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Race, Language, and Opportunities to Learn: The Mathematics Identity Negotiation of Latino/a Youth
(2012-09-13)Decades of research document underperformance of Latino/a youth in mathematics, yet little is known about the day-to-day mathematics socialization of Latino/a youth. This research used qualitative case studies of two Algebra ... -
Racialized Narratives of Female Students of Color: Learning Mathematics in a Neoliberal Context
There is a growing body of scholarship in mathematics education that has attended to the salience of race in mathematics teaching and learning. However, in the context of secondary classrooms with equity-oriented instruction, ... -
Reading and Relationships: Leveraging Community Strengths in a Cross-Age, Bilingual, Dialogic Reading Intervention
(2013-02-25)One sociopolitical factor that contributes to the reproduction of education disparities, many argue, is that current curriculum and instruction paradigms do not adequately acknowledge or draw on racial- and/or language-minority ... -
Reading between the Lines: Revealing and Resisting the ‘Hidden’ Gender Bias in Math Story Problems
Educational testing has a long and complicated history in the United States. Currently, state- and district-level assessment systems shape the educational process in a number of ways, from curricular design to teacher ... -
Reading fluency and adolescent students' reading processes during writing
(2004)Reading is an important part of the writing process, and mature writers frequently reread their developing texts as they compose. From basic proofreading to planning and idea generation, reading-during-writing processes ... -
Ready, Fire, Aim: Instructional Leaders’ Evidence Use and Assessment within a Latino and Emergent Bilingual-serving School
Accountability systems and instructional reform efforts have relied on various forms of data to improve student outcomes. Yet, it is unclear exactly how data is being used in practice, by leaders and educations within ... -
Reconceptualizing Parental Involvement: Looking through the Eyes of the Beholder
When a number of studies evaluated the benefits of parental involvement on student achievement and motivation, several legislative acts pushed for schools to be more accountable in their efforts to improve partnerships ... -
Reducing Interfering Behaviors for Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders
Common employment barriers for adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) have been well documented in past and current research. The social-communicative deficits and rigidity of behaviors associated with ASD are often ... -
Reflective practice at the intersection of the arts, science, and engineering: Ethnographic beginnings of a youth program in transition
This study focuses on the reflective pedagogical practice of “debriefs” in a youth program focused on the arts, sciences, and engineering. Building on previous research on out-of-school (OST) and hybrid learning environments ... -
Reimagining Place-Based Education for our Postdigital World
In the three papers that form this dissertation, I inquire about the future of learning (Ross, 2023) through a postdigital stance (Jandrić, 2017) that I apply to place-based education (PBE) methods and practices (Sobel, ... -
Reimagining Public Schools and Teacher Education: Solidarity and Activism through Testimonio
Abstract This dissertation examines the interdisciplinary role that critical feminism and critical education may have in regards to reconceptualizing the way we understand the purposes of schooling. Through an examination ... -
Reimagining the Math Classroom through the Integration of Transformationally Play-Based Narrative Video Games
Traditionally, many math classrooms focus on mathematical procedural knowledge and expect students to take that knowledge and know when and how to apply it to problem-solving situations. Consequently, this leads to a belief ... -
The relationship among protective factors, volition, and academic resilience in chronically-ill adolescents
(2003)The purpose of this study was to examine the possibility that the construct of volition may function as a mediator between protective factors and academic resilience. The sample consisted of adolescents (n = 57) diagnosed ... -
Relationship between Comprehensive School Readiness Profiles and Longer-Term Academic Growth
Understanding the links between school readiness and child outcomes is essential in helping educators understand crucial early childhood intervention points to help children adjust to their academic environments. Although ... -
The Relationship between Household/Parental Structure and Student Performance on Standardized Tests
(2013-02-25)The purpose of this study is to analyze the reliability of household structure as a means of predicting student performance on standardized tests. How well a student performs on standardized tests is a key component of ... -
The Relationship Between Supervisory Treatments, Certain Contextual Variables, and Successful Outcomes in Ineffective Teachers
(1988-03-01)This study was undertaken in response to one of the most important but least understood problems facing public school administrators, the supervision of ineffective teachers. The purpose of the study was to discover what ... -
Relationships between administrator emphasis on staff evaluation processes and secondary school effectiveness in Washington State
(1983)The purpose of this study was to explore relationships between administrator emphasis on staff evaluation processes and the overall effectiveness ratings of a sample of Washington State senior high schools. The project ... -
Relationships between First Generation College Students and Faculty: A Case Study of a Small Rural Private University
University of Washington Abstract Relationships between first-generation college students and faculty: A case study of a small rural liberal arts university Ricardo Valdez Chair of the Supervisory Committee: Associate ... -
Relationships That Protect: Teenage Parents’ Supportive Relationships, Children’s Externalizing and Internalizing Behavior Problems, and the Indirect Role of Harsh Parenting
Prior to the birth of their first child, the majority of teenage mothers and their children’s biological fathers have a strong desire to raise a family together and be involved parents (Mollborn & Jacobs, 2015). Supportive ... -
Reliability of the Murphy-Meisgeier Type Indicator for Children (MMTIC) and the Student Styles Questionnaire (SSQ)
Research suggests that psychological type affects one's status in social groups. This, in turn, may impact performance in the classroom when students are required to participate in cooperative learning. At the same time, ...