Browsing Master's Theses by Title
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Harmony, Mode and Meaning in Olivier Messiaen's La Nativite du Seigneur.
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Have You Met Ric?
(2013-10-21)This research explores misconceptions about metric conversion and the difficulties behind metric unit estimation. It was believed that middle school students would be able to convert from a large to a small metric unit ... -
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How Common Core Standards can be met through narrative play in a prekindergarten classroom.
(2015)This qualitative case study investigated whether or not the Common Core State Standards could be met through narrative play in a prekindergarten classroom. This study aimed to answer the following questions: Can the standards ... -
How are teachers in Chautauqua county implementing the accommodation of assistive technology to impact the academic achievement of elementary students with disabilities?
(State University of New York College at Fredonia, 2017-05)With the passage of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) in 2004, Assistive Technology (AT) has become a device or service teachers can implement into their classroom in order to better serve the needs ... -
How home literacy skills lead to academic achievement
(State University of New York College at Fredonia, 2017-05)The purpose of this study was to examine the effect family has on emergent literacy skills of children and how that can effect academic achievement within the classroom. A qualitative research design was used to examine ... -
How long does it take to go 80 miles if you driving 80 mph?
(2014)This study examined the methods and skills of college students to solve problems based on rates of changes and unit conversions. It was hypothesized that students have misconceptions about rates of change and unit conversions, ... -
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Identifying important habitat features for Bat conservation using acoustic sampling and GIS.
(2014)Bat populations worldwide have been under pressure for decades due to loss of habitat, roost disturbances and environmental toxins. Recently a fungus causing White Nose Syndrome has been infecting bat hibernacula in the ... -
Identity of categorization of adolescent refugees and its implication of teaching
(State University of New York College at Fredonia, 2017-05)This study addresses the problem: When refugee children go through puberty they have additional factors, such as trauma, societal views, and cultural conflicts that contribute to their forming identities. Based off of the ... -
The impact of an inquiry based approach on attitude, motivation and achievement in a high school physics laboratory.
(2015)The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of an inquiry style laboratory on attitude, achievement and motivation in a high school physics class in Western New York. A quasi-experimental action research ... -
The Impact of Background Music on Student Reading Comprehension
(State University of New York at Fredonia, 2019-05)Reading is the foundation for lifelong learning. It has been shown that music has an impact on students learning depending on what music you use in the classroom (Rashidi & Faham, 2011; Chew, Yu, Chua, & Gan, 2016; Chou, ... -
The impact of Classwide Peer Tutoring for students with emotional or behavior disorders.
(2015)This study investigated how ClassWide Peer Tutoring can be effective for students with Emotional or Behavioral Disorders. This research was a quantitative study and followed an A-B-A design, where the first A was the initial ... -
The Impact of Dunkirk High School Technology Education on Overall Student Report Card Grades.
(2014)This study’s focus was to identify whether or not Dunkirk high school technology courses had an impact on overall student report card grades. This research was conducted using the report card grades of roughly 600 students ... -
The impact of home computer use on ELL's reading performance
(State University of New York College at Fredonia, 2018-05)This research study investigated the impact of home computer use on English Language Learners' reading performance. The primary research question was: What is the relationship between home computer use and the reading ... -
The impact of homework incentives on student homework completion in a secondary mathematics classroom
(State University of New York College at Fredonia, 2017-05)Assigning homework to secondary school students has been a highly discussed topic among educational researchers, as well as the general public, for several years. Several aspects of homework have been researched in depth; ... -
The impact of integrated curriculum on students' comprehension of expository texts.
(2015)The increasing curricular demand on K-12 students to comprehend expository texts has teachers looking for ways to improve comprehension. An integrated curriculum offers the promise of providing students with a curriculum ... -
The Impact of Middle School Teachers' Personal Reading Habits on Their Literacy Instruction
(State University of New York at Fredonia, 2019-05)All educators, regardless of subject or grade level taught, are expected to incorporate literacy best practices into their classroom (Huang, 2017). They are also expected to inspire their students to be lifelong readers ... -
Impact of music on student achievement.
(2015)This study compares the impacts of playing classical and pop music as background music on student achievement in reading. The study took place over a period of four weeks in one elementary classroom, and was conducted in ...
