Browsing M.Ed. 2000-2009 by Title
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An Analysis of African American Characters in Coretta Scott King & Carter G. Woodson Award Winning Books Published Between 1990 and 2000
(2004)The purpose of this literary analysis was to examine the portrayal of African Americans in fiction and nonfiction books published between the years of 1990 to 2000 written for fourth through sixth grade students. Research ... -
An Analysis of Literature for the Age of Exploration in the Intermediate Grades
(2009)The purpose of this research is to identify good read aloud literature available for an intermediate social studies unit on the exploration of the early Americas. The questions that guide this research are: is the ... -
An Analysis of Survey Responses About How Current Business Education Meets the Needs of Businesses
(2005)The purpose of this study was to examine how current business education meets the needs of businesses. Twentysix business executives in Midwest companies were surveyed to describe how well new graduate employees perform ... -
An Analysis of the Developmental Writing Stages Represented in First Graders' Journal Writing
(2003)Research literature on rubrics, journal writing and developmental stages of writing were applied to create an analytical rubric to identify the stages present in low and high socioeconomic students' journal writing. The ... -
An Analysis of the Impact of the During Reading Questioning Strategy on 6th Grade Students' Comprehension
(2004)In this study three sixth grade students asked questions during reading for the purpose of determining whether this strategy would increase their reading comprehension. The same three instruments, Basic Reading Inventory ... -
An Analysis of the Portrayal of Handicapped/Disabled Individuals in Children's Literature
(2000)The purpose of this study is to analyze children's and adolescent literature that features characters who are challenged by physical, emotional, or educational disabilities. Research supports the use of literature ... -
An Analysis of the Portrayal of Work in Children's Literature
(2003)The purpose of this study was to examine occupations, career ambitions, and work conflicts of characters in books selected and read by children themselves. The Children's Choices books were a body of literature selected ... -
The Appeal of Graphic Novels to Upper-Elementary Students of Different Reading Abilities
(2008)Graphic novels and graphic nonfiction literature are a fast growing segment of publishers' titles for children. Libraries are increasing their collections of graphic novels. This research paper reports the results of a ... -
Applying Activities Using Songs and Poems to Promote Participation and the Fulfil the National Standards in the Foreign Language Classroom
(2005)The main purpose of this study is to demonstrate the effectiveness of music and poems to achieve the implementation of National Standards, and to promote participation in the foreign language classroom. The National ... -
Asperger Syndrome: The Development of a Resource Guide for Teachers
(2005)The purpose of this study was to develop a guide to aid teachers in working with Asperger syndrome students. Literature regarding Asperger syndrome was read, reviewed, and synthesized to identify information to be included ... -
Attitudes, Beliefs and Motivations: Differences Between Boys and Girls in Beginning French Classes
(2004)This study explores students' attitudes, motivations and beliefs about French and foreign language and how they might affect the enrollment of boys and girls in French classes. A survey was given to middle and high school ... -
Attribution of Integrated Pathway Students for Testing Outcomes
(2004)Studying success and failure attributions of students may help identify the cause of poor testing abilities. Establishing attribution trends between internal attribution causal categories and external attribution causal ... -
Authentic Materials: Integrative and Intrinsic Motivation as a Pedagogy in Spanish
(2008)In this study, 15 college students m the Intermediate level Spanish language classroom participated in a research investigation that tested the effectiveness of the use of authentic materials through a task design as ... -
A Bibliotherapeutic Analysis of Childhood Risk Factors and Coping Mechanisms in Newbery Award-Winning Literature
(2001)The purpose of this study is to analyze childhood risk factors and coping mechanisms in main characters of Newbery award-winning books. Newbery Medal and Honor books from 1991-2001 were chosen for this study. A ... -
Birth Order Characteristics Exhibited in the Classroom
(2004)This study examined the relationship between birth order and personality as it relates to classroom climate. Birth order in this study refers to the ordinal position in terms of the actual birth order in the family. This ... -
Bullying: A Content Analysis of Literature by Judy Blume and Jerry Spinelli
(2005)The purpose of this study was to analyze children's literature authored by Judy Blume and Jerry Spinelli to determine how the issue of bullying is presented in children's literature. A content analysis of selected ... -
A Case Study of Four Hispanic High School Drop Outs
(2003)This study investigated and identified in concrete terms, the specific factors for the high drop out rate of Hispanic students in a high school located in southeast Wisconsin. A total of four Hispanic students from ages ... -
A Case Study of the Circle of Courage, a Character Education Program, at One Middle School
(2007)The purpose of this study was to conduct a case study of the character education program at one middle school. The character education program used at the school is the Circle of Courage which is part of the Bridges ... -
A Case Study of the Effectiveness of Decoding by Analogy with a Junior High Student at an Early Developmental Stage of Reading
(2004)The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of decoding by analogy instruction with an older reader who was at an early developmental stage in reading. In this study, quantitative and qualitative data ... -
A Case Study on the Effectiveness of the Cloze Strategy on an English as a Second Language Learner's Reading Acquisition
(2006)The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of the cloze strategy to improve decoding, fluency, and comprehension skills of an English as a Second Language (ESL) student struggling with reading acquisition. ...
