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Capturing the complexity: examining the effect of instructional intensity in the context of a response to intervention framework on learning outcomes for students with academic and behavioral needs
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
sample of the study: (1) Wellperforming in academics group (WP-A; n = 656), (2) Average performance in both academic and behavior group (AP-AB; n = 10,757), (3) Moderate risk for academic and behavior (MR-AB; n = 3,359); (4) Higher risk for behavior (HR-B...
The role of school migrant composition in migrant students' school-related well-being
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
to migrant students' mental health and school belongings raise the importance of considering school composition as an important factor in examining migrant education. As the number of migrant children arriving in urban centers continues to increase alongside...
Teacher collaboration and instructional program coherence across the transition to high school
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
with different measures of student achievement. The study took place in the state of Missouri, and 312 principals of high schools with separate feeder middle schools were invited to participate. Electronic and paper surveys as well as public data were collected...
The use of an application screening assessment as a predictor of teaching retention at a midwestern, K-12, public school district
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
This quantitative study examined the retention of new hires at a Midwestern, K-12, public school district using the scores of an application screening assessment as a predictor. New teacher hires' overall performance results ...
Graduate catalog, University of Missouri--Columbia, 2001-2003
(University of Missouri -- Columbia., 1999)
An analysis of the relationships between servant leadership, school culture, and student achievement
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
The purpose of the study was to quantitatively explore and analyze the relationships among the factors of servant leadership, school culture, and student achievement in Missouri elementary schools. Two survey instruments, the Servant Leadership...
The relationship between professional learning community implementation and teacher decision-making
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
Educational reform has been a topic of intense interest since the 1950's (Brost, 2000; Lambert, 2003; Servage 2009; Watson, 2014). Researchers have routinely proposed that schools must evolve to be much more adaptable and ...
Attitudes and beliefs about corporal punishment among inner city homeless parents : a qualitative narrative study
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
), age twenty to fifty-seven years, living in a shelter in a large Midwestern urban area. Results yielded five themes: (1) substantial participant experiences of childhood physical and emotional trauma; (2) clear conceptual definitions of and reasons...
Food insecurity and foraging food from gardening, hunting, and fishing among supplemental nutrition assistance program and eligible supplemental nutrition assistance program families
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
or fishing, and shopping at dollar and club stores, and 2) if strategies such as gardening, fishing, and hunting are associated with greater household food security. The sustainable livelihood approach provides a framework to study everyday activities...
Body size and shape in insular environments and applications of the island rule in biological anthropology
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
The discovery of small-bodied hominin fossils in 2004 on the island of Flores, Indonesia, unearthed a large debate within biological anthropology. This debate has exemplified that there are questions and research areas ...
Dedications in clay : terracotta figurines in early Iron Age Greece (c. 1100-700 BCE)
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
This dissertation explores early Greek religion and society through a contextual analysis of the ritual use of terracotta votive figurines in the Early Iron Age, c. 1100-700 BCE. I have compiled the major deposits of terracotta figurines (both...
Can Cooperative Membership and Participation Affect Adoption Decisions? Issues for Sustainable Biotechnology Dissemination
(AgBioForum, 2009)
Biotechnology has become the dominate technology in the agricultural environment globally, possessing the capacity to address issues related to food insecurity and low productivity. Developing countries therefore cannot ...
Missouri Shamrock, 1956-1957, volume 23, number 1-8
(University of Missouri. College of Engineering, 1956)
Christian tomb mosaics of late Roman, Vandalic and Byzantine Byzacena
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1998)
Christians in North Africa in the Late Roman, Vandalic and Byzantine periods marked the tombs of loved ones with mosaics that combined epitaphs with symbols and images. This study focuses on 186 Christian tomb mosaics from ...
Let's agree to agree : effects of self-awareness and social identity on online deliberation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
This experiment assesses the effects of ingroup versus outgroup communication in an online, one-on-one, anonymous setting on perceptions of deliberation quality in a conversation task pertaining to abortion policy. ...
Pursuit of national interests through neutralism : case of India
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1973)
"The study is made up of several chapters. In Chapter I an attempt has been made to discuss the concept of neutralism as regards what it is not and what it is. The most important point that has been made in this chapter ...
Habitual subsistence practices among prehistoric Andean populations: fishers and farmers
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
This research tested the hypothesis that it is possible to differentiate fishers from farmers using muscle marker patterns. Muscle markers are imprints (tuberosities, grooves, and/or bony projections) left on the skeleton ...
Three essays on political polarization in the United States
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
) and the swing experience on the degree of polarization. The three essays on political polarization in the United States suggest several implications. First, based on meta-analysis in chapters 2 and 3, I concluded that Americans are still not polarized as Fiorina...
Nationalism and redistribution in new democracies : nationalist legacies of authoritarian regimes
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
[EMBARGOED UNTIL 5/1/2024] Why does democratization not necessarily lead to generous welfare states, particularly in the third-wave democracies? As the identity-based theory explains, if ethnic diversity erodes welfare ...
Pictures and pixels : digital photographic archives at newspapers, photographic agencies and libraries
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
A survey (N = 167) and in-depth interviews were conducted to examine organizational influences on the diffusion of an innovation. Daily newspapers, historical libraries and museums and photographic agencies that handle ...