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Development and validation of two influenza assessments : exploring the impact of knowledge and social environment on health behaviors
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
Assessments of knowledge and perceptions about influenza were developed for high school students, and used to determine how knowledge, perceptions, and demographic variables relate to students taking precautions and their ...
Engaging with advertising media in a constructivist classroom : case study of a rural seventh grade class
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
This study examined the experience of rural seventh grade students in a communication arts class where advertising media was the focus, and how these young adults talked, thought, and wrote about advertising media. Data ...
An examination of music student teaching seminars at midwestern universities
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
This study was designed with two main purposes: (a) to provide researchers and educators with information about the structure and content of music student teaching seminars by gathering baseline data regarding current ...
Functions in contemporary secondary mathematics textbook series in the United States
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
Textbooks play a central role in US mathematics classrooms (Stein, Remillard, & Smith, 2007) and functions are a key topic in secondary mathematics (Carlson, Jacobs, Coe, Larsen, & Hsu, 2002). This study presents results ...
The influence of the physics first course sequence on Missouri students' biology end of course assessment
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
Transitioning into mathematics curriculum leadership : a study of how a graduate degree program influenced leaders' views, actions, and responses
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
The purpose of this study was to explore how a mathematics curriculum leadership graduate degree program influenced seven participants' views and actions as they transitioned into new mathematics curriculum leadership ...
The development of veteran 9th-grade physics teachers' knowledge for using representations to teach the topics of energy transformation and transfer
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
The purpose of this study was to explore and identify the experiences that informed the development of three veteran (experienced) 9th-grade physics teachers' PCK for using representations to teach the topics of energy ...
"Writing down is a way of letting go" : individuals using writing to return to "remembered wellness"
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
This research studies how individuals in a graduate education course, examining the therapeutic uses of language, literature, and media, practiced these theoretical concepts in their own lives. A critical case study, this ...
Lost in translation? : transformations of federal policy intentions for effective professional development in statewide policy
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Teacher professional development is a key policy lever to redress ongoing concerns about teacher quality and student academic success. This policy lever ...
Grade 4-6 student conceptions and utilization of informal and formal variable representations across mathematically equivalent tasks
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
This study reports how 24 grade 4-6 students in one elementary and middle school interpreted formal (e.g., x + y = 12) and informal representations of variables (e.g., □ + ∆ = 12). While interpretations for variables ...
Characterizing middle and secondary preservice teachers' change in inferential reasoning
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
This study characterizes how a cohort of 33 middle and secondary mathematics preservice teachers' inferential reasoning changed while enrolled in a statistics course designed for future teachers. Changes in inferential ...
Facilitating the development of elementary prospective teachers' pedagogical content knowledge : a case study of a mathematics teacher educator's actions and purposes
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
Prospective mathematics teachers (PTs) need to develop pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) to improve the teaching and learning of mathematics. Therefore, mathematics teacher educators (MTEs) need to help PTs develop PCK ...
Experiences of Low-Income Families From a Parents as Teachers Program as Their Children Transition to Kindergarten: A Phenomenological Study
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
Poetry, media, and second language acquisition
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
The purpose of this qualitative study was to describe and analyze how the graduate course: "Writing, Reading and Teaching Poetry" influenced American and international students' writing, thinking, response to poetry, ...
An examination of how teachers use curriculum materials for the teaching of proof in high school geometry
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
This case study examined how three high school geometry teachers used their geometry textbooks (Prentice Hall Geometry and McDougal Littell Geometry) to teach proof. More specifically, it focused on the nature of the ...
A narrative inquiry about teacher identity construction : preservice teachers share their stories
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
This yearlong study considers how five elementary education preservice teachers were constructing their teacher identities during the time of the study. Data collection began at the end of the participants' junior year of ...
Examining nursing students' understanding of the cardiovascular system in a BSN program
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
Four Peruvian pre-service teachers and their use of digital communication
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] The purpose of this qualitative study was to investigate what happens when pre-service teachers use technology to communicate. From mid-May 2012 until ...
EFL students' response to the teacher's written feedback
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Providing written response to students' writing has been the most widely used method for English teachers to communicate with students of English in ...
Colombian teachers' expectations of poor and black students' ability to learn algebra
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
Underachievement in algebra along lines of race, class, and gender is a striking and pervasive phenomenon in the Colombian educational system. Black and poor students persistently lag behind their mestizo and wealthier ...