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Dunagan, Marion – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Using the framework of boundary theory as applied to the work-life-school construct, the study focused on part-time MBA students who worked full-time, their tendency to segment or integrate their numerous roles, and the coping tactics they utilized in redistributing their efforts as they added graduate school to these roles. The research…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Coping, Graduate Students, Quasiexperimental Design
Springer, Benjamin James – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The current study evaluated the effectiveness of the Superhero Social Skills program in increasing the social engagement skills and decreasing the aggressive behavior of students with externalizing behavior problems as implemented by a resource teacher. There have been no empirical evaluations of the Superhero Social Skills program as implemented…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Interpersonal Competence, Aggression, Intervention
Delgado, Antonio – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Higher education is a distribution center of knowledge and economic, social, and cultural power (Cervero & Wilson, 2001). A critical approach to understanding a higher education classroom begins with recognizing the instructor's position of power and authority (Tisdell, Hanley, & Taylor, 2000). The power instructors wield exists…
Descriptors: Hermeneutics, Power Structure, Higher Education, Teaching Methods
Pickering, Sharon Durham – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this qualitative case study was to examine the perceptions of partner teachers and graduate fellows in 1 school regarding the barriers and successes made during their participation in a National Science Foundation Grant. This study included 9 partner teachers and 7 graduate fellows who participated in the Science First! NSF GK-12…
Descriptors: Grants, Teacher Attitudes, Elementary School Teachers, Graduate Students