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Exploring the contextual factors related to transfer of learning in a high school implementation of the eMINTS program
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
Truly impacting teacher practices is a challenge for educational professional development (PD) providers. Typically, little attention is paid to the factors within the environment to which the educators return and how those ...
Movement and learning in lecture classroooms
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
This mixed methods research utilized Action Based Learning Theory on a population of undergraduate college-aged students to determine if movement breaks in a predominately lecture-style college class affected a student's ...
At-risk students' academic performance indicators and extracurricular participation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
The purpose of this study was to determine what, if any, associations exist between at-risk students' academic indicators and participation (or nonparticipation) in a school sanctioned extracurricular activity. The subjects ...
Utilization-focused evaluation of a STEM enrichment program
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
The purpose of this study was to determine the impact and utilization of a STEM enrichment program (hereafter referred to as The Program). The Program consisted of two parts. First an educator resource center provided free ...
Haskell Indian Nations University and the University of Kansas American Indian science/technology/engineering/mathematics (STEM) grant programs partnership
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
This student examines the grant partnership between a Tribal College (TCU) and a Predominantly White Institution (PWI) that is designed to increase the number of American Indian college students entering the STEM fields. ...
Defining professionalism in the health sciences
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This qualitative single case study explores how faculty members within a Midwestern four-year university's school of health professions define the ...
Turnaround schools as a U-turn for student achievement : the rotary of school reform efforts
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
This case study presents data to support the notion that turnaround school policy can improve the efficiency of how traditionally low-performing schools function. The schools that were successful in implementing the UVA ...
A case study of the perceptions of stakeholders regarding transformational leadership processes and structures implemented in a high poverty, high achieving school
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
Boyd-Zaharias and Pate-Bain (2008) postulated that low achievement and high dropout rates among poor students continue to “plague” (p. 40) public schools in the United States; and elaborated further by stating, “our nation ...
Moving beyond color : addressing four barriers and implementing strategies to achieve equitable learning opportunities for all students in urban public school systems
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This different type of dissertation, written in the form of a monograph, and includes an article developed from the author's chapter, the last chapter ...
Jright-sizing [sic] as an iterative process for the Kansas City, Missouri school district
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Urban education requires leadership and implementation as key drivers of change. However, educational leaders often find themselves at odds with what ...
Using common formative assessments to promote student achievement : a case study of practice, leadership, and culture
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
This qualitative case study analyzed the perceptions of third, fourth, and fifth grade-level teachers via six focus group discussions. In addition, three leadership interviews and an open-ended online survey gleaned ...
Student academic success and persistence to graduation : a study of an alternative high school
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] There has been growing concern regarding students identified as at-risk of non-persistence to graduation. Students may be considered to be at-risk ...
The integration of arts-based instruction : creative pathways to learning
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Due to increased budget cuts, teacher layoffs, and a reduction in the quality of effective instruction and educational programming; there continues to ...
Developing the project TWIST[trademark] test for project leaders and team members
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] What is a project? According to the Project Management Institute (2013), a project is "a temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product, ...
A policy analysis of Missouri's performance based teacher evaluation pilot
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
This policy analysis is designed to increase the understanding of Missouri's Performance Based Teacher Evaluation Pilot (PBTE). This policy analysis intended to identify the original intent of the Missouri Department of ...
Professional evolution stories as told by secondary teachers while immersed in professional learning community collaboration
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
The intent of this single bounded case study, conducted at a large Midwestern high school, was to begin to fill the knowledge gap by providing insight on the evolutionary process of teacher transformation when teachers are ...
Identification of perceptions of reincarcerated men concerning community reintegration life experiences in Missouri as measured by the Community Reentry Survey and prediction of group membership
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
Recidivism is a serious problem in the United States as well as Missouri. According to the 2008 Missouri Probation and Parole Annual Report, 108,787 people were under supervision of Missouri Probation and Parole at some ...
Relationship between family, school, peer, and student characteristics and student scientific literacy in Azerbaijan
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This study examined the effects of school, family, peer and student individual characteristics on scientific literacy scores. The study analyzed data ...
Determining reliability and validity of the "Principal perceptions of induction practices" survey assessing newly hired teacher induction to school culture
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
The study is based on two designs. The first design is the development of the Principal Induction Practices (PPIP) survey to gain information from Missouri public high school principals about their perceptions of specific ...
The impact of Teach for America's summer institute on first-year TFA's experience in the Kansas City public schools
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] In an effort to enhance teaching and student achievement, Kansas City Public Schools (KCPS) partnered with Teach For America (TFA) for new teachers and ...