Browsing Intervention Services and Leadership in Education (ISLE) by Title
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An examination of phonological awareness treatment outcomes for seventh-grade poor readers from a bilingual community
(American Speech - Language - Hearing Association, 2005-10)The goal of this study was to examine posttreatment outcomes following direct, systematic phonological awareness instruction for seventh-grade poor readers, most of whom had English as their second language. -
Examining epistemological beliefs, academic self-efficacy, and calibration of comprehension
(2006-12)This study explored the relationship of epistemological beliefs, academic self-efficacy, and passage comprehension. Seventy-five community college students were asked to complete a series of in-class questionnaires, these ... -
Examining Native American epistemological beliefs
(Wichita State University, 2012-05)The purpose of this study is to examine the epistemological beliefs of Native Americans in order to gain a better understanding of their beliefs about the nature of knowledge and learning. Fifteen adults were interviewed ... -
Examining the psychometric properties of self-report measures of bullying: Reliability of the peer relations questionnaire
(Wichita State University, 2008-05)Self-report measures of bullying have recently been under scrutiny due to limited evidence of their psychometric properties. Nevertheless, they continue to be the main tool for estimating prevalence of bullying behavior ... -
Examining the role and practices of high school counselors in helping students make career transition
(Mid-South Educational Research Association, 2017)High school counselors are in a unique position to promote college and career readiness for all students; yet, we know little about the role and practices of school counselors overall; what the goals most emphasized in ... -
Experiences of Saudi students attending a U.S. University: A qualitative study
(Wichita State University, 2015-05)The purpose of this study was to gain a detailed understanding of the experiences of Saudi students attending a U.S. university. Acculturation theory was the theoretical framework through which the experiences of the Saudi ... -
Exploring privilege through participation in an alternative break program and connected course
(Wichita State University, 2019-05)Atypical in Alternative Break practice, an intentionally created connected course was examined to understand students' perceptions of their semester long experience before, during, and after their service trip. This ... -
Extending Holland's hexagon: Procedures, counseling applications, and research
(Wiley Blackwell, 1993-03)Since its introduction nearly 25 years ago, Holland's (1985) hexagon has remained in skeletal form. The hexagon is used to depict similarities and differences among occupations-but only six general types of occupations. ... -
Factors influencing high school students to persist in aspirations of teaching careers
(SAGE Publications, 2006-03)This study longitudinally tracks 10th grade students for 4 years regarding their persistence in aspirations of teaching careers using a nationally representative sample (National Educational Longitudinal Survey of 1988). ... -
Factors influencing STEM career aspirations of underrepresented high school students
(Wiley, 2018-09-05)A shortage of female and minority students pursuing science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) careers has prompted researchers and policy makers to examine the current STEM supply pipeline. This study examined ... -
Factors that influence persistence in science and engineering career aspirations
(American Counseling Association, 2003-03)The author investigated students' persistence regarding career aspirations in science and engineering (SE) professional careers as a function of race and sex. In a nationally representative sample of 8th graders, persistent ... -
Falsification, annual targets, and errant leadership: media portrayal of the Atlanta test-cheating scandal
(SAGE Publications, 2015-11)This analysis of the Atlanta test-cheating scandal differs markedly from the version reported in the press. Using discourse analysis, I examined over 50 articles published in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution (AJC), the ... -
From the student's perspective: A narrative report of what urban homeless students need from schools
(Wichita State University, 2014-07)This narrative inquiry sought to understand from the homeless students' perspective the meaning of home, how homelessness affects schooling, what homeless students need from school, and whether or not policy and law are ... -
Gender and racial differences in career decision-making dispositions of college students enrolled in STEM majors
(Horizon Research Publishing Corporation, 2016)Anticipated shortfall in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) workforce in the United States has prompted researchers and policy-makers to examine the supply pipeline and factors influencing the ... -
Gender differences in homework and test scores in mathematics, reading and science at tenth and twelfth grade
(Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2000)Gender differences in maths, reading, science and the amount of homework done out of school were obtained for tenth and twelfth graders from the American National Educational Longitudinal Study. Males obtained significantly ... -
Gender differences on the scholastic aptitude test, the American College test and college grades
(Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2001-06)Gender differences for a nationally representative sample of American college graduates obtained from the Baccalaureate and Beyond 1993-94 study were examined on the Scholastic Aptitude Test and the American College Test, ... -
Healing to learn and learning to heal: Education recovery following a natural disaster
(Wichita State University, 2014-05)Physical destruction of a school and loss of material resources in a natural disaster are potentially traumatic experiences for students and school personnel (Ainsworth & Parkes, 1991). As a result of such destruction, ... -
Help-seeking perceptions and behaviors: A comparison of Chinese and American graduate students
(Wiley Blackwell, 1990-04)The article compares the help-seeking perceptions and behaviors of Chinese and American graduate students. Understanding students' needs and knowing the problem areas in which they need the most help is important for ... -
Helping them changes us: Experiences of supplemental instruction leaders with transformative learning
(Wichita State University, 2020-05)Supplemental Instruction (SI) is an academic success program with a proven track record that was developed in the early 1970s to improve student academic performance in traditionally difficult courses (Arendale, 2000; ... -
High school students' career plans: The influence of others' expectations.
(SAGE Publications, 1998)A study examined that influence of others' expectations on high school students' career plans. Participants were a nationally representative sample of multiracial 10th- and 12th-grade students. Results indicated that the ...