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Carrying their second backpack: understanding the lived experiences of teachers working with trauma-affected students during the Covid-19 pandemic
(2021)
, and servant leadership as a method of support for teachers and students who are trauma affected. The primary study methodology consisted of in-depth interviews, observations, and document reviews. Additional data sources included co-researcher reported results...
Principal, board member, and staff perceptions of female public school superintendents instructional leadership
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
superintendents. A qualitative, multi-case study provided opportunity to determine the instructional leadership practices as viewed through the lens of instructional leadership research by Waters and Marzano (2006). Four overarching themes emerged: Professional...
Middle School Teachers’ Perceptions of Administrator Influence on Teaching and Learning
(2014-08-28)
The purpose of this symbolic interaction study was to develop a thick rich description of middle school teachers’ perspectives of the characteristics of administrators that have an impact on teaching and learning. Specifically this research examined...
Bulletin : summer session, 1979
(University of Missouri--Columbia., 1979)
Intersubjective understanding of violence: the lifeworld of Tajik immigrant workers in post-Soviet Russia
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
. It is a reductive understanding of violence that ignores the perspectives of the immigrants themselves. Such interpretation of violence is incompatible with its intersubjective understanding. The understanding of migration violence in this thesis...
The spirit of exhibition and visual pedagogy in the work of Charles and Ray Eames
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
; and technology could help to create a visually literate populace. Consequently, the Eameses combined traditional display models and new media in highly choreographed spaces that relied on objects and images to communicate cultural histories, ideas, and values....
Does professional development for teachers impact student behavior utilizing class-wide function-related intervention teams?
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
Students who disrupt the classroom due to externalizing behaviors can impact all of these, but more importantly, these behaviors interrupt student learning. Due to these stressors, the purpose of this study was to explore how a behavior intervention...
Exploring the impact of digital textile prints on identity expression in women breast cancer survivors
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
The aim of this study was to explore how a designer's use of digital printing technology and the employment of individualized imagery in textile print design evoke emotional responses to textile print design. Roughly about 13 percent of women...
When Walmart leaves small towns : vulnerability, food insecurity and community resilience
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
in a rural area will lose their only Walmart store, which has been part of the town for decades. There are many studies on the impact of Walmart's entry and presence in towns. However, investigating the effects of Walmart when they leave small towns...
Aging on the farm : toward a model of passionate place attachment
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
that there was an attachment to place, lifestyle, and work. Farming provided purpose, meaning, and passion in the participants' lives. The expressed feelings about attachment to their farm and attachment to their work led to a theoretical framework of "Passionate Place...
Discovering the social organization of school library work
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
The research examines how school library work is socially organized and how social organization affects cooperation with teachers and others in the school. The researcher uses the institutional ethnograph frame of inquiry, providing a way of looking...
School equity training impact on teacher relationships with Black students
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
students, and how it has helped teachers develop a better understanding of their own background and experiences. A qualitative formative evaluation of the RPS equity training program was conducted, which included interviewing twelve teachers from three...
Discourse structure as the scaffolding of stance structure : developments of a central concept in a central site of discursive interaction in bioethics
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
This study explored how a major concept and principle in the interdisciplinary area of bioethics, respect for autonomy, changed across the first and the seventh editions of the textbook Principles of Biomedical Ethics by Beauchamp and Childress, a...
Simulation and optimization of low impact development for mitigating combined sewer overflows associated with climate change
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Modeling rainfall runoff can help to understand what is happening throughout the system, how can control of water to prevent flood, and how much the ...
Queering CoMo : an exploratory case study of queer geographies in Columbia, Missouri between 1991-2021
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
for research into queer geographies of small cities as it falls outside of the geographic parameters of similar studies. Building on a foundation of queer theory and queer geographic work engaging with lived queer experiences, this study uses semi...
Heuristic Descriptive Case Study of Math and Language Arts Teachers' Past and Current Experiences in the Implementation of the Missouri Learning Standards
(University of Missouri–Kansas City, 2016)
Teacher retention and attrition continues to be relevant areas of concern for school
districts as many reports are surfacing correlating the performance of students with the
attrition rate of teachers. The focus of ...
From Pan to Plate: Cased Images of the California Gold Rush, 1849-1865
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2019)
After President Polk’s announcement in December 1848 of the gold discovery in
California, thousands flocked to the region. Lured by the ready market of potential
customers, daguerreotypists also made their way. The ...
Deconstructing dominant English language discourses in the Ghanaian curriculum : reimagining a curriculum centered on Ghanaian languages and literacies
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
in Ghanaian languages in schools, educational policies and practices in Ghana continue to prioritize English education inherited from Ghana's colonial past while devaluing and deprivileging Ghanaian languages and cultures (Dei & Asgharzadeh, 2001). Scholars...
Regional site response and uppermost mantle seismic structure of central and eastern united states
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
highfrequency Lg seismic phases is estimate ed using a Reverse-Two Station (RTS) method. RTS results show topography and sediment thickness are likely to affect amplification and both factors likely frequency-dependent. There is a negative correlation between...
A Computational Study of The Electrical Response of Biological Cells with Realistic Three-Dimensional Morphologies
(2021)
One of the unique features of a biological cell is the cell membrane that protects the cell interior by establishing a physical barrier between the cytoplasm and the extracellular matrix and governs the distribution of the cytoskeleton to control...