Motivational research attempts to clearly conceptualize the construct of motivation, measure
it effectively, use the results to enhance student learning and success, and possibly make …

This study examined the impact of grade-span configuration on the academic achievement
and attendance of sixth-grade students. Because of the conflicting results in the extant …

Education is a holistic development that must be nurtured through hybrid or virtual
educational practices. The pandemic brought a sense of psychosocial distress among …

School connectedness has emerged as an important construct for the study of promoting
resilience in youth in school settings. Potentially, the ability to identify youth before the onset …

Purpose: The purpose of this qualitative phenomenological study was to describe and
explain middle school administrators', teachers', and coordinators' observations and …

The purpose of this basic qualitative study was to explore and discover the transition
practices of special education leaders who work with students with disabilities (SWD) during …

This doctoral dissertation represents a qualitative study employing a modified case study
research design that is intended to assess the perspectives of school practitioners (ie …

Public schools evolved without a master plan and originated as one-room schoolhouses
across America. By the 1800s, schools began to organize by grade configurations and …

This mixed-methods study examined whether a robotics unit intervention with 28 sixth-grade
students improved students' mathematical proportional reasoning skills and intrinsic …

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between the type of grade
configuration and racial climate of a school on the academic performance and discipline of …