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Palis, Leila Ann – ProQuest LLC, 2016
It was not known if and to what extent there was a relationship between the degree to which community college students believed that learning was enhanced when teachers tailored instruction to individual learning styles and student perceived academic locus of control (PAC). Learning styles theory and locus of control theory formed the theoretical…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Correlation, Student Attitudes
Daily, Danny L., Jr. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
African Americans students, who use African American Vernacular English (AAVE) in the academic setting, receive negative misconceptions by English educators. Negative teacher attitudes might cause African American students to lack commitment to learning. The purpose of this quantitative correlational study was to examine whether English teachers…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Black Dialects, Teacher Characteristics, Age Differences
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Carlson, Ronald H.; McChesney, Christopher S. – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2015
The authors examined the sustainability of income, as it relates to educational attainment, from the two recent decades, which includes three significant economic downturns. The data was analyzed to determine trends in the wealth gap, parsed by educational attainment and gender. Utilizing the data from 1991 through 2010, predictions in changes in…
Descriptors: Income, Sustainability, Educational Attainment, Economic Climate