Browsing Graduate Research by Title
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A Comparative Study of Low-Income Students Who Attended Preschool and Those Who Did Not Attend Preschool on Their Academic Performance in Second Grade
(2022-04-18)The purpose of this study was to compare the academic achievement of low-income students who attended preschool and those who did not to determine if preschool attendance benefits low-income students academically. The ... -
A Comparative Study of Student Engagement in Reading Foundational Skills When They are Taught Using Sounds First Activities and When They are Not Taught Using Sounds First Activities in First Grade Class
(2022-04)The purpose of this study was to compare student engagement during reading foundational skills lessons using Sounds First and student engagement during reading foundational skills lessons not using Sounds First. The sample ... -
A Comparative Study of Students Comprehension Scores When Taught Using Physical Texts and Digital Texts in a 4th Grade ELA Classroom
(2022-04)The purpose of this study was to compare the outcomes of reading comprehension scores across two mediums, print and digital books in a fourth grade English Language Arts (ELA) class. The sample for this study consisted of ... -
A Comparative Study of Students Performance in Music Class When Taught Using Content Songs and Without Content Songs in 3rd Grade Class at a Selected Elementary School in Tennessee.
(2022-04-18)The purpose of this study was to compare students’ performance in a music class when they were taught using content songs and without content songs at a select elementary class. A sample of twenty-eight third graders learned ... -
A Comparative Study of Students' Scores in Eighth-Grade Algebra 1 for Students Who Participated in a Seventh-Grade Rigorous Preparation Program and Those Who Did Not Participate at a Selected Junior High School in Tennessee
(2022-04-09)The purpose of this study was to compare students who participated in a rigorous seventh-grade Algebra 1 preparation program to those who did not participate at a selected junior high school in Tennessee. This comparison ... -
A Comparative Study of Third Through Fifth Grade In-Person and Virtual Students on English/Language Arts and Math Benchmark Grades in a Selected School District in Upper East Tennessee
(2022-03-17)The purpose of this quantitative study was to compare the effects of virtual and in-person learning models on English/Language Arts and Math benchmark scores. The students were randomly selected from eight different ... -
A Comparative Study on Classroom Management Strategies between Mainland-born Chinese Teachers and non-Mainland-born Chinese Teachers in the United States
(2022-03-31)The purpose of this quantitative study was to compare the differences in classroom management strategies between Mainland Chinese-born teachers, American-born Chinese teachers, and Taiwanese-born Chinese teachers in the ... -
A Comparative Study on Self Perceived Efficacy of Teaching Inclusion Between Career Technical Education, Fine Arts, and General Core Teachers at a Selected School District in Northeast Tennessee
(2022-04-04)The purpose of this study was to identify teacher-perceived self-efficacy in teaching inclusion students between the content areas of General Core, Fine Arts, and Career Technical Education. The participants consisted of ... -
A Comparative Study on Student Performance Based on Teachers Collaborating Versus Teachers that do not at Select Middle Schools
(2017)The purpose of this study was to compare student achievement when the students have teachers who collaborate versus students who do not have teachers that collaborate. The sample consisted of two separate seventh grade ... -
A Comparison of Fourth-Grade Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program Scores At A Selected School District Taught by Highly Qualified Teachers
(2016)The purpose of this study was to examine the difference between selected school districts on 4th grade students Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program scores when taught by highly qualified teachers. The sample for ... -
A Comparison of Wisdom of Solomon with the Epistle to the Hebrews: A Common Sapiential Hermeneutical Layer Encouraging and Exhorting Toward Moral Maturation
(2015)This thesis will analyze the potential layer of influence and hermeneutical ramifications of Wisdom upon Hebrews, including comparisons in compositional, form and thematic similarities (chapter I), followed by a discussion ... -
The ConTENT Zone: Bringing the OuTdoors In
(2017-04-08)The ConTENT Zone is designed to help children be able to self-regulate when they are having issues with Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD), which is important so that children can perform everyday life tasks at home, at ... -
Cooking with Occupational Therapy
(2018-04-18)This is a pdf book version of a website I created to help people learn about cooking with occupational therapy. It covers subjects such as performance components, recipes, tips and tricks and adaptive equipment that can ... -
Developing a Community Mental Health Chaplaincy Model in Carter County, Tennessee in Response to the Opioid Addiction Crisis
(2023-05-01)Explores pastoral theology in the context of the current opioid crisis (1996-2023), concentrating specifically on an Appalachian social location. Examines the mechanism of opioid addiction according to the NIDA model, ... -
Devotions for the Caregiver
(2017-04-12)This is a 30 day devotional for caregivers of any type. Each day is fairly brief and includes a couple of verses or quotes and some thoughts from the author. On some days there are prompts to journal or reflect, and at the ... -
Digital Parent-Teacher Communication: The Effectiveness of Using Technology to Facilitate Parent-Teacher Communication and its Impact on Parent Involvement
(2021-04-22)The purpose of this study is to determine the following; parent and teacher perceptions of digital communication, parent/teacher preferences, and how digital communication impacts parent involvement. The sample consisted ... -
Discipling Christians through a Guided New Testament Reading Program and Short-Term Small Group Experience
(2016)This Doctor of Ministry Project addressed the need of Heath Church of Christ of Heath, Ohio to create a discipleship program for new and mature Christians. The discipleship program consisted of participants reading through ... -
A Dissertation Defense on the Impact of the Soccer Program at a Rural County High School on Females of Hispanic Descent on Social Development
(2019-04-30)The social development of an adolescent is a complex process, and adolescent minorities face additional challenges. Female Hispanics take on many gender and cultural roles and face challenges of balancing school, home life, ... -
The effect of teaching vocabulary using a digital media and traditional methods on student’s academic performance in 11th grade literature class
(2020-05-22)The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of teaching vocabulary using digital media and traditional methods on student’s academic performance in an eleventh-grade literature class. The sample consisted of 34 ...
