Empowered Learning Systems in Student Success

<h4>Abstract/Description</h4> <p>Although various support systems are attempted by public schools to cause changes in student motivation and academic performance, students continue to consistently under perform and doubt their academic potential. A literature review revealed a growing body of research outlining a direct relationship between internal beliefs and performance outcomes. Yet little has been done to understand student thought patterns from their perspective, or to what extent they are able to recognize and address the internal systems of language, belief, and emotion that interact with learning. By analyzing a wide range of student perspectives, this study examines what tools and strategies students have for finding stability and powerfully navigating internal dialogue. This research utilized an exploratory–mixed methods, phenomenological approach, gathering over 1000 responses to open-ended questions from focus groups and anonymous surveys from an economically and culturally diverse student body at a public high school in San Francisco. Data included interviews, focus groups and randomized surveys to provide a dynamic range of student voices. Findings suggest students have not been taught effective strategies for overcoming negative thoughts that cause emotional disruption, and, as a result, lack the capacity for new action. These findings have implications for all students, especially those from communities predisposed to inequity, historical suffering, or psychological trauma. This work proposes that in order for a meaningful change in student self-confidence and academic achievement to occur, metacognitive agency and empowered learning systems must be explicitly addressed, not in isolated programs or lesson plans, but as the foundation upon which all learning rests.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science

Level thesis:degree_level

Master's Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Education

Year dc:date.available

2019

Author dc:creator

• Laupheimer, Craig C.

Contributors dc:contributor

• Jennifer Lucko, PhD
• Rebecca Birch, EdD

• Student Metacognition
• Belief Systems
• Learning Theory
• Behavioral Psychology
• Agency
• Interventions
• Self Talk
• Educational Philosophy
• Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education
• Cognition and Perception
• Curriculum and Instruction
• Curriculum and Social Inquiry
• Education
• Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research
• Educational Methods
• Educational Psychology
• Other Social and Behavioral Sciences
• School Psychology
• Theory and Philosophy

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholar.dominican.edu/education-masters-theses/10

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholar.dominican.edu:education-masters-theses-1012