This thesis examines the effect of three different types of tourism on the preservation of the built environment of three mining towns- Virginia City, Nevada, Black Hawk, Colorado, and Breckenridge, Colorado. The hypothesis ...

The purpose of this study was to determine if a word context strategy could improve accuracy and fluency of word identification in a first grade classroom. The "word in context" strategy was added in parallel with a flashcard ...

The impact of phonological awareness on the reading ability of kindergarten students was the focus of the study. The experimental and control groups were kindergarten students who were rated equally in ability based on ...

The purpose of this study was to explore the factors affecting reading motivation and to implement a teaching tool that would improve reading motivation in fourth grade students at a targeted Title I school. This study ...

The purpose of this study was to determine if students in third grade receiving special education services improved their overall phonics/decoding skills with the use of instructional technologies. The participants of this ...

This thesis examines the problems, processes, stated goals and potential revitalization of an ethnic historic district located in downtown San Diego undergoing significant redevelopment. Historic preservation history and ...

The study examined the correlation between physical activity and its effect on academic performance in reading and math for eighth-grade middle school students. Literature on this topic supports the idea that being more ...

This thesis examines three methods of protection for historic interiors: listing in the National Register of Historic Places, preservation easements, and local landmark designations. Each form of protection has strengths ...

The purpose of this study is to determine whether a targeted reading intervention could improve the reading performance levels of heterogeneously grouped fifth grade reading students. It was hypothesized that the ...

The purpose of this study was to determine whether the use of the Elements of Reading: Vocabulary program would positively affect the vocabulary acquisition of students in a selected second grade classroom. A quasi-experimental ...