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Freshman interest group participation and second year academic success of engineering students
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
Students in their second year of college experience changes in support that can negatively impact their success. This phenomenon is commonly referred to as the sophomore slump, which can manifest itself as a decline in ...
Stories of K-12 English language learner teachers developing professionally through informal collaboration within occupational communities
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
English Language Learner (ELL) teachers are content-specific teachers who work with students who do not speak English. ELL teachers are taught how to teach the students to acquire the English language. ELL teachers work ...
Job satisfaction of Missouri high school principals as measured by the Minnesota satisfaction questionnaire
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
There is a lack of information regarding job satisfaction among high school principals in the state of Missouri. For this study, 108 high school principals in the state of Missouri responded to an internet survey using the ...
Perceptions of female faculty members at public, regional institutions in Missouri concerning bias against caregiving
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This study explored the extent to which female faculty members at five public, regional universities in Missouri perceived a bias against caregiving, ...
Competency-based professional development : a case study of how recruiters perceive undergraduate business students
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
D. McClelland claimed that employment recruiters should hire professionals based upon characteristics and skills and that these competencies could predict how employees would perform on the job. This approach to assessing ...
Mainstreamed English language instruction in a low-incidence rural school district : a case study
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
Classrooms in the United States are changing as the population of the United States becomes more diverse with growing numbers of English language learners (Banks, 2005; Capps, Fix, Murray, Ost, Passel & Herwantoro, 2005; ...
Rationalizing violence : examining discourse and school closures in Washington, D.C., public schools
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] From 2008 to 2014, the District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS), in Washington, D.C., underwent school consolidation and reorganization that led to ...
Chronic illness and the college student experience : an anti-deficit achievement study of resilience in higher education
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
risk (Stoddard, Zimmerman, & Bauermeister, 2012). At the same time, I wanted a theory that framed the entire research experience, from questioning to analysis in an anti-deficit light. The anti-deficit achievement framework developed by Harper (2010...
Impacts of the state 4-H Council experience : a phenomenological study
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
Leadership has long been recognized as a subject central to the human experience. Prepared leaders can wield critical influence in the rise of cultures, the growth of human opportunity, and the lasting direction of world ...
Principal discretion and the use of out-of-school suspension in public high schools
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
The purpose of this mixed methods study was to analyze school principal's perception and use of out-of-school suspension as a consequence to address student misbehavior. This study was conducted on current acting high ...