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What Effect Does Homeschooling Have on Test Scores and Socialization of Children?
(2012)
Homeschooling has grown in popularity in the last decade. While public schools have requirements for attendance and standardized testing, homeschooled children and families have these things as options. There are some ...
The Impact of Video Surveillance in a Select Tribal School
(2010)
Providing for the physical and emotional safety and welfare of children is the highest priority for schools across the country. Districts and administrators face a variety of challenges in developing and implementing ...
Intellectual Disabilities: Effects of Physical Activity on Academic Performance
(2014-05)
Research has been completed to show that physical activity has a positive effect on students' academic success. Little research has been done to show the effects of physical activity on students with intellectual disabilities' ...
Parent Awareness of Transition Services for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder
(2016-06-23)
The following study was conducted to determine parent’s knowledge of transition services available to their children served under the category of Autism Spectrum Disorder. The study showed that the majority of parents from ...
The Effects of Graphic Novels on the Reading Comprehension Scores of Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)
(2011)
Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) face several challenges in the academic setting. These students often struggle to comprehend what they have read, which makes learning difficult. The purpose of this study was ...
Connection of Reading Motivation and Comprehension: Elementary Teachers' Beliefs and Perceptions
(2015-09)
The purpose of the study is to interview elementary classroom teachers to determine to what extent they believe or perceive there is a connection between increased reading motivation and comprehension growth. The researcher ...
Realizing the American Dream: Parent Involvement and Racial Identity Development as It Correlates to Academic Achievement
(2013)
Students of color in America are failing to meet state academic standards at historic rates. This issue has recently gained significant attention due to what is being referred to as the achievement gap. Based on the No ...
Analysis of Two Vocabulary Strategies: A study to indicate which strategy, Verbal and Visual Word Association or Contextual Redefinition, is best suited for transferring new words into students? long term memory
(2012-12)
Data obtained from a college readiness letter sent by ACT indicated that students who took the ACT test from the upper Midwestern school observed for this study have had a decline from 22.4 to 21.5 on the English score for ...
Kindergarten Efficacy: A Comparative Analysis of Literacy Achievement Outcomes and Length And Time of Kindergarten Programs
(2014-08)
This study explores the impact of full-day kindergarten versus half-day kindergarten on
student literacy achievement. The participant samples were drawn from a suburban school
district in the Midwest. This study uses the ...
The Use of Song Cues for Preschool Students with Autism
(2012)
Individuals with autism, while under the same special education label, come into our classrooms with varying skills, differing degrees of deficit, and with a wide range of ability levels. The struggle, and sometimes the ...