The purpose of this study was to explore the experiences and motivational factors that influenced educational and career decisions of United States military veterans who transitioned out of the military and into an information ...
This study is an exploration of who teachers of languages other than English in the United States are becoming as professionals in this historically marginalized discipline. Despite advances to support language teachers ...
The current study examined how families navigated the rules and admissionsrequirements of Washington, DC’s common enrollment lottery for public preschool. Informed by ethnography and case study methods, multiple in-depth ...
In the United States, there exists a chronic shortage of qualified special education teachers to provide instructional services to students with disabilities. One policy solution developed to increase the number of qualified ...
Numerous challenges, complexities, and considerations are associated with delivering Special Education supports and services. To meet the needs of students with disabilities (SWDs) in a school setting, a multidisciplinary ...
Despite significant physical, emotional, and cognitive benefits, outdoor and environmental education (OEE) is not regularly implemented within a K-12 setting. Yet there are some teachers across the United States who have ...
This dissertation evaluates the effect of gait modifications on the joint reaction forces (JRF) estimated via computer simulation using the OpenSim software tool. Osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee is a common and progressive ...
This qualitative study highlights the practices of current secondary English language arts teachers who graduated from the teacher education program at George Mason University to address the following research questions: ...
This dissertation responds to a need in exploring the role of home culture connectedness in Chinese international students’ psychological and sociocultural adaptations, which is overlooked in the deficit-thinking-oriented ...
The more individuals consume media that portray people who participate in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) as white and able-bodied men, the more likely individuals within STEM communities will only ...
Self-efficacy and achievement goal orientations are predictors of affect, behavior, and performance in sport and exercise. These traits contribute cognitively to subjective exercise experiences, which are important for ...
The purpose of this exploratory study was to examine factors that may influence diverse class climates and teacher-student relationships (TSRs) with two hundred and five (N=205) elementary school teachers. Participants ...
Northern Virginia Community College (NOVA), like other community colleges, does not require Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) scores or similar entrance examinations for admission. However, new college applicants must ...
Technological advancements in today’s global society are numerous and continue to grow at an exponential rate. It is predicated that all jobs in the future will require some knowledge and skills in STEM: science, technology, ...
The purpose of the present quasi-experimental mixed-methods study was to examine the effects of an Intercultural Competence Intervention with Self-Regulatory Prompts (ICI-SRP) on elementary students’ development of ...
The international branch campus (IBC) plays a unique and important role in the globalization efforts of higher education institutions. Prior research identified and explored the challenges, motivations, and strategies ...
Family engagement plays a significant role in students’ academic success (Araujo, 2009; Clarke et al., 2017; Durand, 2011; Herrera et al., 2020; Jasis, 2021; Lin, 2003; Vesely et al., 2017; Weiss et al., 2006) and produces ...
This dissertation begins with a simple premise: (re)imagining a healing and restorative space for inquiry. Across three manuscripts, the work of a critical participatory inquiry collective—composed of Kaqchikel Maya community ...
The rising emphasis for students to develop global and intercultural competence leads the purpose of this qualitative study to explore United States (U.S.)-based world language (WL) teachers’ understandings and integration ...
Nontraditional students' enrollment continues to increase, but research into their individual experience and appropriate institutional support resources is still in its infancy. This study explores the lived experiences ...