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Teaching and Learning Dissertations and Theses

Theses/Dissertations from 2014 2014

Examining the perceptions of trust between principals and teachers in elementary schools with high student academic achievement, Gabriela Rodriguez

Evaluation of an educational breastfeeding program for a non-profit agency in South Texas, Marcela Urbina Zavala

Theses/Dissertations from 2013 2013

Cross case analysis of three middle school mathematics teachers, Sandra Quiroz

The effects of labeling Hispanic English language learners as learning disabled, Sandra Irma Rodriguez

Theses/Dissertations from 2012 2012

First language use by adequate formal schooling adult English language learners in a university English language institute, Joel S. Garza

Knowledge, skills, and dispositions influencing middle school teachers' decision making in planning social studies instruction in a Hispanic serving school, Angela Gonzalez

A third grade bilingual teacher's knowledge and practices for developing reading comprehension, Miriam Guerra

Investigating elementary teachers' instructional planning and teaching experiences with long-term English learners: a qualitative study, Melinda V. Lopez

Second grade ELL's emic perspective of an afterschool reading program: an interactional ethnographic study of reading opportunities and social construction of second grade ELL's read alouds, Susana S. Saldivar

Improving academic writing skills among undergraduates at a Hispanic serving university in South Texas with cooperative learning, scaffolded instruction, and formative feedback, Lori Wells

Theses/Dissertations from 2011 2011

Academic and social aspects of recent immigrant children's school experiences in a public elementary school in a U.S.- Mexico border town in South Texas, Alicia Judith Bolt

A case study of Spanish language use in a Texas border colonia, Maria E. Diaz

Educational effects of implementing a K-12 dual language instruction program in a community with a high percentage of Hispanics and Hispanic English language learners, Mario A. Ferron

At-risk Hispanic students' perception of afterschool programs: a new model targeting the needs of English language learners, Cynthia Wise Galvan

Dropout prevention: factors contributing to the resiliency of at-risk Hispanic students and their pursuit of a high school diploma, William Roach

The effects of teaching the academic language of language arts to secondary long-term English learners, Mary Soto

Theses/Dissertations from 2010 2010

First generation Hispanic high school students going to college: experiences that support decisions and college going pathways, Norma Ibarra-Cantú

AVID through student perspectives: a qualitative study on AVID students' experiences in the program, Aidee Vasquez

Theses/Dissertations from 2006 2006

Perspectives of youth on science in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Karen E. McNallen

Theses/Dissertations from 2004 2004

The effect of a family literacy parental involvement intervention on oral language development, Azucena C. Escobar

The effect of scaffolding on children's oral language development, Ana Villaurrutia