Browsing Master's Theses by Title
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Adolescent reading habits and perceptions
(State University of New York College at Fredonia, 2018-05)It is said that adolescents do not read, but this is not true. Teachers and educators of adolescents need to become aware of adolescent reading habits. They are reading, it is the materials that are being read and adolescents' ... -
Adolescents' out of school writing practices with technology
(State University of New York College at Fredonia, 2018-05)Reports of writing assessment results from The Nation's Report Card (NAEP, 2011) and the New York State 2017 Grade 8 ELA assessment (NYSED Data Site, 2017) indicate that students in grade 8 are struggling with writing ... -
Altering the Home Literacy Environment: A Look into How Teachers are Supporting Families Through Home Literacy Interventions
(State University of New York at Fredonia, 2019-05)This empirical research study investigated the following two research questions: what are kindergarten, first and second-grade teachers currently using to make improvements to the home literacy environments of their students ... -
Amateur Authors Venture Down Diagon Alley: Authorship within the Fan Writing Potterverse.
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An Analysis of Acceleration and Advancement Criteria in Middle School Mathematics
(State University of New York at Fredonia, 2016-11)This research explores the criteria associated with various accelerated middle school mathematics programs currently employed by New York, North Carolina and other states across the United States. In addition, a longitudinal ... -
An analysis of language difficulties in Algebra I (Common core) assessments versus integrated Algebra assessments
(State University of New York College at Fredonia, 2016-05)The purpose of this study was to determine if the difficult linguistic features of mathematics assessments correspond to teachers' perceptions of the assessments. A mixed methods research design was used in order to analyze ... -
An analysis of the changes to New York State commissioner's regulations part 154 and the impact on the landscape of English language education
(State University of New York College at Fredonia, 2018-05)The purpose of this study was to identify the changes between the two most recent iterations of New York State's Commissioner's Regulations (CR) Part 154, a policy document detailing the requirements for services provided ... -
Analyzing the linguistic landscape of Japantown and Koreatown in Manhattan, New York
(State University of New York College at Fredonia, 2017-05)Over time, Manhattan, New York has become home to thousands of Korean and Japanese people. These groups have brought their languages and cultures with them, along with a drive to be successful. To better understand the ... -
Analyzing the multilingual landscape of Buffalo, New York.
(2015)In recent years, Buffalo, New York has become home to thousands of immigrants and refugees from across the globe. These people have brought with them diverse cultures, desires for the future, and their home languages. As ... -
Anxiety in action.
(2013-01-24)Math Anxiety is a term used to describe the anxious symptoms felt by those who suffer from it while confronted with mathematics. This study investigated the levels of math anxiety experienced by college students. It was ... -
Application of cooperative learning approach.
(2015)This paper makes a study of the feasibility of CL application and the teachers and student’s attitudes towards it in the foreign language classroom in China. The study adopted a mixed-methods design- an online questionnaire ... -
Are you smarter than a high-schooler?
(2013-01-14)This research examines the ability of students in introductory level college mathematics courses to recall fundamental information they learned in high school mathematics courses. During the first week of the Spring 2012 ... -
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Artifacts and actors
(State University of New York College at Fredonia, 2016-05)The linguistic landscape is a powerful indicator of the linguistic communities within an area, their prevalence, and their position within the social and political hierarchy. Therefore, language artifacts in the physical ... -
Attitudes of parents and children toward maintaining their heritage language.
(2015)The purpose of this study was to examine the attitudes of refugee parents and children in terms of maintaining the heritage language (HL) in an environment that is ethnically dominant in a different culture. A qualitative ... -
Avifaunal Biodiversity and Land Use on Indonesia's Palau Penida Archipelago
(State University of New York at Fredonia, 2018-05)Understanding anthropogenic alterations to land use and their effects can inform conservation efforts in tropical biodiversity hotspots. In 2004 the Indonesian Palau Penida Archipelago, off the coast of Bali, was established ... -
Barriers and facilitators for Saudi women's leadership in higher education
(State University of New York College at Fredonia, 2016)The purpose of this study was to examine both the barriers and facilitators for women leadership in Saudi Arabia. The research question guiding this study was what are the barriers and facilitators for Saudi women in the ... -
Barriers to Postsecondary Education for Western New York Rural High School Students
(State University of New York at Fredonia, 2019-05)Rural high school students in Western New York are faced with numerous challenges when deciding to enroll in postsecondary education. Rural students are faced with limited support, both inside and outside of school. Research ... -
The belief of elementary school teachers on the effect of student choice on achievement and behavior
(State University of New York College at Fredonia, 2017-05)With educational implementations being utilized in schools, allowing students to make choices in their own learning is becoming a more difficult and daunting task. The purpose of my research is to discover new methods for ... -
The beliefs of undergraduate pre-service teachers at a Western New York college about English language learners
(State University of New York College at Fredonia, 2018-05)As the population of English Language Learners grow throughout the Western New York Area, it is important to consider how well the undergraduate pre-service teachers emerging within the area are prepared to teach these ...
