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Measuring adolescents' perceptions of academic social support : the relationship between academic social support, global social support, and level of functioning
(Northern Illinois University, 2014)
The present study investigated middle school students' perceptions of academic social support from siblings, parents, classmates, and close friends. The purpose of the current study was to develop a measure of academic ...
How are curious people affected by seductive details in written texts? : exploring the various relationships among curiosity, the seductive details effect, and learning outcomes
(Northern Illinois University, 2014)
Seductive details are pieces of information in educational texts that are irrelevant to the most important content of the educational material. Although it may seem logical to include such details to get readers interested ...
Examining teacher self-efficacy about best practices in science during a professional development series
(Northern Illinois University, 2014)
Using extant data that were collected as part of a larger project, the current study examined teacher self-efficacy and the teachers' intentions to implement workshop content throughout the course of a six-week professional ...
Mindfulness meditation in first-year composition : effects on attention, metacognition, and apprehension
(Northern Illinois University, 2014)
Amid ever-growing interest in cognition and learning and demands for pedagogy that channels the attention of increasingly distracted and disengaged learners, this thesis explored the effects of a mindfulness meditation ...
Assessing social and emotional skill development in early elementary students
(Northern Illinois University, 2014)
Due to the current national discourse on the social and emotional well-being of our students, the examination of student progress and development in the area of social and emotional skills is a critical area of study. To ...
Destructive leader behavior : assessing public school leader behaviors and workplace attitudes
(Northern Illinois University, 2014)
The primary purpose of the planned study was to investigate professional educators in Northern Illinois to determine the relationship between manifestations of destructive leader behaviors (DLB) and K-12 workplace attitudes: ...
Understanding and strengthening the education expectations of undocumented Latino high school students
(Northern Illinois University, 2015)
This paper explores the perceived challenges of undocumented Latino high school students in relation to their career and college expectations. It does this by focusing on social capital, college knowledge, and legal context. ...
Gifted learners' motivational outcomes in cluster versus ability-grouped reading instruction : an ex-post facto study
(Northern Illinois University, 2015)
This post hoc study focused on gifted programming in language arts for students in fourth through eighth grades in one large (n=12,229) diverse school district. One group of gifted students experienced cluster grouping, ...
The effects of positive behavior interventions and supports (PBIS) Tier 1 on student behavior : a case study
(Northern Illinois University, 2015)
The purpose of this single longitudinal case study was to evaluate the impact of PBIS as a viable alternative for an elementary school to improve behavior and academic outcomes for all students at the Tier 1 level. The ...
Symbolic self-completion theory : the impact of a threat to undergraduate students' academic competence beliefs
(Northern Illinois University, 2015)
The purpose of this dissertation was to investigate the influence that a threat to university students' academic competence had on their reported competence, self-efficacy, and the avoidance of help seeking in academics. ...