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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 = 606) of the total sample...
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...
The importance of undergraduate's computer competency and information literacy skills : marketing faculty's perspectives in Thailand
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
Computer technology has become a significant part of life for many people. Because of this, undergraduate students should prepare themselves to learn this technology in order to meet the needs of the workplace. Incorporating ...
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. ...
"I can't believe I just said that" : discursive filters and beginning mathematics teachers' enactment of ambitious practice
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
After being introduced to "ambitious" teaching methods during teacher education, only some beginning teachers attempt to enact those methods, as others gravitate toward the conventional practices that overwhelm K-12 settings. To learn more about why...
Beyond learning (in)opportunities in mathematics education : advocating and curating in a rural school community
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
Despite egalitarian ideals, schools and school mathematics play an integral role in the stratification of individuals, determining which individuals will occupy which positions in society and justifying the distance between ...
Investigating science teacher knowledge of learners and learning and sequence of instruction in an alternative certification program
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
of instruction to transmit knowledge to students. For the teachers, the integration of knowledge of instructional sequences and learners meant that they purposefully added "practice" types of activities to help students learn terms and concepts. Prospective...
Alternatively certified mathematics teachers : factors that contribute to changes in instruction over time
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
alternatively certified teachers to be highly qualified. This study investigated the instructional practices of 25 alternatively certified mathematics teachers in the state of Missouri over three years. Using qualitative methods, observation and interview data...
A comparison of grant-funded outdoor classrooms in rural and nonrural Missouri schools
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
of Missouri. The funds were awarded to each site to develop or enhance outdoor classrooms (OC) on or adjacent to school property. A sample of the schools that had received funding to develop an OC were visited during the summer and fall of 2008 to determine...
Professional identity and curricular construction : a study of teacher interaction with mathematics curricula of two types
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
-specific textbook with a procedural orientation that lends itself to teacher lecture followed by student individual practice. For another class, they may be asked to use an integrated textbook with a conceptual orientation that lends itself to teacher facilitation...
Examining the relationships between socio-scientific reasoning, content knowledge, and personal interest
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
Socio-Scientific Issues (SSI) appear to be a viable means for promoting students' development of science literacy, providing relevance to scientific concepts for students to apply their understandings and make sense of ...
Alternative certification science teachers' understanding and implementation of inquiry-based instruction in their beginning years of teaching
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
years of teaching; (b) describe constraints and needs that these beginning science teachers perceived in implementing inquiry-based science instruction; and (c) understand the relation between what they learned in their ATCP and their practice...
Two paths to advanced placement calculus : an examination of secondary students' mathematical understanding emerging from integrated and single-subject curricula
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
This study examined high school students' mathematical understanding of calculus readiness concepts after studying four years of college preparatory (integrated or single-subject) mathematics. Data were collected from 505 ...
An examination of how teachers use curriculum materials for the teaching of proof in high school geometry
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
This case study examined how three high school geometry teachers used their geometry textbooks (Prentice Hall Geometry and McDougal Littell Geometry) to teach proof. More specifically, it focused on the nature of the ...
Teacher opportunities to learn: responses and recommendations of grades 6-12 mathematics teachers from one district
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
This is a case study of one district, examining secondary mathematics teachers' perceptions of professional learning and teacher professional development. Research questions include: a) Why did the teachers from this ...
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 ...
Lost in translation? : transformations of federal policy intentions for effective professional development in statewide policy
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
policy intentions informed by research may influence professional development practice. State and local policy actors exhibited intentions that were more so aligned than disparate to federal intentions, and local professional development activities...