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Handling Item Clustering using 2PL IRT Modeling in an SEM Framework : A Demonstration with PISA 2012 Computerized Math Problems
This paper extends earlier work by Costa et al. (2021) on a method for incorporating item-varying response times into binary latent trait modeling using U.S. item-level data from the Programme for International Student ... -
Handling Missing data in Eponential Random Graph Models: A Comparison of Approaches
This dissertation represents a series of studies focused on comparing imputation approaches for single-mode networks, also known as graphs, that are missing tie information due to a variety of potential causes unrelated ... -
"Hanging On With Both Hands": Teacher Leaders and Small School Reform
(2010)Because many schools that are naturally small have experienced successful student outcomes, there has been a recent trend of converting large, comprehensive schools into smaller units, with the idea of replicating these ... -
Helping Double Rainbows Shine: How Formal and Informal School Structures Support Gender Diverse Youth on the Autism Spectrum
Ten adolescents (14 through 19 years old) diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) who identify as transgender/gender diverse were interviewed to better understand their perceptions and interpretations of school ... -
High School English Language Learner (ELL) Teachers: Departments, Roles, and Agency
The work of English language learner (ELL) teachers is a central component of the education ELL students receive. Because of systemic barriers to equitable education, ELL students at the high school level have not historically ... -
High school English teachers and ELLs in the mainstream: perceptions, accomodations and supports for their work in an era of standards-based reform
(2006)This qualitative study examined the work of four language arts teachers in core curriculum classes in two high schools within in one district and how they served the English language learners assigned to their classrooms. ... -
High School Students' Out-Of-Class Collaborative Design Practice In A Problem Solving And Design Competition
Using activity theory, this study investigates high school students' experiences as participants in the Imagine Tomorrow problem solving and design competition in the state of Washington. In this competition, high school ... -
How Asian American students experience campus culture in their first year attending a rural, primarily White institution (PWI)
Asian Americans are a diverse population and represent the fastest growing population in the United States with increasing demographic representation in the Southern United States. Additionally, they represent the highest ... -
How Asian American Women Perceive and Move Toward Leadership Roles in Community Colleges: A Study of Insider Counter Narratives
(2013-07-23)Asian American women are often misunderstood and disfranchised due to stereotypes and microaggressions, and they are frequently excluded from the mainstream leadership agenda in higher education discourse. Using critical ... -
How do school psychologists label and identify emotional disturbance in K-12 public school settings? A critical school psychology analysis of emotional disturbance and school psychologist reflexivity.
Here I explored how students are identified for special education under the eligibility category of emotional disturbance (ED). Five practicing or retired school psychologists were interviewed to better understand how ... -
How long is long enough?: fourth grade English language learners' scores on a state's test and lengths of stay
(2004)The point at which English language learners can participate meaningfully in new mandated state assessments remains a topic of debate. Researchers identify several areas of concern. A wealth of studies from the last 25 ... -
How Prepared do Educators of Multilingual Learners with Disabilities Feel? Results from a Multi-State Survey
Multilingual Learners (MLs) are the fastest growing group of students in the UnitedStates. Although much research has been conducted on the overidentification of MLs as students with disabilities, little research has been ... -
How Principals Make Sense of and Influence the Implementation of Instructional Reform in Secondary Science
After decades of calls to change science instruction, including the recent Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), classroom practices remain largely stable. Research has much to say about who principals are and what ... -
How students engage in environmental science learning and engineering design across settings
This dissertation uses ethnographic and design-based research approaches to focus on spaces of environmental science and engineering education as potential sites of intentionally designed hybridity and coordination along ... -
How Was Your Day in Preschool? Teaching Accurate Recall to Young Children with Autism Using Mobile Technologies and Visual Supports
As the number of children diagnosed with autism increases, the need for sustainable interventions and easy to use technologies is important. Advances in technology have changed the way educators can deliver and support ... -
“I like sharing ideas because that means people learn”: Cultivating a Kindergarten Science Knowledge Building Community
This dissertation contains qualitative multi-case studies, which are the result of a four-year, teacher-researcher partnership focused on intellectual and social relationality that was co-designed and developed within a ... -
`I'm a consumer, I'm not a scientist': Cultivating Student Domain Identification, Agency, and Affect through Engagement in Scientific Practices
University of Washington Abstract `I'm a consumer, I'm not a scientist': Cultivating Student Domain Identification, Agency, and Affect through Engagement in Scientific Practices Giovanna Scalone Chair of the Supervisory ... -
Identification of Underrepresented Populations for Gifted Programs
Gifted education typically refers to programs designed to meet the needs of learners who have demonstrated a need for accelerated and enriched academic instruction. There has been a documented divergence between the ... -
Identity Development of Mixed-Raced Students in a South Korean Multicultural School
South Korea is undergoing a demographic change. Long term expatriates and immigrants are challenging how and to whom Korea provides public education. With new generations of mixed-Korean children, assimilation policies and ... -
If at First, You Don’t Succeed: Instructional and Institutional Responses for Students Who Fail a High-Stakes Mathematics Exam in High School
This study sought to understand the impact of high-stakes testing policy on classroom by focusing specifically on teachers. Testing policy is part of the larger context in which teachers operate and make instructional ...