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A comparative study of relationships between supervisory leadership styles and high school teachers' job satisfaction and commitment in China and the United States
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Past research has indicated that lack of supervisory leadership reduces teachers' job satisfaction and commitment. This quantitative study examined and compared therelationships...
Assessing student teacher perceptions of preparedness using a dialogic evaluation process : a pilot study
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The role of student teacher perceptions to inform decisions and act as a catalyst for ongoing enhancements in teacher education has not been sufficiently investigated...
Critical thinking as a predictor of success in an associate degree nursing program
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Critical thinking is an important concept in nursing education and is thought to be necessary for success in nursing. The primary purpose of this study was to determine...
Student academic success and persistence to graduation : a study of an alternative high school
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] There has been growing concern regarding students identified as at-risk of non-persistence to graduation. Students may be considered to be at-risk because they fail to meet...
Student problem behaviors, disciplinary actions, and schools' challenges for achieving school safety
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Based on the secondary analyses of School Survey on Crime and Safety (SSOCS) 2005-2006 data, this study found that secondary schools frequently took severe disciplinary actions...
Pencil or pen : the permanence of the writing center on the accountability watermark
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] University writing centers have been around since the 1970's with the intent of assisting students in conducting writing assignments for their matriculation through college...
Performance in student affairs : insights into gender and sexuality
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This embedded, descriptive case study (Creswell, 2007; Scholz & Tietje, 2002; Stake, 2006; Yin, 2009) addresses two main purposes: (a) to further introduce Butler's (1990, 1993...
The role of college admissions representatives in the college application process by students' income and academic achievement
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] College access is one of the most studied areas in higher education, and yet college enrollment rates remain problematically stratified by socioeconomic status (SES) (Baum, Ma...
Data driven decisions in K-12 education : a comparative case study about data driven decisions in two rural K-12 school districts
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
in larger schools (Blink, 2005), as well as the need for examining, evaluating, and revising this process in all school districts that purport seeking to become true learning organizations (Jones, 2006; Learning Point, 2004; McIntire, 2002; Senge, et al...
Institutional influences affecting the college-going decisions of low-income mothers attending a rural midwestern community college
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
Education has proven one path out of poverty for low-income single mothers, yet many are not completing and transferring at high rates. Using theories of economic development as the lens for analysis, I sought to study how ...
The impact of school district financial allocation on district effectiveness : a look at school districts in Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
The purpose of this quantitative study was to increase the knowledge base on the relationship between categorical educational spending and how resource allocation impacts district effectiveness. The independent variables ...
Relationship between family, school, peer, and student characteristics and student scientific literacy in Azerbaijan
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This study examined the effects of school, family, peer and student individual characteristics on scientific literacy scores. The study analyzed data from the Program...
An evolving district level induction program for special education teachers
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This study is an action research looking at the new teachers, their mentors, and administrators and what each of these groups in a school can do to improve retention of teachers...
An analysis of the relationship between developmental mathematics and early access to Algebra 1
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] The purpose of this quantitative study was to analyze the impact of early access to algebra on developmental math enrollment in college. This study specifically analyzed 30 St...
Retention of early career teachers engaged in Missouri's career education mentoring program
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
. The quantitative phase investigated and established retention rates for two groups of career education (CE); those who participated in the two-year program ending the spring of 2006 and the spring of 2007. A baseline retention rate for non-CE teachers...
Analysis of withdrawal reasons and mobility factors for Missouri's public school students with disabilities
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Special education students receive specialized instruction, yet they are dropping out twice as often as their nondisabled peers (Smink & Cash, 2006). Dropping out is not a...
Developing and establishing the reliability and validity of the teacher perceptions of school culture survey (TPSC)
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
interview information and related research developed in a previous study (Kosek, 2006) and reviewed the author to provide content validity. Survey participants included first through third year teachers who had completed either the traditional teacher...
Generating social capital in first-generation students through a first-year seminar at a midwest university
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
Graduating college is an important milestone, but, for first-generation students (FGS), this can be more of a challenge than continuing-generation students. First-year seminars (FYS) aim to integrate students academically ...
General self-efficacy and course satisfaction in online learning : a correlational study
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
A correlational study was conducted to determine the relationship between student's general self-efficacy and course satisfaction using the Sherer General Self-Efficacy Scale (SGSES) and the Strachota Student Satisfaction ...
Adaptation of the innovation configurations for school-based staff developers for the development of a measure of reading coach job performance
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The problem in the study was that a consistent instrument to evaluate the job performance of Missouri Reading First coaches had not been identified. The Innovation...