources available to them as they seek to grow student success and achievement. A review of the web-based educational technology resources a district is using, their effect, ... -
VARIOUS METHODS OF NOTE-TAKING AND HOW THEY COMPARE IN TERMS OF INFORMATION RETENTION
(East Carolina University, 2017-07-26)The use of electronic devices to take classroom notes rather than writing them using pencil and paper is increasingly common. Previous studies have attempted to establish a connection between the use of devices in the ...