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Direct linkCarroll, Norine – ProQuest LLC, 2017
By the year 2025, 75% of the workforce will consist of Generation Y (Kim, 2017). With the major shift in the workforce, organizations must consider the different learning styles and expectations of the Y generation, as compared to the previous, dominant generations (Tulgan, 2009). In order to determine if there is a difference in short-term and…
Descriptors: Retention (Psychology), Generational Differences, Pretests Posttests, Computer Assisted Instruction
Badeau, Ryan C. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This thesis explores two case studies into the use of short answers and self-explanation to improve student learning in physics. The first set of experiments focuses on the role of short answer questions in the context of computer-based instruction. Through a series of six experiments, we compare and evaluate the performance of computer-assessed…
Descriptors: Physics, Case Studies, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Managed Instruction
Conrad, Jill K. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This dissertation examines the levels of and relationships between technical leadership, adaptive leadership, and defined autonomy among Denver school leaders along with their combined effects on school growth gains over time. Thirty principals provided complete responses to an online survey that included existing scales for technical leadership,…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Educational Improvement, School Turnaround, Professional Autonomy
Moore, Kenneth L. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this study was to determine if the use of the reading component of Ticket to Read®, a computer-based educational program, developed to improve hearing students' fluency could improve deaf students' fluency in order to improve comprehension. Fluency, the ability to read text accurately and automatically, forms a bridge from…
Descriptors: Deafness, Assistive Technology, Reading Achievement, Reading Improvement
Kim, Philip – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Financial institutions are increasingly finding difficulty defending against information security risks and threats, as they are often the number one target for information thieves. An effective information security training and awareness program can be a critical component of protecting an organization's information assets. Many financial…
Descriptors: Financial Services, Knowledge Level, Transfer of Training, Computer Security
Menendez, Rita M. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of participation in Read 180, a teacher-mediated, computer-mediated reading instruction program, on the reading proficiency of 4th and 5th grade English Language Learners. The students who participated in the Read 180 program scored below the 25th percentile on the Florida Comprehensive…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Grade 4, Grade 5, Language Proficiency
