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Geography in an interdisciplinary environment: developing research paths
(Grosvenor Center for Geographic Education, 2005)
GIS in K-12 education: pedagogical tool or weapon of mass distraction?
(Grosvenor Center for Geographic Education, 2008)
The return of the native? :questions about geographical knowledge and spatial thinking
(Grosvenor Center for Geographic Education, 2007)
Twenty-Six Years of Changes in Education Students’ Attitudes
(Center for Promoting Ideas, USA, 2015-12)
The main purpose of this quantitative study was to compare graduate education students from 1988 with graduate
and undergraduate education students from 2014 in regard to their attitudes and expectations about teaching,
schools, ...
"We Gotta Change First" : Racial Literacy in a High School English Classroom
(2014-Sprin)
Students need more opportunities to learn how to respond to and counter forms of everyday racism. This qualitative study addresses that need by investigating how one peer-led group engaged in dialogue about issues of race ...
An Exploration of the Connections Between Institution Type and Perceived Levels of Stereotype Threat in African American Engineering Students
(Journal of African American Males in Education (JAAME), 2015)
To distinguish the similarities and differences in coping strategies of African American engineering
students, a quantitative study was conducted which examined their perceptions of stereotype threat at
three academic ...
Characterizing Log-Logistic (LL) Distributions through Methods of Percentiles and L-Moments
(HIKARI Ltd, January 25)
The main purpose of this paper is to characterize the log-logistic
(LL) distributions through the methods of percentiles and L-moments
and contrast with the method of (product) moments. The method of
(product) moments ...
Towards Understanding When Service-Learning Fosters Efficacy Beliefs of Preservice Teachers
(Duke University and the SIG-Service-Learning & Experiential Education of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), 2015)
This research uses a mixed methods approach in focusing upon the role service-learning can play in enhancing preservice teachers’ sense of efficacy. Results of the quantitative component reveal significant gains in efficacy ...
The Not-So-Quiet Revolution: Cautionary Comments on the Rejection of Hypothesis Testing in Favor of a “Causal” Modeling Alternative
(Digital Commons@WayneStateWayne State University Press, 11-1-2010)
Rodgers (2010) recently applauded a revolution involving the increased use of statistical modeling
techniques. It is argued that such use may have a downside, citing empirical evidence in educational
psychology that ...
The supporting effects of high luminous conditions on grade 3 oral reading fluency scores
(SpringerPlus, 2014)
The universality of the impact of daylight is a common thread that defines humanity. Day light affects us in a variety of
ways –visually, psychologically and biologically. Artificial lighting research has explored ways ...