Browsing Master's Theses by Title
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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 ... -
The impact of peer tutoring strategies on student learning in social studies.
(2015)This study investigated how Class Wide Peer tutoring (CWPT) impacted student knowledge and students’ ability to better relate course material to historical themes in an 8th grade social studies classroom. Located in an ... -
The impact of personal loss on Music Therapists' ability to work with clients.
(2013-07-10)Loss and grief are common experiences across age, gender, race, religion, socioeconomic status, sexual orientation, and occupation. However, there is a paucity of research on how loss impacts music therapists’ clinical ... -
The impact of using a bilingual dictionary (English-Arabic) for reading and writing
(State University of New York College at Fredonia, 2017-12)The purpose of this study is to explore the impact of using a bilingual dictionary (English- Arabic) for reading and writing in a Saudi high school and also to explore the Saudi Arabian students' attitudes and EFL teachers' ... -
The impact of “Clickers” on student achievement in second grade math class.
(2015)This thesis sought to answer the question: Does using personal response systems, or "clickers", improve the achievement of second grade students in addition and subtraction facts as measured by their performance on chapter ... -
Implementing WebQuests in the elementary classroom.
(2013-03-25)Technology, including computers, is an ever increasing topic within the world today. Since technology is finding its way into classrooms, WebQuests, a particular learning tool that fosters student learning while working ... -
The importance of sound design and its affect on perception.
(2013-01-17)The purpose of this research is to clearly define the importance of sound design in film, television, and movies, with emphasis on how the audience is affected by the use of sound. Sound design is the overall aural image ... -
Improving English pronunciation among Arabic EFL school-age students using minimal pairs.
(2015)This study investigated whether the use of the minimal pairs’ strategy improves English pronunciation of unfamiliar consonant sounds for native Arab student in a 2nd intermediate grade in Saudi Arabia. The minimal pair ... -
Improving home-school relations for Spanish speaking families
(State University of New York College at Fredonia, 2016-05)Parental involvement in the education of their children has been a widely popular area of study in the past. There is general consensus among many scholars as to the importance and potential positive outcomes of effective ...
