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Vassar Scholarship

Vassar Scholarship, the institutional repository formerly known as Digital Window, reflects the research and scholarly output of the Vassar College community.  It provides access to a variety of collections, including senior theses and projects across a wide range of disciplines.

The Pressures of the Profession: Why Do Teachers Choose to Stay or Leave

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2024-April-20
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This qualitative study examines teacher satisfaction and teacher retention, and how that
affects teachers’ reasons to stay or leave the profession. The research question that guided my
study was: “How do the pressures of the profession affect teachers’ decisions to...

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The Strategy of Explanations

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2015-January-01
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To better understand the strategic aspects of human decision-making, we conduct a power-to-take game in which takers are required to send messages explaining their actions to receivers. We vary the types and timing of information takers have available to them...

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