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Determining the impact of a multiliteracies workshop on TPACK knowledge of elementary preservice teachers

Bavonese, Janet Leigh (University of Alabama Libraries, 2014)

This study applied the researcher-created Multiliteracies Workshop Model (MWM) to a literacy block methods experience and measured the changes in elementary/early childhood and elementary/collaborative preservice teachers' ...
Effects of a task-based methods/practicum sequence on secondary mathematical knowledge for teaching

Glaze, Patricia Edge (University of Alabama Libraries, 2020)

There has been a call for reform in the teaching and learning of mathematics that requires moving away from passive student learning and memorization to active participation and exploration; however, mathematics teaching ...
The effects of world war II on the schools for white children of Baldwin County, Alabama

Moseley, Stephen Henry (University of Alabama Libraries, 1948)

Baldwin County, situated in the southernmost part of Alabama between Mobile and Perdido Bays, has a million acres of land and a long shoreline with both gulf coast and bay shore. Since it is semi-maritime in economy ...
Eighth grade social studies teachers' perceptions of the impact of technology on students' learning in world history

Griggs, Bridget Renee' (University of Alabama Libraries, 2010)

There are many perceptions of what should be taught in the social studies classroom. With the expansive amount of information that must be transferred to students, the job of the social studies teacher is becoming more ...
The Eldridge (Alabama) Baptist Academy

Robinson, William Elijah (University of Alabama Libraries, 1947)

Eldridge Baptist Academy was one of the chain of mountain schools operated by the Home Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention. These schools were part of the Academy movement in education and exerted a worthy ...
Elementary mathematics instructional coaches: qualities of qualified mathematics specialists

Nalu, Nicolette (University of Alabama Libraries, 2019)

This mixed methods study analyzed the content knowledge, pedagogical knowledge, and leadership knowledge and skills of elementary mathematics specialists (EMSs); in addition, the study examined EMSs’ ability to select and ...
Elementary social studies instruction: documenting teachers' perceived use of integrative practices

Ross, Sharon Ann (University of Alabama Libraries, 2016)

This study utilizes qualitative methodologies, specifically case study inquiry through interviews, observations, and lesson plans to investigate how and whether four sample elementary teachers used integrative teaching ...
Emotional labor, emotional expression, and emotional control in the K-12 classroom

Roberts, Kary Rose Luken (University of Alabama Libraries, 2011)

For quite some time, research has shown an inclination for the portrayal of teaching as a primarily cognitive enterprise (Zembylas, 2003). Though psychological and sociological research has increasingly focused on complexities ...
Engaging the disengaged: detracking English education for 9th and 10th grade students

Kusta, Charly Porter (University of Alabama Libraries, 2018)

This critical ethnographic qualitative case study uses a critical theory lens to discover the implications of academic tracking in a southeastern secondary school and to explore detracking English education for historically ...
Evolution and pre-service science teachers: investigating acceptance and rejection

Glaze, Amanda Michelle Lee (University of Alabama Libraries, 2013)

This study utilized three methodological approaches to examine the controversy and concerns associated with evolution education, taking the examination of acceptance and rejection full circle from concept to conflict. ...
Examining evidence of metacognition by preservice secondary mathematics teachers while solving tasks situated in the secondary curriculum

Truelove, Hazel Stickney (University of Alabama Libraries, 2013)

The study's goal was to examine the metacognitive practices and problem solving by preservice secondary mathematics teachers within secondary core content areas. The effort to analyze and describe the processes led to ...
Examining how middle grade students develop mathematical learning opportunities and collectively engage in small groups: a three article dissertation

Campbell, Tye (University of Alabama Libraries, 2021)

Collaborative learning, a classroom structure wherein students work with peers to co-construct knowledge, can lead to higher achievement and more equitable opportunities to learn in comparison to traditional instruction. ...
Examining physics teachers’ formative assessment knowledge: a many-facet Rasch model approach

Stephens, Marilyn Maxwell (University of Alabama Libraries, 2018)

This study describes a sequential, exploratory, mixed methods approach for the development of an instrument to measure physics teachers’ formative assessment knowledge of force and motion as an important component of their ...
Examining the influence of physics focused professional development on advanced placement physics teachers

Ogodo, Justina Anietem (University of Alabama Libraries, 2017)

There is a critical need to improve the pedagogical content knowledge of in-service physics teachers because of the large population of under-qualified teachers in the physics classroom. The need is even greater for the ...
Experience as knowledge: teacher belief and purpose as pedagogical content knowledge

Hayes, Jeffrey (University of Alabama Libraries, 2016)

The literature reviewed in this study indicates that evaluating teacher belief and purpose as factors that can develop pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) may be useful in broadening the assessment of teacher knowledge. ...
Exploring Girl Scouts' self-perceptions as geoscientists using a feminist standpoint lens and transformative mixed methods

Renz, Heather Fowler (University of Alabama Libraries, 2015)

Currently in the United States jobs abound in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). Yet, women remain an underrepresented demographic both in university STEM degrees and careers. This study sought to understand ...
Exploring multiliteracies, student voice, and scientific practices in two elementary classrooms

Allison, Elizabeth Rowland (University of Alabama Libraries, 2015)

This study explored the voices of children in a changing world with evolving needs and new opportunities. The workplaces of rapidly moving capitalist societies value creativity, collaboration, and critical thinking skills ...
Exploring professional development experiences: teachers' and facilitators' perceptions of Alabama Science in Motion

Burruss, Linda Denise (University of Alabama Libraries, 2011)

Teachers are often disillusioned because most of the professional development that they receive is inadequate (Chappuis, Chappuis, & Stiggins, 2009; Borko, 2004). With that in mind, reform efforts have placed attentive ...
Exploring what contributes to the knowledge development of secondary physics and physical science teachers in a continuous professional development context

Nelms, April Wagnon (University of Alabama Libraries, 2012)

This dissertation used qualitative methodologies, specifically phenomenological research, to investigate what contributes to the development of pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) of physics and physical science teachers ...
Facilitators' perceptions of facilitation in the problem-based learning mathematics classroom

Ingram, Shelia McGee (University of Alabama Libraries, 2013)

Despite the significant amount of research on problem-based learning (PBL) in medical education and gifted education, there is only a scarce amount of research on this instructional approach in secondary mathematics ...

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