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Snipes, Shaftina Fiesta – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this hermeneutic phenomenological was to describe teacher efficacy in the lived experiences of secondary teachers actively engaged in the instructional coaching process. The theoretical framework guiding this study was Albert Bandura's (1992) social cognitive theory as it expounds upon the role efficacy plays in human agency as it…
Descriptors: Phenomenology, Hermeneutics, Teacher Effectiveness, Self Efficacy
Critchosin, Heather – ProQuest LLC, 2014
Executing Quality describes the perceived process experienced by participants while engaging in Keystone Standards, Training, Assistance, Resources, and Support (Keystone STARS) quality rating improvement system (QRIS). The purpose of this qualitative inquiry was to understand the process of Keystone STARS engagement in order to generate a…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, State Standards, Qualitative Research, Comparative Analysis
Warfa, Abdi-Rizak M. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Using the symbolic interactionist perspective that meaning is constituted as individuals interact with one another, this study examined how group thinking during cooperative inquiry-based activity on chemical bonding theories shaped and influenced college students' understanding of the properties of ionic compounds in solution. The analysis…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Chemistry, College Students, College Science
Parada, Patricia M. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this qualitative study--"Culture and Early Language Development: Implications for Assessment and Intervention"--was to explore and describe the perceptions and beliefs of Salvadoran mothers of low socioeconomic status regarding the language development of their young children in order to identify cultural variations in…
Descriptors: Low Income, Socioeconomic Status, Case Studies, Qualitative Research
Varallo, Patrick A. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Educating and meeting the multiple needs of students at risk of low academic achievement has been a growing concern for public schools in the United States. Many at-risk students require alternative school-based interventions. This study examined the operation, premise, and objectives of art therapy integrated in 14 school districts across the…
Descriptors: Art Therapy, At Risk Students, School Districts, Grounded Theory
Williams, Jennifer S. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
In 2011, a small Midwestern school district referred an increasing number of 2nd-4th grade students, with reading problems due to phonetic and phonological awareness deficits, to the district's intervention team. Framed in Shulman's pedagogical content knowledge model and the International Dyslexia Association's phonological deficit theory of…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Dyslexia, Phonological Awareness, Kindergarten