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A validation study of university level food and beverage curriculum
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
The purpose of this study was to assess if new curriculum implemented by the University of Missouri's Hotel and Restaurant Management program is meeting industry and students' educational needs. The study sought to provide insight on the learning...
Implementation of integrated mathematics textbooks in secondary school classrooms
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
of a significant portion of the textbook; and (c) consistency with pedagogical orientation (Chval et al., 2009). Although the majority of teachers used their textbooks frequently, on average they taught less than two-thirds of the textbook content...
Development of curriculum materials to teach American children about the culture of Taiwan through Taiwanese children's songs
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2005)
A multicultural approach to music teaching has become increasingly important in music education. Due to a lack of materials about Taiwanese songs in the United States, I designed music curriculum materials for American teachers to implement...
PCK development of beginning secondary mathematics teachers
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
of the curriculum developed differently as they approached teaching in different ways (seen through their goals for instruction) and engaged with their curriculum materials differently. Two of the participants developed detailed knowledge of their students...
Professional development for primary science teaching in Thailand : knowledge, orientations, and practices of professional developers and professional development participants
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
of PD curriculum, and knowledge of assessment.; (c) the professional developers' knowledge and orientations influenced their decisions in selecting PD activities and teaching approaches; (d) their orientations and PCK as well as the time factor...
The perception of agricultural education professionals regarding the purpose and current outcome of school-based agricultural education
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
This study sought to identify if a discrepancy exists between agricultural education professionals' perceptions regarding the purpose and current outcome of school-based agricultural education (SBAE) curriculum. The stratified sample of agricultural...
A case study of perceptions of teachers engaged in teaching reading to adolescent students in middle school
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
Reading is a foundational skill that contributes to success in school and life-long endeavors. Teaching students to read and ensuring they learn how to master the five components of the reading process is a primary task of those in the education...
Assessment of teachers' ability to integrate science concepts into secondary agriculture programs
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
agriculture instructors in teaching concepts related to science; 2) To assess how such a change in the curriculum would impact current agricultural education programs. The sample was derived from the population of agriculture instructors teaching in Missouri...
Co-teaching as a clinical model of student teaching : perceptions of preparedness for first year teaching
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
. With high stakes accountability for test scores, teachers voiced their need to be present in the classroom, particularly during spring semester of statewide testing (Diana, 2014). The university adopted a co-teaching model of student teaching to prepare its...
Investigating science teacher knowledge of learners and learning and sequence of instruction in an alternative certification program
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
the first summer of ACP coursework, and an interview-observation cycle during the teacher's first semester teaching. I constructed profiles of four individuals and generated a set of assertions from a cross-case analysis. The four prospective teachers...
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...
Teacher perceived impact of technology on elementary classrooms and teaching
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2005)
research supports the notion that technology in the classroom has an influence on student learning, research also points to the teacher as an important lynch pin in technology integration in the curriculum (Mandell, Sorge, & Russell, 2002). The purpose...
University of Missouri--Columbia commencement, 2015 December
(University of Missouri--Columbia., 2015)
"December 18, 19 and 20, 2015"
A study of teacher knowledge as secondary mathematics teachers use a new technology
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
PCK with the TI-nspire[TM]. (2) Teachers may develop specific components of their pedagogical content knowledge with technology before others, and (3) teachers consider the TI-nspire[TM] a "discovery-based" mathematics learning tool and believe...
Teaching Undergraduate Music Theory Through World Music
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2018)
Living in an era of highly networked technology, twenty-first century musicians have
the advantage of accessing music from all over the world with just a few taps on their
electronic devices. They are fascinated by ...
The effects of progress monitoring in early writing using curriculum-based measurement
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
The purpose of this study was to examine the technical adequacy of progress monitoring assessments in early writing using curriculum-based measurement principles. The participants were 23 students in two first grade classrooms in a small elementary...
College of Education : announcement, 1948-49
(University of Missouri, 1948)
A study of environmental education in Missouri : a survey of project wet facilitators' understandings of environmental education
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
) is one of the state's nonformal, natural resource agencies involved with EE. The agency sponsors a national EE curriculum, Project WET (water education for teachers). The DNR state coordinator for Project WET is responsible for providing workshops...
Mathematics textbooks and state curriculum standards : an analysis of the alignment between the written and intended curricula
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
This study documented the alignment between state curriculum standards and the treatment of fraction concepts and computation in popular elementary and middle grades mathematics textbooks. Grade-level Learning Expectations (GLEs) from the five most...
Teacher opportunities to learn: responses and recommendations of grades 6-12 mathematics teachers from one district
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
professionally? b) What did the teachers from this district want to learn? c) How did the teachers from this district want to learn? Some quantitative data and mainly qualitative data was collected and analyzed for this project. Participants included thirty...