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Showing 1 to 20 of 70 for “"Research Theory"”.
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Revision: research, theory, and pedagogy
Call number: LD2668 .R4 ENGL 1988 G84
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Revision: research, theory, and pedagogy
Call number: LD2668 .R4 ENGL 1988 G84
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Group Dynamics in Physical Activity Promotion: Research, Theory & Practice
… of questions remain unanswered in the areas of theory development, intervention implementation, and translation of research into practice. This dissertation includes a series of manuscripts that focus on research, theory, and practice of group dynamics interventions intended to promote PA. …
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Exploration of training as an implementation strategy to promote physical activity within community settings: research, theory, and practice
… community-based delivery, often requiring researchers to train delivery personnel on intervention components. However, there is a paucity of detail on for whom, under what conditions, and how training mechanism are effective in practice. The purpose of this research was to explore the …
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Pennsylvania Superintendent-Preparation: How Has it Changed?
<p>The purpose for this study was to add to the research on school administrator preparation programs by examining and describing the content, structure, and overall design of university preparation programs in Pennsylvania for school superintendents to determine the degree to which the programs of …
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Navigating Multiple Roles: Physicians Married to Non-Physician Professionals
… marriage, and there is need for more empirical research that addresses this and other issues. The proposed study will add to the empirical literature and will have implications for future research, theory, and practice, as well as for work-life policy issues for physicians.
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Dreamscape: A Human Inquiry into the Land of Dreaming
Until recently, research into dreaming followed the reductionist paradigm within a Freudian framework. This line of enquiry has failed to date to provide a meaningful relationship between neuropsychology and dreaming. As a result, theory development has halted, original therapeutic approaches …
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Religious Problem Solving and Coping with End Stage Renal Disease
… strains and outcome variables. Implications for research, theory, and practice were noted.</p>
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Cultural Expressions, Meanings, Beliefs, and Practices of Mexican American Women During the Postpartum Period: An Ethnonursing Study
… culture care diversity and universality theory was utilized as the undergirding framework for this study. Eight key and 15 general informants participated in this study. The ethnodemographic interview guide, a qualitative enabler, was used to assist with the collection and analysis of …
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Factors Influencing the Retention and Graduation of Latino Male Students: Four-Year Hispanic-Serving Institutions
… (HSI). This study is informed by the main research question: How do Latino males use their own Community Cultural Wealth for their retention while enrolled at southern California CSUs designated as Hispanic-Serving Institutions? Utilizing Yosso (2005) Community Cultural Wealth model as the …
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Elementary Principals' Perceptions of 21st Century Skills in Southeastern Virginia
… and asked to complete a survey. An online research survey was distributed to Virginia principals to determine their perceptions of implementing 21st century skills in elementary schools in Virginia. This study revealed that elementary principals perceived 21st century skills as being "very …
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Theory and Practice of Large-scale Logistics: Offline Contextual Bandits and Decomposition Methods
… This work bridges the gap between operations research theory and practice, demonstrating how theoretical foundations can be successfully translated into practical solutions for complex real-world logistics challenges.
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The impact of school-wide professional development on student achievement : a meta-analysis from an effective schools perspective
… Report (1966) through present time, a sizeable research base exists regarding effective schooling. With continual pressure on schools to improve student achievement, this area of research is expected to continue to grow, and needs to be synthesized. As effective schools have been identified …
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UTILIZING GLORIA ANZALDUA’S CONOCIMIENTO TO SURVIVE: UNDERSTANDING HOW WOMEN FACULTY OF COLOR OVERCOME RACIAL BIAS & DISCRIMINATION IN ACADEMIA
… academia that directly impact People of Color. Research shows that for women faculty of color, the tenure rates are proportionally lower than White men, men of color, and White women. Guided by a Chicana feminist epistemological framework, I conducted a narrative inquiry study to explore the …
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Tanzania's minority indigenous college graduates: aspirations and barriers overcame to access through completing college
… college were interviewed. The Possible Selves Theory (Markus and Nurius, 1986) was used to formulate interview questions and assisted in the analysis process. The theory helped understand what minority indigenous college graduates thought of becoming--or not becoming--after completing college. …
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A situational analysis of Chinese managers’ personal value systems (PVS) and their influence on employee commitment
… for sustainable competitive success. The research aim is to establish a relationship between managerial value systems, corporate culture, P-O fit and affective employee commitment. The research theory is based on an extensive and rigorous literature review. It was tested in an empirical …
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Disarming Microaggressions: How Black College Students Self-regulate Racial Stressors within Predominately White Institutions
… & Willis, 1978; Sue, Capidolupo et al., 2007). Researchers have demonstrated the unique, harmful, and cumulative impact of racial microaggressions in the lives of people of color (Rivera, Forquer, & Rangel, 2010; Sue, Nadal, Capodilupo, Lin, Torino, & Rivera, 2008). By way of primarily …
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Improving teaching practice through education, mind, and selected brain research
… the emerging science of learning. However, a research-to-practice gap persists, and many students, particularly low-income and minority children and youth, are failing to reach their academic potential. The texts submitted with this document (Conyers & Wilson, 2015a, 2016; Wilson & Conyers, …
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Examining the Relationship between Career Interests, Styles, and Subjective Well-Being with the Strong Interest Inventory
… Morris, Schaubhut, & Thompson, 2005) has a broad research base commonly comprised of vocationally-relevant constructs such as career satisfaction (Hees, 2010), self-efficacy (Betz & Borgen, 2000), and educational aspirations (Rottinghaus, Lindley, Green, & Borgen, 2002). The present study aimed to …
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