The current study quantitatively and qualitatively investigated Spanish maintenance among 45 Spanish heritage language (SHL) speakers in Utah who completed a survey about their linguistic background, their attitudes toward Spanish, their self-rated Spanish proficiency, and their…
"28" Result
Sort By:
At what point will educational actors recognize the limitations and utilize the possibilities of policy implementation processes to actualize long overdue reform measures for students—particularly those from historically marginalized backgrounds? Previous literature has attended…
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the current situation in Cyprus elementary classrooms regarding computer technology integration. The study examined how Cypriot elementary teachers use computers, and the factors that influence computer integration in their classroom prac…
The major purpose of this study is to determine if gender makes a difference in the way headmasters and headmistresses make decisions about curriculum and instruction. The study sought to ascertain whether there are relationships between the responses of the headmasters and head…
This dissertation is the first to focus on the historical development and progress of art education in Kuwait from 1912 until 1997. Records used as data reveal that early in the twentieth century Kuwait lagged behind neighboring countries in modernization, with a weak social, po…
The purpose of this study was to examine teachers' attitudes toward parental involvement in the elementary schools in the state of Kuwait. The sample for the study consisted of two hundred elementary teachers representing both genders (100 males and 100 females) equally. Twenty …
In recent years there continues to be a concern over the lack of discipline in American schools. One of the most challenging and often one of the most baffling problems teachers have to face is of channeling the ceaseless activities of children in organized patterns of self-cont…
Primary school enrollment rates in Pakistan are far lower than in countries facing similar economic circumstances. The problem is particularly severe for girls in poor families and rural areas. To address this problem, the Balochistan Education Foundation with technical support …
The purpose of the study was to explore the way the public elementary school system in Cyprus currently accommodates academically advanced students, through the lived experiences and expressed needs of selected students, their teachers, and their families, while examining the at…
While evidence from developed countries suggests that communities can bring about changes in schools (Sergiovanni cited in Hargreaves et al., 1998), systematic reviews of such practice in developing countries are scant (Hanson, 1997; Khan, 2001). Research in industrialized count…
The purpose of this study was to investigate the topic of the evaluation of school principals and the role it plays in fostering student achievement. The overarching research question for this study was the following: "Is there a relationship between the type and intensity of pr…
To determine the level of entrepreneurial organizational characteristics in Hawaiian public elementary schools, 3,816 teachers in 111 schools were surveyed using the Public School Entrepreneurial Inventory (PSEI). This survey was developed and used previously in Israel. This was…
School effectiveness has been tied in research to a wide range of factors, such as Socio-Economic Status, teacher preparation, quality of instructional materials, funding, etc. Certain elements of the school such as climate, structure, interpersonal relationships have also been …
This study examines the perceptions of Kuwaiti elementary school English language teachers, and their supervisors regarding the teachers' effectiveness in teaching English to first and second graders. The study also investigates the teachers' and supervisors' opinions of the tex…
The purpose of this study was to investigate and describe Turkish teachers' self reported perceptions regarding textbook adaptation strategies. Another purpose of this study was to determine the match between the textbook and the students' reading levels. In order to determine t…
Research studies of extracurricular activities have illustrated specific relationships between participation and certain student characteristics, such as higher grades, higher standardized test scores, higher attendance, fewer discipline issues, and increased positive school per…
The qualitative research that forms the central focus of this dissertation is an instrumental case study of an elementary school in Netanya, Israel which successfully sustained a nationally acclaimed school reform process through a transition of principals. The study explores se…
This research is a multi-layered examination of existing policy frameworks and curricula surrounding Indigenous education in Ontario public elementary schools: how these documents have evolved and been adapted within the Ontario public elementary school system, focusing on the y…
Organized afterschool activities present great potential to support individuals’ positive development. Despite the general findings on the positive role of organized afterschool activities on individual development, existing studies have been limited in multiple ways. They have …