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Inequities in Juvenile Justice Alternative Education Program assignments by the economic status and ethnicity/race of Texas middle school boys and their effects on academic achievement: A multiyear, statewide investigation
(2017-10-17)
The purpose of this proposed journal-ready dissertation was to determine the extent to which differences were present in Juvenile Justice Alternative Education Program placements by student demographic characteristics for ...
Developmental Education Faculty Perspective of the Texas Success Initiative Assessment as a Placement Exam
(2017-11-07)
Purpose
The purpose of this phenomenological study was to understand the essence of developmental education faculty experiences with the placement of students in their classrooms as a result of the Texas Success Initiative ...
Know where you are to guide where you're going: A survey of Risk-Need-Responsivity treatment practices in juvenile correctional programs
(2017-11-02)
Despite the Risk-Need-Responsivity (RNR) model being a preferred method of offender treatment in adults and juveniles, research on this model for juveniles specifically is still in its infancy. This is problematic as the ...
Differences in Mathematics Skills of Texas High School Boys as a Function of Ethnicity/Race and Economic Status: A Multiyear Statewide Study
(2016-10-12)
The purpose of this journal-ready dissertation was to determine the extent to which ethnicity/race and economic status were related to the mathematics achievement of Texas high school boys. For the first journal article, ...
DIFFERENCES IN COLLEGE-READINESS RATES FOR STUDENTS WHO WERE ENROLLED IN SPECIAL EDUCATION IN TEXAS: A MULTIYEAR, STATEWIDE INVESTIGATION
(2016-10-12)
Purpose
The purpose of this journal-ready dissertation was to examine the extent to which college-readiness rates of Texas high school graduates differed by disability category and by economic status for students who ...
Stolen Valor: The people who commit military impersonation
(2016-11-16)
Stolen valor, or falsely claiming to have performed military service or claiming to have served in a different capacity than actually occurred, seems to be a growing problem in society. With the five branches (Army, Navy, ...
Differences in the college-readiness rates of English Language Learners by gender, economic status, and ethnicity/race: A Texas statewide, multiyear investigation
(2017-09-25)
Purpose
The purpose of this journal-ready dissertation was to determine the degree to which differences were present in reading, mathematics, and both subjects college-readiness for English Language Learners who were ...
DIFFERENCES IN ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT BY GRADE SPAN CONFIGURATION: A TEXAS STATEWIDE STUDY
(2016-08-04)
Purpose
The purpose of this journal-ready dissertation was to examine the extent to which grade span configuration was related to the academic achievement of students in Grades 5 and 6. Specifically, the academic achievement ...
Differences in Discipline Consequence Assignments by Ethnicity/Race and Economic Status for Texas Grade 6, 7, and 8 Girls: A Statewide Analysis
(2017-10-17)
Purpose
The purpose of this journal-ready dissertation was to examine the extent to which differences were present in discipline consequence assignments by the ethnicity/race and economic status for Grade 6, 7, and 8 girls ...
Reaction of dimethyl trisulfide with hemoglobin
(2016-11-17)
When samples of blood were spiked with the novel cyanide antidote dimethyl trisulfide (DMTS), the color of the blood was observed to darken. Additionally, recoveries of DMTS from spiked blood were low, and the loss of DMTS ...