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Social studies, denizens, and the state: A three-article dissertation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This dissertation examines education as an apparatus of state in three different research studies. The first paper, “Cultural Bombs and Dangerous ...
An examination of Missouri women high school band directors' experiences with mentorship
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This study was designed to examine the mentorship experiences and current mentorship roles of Missouri women high school band directors. Also of interest ...
"Little people can learn about race" : thinking with the wake in a first-grade classroom
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
This dissertation sought to explore the processes and actions that unfolded in a first-grade classroom when teaching and learning about topics of race and racism. I developed a research(ing) relationship with the classroom ...
Understanding the development of a 6th grade science classroom practice of argumentation : synthesizing cognitive and sociocultural perspectives
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Recent science standards have underlined the importance of engaging students in scientific practices for learning science ideas as well as develop ...
"When people push us, it just makes us feel better" : a multi-case exploration of the tools, relationships, and contexts of near-peer mentoring for college
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
This study sought to explore the unique ways near-peer mentors serving in three different public high schools help historically marginalized students address and overcome informational and psychological barriers to college. ...
Whole-class read-alouds with diverse children's literature: primary teachers' perspectives and practices
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
The purpose of this qualitative research study was to investigate primary teachers' perspectives about whole-class read-alouds with diverse children's literature (DCL) and their practices for implementing and conducting ...
Examining secondary teachers' practical rationality of mathematical modeling
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
Research on mathematical modeling is growing rapidly in the field of mathematics education, and there are numerous benefits of engaging students in modeling activities. However, mathematical modeling is still marginalized ...
An examination of Missouri women high school band directors' experiences with mentorship
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This study was designed to examine the mentorship experiences and current mentorship roles of Missouri women high school band directors. Also of interest ...
Examining elementary mathematics teachers' justification practices
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This study examined the relationship between elementary teachers' attitudes, beliefs, knowledge, Elementary Mathematics Specialist (EMS) status, and ...
Meeting Rwanda halfway : the entanglement of matter and meaning
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This dissertation arose from research following U.S. college students on a month-long study abroad trip to Rwanda to learn about the 1994 Genocide ...
Facilitating emergent bilingual's participation in mathematics : an examination of a teacher's positioning acts
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
This study examined the mathematical learning opportunities provided to Latinx emergent bilinguals (EBs) in an elementary classroom. I used positioning theory (Rom Harre & van Langenhove, 1999b) to examine the acts of one ...
"I think I'm a good reader, but I guess I'm not, since I got put in that class." The intended and unintended consequences of reading assessment and intervention : an institutional ethnography
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
This Institutional Ethnography presents research gathered through interviews with administrators, teachers and students involved in the giving, taking and using of reading assessments to place students in junior high reading ...
A critical approach to academic, community, and family literacies of first-generation college students in Latin America /
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] In this study, I investigated the social practices related to reading and writing of first-generation college students and their families and communities ...
Exploring the relationship between students' level of content knowledge and their ability to engage in scientific argumentation using structural equation modeling
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
The release of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) in 2013 introduced science standards that are rich in core ideas as well as science and engineering practices. The NGSS views science content and science practice ...
The influence of Bands of America on one high school marching band : a single case study
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
The purpose of this research study was to examine the influence of participation in Bands of America competitions (hereafter referred to as BOA) on one central Missouri high school marching band program. I chose to study ...
A phenomenological study of lived experiences of learning communties in online courses among undergraduate pre-service teachers
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This phenomenological study examined lived experiences of learning communities among pre-service teachers within online undergraduate college courses ...
Students' view toward biology as a complex system
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
System thinking is found to be a proper approach to address the complex problems of our modern world. However, while it is practiced in various science disciplines, it is not yet embedded proportionately into science ...
Educative features of upper elementary Eureka math curriculum
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
This two-phase study examined the educative features of upper elementary Eureka Math curriculum as well as examined take-up of those educative features in two classrooms at each grade level. Using an analytical framework ...
PCK development of beginning secondary mathematics teachers
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
In this study I examined the development of pedagogical content knowledge of three beginning secondary mathematics teachers. My analysis included the development of the teachers' knowledge of curriculum and their knowledge ...
Teacher conceptions of authentic science : exploring teachers' practical and formal epistemologies
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
Reform documents such as A Framework for K-12 Science Education and the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) have placed an emphasis on students' understanding and ability to engage in scientific practices. Even with ...