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(2021-03-24)In crossed random effects designs, observations are nested in the combination of two random factors, e.g., subjects and stimuli. Such designs are popular in experimental research in social sciences. Crossed random effects ...
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(2019-07-22)When observations (trials) are nested within combinations of subjects and stimuli, crossed random effects models simultaneously take into account both fixed effects and random effects of the subjects and stimuli; however, ...
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(2018-04-20)This dissertation uses a case study to explore issues of college access for low-income, first-generation urban African American students. This project also examines the work of Mr. Silas Purnell, the man I have deemed as ...
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(2020-05-08)Utilizing a theoretical framework grounded in critical race theory and culturally relevant pedagogy, the purpose of this qualitative case study was to explore the perceptions of preservice teachers (in a four-year university) ...
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(2019-04-01)The purpose of this study was to examine advancement toward three tasks of psychosocial development for a national group of academic peer advisors. Previous research and program evaluations have shown the positive impact ...
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(2019-12-09)While new patterns of scientific collaboration are now emerging such that scientists in advanced and emerging economies link with those in less developed economies, often based in global South, and generate significant ...
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(2019-04-15)This study described the decision processes used by managers from small-medium enterprises (SMEs) whether to participate in government-sponsored training programs in Malaysia. Research discovered that SMEs are critical ...
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(2019-07-08)While the literature provides useful insights into the nature of experts, much less attention has been paid to how individuals become experts in their jobs in the first place and what they do with their domain-specific ...
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(2016-05-13)There are many education reform models intended to close the achievement gap between different groups of students (i.e., students from different racial and ethnic backgrounds, students of differing household income levels, ...
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(2020-10-22)Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is one of the most prominent and widely recognized condition. The prevalence has increased drastically to 1 in 54 children, and with students demonstrating the largest increase. Many students ...
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(2018-07-12)National studies have shown that most teachers receive summative evaluation ratings of “satisfactory” or “excellent,” but more are underperforming than evaluation data indicate (Kraft & Gilmour, 2017). Illinois enacted ...
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(2016-04-18)Augusta Braxston Baker (1911-1998) was a Black American librarian whose tenure within the New York Public Library (NYPL) system lasted for more than thirty years. This study seeks to shed light upon Baker’s educational ...
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(2016-07-01)This study examines the doctrine of biblical inerrancy as an expression of evangelical traditioning and Bibliology. It raises the question of whether or not inerrancy can serve as a pedagogically responsible foundation ...
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(2021-04-09)Historically caregivers of individuals with disabilities have engaged in individual (for their children) and systemic advocacy (for others). Although it is widely known that caregivers advocate for their school-aged children ...
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(2017-04-11)Higher education is no longer a national concept, but rather a global concept. Globalization has enacted competition as a new driving force in higher education. This includes competition for students, faculty, research, ...
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(2017-12-12)This thesis explores whether or not the changing of students’ latent trait influences the power and the lag performance of a detection procedure based on Item Response Theory for successfully identifying a compromised item ...
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(2016-07-11)The purpose of this study was to use a practical–participatory evaluative method (Cousins & Whitmore, 1998) to develop and critically evaluate a diversity education program for police recruits. The Policing in a Multiracial ...
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(2021-04-12)Today, one in ten students in U.S. classrooms is learning English. A subgroup of these students who are at risk is adolescent newcomer emergent bilinguals. The pedagogical approaches to teach these students have varied ...
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A qualitative study on White students’ understanding of racism at a predominantly White university (2020-04-27)Racism and racial microaggressions on college campuses are daily occurrences for students of color, with White students usually being the perpetrators (Bonilla-Silva, 2018; Sue et al, 2007). Most studies on racism and ...
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(2020-11-25)This dissertation is based on a historical analysis of secondary data to examine factors that have influenced policy and practices over the last decade within the International Military Education and Training program (IMET) ...
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