Browsing by Subject "education"
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A Holistic Approach to Reducing Plastic Marine Debris in Coastal North Carolina
(2011-04-29)Affecting waters and coastlines worldwide, plastic marine debris is a pervasive issue that continues to intensify. It threatens wildlife, habitats, and ecosystem functioning, as well as coastal tourism and recreation. This ... -
Academic Peer Effects with Different Group Assignment Policies: Residential Tracking versus Random Assignment
(Economic Research Initiatives at Duke (ERID), 2016-03-03)I study the relative academic performance of students tracked or randomly assigned to South African university dormitories. Tracking reduces low-scoring students' GPAs but has little effect on high-scoring students. This ... -
Addressing Teacher Vacancies in North Carolina
(2020-04-17)When it comes to student learning, high-quality teachers are the most important in-school factor. Having a highly effective teacher in every classroom is a crucial component of creating a strong and equitable public education ... -
An innovative educational program for addressing health disparities in translational cancer research.
(Journal of clinical and translational science, 2020-11)North Carolina Central University (NCCU) and Duke Cancer Institute implemented an NCI-funded Translational Cancer Disparities Research Partnership to enhance translational cancer research, increase the pool of underrepresented ... -
Anglos' and Latinos' Self-Regulation to Standards for Education and Parenthood
(2012)The present research tested whether the lower educational achievement and greater incidence of parenthood among Latino relative to Anglo high school students arise from differences across ethnic groups in the standards held ... -
Beyond the Edge of the Sea: Educational Programming for a Marine Science Art Exhibit Grades K-12
(2008-04-25)The ocean is the largest biosphere on earth covering about 70% of the earth’s surface. Yet, very little is known about this deep sea environment due to its inaccessibility. The task of educating the public about deep ocean ... -
Comparing Disciplinary Processes in North Carolina Charter and Traditional Public Schools
(2014-04-18)In this paper, I utilized qualitative research methods to analyze North Carolina’s middle and high school charter disciplinary policies with a focus on three particular research areas. 1. What differences, if any, exist ... -
Consider the teachers: An analysis of factors that influence student test results in Orange County Schools
(2014-01-31)This qualitative research examines what teachers, counselors, and principals from three elementary schools in Orange County Schools consider to be the most important factors that influence students’ standardized test scores. ... -
D.R.O.N.E.S.: Designing Real-World Outcomes for North Carolina Education in STEM
(2019-04-22)There is a recent impetus for curriculum that enhances skills in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) in the K-12 school system. Analysis of STEM curriculum in the US has noted gaps in national test scores ... -
Deconstructing Institutional Narratives and Building Institutional Alternatives: The Legacy of Ivan Illich and the Center for Intercultural Documentation (CIDOC) (1961-1976)
(2023-04-20)This thesis examines the combined theories and histories of humanist radical thinker Ivan Illich and the alternative educational institution, the Center for Intercultural Documentation (CIDOC), founded in 1967 in Cuernavaca, ... -
Developing a stigma responsive educational program to promote uptake of HPV-based cervical cancer screening and treatment in Kisumu, Kenya
(2022)Background: Despite increasing availability of preventative HPV vaccines and screening strategies, uptake of these effective measures in Kisumu, Kenya is limited by cultural and logistical barriers. Limited understanding ... -
Developing the Concept of Building a Coral Reef in Singapore for Conservation, Environmental Education, and Tourism
(2008-04-25)Coral reefs are one of the most critically threatened habitats. Climate change, pollution, and direct human impact are destroying coral reefs all over the world. Singapore is a small island nation that has destroyed almost ... -
Diversity and Inequality in Context: Schools, Neighborhoods, and Adolescent Development
(2022)Rising demographic diversity and persistent social inequality are two defining features of youths’ social worlds, and schools and neighborhoods are key developmental contexts where this component of contemporary life plays ... -
Do specialty courts achieve better outcomes for children in foster care than general courts?
(Eval Rev, 2013-02)OBJECTIVE: This study assessed the effects of unified family and drug treatment courts (DTCs) on the resolution of cases involving foster care children and the resulting effects on school performance. METHOD: The first analytic ... -
Education and Outreach Development - Sandy Point National Wildlife Refuge, St. Croix, USVI
(2021-04-26)The 384-acre Sandy Point National Wildlife Refuge on St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, protects important nesting habitat for leatherback, hawksbill, and green sea turtles. The refuge works to create an understanding for sea ... -
Educational interventions to improve recognition of delirium: a systematic review.
(J Am Geriatr Soc, 2013-11)Delirium is a common and serious condition that is underrecognized in older adults in a variety of healthcare settings. It is poorly recognized because of deficiencies in provider knowledge and its atypical presentation. ... -
Essays in Health, Education and Development
(2012)This dissertation encompasses three essays that examine the extent to which parental loss and social programs affect the health, education and time allocation of children in developing countries. The first chapter asks ... -
Essays in Labor Economics: Effects of Immigration Policy on Vulnerable Populations
(2020)This dissertation studies three questions in labor economics centering around immigration policy and its effects on vulnerable populations. I use administrative data from the United States (U.S.) and Germany to address these ... -
Fixing the Form: Improving Individualized Education Programs in North Carolina
(2013-04-17)Executive Summary Policy Problem: Special education services for children in North Carolina schools are highly dependent upon the development of individualized education programs, or IEPs. In fact, without an IEP in ...
