College of Education
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Hispanic Student Access to Advanced Placement Courses
(Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Corporation, 2011)This qualitative, collective case study describes the perceptions of academically successful Hispanic students regarding their access to Advanced Placement (AP) courses in 4 suburban Texas high schools. A multistage, ... -
University-based Principal Preparation Programs in Texas in 2019: Where is Special Education?
(School Leadership Review, 2021)Most principal training programs in the United States focus very little on preparing aspiring instructional leaders to lead programs for students with disabilities. An examination of principal preparation programs and their ... -
Research Courses in Education Leadership Programs: Relevance in an Era of Accountability
(International Journal of Education Policy & Leadership, 2011-05)Master’s degree research course offerings of 72 university education leadership programs were examined to explore how relevant the courses were to the inquiry needs of practicing school leaders. Research course titles and ... -
Collaboration patterns as a function of article genre among mixed researchers: a mixed methods bibliometric study.
(Macrothink (Journal of Educational Issues), 2017)Surprisingly, scant information exists regarding the collaboration patterns of mixed methods researchers. Thus, the purpose of this mixed methods bibliometric study was to examine (a) the distribution of the number of ... -
An Exemplar for Teaching and Learning Qualitative Research
(The Qualitative Report, 2012)In this article, we outline a course wherein the instructors teach students how to conduct rigorous qualitative research. We discuss the four major distinct, but overlapping, phases of the course: conceptual/theoretical, ... -
Describing and Illustrating Data Analysis in Mixed Research
(International Journal of Education, 2010)In this methodological paper, the authors propose a tool that brings together various quantitative and qualitative data analysis (i.e., mixed analysis) techniques into one meta-framework to assist mixed researchers (who ... -
Data Analysis in Mixed Research: A Primer
(International Journal of Education, 2011-04)The purpose of this methodological article is to provide a primer for conducting a mixed analysis—the term used for analyzing data in mixed research. Broadly speaking, a mixed analysis involves using quantitative and ... -
Relationships among Attitudes, Coping Strategies, and Achievement in Doctoral-Level Statistics Courses: A Mixed Research Study
(International Journal of Doctoral Studies, 2012)Because of the important role that attitudes toward statistics and motivation have played in statistics courses, Ramirez, Emmioglu, and Schau (2010) recently conceptualized that Eccles and Wigfield’s (2002) Expectancy-Value ... -
Academic Achievement for Fifth-Grade Students in Elementary and Intermediate School Settings: Grade Span Configurations
(Current Issues in Education, 2011)Few researchers have addressed student achievement outcomes as a function of grade span configurations for older elementary-aged students. Thus, this study was designed to determine differences between students’ Grade 5 ... -
Math and Reading Differences Between 6-8 and K-8 Grade Span Configurations: A Multiyear, Statewide Analysis
(Current Issues in Education, 2013-08-15)We analyzed the effect of grade span configurations (i.e., 6-8 versus K-8) on reading and math performance in Texas public schools for the last 5 school years. Participants in this study were 628 Texas schools (i.e., 314 ... -
The quality inclusion process: Assuring the quality of inclusive practices for students with disabilities
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Transforming Personalized Speech: Bridging the Worlds of Home, School, and Clinic for the Preschooler with Language Delays
(Canadian Society for the Study of Education (Canadian Journal of Education / Revue canadienne de l'éducation), 1995)Teachers and speech and language therapists worked with language-delayed and language-disordered preschoolers in a program to remediate communication problems (Haas, 1993). Despite these efforts, the children failed to ... -
Uncovering Pre-Service Teacher Beliefs about Young Children: A Photographic Elicitation Methodology
(Western Australian Institute for Educational Research Inc. (Issues in Educational Research), 2011)This illustrative paper provides an introduction to using mixed qualitative methods of photo-elicitation, face to face interviews and semiotic analysis to uncover pre-service students' beliefs about young children. The ... -
Dark Side of the Trickster: Collaboration or Collusion?
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The #acadv Community: Networked Practices, Professional Development, and Ongoing Knowledge Sharing in Advising
(NACADA Journal, 2019)The #acadv Twitter chat is an organic, online community of higher education academic advising professionals. Using a longitudinal study, we explored the way a self-directed learning network sustains ongoing professional ... -
Team Performance Pay and Motivation Theory: A Mixed Methods Study
(The Journal of Research in Education, 2013)This study was conducted to explore teachers’ perceptions of a team performance pay program in a large suburban school district through the lens of motivation theories. Mixed data analysis was used to analyze teacher ... -
School Size and Incidents of Violence among Texas Middle Schools
(Journal of Educational Issues, 2015)Although many studies have been conducted regarding (a) school violence in middle schools and (b) the size of schools, to date, no researcher appears to have examined the role that the size of the middle school plays in ... -
Higher education as a human right: Comparing early college approaches to university access for racial minority students in Costa Rica and the United States
(Current Issues in Education, 2015)Despite the United Nations emphasis on Education as a human right for all world citizens, access to higher education by students representing traditionally marginalized racial minority groups, particularly those of African ... -
The Competency-Based Movement in Student Affairs: Implications for Curriculum and Professional Development
(Journal of College Student Development, 2016)This paper examines the limitations and possibilities of the emerging competency-based movement in Student Affairs. Utilizing complexity theory and postmodern educational theory as guiding frameworks, examination of the ... -
We Need To Talk: Digital Practices & Ethics in Our Profession
(2018 ACPA Convention, 2018-03-12)As Student Affairs educators leverage technology for professional practice, we have failed to discuss how our digital lives intersect with our work lives. This competency-based, case study guide is designed to facilitate ...
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