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Investigating Effectiveness of Inductive Versus Deductive Approaches to Teaching Grammar: A Comparative Study on Performances of Adult ELLs on Guam

UOGThesis_SOE_CJ_InvestigatingEffectiveness.pdf
This study investigated the effects of using the deductive and inductive methods to teach grammar to adult ELLs on Guam. For this study, ten adult ELLs learned various structures utilizing both of these methods. The study examined the effectiveness…

Middle School Teachers' Perceptions on Ability Grouping on Guam

UOGThesis_SOE_CP_MiddleSchool.pdf
The purpose of this research study was to examine middle school teachers’ perceptions of ability grouping to promote student learning. This study used a quantitative approach with a survey designed to explore middle school teachers’ perceptions on…

Peer Feedback and Its Effect on ESL Students' English Language Performance in Standardized District-Wide Summative Assessment

UOGThesis_SOE_GT_PeerFeedback.pdf
Multiple strategies exist to help educators guide learners to achieve their academic goals, however, educators may need to prioritize among the strategies those best for English Language Learners (ELL) in a Guam public high school to improve English…

The Impact of COVID-19 on Teaching and Learning: Coping through Critical Reflective Practices

UOGThesis_SOE_JAAMetal_TheImpactofCovid19.pdf
The inspiration of this study was to address the need for emotional support and attention to mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic. The purpose of this study was to explore the impact of COVID-19 on teacher perspectives about teaching and…

Guam Public Middle School Teachers' Perceptions of Principals as Instructional Leaders and Student Achievement

UOGThesis_SOE_JB_GuamPublic.pdf
The study examined the perceptions of Guam Department of Education (GDOE) middle school teachers of their principals as instructional leaders. It also looked at whether a significant relationship existed between middle school teachers’ perceptions of…

Elementary Teacher's Perceptions of Leadership Effectiveness and Its Relationship to Teacher Stress

UOGThesis_SOE_JF_ElementaryTeachers.pdf
This study examined Guam Department of Education (GDOE) elementary school teachers’ perceptions of principals’ leadership effectiveness and teacher stress. The study further explored if there was a relationship between the two variables. A total of…

Teacher Perceptions of School Climate and Teacher Efficacy: A Case Study of One Middle School

UOGThesis_SOE_MT_TeacherPerceptions.pdf
This research examined middle school teachers’ perceptions of their school’s climate through the lens of principal leadership behaviors and teacher behaviors in a case study middle school in the Guam Department of Education (GDOE). The study also…

The Effects of Cooperative Learning on ESL Students' Achievement: A Three Year Longitudinal Cohort Study

UOGThesis_SOE_SA_TheEffectsofCooperative.pdf
The English language is becoming more and more common around the world. The spread of English continues even though English is a complex language due to the variety of special rules which often have exceptions, depending on certain situations. The…

Transformational Principal Leadership Style and the Correlation to Teacher Motivation

UOGThesis_SOE_VB_TransformationalPrincipal.pdf
This study explored teacher’s perceptions of transformational leadership qualities among their elementary school principals on Guam. Additionally, this study examined teacher perceptions of their external, introjected, identified, and intrinsic…

A Study of University Student's Attachment Styles, Loneliness Level and Virtual Communication in Guam

UOGThesis_CLASS_CS_AStudyofUniversity.pdf
The purpose of the current study was to examine the relation between university students’ attachment styles, loneliness level, and the virtual communication use motives. Pearson correlation coefficient was used to identify the association between the…