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SECONDARY SCHOOL REFORM IN MATHEMATICS:
A CASE STUDY OF A HIGH SCHOOL IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
by
Herbert Taylor Nichols, III
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
DOCTOR OF EDUCATION
August 2007
Copyright 2007 Herbert Taylor Nichols, III
Object Description
| Title | Secondary school reform in mathematics: a case study of a high school in southern California |
| Author | Nichols, Herbert Taylor, III |
| Author email | NICK.NICHOLS@LAUSD.NET |
| Degree | Doctor of Education |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Education (Leadership) |
| School | Rossier School of Education |
| Date defended/completed | 2007-06-28 |
| Date submitted | 2007 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2007-07-26 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Marsh, David |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Rousseau, Sylvia G. Olsen, Carlye |
| Abstract | The purpose of this study is to find out how urban high schools that have experienced significant gains in math performance in their students looking at two areas of concern. First, to find out how urban high schools bring together policy initiatives, coupled with how urban high schools increase school site best practices to bring about improved math performance in their schools. Second, to find out how instructional leadership, if effectively carried out, improves high school math performance for students.; This dissertation begins in Chapter 1 with an introduction to the study, the statement of the problem, the purpose of the study, the significance of the study, the research questions to be answered, and the definitions of key terms. A review of the relevant literature follows in Chapter 2. The literature review addresses the pattern of mathematics achievement, policy initiatives, successful strategies or math program, the effect of instructional leadership, and how that leadership resolved dilemmas it encountered. Chapter 3 presents the methodology used in the study, including the sampling and selection process of the participating school and individuals; the research design; and the methodology used to conduct the study. The findings of the study, with analysis and discussion of the data are located in Chapter 4. Chapter 5 summarizes the study and recommends possible implications for best practice. References and Appendices follow this section.; The focus of this study centered on identifying policies and practices that lead to increased student achievement. Many specific policies and practices were found to be the factors that contributed to the increased student achievement. Further studies in other core subjects such as Science and English could confirm and add validity to the value of policies and practices that were found to be of value in this study. Also this study looked at a school with a closely nit content department. There existed in the school prior to implementation of reform policies and practices a long history of collaboration and departmental conformity. A further study of this area of research could study a school that did not have a history of collaboration, nor conformity. |
| Keyword | secondary; reform; mathematics |
| Geographic subject (state) | California |
| Geographic subject (country) | USA |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m680 |
| Rights | Nichols, Herbert Taylor, III |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | http://www.usc.edu/isd/libraries/services/ask_a_librarian/email/ |
| Filename | etd-Nichols-20070726 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume26/etd-Nichols-20070726.pdf |
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| Full text | SECONDARY SCHOOL REFORM IN MATHEMATICS: A CASE STUDY OF A HIGH SCHOOL IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA by Herbert Taylor Nichols, III A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF EDUCATION August 2007 Copyright 2007 Herbert Taylor Nichols, III |
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