Violence in video games; Video games -- Social aspects
Current contextual models of aggression (e.g., General Aggression Model); Anderson & Bushman, 2002) suggest that exposure to violent video games can lead to the expression of aggression (e.g., anger, physical/verbal aggression, hostility)....
The purpose of this study was to examine the professional growth opportunities for teachers in multicultural education that contribute to improving student achievement. This mixed method was conducted by the researcher in three different urban...
The issue of standardized testing is multifaceted and often the subject of much debate. Given the support that these test receive from the current state and federal administrations, with the goals of determining accountability and improving the...
Studies on the relationships between smoking and cognitive functioning have produced equivocal results. While some studies indicate that there are significant changes in cognitive functioning in smokers others have failed to confirm these...
This study examines the communication styles and practices between
the handicapped and non-handicapped communities in contemporary society.
It depicts the processes or lack of communication processes which contribute to
the present conditions.
The...
School management and organization -- Longitudinal studies
In this thesis I explored, through in-depth literature review, survey, and teacher interviews, the value and feasibility of creating and maintaining a K-12 student portfolio that would present a learning history of each student over an extended...
This study explored the qualitative and quantitative impact of the implementation of a co-teaching model by teams in middle school language arts and mathematics classrooms. Although there were no significant quantitative findings for either...
The purpose of this study was to establish standards for the interpretation of a survey sent to alumni of the Psychology Department at Central Connecticut State University. These alumni surveys were used as a part of a program evaluation effort...
This study tested the effects of two treatments on anxiety related to public-speaking. College students who were enrolled in either a communication or psychology class were randomly assigned to one treatment condition. The treatment conditions...
The role of defensive pessimism in memory recall was examined in a comparison of an imagery and non-imagery technique; as compared to an individual’s own best method. Defensive pessimism, an academic motivational strategy used to harness anxiety...
Motor learning; Art -- Study and teaching (Preschool)
As the art teacher of kindergarten through grade three students, I am very much aware that children enter kindergarten at various stages of physical, emotional, mental and artistic development. Because art education requires fine motor skills in...
Mathematics -- Study and teaching (Primary); Word problems (Mathematics)
This research focuses on the role of instruction in improving student responses to open ended questions in elementary mathematics. The participants in the study were elementary school students in third grade. The participants were chosen based on...
Women in literature -- 18th century; Women in literature -- 19th century
The purpose of this thesis is to chart the development of marriage as seen in eighteenth-and nineteenth-century British literature. The domestic fiction of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries clearly shows a shift from marriage as an...
Juvenile justice, Administration of -- Connecticut
The present study explores the need to research, recommend and implement a
Juvenile Review Board and measures officer responses to that Juvenile Review Boards'
inception. The study begins with the police department looking at its ability to...
Child molesters -- New Jersey -- Registers; Child sexual abuse -- New Jersey -- Prevention
Today, all 50 states in the United States of America have created a system of registration and notification for convicted sex offenders. These laws were quickly enacted in the past several years in response to horrific crimes against children that...
Spanish language -- Study and teaching (Secondary)
The written work of high school Spanish II and Spanish III students is characterized by and suffers from frequent miscues, or errors. When selected miscues are identified, re-taught and revisited, the result may be improved application of correct...
Nuclear energy -- United States -- History; Renewable energy sources; Nuclear energy -- Environmental aspects
Despite seeing the destruction caused by nuclear accidents at Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, and
Fukushima, many people still believe that nuclear energy is necessary to address global warming
and climate change. This is partially due to the...
Educators and policymakers have noted and expressed concern about a lack of academic motivation among adolescent high school students. Research has confirmed that intrinsic motivation does decline as students progress through school (Lepper,...
Social media has become popular for both personal and business use. Employees are increasingly using blogs and social networking sites. Companies are utilizing social media for marketing and advertising as well as for connecting with their publics....
Typically, scholars approach Holocaust literature with a focus solely on history or on trauma theory. And yet, as I propose in 'The Holocaust's Literary Perpetrator,' these modes of examination are not sufficient in their explanations of blame. ...
