Intervention (Administrative procedure); Change (Psychology); Social change; Problem youth
This pre-post single group design study examined the effects of an intervention program on "at risk" middle school students in an urban school district. Ten 7th grade students identified as at risk of not successfully completing their middle school...
Children's songs, Spanish; Spanish language -- Study and teaching (Preschool); Music in education
This study was undertaken to determine if there was a significant difference in Spanish vocabulary acquisition in pre-schoolers when the vocabulary was introduced in a song using only the target language and representative pictures or motions...
Alcohol affects individuals physically, mentally, and emotionally. Little work has been done to investigate a possible link between alcoholism and anger. The purpose of this research study was an attempt to determine if alcohol dependence had an...
Algebra -- Study and teaching (Secondary); Manipulatives (Education) -- Mathematics -- Study and teaching (Secondary)
This study investigated whether using concrete mathematics manipulatives affected student achievement in factoring second-degree polynomials. The 16 day study included 64 high school sophomores in four different Algebra II classes in a suburban...
The purpose of this thesis is to suggest effective data collection strategies that drive individualized and differentiated instruction that meets the Common Core State Standards. Due to high-stakes testing, teachers are expected to use qualitative...
This special project studied a group of 25 urban high school students from a level 2 (low level) Geometry class. The class participated in a transformational geometry unit that was taught over a period of 5 weeks. The students utilized dynamic...
