Date
11-2018
Department
School of Education
Degree
Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership (EdD)
Chair
John Bartlett
Keywords
Student Leadership, Empowerment, Florida Standards Assessment
Disciplines
Education | Educational Leadership
Recommended Citation
Poteet, Nathan, "The Effects of Student Empowerment through Leadership on Academic Achievement in English Language Arts and Math" (2018). Doctoral Dissertations and Projects. 1886.
https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/doctoral/1886
Abstract
Student academic achievement in Title I schools has been a topic of interest for years. The previous works of Robert Greenleaf’s Servant Leadership Theory and Maslow’s Theory of Motivation in Title I elementary schools were used as the primary theoretical structures for this study. A quantitative causal-comparative (ex-post facto) study was planned, but a Mann Whitney U-test was used due to a failed assumption. The data collected from individual students’ scale scores on the Florida Standards Assessment was used to understand the impact of student empowerment through leadership within Title I elementary schools. While no statistical significance was noted in differences of achievement in English Language Arts between students with leadership training and students with no leadership training, a statistically significant difference was found in math achievement between the same groups of students.
