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The academic achievement gap between African American and White students: an exploratory study on reading achievement and intrinsic motivation

Herron-McCoy, LaMonica Lanell (University of Alabama Libraries, 2009)

The purpose of this study was to explore the academic achievement gap between upper elementary African American and White students. This study sought to assess any relationships between whether academic reading, students ...
Actual and perceived ideal practices of school psychologists: a regional and state-level comparison of role discrepancies to the national association of school psychologists practice model

Batt-Rawden, Ashley P. (University of Alabama Libraries, 2021)

Discrepancies between recommended and actual practices of school psychologists have plagued the field for decades. Previous studies have examined and identified differences in school psychology practices based upon ...
Adult literacy learning: perceptions and motivations of volunteer tutors

O'Connor, Erin (University of Alabama Libraries, 2018)

Most adult literacy studies tend to focus on learner outcomes, and the few that do include tutors usually focus on their compassion as volunteers and/or assess the effectiveness of tutor training. Since community adult ...
African american paternal figures’ impact on their daughters’ psychological adjustment and educational outcomes over time

Holder, Crystal (University of Alabama Libraries, 2015)

This longitudinal study inspects the impact that African American paternal figures have on their daughters’ psychological adjustment and educational outcomes over time. By analyzing the responses of African American ...
Are empathy traits associated with cultural orientation?: a cross-cultural comparison of young adults

Gungordu, Nahide (University of Alabama Libraries, 2017)

Empathy plays a pivotal role in social interactions and in academic achievements in fields such as reading and language. Different factors have been investigated regarding empathy; however, the role of culture has not ...
Autonomic arousal and its relationship to child behavior: the moderating role of parenting practices

Romero, Devon Elizabeth (University of Alabama Libraries, 2018)

Moderated multiple regression analyses were conducted in order to examine parental involvement, poor monitoring and supervision, and inconsistent discipline as moderators in the relationship between autonomic arousal (i.e., ...
Autonomy support in US ninth-grade science classrooms: exploring a self-determination model of motivation using national IES data

Derriso, Anthony (University of Alabama Libraries, 2014)

Using self-determination theory (SDT) as a conceptual framework, this research examines motivation in our nation's science classrooms by conducting a secondary data analysis of the High School Longitudinal Study of 2009 ...
Autonomy support: teacher beliefs and practices during steam instruction and its influence on elementary students

Sheffield, Adriane Nicole (University of Alabama Libraries, 2017)

Autonomy is the sense that one has control over one’s actions within an environment or that one has some degree of choice over his or her own life. Autonomy support involves an individual who is in a position of authority, ...
Bibliotherapy: an examination of school counselors' attitudes and use

Townsend, Karen Moore (University of Alabama Libraries, 2009)

Bibliotherapy has been shown to be a natural, appropriate tool for school counselors, supporting both student therapeutic concerns, as well as the academic goals of the setting. However, no prior research was identified ...
Biofunctional embodiment of moral development: the impact of affect, moral cognition, maturation and experience playing sports on acceptance of aggression in sports by Italian adolescents

Zengaro, Sally Ann (University of Alabama Libraries, 2010)

The purpose of this dissertation was to examine the relationships between moral judgments, affect, moral disengagement, general aggression, and the self-reported attitudes toward the acceptance of aggression in sports among ...
Black beauty, white standards: a phenomenological study of black american women's perception of body image at a PWI

Hicks, Adora (University of Alabama Libraries, 2018)

This qualitative study examined the daily lives and experiences of ten Black American women, looking specifically at perceptions of their body image. The ten women were enrolled undergraduate students at a predominately ...
Children's social reasoning in the context of bully victimization

Porter, Malvin (University of Alabama Libraries, 2010)

The purpose of this study was to evaluate a new measure of children's social reasoning about bully victimization, the Children's Bully/Victim Survey (CBVS). The CBVS attempts to assess what children think are appropriate ...
Coaching Educators on Educating Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder in an Early Childhood Inclusion Setting

Lane, Morgan Elise (University of Alabama Libraries, 2021)

There is a considerable gap between evidence-based interventions intended to support students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and current classroom practice (Anderson et al., 2018; Artman-Meeker et al., 2015). Early ...
Codependency among nurses: a comparison by substance use disorder and other selected variables

Self, Jo Simmons (University of Alabama Libraries, 2010)

Previous studies have shown that the profession of nursing has inherent risk factors that may contribute to Substance Use Disorder among nurses. One of those risk factors may be codependency. This study explored the ...
College students information management with parents and moral judgment development

Collin, Brian G. (University of Alabama Libraries, 2014)

The initial purpose of the current research study was to investigate if college students' current and perceived changes from high school in parental disclosure, secrecy, current information management strategies, and ...
Comparing the use of cinematherapy and bibliotherapy to teach character education: a quasi-experimental study

Davis, Amy Pike (University of Alabama Libraries, 2019)

Character education, an educational construct which emphasizes educational strategies and targets the specific moral development needs of children (Berkowitz & Bier, 2007), is often taught in the school setting through ...
Comparison of Team Sport Athlete's and Individual Sport Athlete's Moral Identity and Antisocial/Prosocial Behavior in Sports

Hanle, Leah (University of Alabama Libraries, 2021)

In this acknowledgement, I would like to express my sincerest gratitude to all the people who have contributed in different ways to the success of this work. Thanks to the members of my committee, Dr. Wind, Dr. Scofield, ...
Counterfactual historical scenarios as organizers of the sources of insightful understanding

Stewart, William H. (University of Alabama Libraries, 2012)

Researchers have explored history expertise as a model for developing critical thinking in students. However, if students are not interested in history, they may not see any reason to engage in critical reflection in that ...
Cultural effect on dispositional and intergroup empathy: comparison of iranians, americans, and bicultural iranians

Yaghoubi Jami, Parvaneh (University of Alabama Libraries, 2020-07)

Decades of research makes clear that people’s cultural background and group identity make a substantial impact on their empathic responsiveness. Our current understanding of empathic perceptions and reactions in a group ...
Describing and testing a measure of Confucian self: a preliminary validity study

Jiang, Hong (University of Alabama Libraries, 2014)

This study attempted to describe Confucian ethics by presenting its conceptual structures and comparing it with Western ethics, and to develop and test a measure of the Confucian self. The theoretical foundations for ...

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