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Teacher Concerns and Perceptions about the Implementation of Professional Learning Communities at the High-School Level
(North Dakota State University, 2013)
This study investigated concerns and perceptions about the implementation of a professional learning community at the high-school level. The No Child Left Behind Act requires schools to be accountable for increasing the ...
Innovation Hour: A Qualitative Case Study of a School-Wide Advisory
(North Dakota State University, 2015)
Innovation Hour is a unique advisory program that was created at Anywhere High
School to foster increased student connectedness to school. Having a strong connection to
school may help students thrive, building capacity ...
Professional Development Programs: Making the Case for Investing in Support-Staff at a Private, Undergraduate Institution
(North Dakota State University, 2014)
The purpose of this study was to determine whether support-staff at Concordia College feel valued by the institution and whether they perceive that workplace satisfaction will improve with the creation and implementation ...
In It Together: A Qualitative Case-Study of Student Experiences of Connectedness
(North Dakota State University, 2017)
Having a sense of connectedness to school may help students thrive, increasing their capacity for engagement and protective factors. A qualitative case study design was used to explore the research question: How do students ...
The Boundaries of Social Entrepreneurship in Higher Education: A New Framework
(North Dakota State University, 2016)
Social entrepreneurship (SE) incorporates the more ethical dimensions of innovative
business practices in the pursuit of financial sustainability in the advancement of societal goals,
and is intended to empower all ...
Moving to the Other Side of the Desk: Learning Experiences of Preservice Teachers as They Transition to Becoming Professional Teachers
(North Dakota State University, 2013)
This study sought to understand learning through the lifeworlds of preservice teachers who are in the last semester of their elementary education program at a Midwest University. The research was an explorative study into ...
Decolonizing Instructional Design through Auto/Ethnography
(North Dakota State University, 2014)
Instructional design is the systematic process of planning and developing learning environments. In contemporary educational contexts, this has come to include also the intentional integration of digital and Internet ...
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, ...
Effective Doctoral Education: Interpreting Factors and Outcomes of Success through a New Framework, Autoethnography, and Quantitative Study of Passion
(North Dakota State University, 2013)
The purpose of this disquisition is to increase knowledge about the factors and outcomes of success in doctoral education. Enhanced understanding about the factors and outcomes of success could help optimize effectiveness ...
Risk Perceptions in the Management of Student Organizations
(North Dakota State University, 2016)
The purpose of this study was to examine perceptions of risk in student organization management, including differing perceptions among student leaders, advisers, and university personnel, as well as, how factors such as ...