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AP Learning and Student Achievement: College-Readiness Outcomes and AP Coursework
(2021-04-29)
This project assessed AP learning efforts at Romeoville High School through analyzing elements of the school’s AP programming. Through several research lens, this project analyzed the effect of AP coursework on students’ ...
Why Do They Not Volunteer? Investigating the Reasons Parents Choose to Not Volunteer: Examining The Factors at a High School Athletic Booster Club
(2021-08-03)
The purpose of this research is to explore why parents do not volunteer to support the Athletic Booster Club (ABC) at John Quincy Adams (JQA - pseudonym) high school and seek possible solutions to encourage greater ...
Maximizing evidence-based teaching and learning, assessment and homework practices at NYC school
(2021-04-28)
This capstone project is a case study addressing several problems of practice inside NYC school: homework, assessment, teaching, professional development effectiveness and the school’s trust climate. The purpose of this ...
Assessing Course Experiences: Understanding Attrition and Retention Within the Boswell High School AVID Program
(2021-08-09)
AVID is a national nonprofit organization that takes a multifaceted approach on school campuses to close the achievement gap by preparing all students for college readiness and success in a global society. Since the AVID ...
Monitoring Success: Creating Sustainable Systems for Measuring the Organizational Performance of a Community Project
(2021-04-27)
This improvement project creates metrics and methods for measuring organizational performance within a community project. The community project aims to make learning science and cognitive psychology more accessible to ...
Understanding Adult ESL Teachers: An Analysis of Experiences and Professional Needs
(2021-04-27)
Su Casa Family Ministries, better known as Su Casa, uses its Adult Education English as a Second Language (ESL) Program to serve the diverse community of adult learners and connect with its volunteer teachers. The purpose ...
The Relationship Between Onboarding and Student Persistence in Urban Precollegiate Organizations
(2021-08-03)
Building STEPS is a non-profit organization offering college and career programming to Baltimore City youth. The organization reports a 29% student loss within the first year of programming. This mixed methods study evaluates ...
"Why am I doing this?": Understanding undergraduate motivation to participate in internships
(2021-04-27)
This project sought to understand undergraduate motivation to participate in internships for students in the College of Arts and Science at a large, public, research institution using the framework of self-determination theory.
Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Building in Athens, Alabama
(2021-08-04)
This project explores the local needs of entrepreneurs to innovate, create, and build an entrepreneurial ecosystem in Athens, Alabama.
Front-Line Liminality: Using Identity Transitions to Improve Leader Identification and Selection at a US Oil Refinery
(2021-04-22)
"Sabine Refining (pseudonym), a downstream oil, gas, and logistics company, wants to
identify and select the best candidates for Front-Line Leader roles in their principal refinery. Sabine Refining’s Learning and Operations ...