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A Multiple-Case Study of Secondary Reading Specialists
<p>This multiple-case study examined the role and educator perceptions of the reading specialist (RS) in the five secondary schools of one school district in the western United States. The purposes of the study were to determine: (1) the actual roles and responsibilities of the secondary RS, (2) …
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Empowering Students Through Organizational Empathy -- Multiple Case Study Methodology
This dissertation in practice employed a multiple case study design to better understand how two executive directors within a national network of arts and technology educational organizations defined, nurtured, and measured empathy within their students. Empathy can connect diverse people and …
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Intentional Classroom Humor in Nursing : a Multiple Case Study
<p><em>Problem</em>. The purpose of this study was to examine the perceived connections between the intentional use of humor in the nursing classroom and student learning in the cognitive and affective domains while seeking to understand student and teacher perceptions and responses to humor.</p> …
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Financing University Conference Centers: A Multiple Case Study Approach
… financing. The overall research question of this study asks how university officials make conference center investment decisions based on the four pillars of project valuation and management. To answer the research questions posed by this investigation, this study adopted a multiple case study …
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Wayfinding tools in public library buildings: A multiple case study.
… a task or to achieve a goal. This qualitative study explores the process of wayfinding as it applies to locating information in a public library. A group of volunteers were asked to find a selection of items in three types of libraries-traditional, contemporary, and modern. The retrieval …
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Exemplary Bilingual Teachers in Puerto Rico: a Multiple-Case Study
… Rico?</p> <p><em>Method</em>. A qualitative multiple-case study design was used for this research. Two elementary and two intermediate bilingual teachers were observed and interviewed during the course of one school year. Their training, classroom practices, and life experiences are described …
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Gendered Processes in Self-Managing Teams: A Multiple Case Study
This study examines how gender as a socio-cultural construction factors in the currently occurring change from a bureaucratic work organization to more interactive and team-based structures. Informed by Joan Acker's theory of gendered organization, I identify processes that produce and reproduce …
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Relay Succession in the Senior Pastorate: A Multiple Case Study Method
… was accomplished through three phases and four case studies. The first phase--define and design--sought to review the precedent literature and begin the development of a case study protocol with embedded interviews. The interview was subject to review by an expert panel and approved by the …
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Characteristics of high school online educational programs: a multiple case study
… is very little of it. This dissertation is a case study of three virtual high school programs, two well established programs and one that is only two years old. Administrator and teachers were interviewed and an examination of program documents to define what attributes and characteristics …
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Learning by Game Design for Library Instruction: A Multiple Case Study
… and independent learners are limited. This study contributes to the burgeoning discourse on alternative instructional approaches to teaching information literacy and focuses on the use of game design in learning environments. </p> <p>The appeal of gaming among the younger generation of …
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Improving Decoding: A Multiple Case Study of Fourth Grade Striving Readers
… decoding was the focus of this qualitative multiple case study. Four fourth grade participants received intensive, explicit reading intervention from an expert reading teacher for 17 weeks. Data from intervention class observations, documents, and interviews with participants and classroom …
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leadership and early childhood education for sustainability: a multiple case study
… authors. The purpose of this qualitative multiple case study, was to explore leadership traits and leadership experiences, of leaders from Midwestern United States private early childhood centers that demonstrated sustainability principles. Sustainability principles were defined as: (a) …
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Aliterate pre-service teachers' reading histories: an exploratory multiple case study
… 2007). This dissertation uses an exploratory multiple case study approach to examine the experiences of two aliterate pre-service teacher candidates including their identity as a reader, their experiences with reading at home and their reading experiences at all educational levels. Using …
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A multiple case study exploring middle school attendance barriers and challenges.
… that challenge regular school attendance. This multiple case study applied a thematic analysis to interpret the research findings. The study focused on students who have excessive absences and are at-risk of not meeting their academic growth achievements. The research questions were: How do …
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Building a conceptual model for sustaining prevention programs: A multiple case study.
… model for sustaining prevention programs: A multiple case study.
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A MULTIPLE CASE STUDY OF TWO PREDOMINANTLY AFRICAN AMERICAN YOUTH CHORAL ORGANIZATIONS
The purpose of this multiple case study was to explore stakeholders’ perspectives of two predominantly African American community youth choral organizations. My research questions included: (1) How do participants describe their experiences with the organization?, (2) What benefits and challenges …
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Teacher experience with the accelerative integrated methodology (AIM) : a multiple case study
This multiple case study explores different dimensions of the Accelerative Integrated Methodology (AIM) in an attempt to investigate how a primary English as a second language (ESL) teacher could implement it into her practice. This research examined how three French as a second language (FSL) …
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Change Management for Christian Leaders in the Marketplace: A Multiple Case Study
… often fail because of poor management. This study identifies effective practices of transformative change used by a sample of overtly Christian marketplace leaders. The field of change management uses a broad range of methods and approaches. W. Edwards Deming, “the father of the third wave of …
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Persistence factors of women in information tecnology : a multiple case study analysis
… technology were investigated. An exploratory multiple case study methodology was used with nine women who have been employed in the information technology field for a minimum of five years. The subjects underwent a series of two interviews that focused on the reasons why they thought they had …
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