The 2019 Coronavirus pandemic forced school closures around the globe and required teachers to instruct in an Emergency Remote Teaching Model, highlighting inequalities in teacher competencies related to the interaction with digital resources in a curriculum. The burden remained on the teacher to choose relevant digital resources for classroom…

Research shows that first-generation college students are less likely to be retained from their first to second year, and struggle with sense of belonging, comfort with faculty, and the establishment of a positive first-generation student identity. This qualitative case study evaluated the effects of a residential living learning community with a…

Background: The problem of practice at Coronado Elementary School is the inconsistency of effective collaborative planning among the grade level teams. Purpose: This action research study aimed to determine teachers' perceptions of Professional Learning Communities and how they believed participation in a PLC impacts their professional development…

The purpose of this qualitative descriptive study was to explore how African American women mentor leaders in higher education describe current or past mentoring strategies for mentoring other African American women in higher education in the southeastern United States. The conceptual model used in this study was high-quality mentoring…

The mastery of mathematics skills largely depends on the ability of students to be fluent in basic mathematics facts. Mathematics fact fluency is important because it frees up memory so that students are able to focus on more complex mathematics problems. The purpose of this study was to measure the effectiveness of the Taped Problem Intervention…

Cocurricular student communities of practice (CoP) can significantly impact a student's construction of their professional self. This interpretative phenomenological analysis explored the perspectives of four near graduates and one recently graduated undergraduate student at a mid-size, regional public college regarding how their CoP engagement…

The problem addressed in this study was the absence of a clearly defined pathway to Composition I for Hispanic non-native English-speaking students (HNNESS) testing below college level English at the study site. The purpose of the study was to identify an optimal pre-college English pathway for HNNESS using the college assessment of basic skills…

Emergency situations that cause damage to educational buildings or require the closure of schools due to unsafe health, environmental, or political conditions can be an unwelcomed interruption to education. Indeed, the recent COVID-19 pandemic created the largest disruption of education in history, affecting 94% of the world's student population.…

Brief multiple-choice question workshops are a prevalent part of the faculty development landscape. But do they work? Studies have documented that faculty member-written multiple-choice questions (fMCQs) are frequently flawed and do not live up to quality standards. Poor fMCQs have real consequences for students beyond annoyance. Fourteen studies…

The purpose of this project was to engage Millennial and Generation Z young adults in Abundant Life church by teaching them how to have spiritual conversations before and after the Sunday morning worship services. The project involved young adults from Abundant Life church teaching, mentoring, and being trained how to have spiritual conversations.…

Concerns continue to exist in public schools nationwide regarding students who are reading below grade level. The purpose of this mixed methods study was to focus on the components of the MTSS Framework as well as the creation, implementation, and monitoring of research-based, tiered interventions. This study evaluates a comprehensive process,…

Academic advising has been identified as a key strategy in helping students to persist and complete their academic goals. This exploratory case study investigated student perceptions of advising, particularly low-income and first-generation students participating in a TRIO Student Support Services program at a midsize midwestern community college.…

Play is essential to children's growth and development. For many years, theorists have defined play as active, engaging, and interactive. Play has been identified as a way in which children communicate and learn. Such skills are important as children interact and communicate with their family members, teachers, peers, and the community at large.…

Introduction: The North Carolina "Comprehensive Articulation Agreement" ("CAA") is a joint agreement between the North Carolina Community College System (NCCCS) and the University of North Carolina (UNC) System that governs the transfer of students between the two systems. It was created in 1996 and underwent significant…

In conjunction with the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) and governors across the nation, the initial drafts of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) were introduced in 2009 with the final draft being released in 2010. With a goal of eliminating stagnant academic progress, the Standards were written to outline precisely what…