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A case study of cross-cultural and cross-age online literature discussion
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
late September 2007 through late May 2008, twenty-two students (nine fifth graders from the U.S. and thirteen tenth graders from Taiwan) used blogs to post responses to literature. Multiple sources of data were analyzed by using the constant comparative...
Current music practices and teachers' needs for teaching music in public preschools of South Korea
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
The present study aimed to investigate the current music practices and teachers' needs for teaching music in public preschools of South Korea. The data were obtained from the public preschools in South Korea, and 66.7% (n ...
A cross-sectional study of engineering majors' self-efficacy
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This is a cross-sectional study of 519 undergraduate engineering majors' self-efficacy beliefs at a large, research extensive, Midwestern university. ...
Relationships between siblings engaged in music study : an exploratory investigation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
that the identification of sibling relationships within the family context took on an important role in relation to siblings' music study. The evidence presently available indicated that many topics related to siblings relationships engaged in music study would be worthy...
Alternatively certified mathematics teachers : factors that contribute to changes in instruction over time
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
The focus of this study was the intersection of alternative certification for mathematics teaching, standards based teaching as described by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, and the No Child Left Behind Act ...
Blogging about books : writing, reading, and thinking in a twenty-first century classroom
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
The purpose of this study is to investigate how blogging as a reader response tool influences students' writing, response to literature, and thinking. From October 2006 through January 2007, thirty students in a ninth ...
The Changing Lives Through Literature program for juvenile offenders
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The purpose of this study was to learn if the Changing Lives through Literature program for juvenile offenders actually lived up to its billing of ...
The role of mental-modeling ability, content knowledge, and mental models in general chemistry students' understanding about molecular polarity
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
This study explored general chemistry students' thinking processes about molecular polarity and related concepts. The study employed a mixed-method design to reveal how general chemistry students use their conceptual ...