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Direct linkTwu, Ming-Lii – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this mixed methods study was to employ the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) Standards for Students as taxonomy to classify educational mobile application (app) software into seven categories and empirically examine the influence on students' technology literacy. A purposeful sample of fifth grade core subject…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Handheld Devices, Technological Literacy, Influence of Technology
Peer reviewedPendergrass, Devona J. – Knowledge Quest, 2013
"Dewey or don't we?" is the question that hundreds, if not thousands, of school librarians across the country are currently asking themselves. Do they throw out what is old but trusted for new organizational systems, or do they continue using the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) system and make changes and adjustments to the…
Descriptors: Classification, Library Development, Library Services, School Libraries
Simões, Francisco; Alarcão, Madalena – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2014
Background: Over the past decade, administrators have implemented school-based mentoring (SBM) programs in schools across several western countries. However, few studies have compared the views of mentors and parents regarding the factors that determine SBM success. Objectives: The purpose of this work is to explore the factors that may facilitate…
Descriptors: Teacher Role, Mentors, Program Effectiveness, Parent Attitudes
Reilly, Amanda; Jones, Deborah; Rey Vasquez, Carla; Krisjanous, Jayne – Higher Education Research and Development, 2016
This study, set in a New Zealand Business School, takes an integrative view of the university as an "inequality regime" Acker, J. (2006b). Inequality regimes: Gender, class and race in organizations. "Gender and Society," 20(4), 441-464 including all types of women staff: academic women in permanent positions, academics on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Business Schools, Business Administration Education
Ford, Marvella E.; Siminoff, Laura A.; Pickelsimer, Elisabeth; Mainous, Arch G.; Smith, Daniel W.; Diaz, Vanessa A.; Soderstrom, Lea H.; Jefferson, Melanie S.; Tilley, Barbara C. – Health & Social Work, 2013
African Americans and Latinos are underrepresented in clinical trials. The purpose of this study was to elicit solutions to participation barriers from African Americans and Latinos. Fifty-seven adults (32 African Americans, 25 Latinos) ages 50 years and older participated. The Institute of Medicine's "Unequal Treatment" conceptual framework was…
Descriptors: Participation, Recruitment, African Americans, Immigration
Place, Tamara J. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Research has shown that parental involvement is an important component of students' academic achievement, yet in rural areas, such involvement may be difficult to attain. The purpose of this collective case study was to investigate the perceptions of parents of young elementary students in a rural school district regarding their role in…
Descriptors: Rural Areas, Parent Participation, Academic Achievement, Rural Schools
Cavanagh, Tom; Vigil, Patricia; Garcia, Estrellita – Equity & Excellence in Education, 2014
This article chronicles how a group of university researchers initiated a research and professional development project called Culture of Care at a large high school in the Denver Metropolitan area. After implementation, Latino/Hispanic students and their parents maintained the project. It was the charge of Latino/Hispanic parents to dismantle the…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, Social Justice, Conflict, Faculty Development
Contopidis, Ellen; Leroux, Janet M.; Halpern, David – Multiple Voices for Ethnically Diverse Exceptional Learners, 2007
The study conducted included four school districts that were addressing New York State Chapter 405 citations related to disproportionality. The purpose of this study was to identify the districts' common characteristics related to disproportionality, as well as common approaches and processes used to address the issue. An action research,…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Action Research, Focus Groups, Disproportionate Representation
