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Using the Common Measures Evaluation Tool in North Dakota: A Qualitative Study
(North Dakota State University, 2019)
Using a basic qualitative approach, interviews were conducted with five agents in North Dakota with a range of experiences and lengths of service to evaluate the effectiveness and implementation of Common Measures, a set ...
Does Post-Secondary Coursework Predict Perceived Sales Success?
(North Dakota State University, 2019)
A sales career is common for recent graduates of post-secondary institutions. Looking to see if post-secondary coursework completed predicts perceived sales success assists new and upcoming programs to determine the most ...
Examining the Lived Experiences of Native American Counselors Working on the Reservation: An Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis
(North Dakota State University, 2019)
The success of mental health counseling partially depends on the professionals who are providing these services, also on the quality of services they provide. To maximize their efficacy, counselors must achieve and maintain ...
Factors Influencing Program Impact Evaluation in Cooperative Extension
(North Dakota State University, 2019)
Impact evaluation (IE) has become a major focus of Extension program evaluation during the past three decades, yet Extension professionals continue to struggle to produce well-documented evidence of program impacts (Lamm, ...
Consequential Validity and Social Studies Education: An Examination of Standards, Assessment Policies, and Teacher Preparation
(North Dakota State University, 2019)
Educational quality is a way to influence the future of the American economy (Hanushek, 1986). Large-scale assessments are designed to determine quality in education by measuring student achievement. A connection exists ...
The Impact of Educational Technology Integration on School-Based Agricultural Education Teacher Self-Efficacy
(North Dakota State University, 2019)
The purpose of this study was to determine the impact of educational technology integration on school-based agricultural education (SBAE) teacher self-efficacy. In-service SBAE teachers from four upper middle-western states ...
Awareness for Teacher Well-Being: Exploring Key Factors of Teacher Experience, Mindfulness, and Self-Efficacy
(North Dakota State University, 2019)
Self-reported job satisfaction in K-12 teachers has decreased and it at its lowest in over twenty years. This study explored mindfulness levels—acute attentiveness and awareness of self-judgment and judgment on others—and ...
Student-Centered Active Learning Environment for Undergraduate Programs (SCALE-UP): Effective Tool for Biology?
(North Dakota State University, 2019)
The Student-Centered Active Learning Environment for Undergraduate Programs (SCALE-UP) method incorporates active learning pedagogies into space designed to facilitate effective active learning. Methods predominately used ...
Intellectual and Experiential Knowing: An Exploratory Factor Analysis to Uncover the Underlying Structure of Knowing
(North Dakota State University, 2019)
Knowledge and the acquisition thereof have long been debated throughout human history. Several authors have suggested that knowing and knowledge differ among people. However, there is consistency among these studies that ...