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The Relationship Between In-Service Teachers’ Culturally Responsive Teaching Self-efficacy and Outcome Expectancy Beliefs, Instructional Practices (CLASS), and Student Outcomes in the Urban School Setting
(2015-06-19)
statistically significantly predicted 19.1 % of the variance student reading outcome scores. CRTSE and CRTOE scores were highly correlated, r(68) =. 562, p<.01. Supplementary analyses revealed participants’ rated non-specific scale items higher than items more...
Relationship of Early Childhood Teacher Guidance Beliefs and Reported Actual Practices on Child Behavioral Outcomes
(2016)
Teacher beliefs on child guidance and discipline practices are critical components in
understanding how teachers’ beliefs and approaches to guidance influence teachers’
interactions and classroom management practices ...
An Exploration of Teachers’ Early Childhood Guidance Beliefs and Practice within Early Learning Classrooms
(2015)
and their actual guidance practices impact teacher-child interactions which may be further hampered by the administrative decisions and policies regarding classroom management and child guidance. This study proposed to look at both the teachers’ self...
Perceived Stress among Public School Music Educators: Stress over Time, Demographic Differences, Common Self-Identified Factors of Stress, and Relationships between Demographic Differences and Emergent Stress Themes
(2016)
Teaching frequently has been identified as a stressful occupation, warranting
numerous studies of teacher burnout, attrition, and stress. Levels of professional burnout
and attrition among educators have been shown ...
Is That Racist? One White Family Interrogating Whiteness and Constructing Antiracist Curriculum
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2019)
Despite attempts by white teachers and families to avoid talk about race
(Apfelbaum, Paulker, Ambady, Sommers, & Norton, 2008; Bartoli, Michael, Bentley
Edwards, Stevenson, Shor, & McClain, 2016; Boutte, López-Robertson, ...
Cooperating Music Teachers’ Opinions Regarding the Importance of Selected Traits as Predictors of Successful Student Teaching Experiences
(2016)
The purpose of the study was to determine the perceptions of cooperating
mentor teachers regarding the importance of certain teacher traits as predictors of a
successful student teaching experience. The data collection ...
Narrative Case Studies Exploring Homelessness and Education
(2014-07-17)
The purpose of these narrative case studies was to understand the experiences of families encountering homelessness and how children experience formal and informal education. Families experiencing homelessness were defined as groups of persons...
A Case Study of the Literacy Experiences of 3rd Grade Struggling Readers with the Use of Interactive Digital Books
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2018)
Students who score one or more grade levels below the standard expectations in
reading tests are defined as struggling readers. Struggling readers have difficulty in
reading and/or comprehending a text, which affects ...
Talking Texts with Teachers: A Narrative Inquiry into the Experiences of Secondary English Language Arts Teachers and Their Text Selection Practices
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2018)
The texts that teachers choose to read in the secondary English language arts
classroom have been an important part of the curriculum development process for teachers of
this subject. Teachers have always been interested ...
A Narrative Inquiry and Self–Study of Practice Investigation into Experiences with Older Adults and Aging via an Online College–Level Gerontology Course
(2016)
The population of older adults in the United States is increasing to new heights.
Society members trained in gerontological education, health care of elders, and service
providers for older adults will be needed in the ...
Breaking the Silence: A Qualitative Critical Autoethnography of a Principal's Lived Experience with Having Courageous Conversations about Race
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2016)
This qualitative critical autoethnography represents a highly personalized account of the intricacies and reflections of a Black female educational leader engaging in courageous conversations about race with a predominately ...
An Examination of the Impact of a First Year Experience Course on STEM Persistence
(2015-08-04)
A review of STEM literature indicates that increased attention is being paid to STEM
initiatives particularly with K-12 teachers and programs designed to foster interest in
STEM fields at the secondary education level, ...
The Effectiveness of Reading Folk Literature in Improving English Language Learners’ Reading Proficiency in Elementary Grades
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2018)
This mixed-methods study investigates the effectiveness of reading folktales, fairy
tales, and fables in improving English learners’ reading proficiency levels in elementary
grades and explores students’ experiences with ...