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EXAMINING INCIDENTAL VOCABULARY ACQUISITION BY PERSON- AND ITEM-LEVEL FACTORS IN SECONDARY STUDENTS

Cooper, Jennifer LeeAnn (Middle Tennessee State University, 2016-03-28)

Vocabulary knowledge is central to the process of reading comprehension (Cromely & Azevedo, 2007; Stahl & Nagy, 2005; Stanovich, 1986). The majority of our vocabulary knowledge is postulated to come from the process of ...

EXAMINING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND TEACHER’S LEARNING ABOUT LITERACY INSTRUCTION

Maxwell, Melanie B. (Middle Tennessee State University, 2017-03-24)

The purpose of this qualitative case study (Merriam, 1988; Stake, 1994) was to understand how teacher perceptions of their knowledge, practice and students’ knowledge change in a professional development learning opportunity ...

EXAMINING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF A SENTENCE-COMBINING INTERVENTION ON THE WRITING QUALITY OF COLLEGE FRESHMEN

Gay, Victoria Marie (Middle Tennessee State University, 2019)

ABSTRACT Tennessee’s public community college system implemented corequisite remediation for underprepared students during the Fall 2015 semester. As a result of the Tennessee Board of Regents corequisite remediation ...

From the Voices of Kindergarten Teachers: Factors That Impact Decisions about When to Engage the Natural Curiosities of Their Students in Science

Hamilton, Frances (Middle Tennessee State University, 2016-11-10)

Students enter kindergarten as natural-born scientists, curious about the world around them. They enter middle school disliking science. Although implementing science in kindergarten has the potential to improve learning ...

GIVE ME YOUR TIRED, YOUR POOR…TEACHING ABOUT DISCRIMINATION THROUGH AN EXPERIENTIAL IMMIGRATION UNIT

Moore, Christy Shannon (Middle Tennessee State University, 2016-06-10)

“You never really know a man until you understand things from his point of view, until you climb into his skin and walk around in it” (Lee, 1960). Empathy is the ability to share someone else’s feelings and create an ...

HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS’ PERCEPTIONS REGARDING INFLUENCES OF INDIVIDUAL CHARACTERISTICS, SOCIOCULTURAL FACTORS, EDUCATIONAL CAPITAL, AND ACADEMIC CULTURE ON LEVELS OF ENGAGEMENT

Duncan, Shannon (Middle Tennessee State University, 2016-06-15)

Student engagement at the high school level is not a new topic of discussion and study; however, many times discussions are one dimensional – specifically addressing emotional, behavioral, or cognitive engagement or only ...

How Students' Critical Engagement with Text and Self-Perceptions as Literate Learners Can Explain Literacy Performance and Inform Classroom Practice

Hasty, Michelle Medlin (Middle Tennessee State University, 2014-03-19)

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IMPACT OF GENDER AND LINGUISTIC BACKGROUND ON ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS TEST: DIFFERENTIAL ITEM FUNCTIONING

Ahmed, Zahya (Middle Tennessee State University, 2019)

The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of gender and ELL status in students’ performance, and to compare the consistency of the results of the differential item functioning (DIF) determining from applying ...

IMPACTS OF SOCIOECONOMIC AND ELL STATUS ON ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS

Li, Daren (Middle Tennessee State University, 2019)

The purpose of this study was to investigate the impacts of English language learners (ELL) and socioeconomic status (SES) on Matthew effect or compensatory trajectory by analyzing students’ English language arts (ELA) ...

Journeys on the mother road: interpreting the cultural significance of U.S. Route 66.

Dedek, Peter (Middle Tennessee State University, 2002)

Route 66 has two histories, one as a mode of transportation, and another as a symbol of the Southwest and twentieth-century automobile culture. While not the longest, or the first, American highway, Route 66 became the ...

Leadership in a 1:1 Computer Learning Environment

Miller, Beverly J (Middle Tennessee State University, 2019)

Business and industry leaders across the world are seeking employees who possess 21st century skills—problem-solving, critical thinking, communication, collaboration, and creativity to name a few. Schools and districts ...

Measurement of Morphological Awareness of Fourth and Fifth Grade Students With Reading Difficulties

Coggins, Joanne Veatch (Middle Tennessee State University, 2016-06-29)

The reliability and validity of a Morphological Awareness (MA) battery and a researcher created Morphological Awareness Assessment Battery (MAAB) were evaluated to determine how each type contributed to passage reading ...

METRICAL STRESS SENSITIVITY AND READING SKILLS IN ADULTS

Jung, Sang Hee (Middle Tennessee State University, 2017-03-24)

Speech rhythm emerges from the alternating pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in spoken language. It contributes to language development by helping with segmentation of the continuous speech signal into discrete ...

MODEL COMPARISONS AMONG TESTLET RESPONSE THEORIES (TRT) ON A READING COMPREHENSION TEST

Kim, Kyungtae (Middle Tennessee State University, 2015-04-08)

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of psychometric models such as Classical Test Theory (CTT), Item Response Theory (IRT), and Testlet Response Theory (TRT) as well as test items of a ...

MORPHOLOGICAL WORD CHUNKING VS SYLLABLE TYPES: UNDERSTANDING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF TWO APPROACHES TO POLYSYLLABIC WORD READING INSTRUCTION FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL STRUGGLING READERS

Louden, Perry Franklin (Middle Tennessee State University, 2019)

Middle school is often the last place where students are taught basic reading skills such as phonology, morphology, fluency, and comprehension before they move on to high school where reading is predominately focused on ...

Music Specialist Attitudes Toward Music Integration of Core Curriculum Areas

Simmons, Jonathan Jason (Middle Tennessee State University, 2018)

This is a study of the attitudes of music specialists toward curriculum integration. Muhammad (2007) stated that the attitudes of teachers could affect the entire school culture. Shriner, Schlee, and Libler (2010) researched ...

NARRATIVE INQUIRY OF INCARCERATED INMATE’S PERCEPTIONS OF EDUCATION AND THE INFLUENCE ON CRIMINAL ACTIVITY

Hallquist, Tom Alan (Middle Tennessee State University, 2019)

The purpose of this narrative research is to develop an understanding of the mindset of the incarcerated individual towards education and if the experience had an impact on criminal activity. By understanding the mindset, ...

New Teachers: Navigating the World of Professional Learning Communities

Elizabeth Vest (Middle Tennessee State UniversityTAMS Journal, 2015-03-20)

From a social constructivist and pragmatist point of view, this qualitative case study looks at how new teacher navigate working within a Professional Learning Community or PLC team. Through structured interviews, the ...

PERCEPTIONS OF THE RESPONSE TO AN INTERVENTION PROGRAM IN AN ELEMENTARY K-4 SCHOOL SETTING

YOUNG, Tori Ogle (Middle Tennessee State University, 2018)

RtI is a three-tiered program that uses data collected from benchmark assessments and progress monitoring (Fuchs, et al 2008). Tier I includes all children, and it is the level that all students would like to achieve. Tier ...

PREDICTING COLLEGE STUDENTS' FIRST YEAR SUCCESS: SHOULD SOFT SKILLS BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION TO MORE ACCURATELY PREDICT THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF COLLEGE FRESHMEN?

Powell, Erica Dion (Middle Tennessee State University, 2013-02-28)

This study presents a survey developed to measure the skills of entering college freshmen in the areas of responsibility, motivation, study habits, literacy, and stress management, and explores the predictive power of this ...

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