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Learning Techniques Employed to Learn Mandarin Chinese: A Survey of Native English Speaking High School Students
(2014-07)
This study first identifies the areas of greatest perceived difficulty for native English speakers learning Mandarin Chinese at the secondary level. Then, the study identifies commonly used Chinese character learning ...
The Effect of Parental Involvement on Reading Comprehension
(2011-05)
The purpose of this study was to determine whether parent involvement would improve reading comprehension of prekindergarten students over a four week period. The measurement tool was an informal reading inventory assessment. ...
Tracking High School Athletes’ Grades
(2009-07)
One of the major problems athletes face when entering college is athletic eligibility. Many
perspective college athletes do not have the necessary minimum 2.0 grade point average (GPA)
that the National Collegiate Athletic ...
The Relationship between Reading Comprehension and Interest in Post-Secondary Study and the Assignment Method and Content of Readings Regarding Careers
(2015-07)
The purpose of this study was to determine whether reading articles about careers of
interest versus general careers would be related to secondary students’ reading
comprehension or affect their interest in pursuing ...
The Effects of a Reader’s Theater Program on Fourth Graders’ Fluency
(2011-07)
The purpose of this study was to determine if augmenting the Houghton Mifflin reading program with a Reader’s Theater program would improve the fluency of fourth grade students . The measurement tool was the Fountas & ...
Effective Methods of Instruction to Increase Phonics Achievement of Kindergartners
(2014-05)
The purpose of this study was to determine if the method of instruction has an effect on the phonics achievement of kindergarten students. Group one (2012–2013) received instruction which focused on learning letter names ...
Early Childhood Learning Experiences and Kindergarten Achievement
(2013-05)
The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of a prior school experience on the academic achievement of kindergarten students at the beginning of the school year. Using a causal-comparative design, the study examined ...
Improving Social Skills through Physical Education
(2011-04)
The purpose of this study is was to determine whether fifth -grade students can improve upon their social skills by participating in an intervention in which their physical education teacher explaining explains the game ...
The Effect of an After School Tutoring Program on Standardized Tests
(2013-05)
The purpose of this study was to determine whether an after school tutoring session had an impact on standardized test scores for 7th grade students. The study used a quasiexperimental pretest/posttest design to determine ...
The Effects of Integrating Encoding and Decoding Instruction on the Word Attack Skills of Second Grade Students Reading Below Grade Level
(2015-07)
The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of teaching encoding instruction during spelling lessons in comparison to also integrating decoding instruction in order to strengthen the word attack skills of ...