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Teachers teaching teachers : a case study of the 2011 ProEd professional learning community and its influence on creating a culture for organizational learning in schools in the Republic of Panama
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
While evidence of organizational learning through empowered teacher collaboration has been established in many international school studies, no such relationship has been investigated in public and/or low-middle socioeconomic private schools...
Home schooling in the Show-me-State: a preliminary study of perceptions and academic performance
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2005)
scores of home schooled and a group of public school students are compared controlling for gender and ethnicity and a qualitative study examining perceptions on Missouri's public school and home school policies in a telephone interview. The correlational...
Teacher collaboration and student learning : a multilevel structural equation modeling analysis
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
for future research as well as implications for educational policy and practice were also presented....
An analysis of the impact of the A+ schools program on student enrollment, certificate or degree completion and transitioning to a four-year university
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
or the three measures of success at the mid-western community college. Comparing statewide data identified a significant difference between A+ and non-A+ students who enrolled in all public community colleges in Missouri. While data reflecting gender...
Midwest school district Transition Academy : a qualitative, process evaluation of a program for students with autism spectrum disorders or emotional disturbances
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
Transition Academy. The study was considered through the lens of social justice leadership theory in terms of how leaders address subgroups within the typical public school environment (Theoharis, 2007). The findings identified in the study highlight a...
Factors affecting teachers' participation in professional development activities in Turkey
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between factors (internal [personal] and external [environmental]) and teachers' participation in professional development (PD) programs in Turkey. The researcher ...
Academic capitalist regime in Colombia : discourses from national research policies and professors
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
of National Publications, Faculty Promotion, Research Groups and Researchers' Classifications, and Spin-off Policies. The second phase was based on a multicase study that examined the link between these four national research policies and professors' actions...
Unpacking middle school achievement: how students perceive the effect of home, school, and community influences on their academic success
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
This transcendental phenomenological study set out to determine the nature and extent of influence on student success, as perceived by selected rising seventh-grade students at a particular mid-West middle school (grades ...
A qualitative examination of role definition, organizational positioning, and job qualifications of Title IX coordinators
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
The purpose of the study was to examine the experiences of Title IX Coordinators at a university or college. The study included three questions pertaining to role definition, organizational positioning, and job qualifications ...
Mentor program delivery and accountability : a mixed methods study in southwest Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
Through a mixed methods approach, this research investigated the aspects of mentor program delivery and accountability across multiple districts in Southwest Missouri. A state-by-state review of mentoring by The New Teacher ...
A case study of teachers' perceptions of student engagement in one Midwest rural high school
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
This qualitative study examines teachers' perceptions of student engagement in one Midwest rural high school. The researcher examined teacher, administrator, and members of the regional professional development center ...
Policy analysis using sensemaking : implementation of an ambiguous policy mandate in institutions of public higher education
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
at two institutions of public higher education - a two-year college and a four-year university - responsible for implementation of the new policy mandate in their institutions. This study drew on the theoretical framework of Weick's (1995) seven...
Evaluation of performance funding systems : results from the event study design
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
As part of the national agenda of accountability, state governments established performance funding policy to hold public institutions accountable for their performance. Accountability allows state policymakers to incentivize institutions to address...
Creating an effective educational environment for adult learners : a qualitative, multi-case study of off-campus center administrator's use of invitational leadership
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
-campus center administrators to understand the perceptions of faculty, students, and staff on the four characteristics: trust, respect, optimism, and intentionality within the five environments: people, places, policies, programs, and processes (Novak & Purkey...
Gaining perspective : an examination of the short- and long-term effectiveness and helpfulness of the University of Missouri McNair Scholars Program
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
as it displays student outcomes and impacts in a way that can be observed by policymakers and other stakeholders who define policies and allocate funding. Information such as this may be helpful in our efforts to ensure that more students from underrepresented...
Assessing student teacher perceptions of preparedness using a dialogic evaluation process : a pilot study
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
. This project investigates those possibilities by developing a dialogic evaluation process to interview student teachers before and after the student teaching experience. The process, developed in tandem with a ten member expert panel consisting of public school...
A view from within : a case of innovation and faculty experience at one Midwestern college
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] The topic of innovation in higher education has received increased discussion and attention in the public media and, to a lesser extent, the academic literature. The purpose...
A logic model program evaluation : examining the outcomes of academic performance and persistence towards graduation of at-risk students enrolled in the Academic Center
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
The purpose of this study was a program evaluation of a high school transitional support program, the Academic Center, using a logic model evaluation method. This study used data from institutional records of a single public high school...
Perceived importance of district developed teacher evaluation standards and criteria as measured by teacher values survey
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
In 2009, a PK-12 public school district board of education approved a teacher evaluation tool developed by a volunteer team of teachers and administrators. The Learning Based Teacher Evaluation (LBTE) was constructed with six broad standards...
Expanding the description of facilitators of adult learning : workplace facilitator teaching styles, theories of action, and perspectives of teaching
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
) was used to measure facilitator teaching perspective. The sample was 34 facilitators in colleges/universities and public/corporate training organizations and their 286 learners. Facilitator variables examined were age, gender, race, occupational field...