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Elementary Teachers of Writing: Personal Writing Beliefs and Their Impact on Teaching Writing
(2017-08-14)
The purpose of this study was to determine teachers’ beliefs of themselves as writers and the impact of these beliefs on their teaching of writing. Case studies of seven teachers of writing on two elementary campuses in ...
Identification of culturable bacteria isolated from sponges affected in the 2016 massive die-off at the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary (FGBNMS)
(2017-12-06)
This project was conducted to identify culturable bacteria isolated from sponges affected in the 2016 massive die-off at the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary (FGBNMS). The FGBNMS was considered a healthy reef ...
Teacher and Principal Experiences with Data-Driven Decision Making, School Improvement Plan Quality, and Academic Growth
(2017-11-08)
Data-driven decision making and improvement planning have become common expectations in today’s schools, but much is unknown about how these efforts actually occur and the degree to which they impact student achievement. ...
Examining Factors Contributing to the Resiliency of Unaccompanied Immigrant Students in High School
(2017-04-18)
The purpose of this qualitative study was to analyze the resiliency factors that influence academic achievement in unaccompanied alien children in high school. To determine factors that motivate unaccompanied alien children ...
Human motion modeling and evaluation using wearable sensor devices
(2017-12-05)
Wearable sensors devices are getting integrated into our daily life. Giving precise and accurate data on individual's exercises and practices are one of the most important tasks in extensive computing. These sensor devices ...
The Impact of Public Prekindergarten on Social Competence and School Attendance for Hispanic Students Identified as English Language Learners
(2017-03-30)
Participation in prekindergarten for English Language Learners may positively impact social competence and decrease school absences, which may promote increased levels of academic achievement throughout the years a student ...
Deep Convolutional Neural Network for Facial Expression
(2017-12-07)
This research designs a Facial Expression Recognition (FER) system based on the deep convolutional neural network using facial parts. An FER is one of the most important nonverbal channels through which Human Machine ...
Examining the relationship between classroom climate and student achievement of middle school students
(2017-04-21)
The purpose of this sequential mixed method study was to examine the relationship between classroom climate and student achievement of middle school students. This study included a review of data collected from the Learning ...
Microsoft Kinect based real-time segmentation and recognition for human activity learning
(2017-12-05)
Lower body pain and injury have become common in this technical world, especially in elderly people. It is quite difficult to recover from these injuries leading to problems in performing daily routine activities like ...
The Effects of Tier One RtI at the Elementary School Level Using I-Station on Reading Text Fluency
(2017-10-24)
This study looked at the effects of Tier 1 Response to Intervention (RtI) on elementary school reading fluency using I-Station assessment and intervention. The study included four elementary schools within the same school ...