Gretes, John A.

UNCC

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Investigation of the relationships among online community college students' characteristics and instructional delivery model preferences 2009 355 The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships between age, gender, program of study, and number of online courses previously taken and instructional delivery preferences related to students’ control of their own learning, interaction, so...
A COMPARATIVE EXPLORATION OF CULTURE CHANGE IN NURSING HOMES: THE RESIDENTS’ PERSPECTIVE 2010 580 The need to provide an environment that ensures both quality care and quality of life for residents of nursing homes has long been recognized. The culture change movement in nursing homes emphasizes both principles. This mixed-methodology research ex...
The effect of multiple interventions on freshman college student engagement and retention 2010 547 College student retention has been widely studied in the past twenty five years, and institutions have developed numerous interventions aimed at improving student retention and persistence-to-degree. A number of theories have been promulgated to expl...
A study of the attitudes of university of North Carolina education faculty toward the use of computer-based simulation in pre-service teacher education methods courses 2010 430 The use of computer-based classroom teaching simulations has proved to be a very effective methodology for training pre-service teachers. Despite wide adoption of this instructional methodology in Australia, South Korea, and other countries; however,...
Perception or reality? A frame analysis of leadership behavior, style, and effectiveness among selected community college administrators 2010 6062 The American community college has reached a pivotal point in its history, a juncture of conflicting forces pulling and pushing the institution in opposite directions, attacking and supporting its mission, and demanding more from yet providing less t...
A STUDY OF THE EFFECT OF INTERACTIVE WHITEBOARDS ON STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND TEACHER INSTRUCTIONAL METHODS 2010 731 Students today are digital natives. They grow up immersed in technology long before they set foot in the classroom. They are connected to the entire world through television, the internet, and a myriad of personal devices in electronic and digital fo...
North Carolina college instructors' and high school teachers' perceptions of the Early College program 2011 313 The purpose of this quantitative study was to explore the perceptions of college instructors and high school teachers regarding the purpose and benefits of the Early College High School program in North Carolina. College instructors and high school t...
Students' perceptions of early childhood program quality according to the National Association for the Education of Young Children standards 2011 1878 The purpose of the study was to evaluate the extent to which one community college was preparing its early childhood education students for employment in the field according to the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) prof...
Student perceptions of computer-mediated communication tools in online learning: Helpfulness and effects on teaching, social, and cognitive presence 2011 3375 Distance learning continues to be used in the context of teacher training in special education. Distance learning is experienced through computer-mediated communication (CMC) tools via the Internet, or online learning. Little research has been done t...