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How a principal's action as an invitational leader with a social justice orientation can serve as a factor in recruiting and reciprocally retaining teachers at high-poverty, high-minority, high needs urban high schools
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
Irreplaceables, 2012), which will build collective efficacy (Hattie, 2016) to help students furthest from opportunity reach their high potential in academic and personal achievement. In the contention of Martin and Miller, (2017) aligning the dimensions...
A qualitative study of teacher leadership in secondary schools in central Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
the overarching theme of "let's go." Results from the study revealed teachers, when given opportunities for leadership roles, impact the school in many positive ways and this distributive leadership helps alleviate pressure from principals....
Skepticism, reason, and decision
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] "This dissertation is a combination of three different projects. The first project investigates the history of philosophy: Kant's refutation of idealism. ...
"When people push us, it just makes us feel better" : a multi-case exploration of the tools, relationships, and contexts of near-peer mentoring for college
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
This study sought to explore the unique ways near-peer mentors serving in three different public high schools help historically marginalized students address and overcome informational and psychological barriers to college. Through a multiple case...
The role of mentoring in developing beginning principals' instructional leadership skills
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
The purpose of this study was to investigate the type of support provided by mentors in helping new principals develop instructional leadership skills. Perceptions were investigated to determine if principals believed participation in mentoring...
Virtual learning in elementary school: a phenomenological study of student engagement
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
. This research begins the important work of uncovering best practices in virtual learning at the K-5 level and paves the way for future research on the topic....
The investigation of the self-efficacy of special education teachers who teach mathematics to English language learners with disabilities
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
or in teaching mathematics to ELLs with disabilities, were interviewed about factors which were helpful or harmful to their self-efficacy. Themes from the data included (a) teacher preparedness, (b) student characteristics, (c) teaching pedagogy, (d) building...
Narrative Exploration of Teacher Experiences in Culturally Responsive Gifted Education
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2019)
This narrative inquiry provides a contextualized understanding of teacher experiences
complementing the extensive quantitative literature available regarding the
underrepresentation of diverse students in gifted education ...
A middle school co-teaching program evaluation in one suburban midwestern school district : perceptions from regular education co-teachers, special education co-teachers, and building administrators
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
Middle school co-teachers and administrators offered information during focus groups, interviews, and surveys pertaining to co-teaching. Co-teaching in this study is defined as a special education teacher and a regular ...
Elementary Teacher Perceptions of Math Professional Development on Mathematics Instruction
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2017)
The purpose of this heuristic case study was to describe the professional development
experiences of kindergarten to fifth grades teachers that participated on a mathematics action
research team and represented five ...
Becoming within entangled spaces of artistic practice, an illustrated autoethnography
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
practice can have a real effect on the lives of creatives. As an artist living in an increasingly digitized world, the implications have extended far beyond my own studio and have impacted the quality of my interactions with others, self-efficacy, and how I...
Homeless not hopeless: understanding how graduate students who experience homelessness and housing insecurity successfully navigate their education
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
Obtaining a college degree and, even more so, a graduate degree is a critical component of many people's American dream. For some completing a graduate degree is a milestone of success. However, due to rising tuition and ...
Tweeting while leading : President Trump's Twitter habits from a Washington media perspective
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
. Along with benefiting our scholarly understanding, this research has the potential to help news professionals understand the impact President Trump's use of Twitter is having on their work, their newsrooms, and the future of their profession....
Talking Texts with Teachers: A Narrative Inquiry into the Experiences of Secondary English Language Arts Teachers and Their Text Selection Practices
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2018)
The texts that teachers choose to read in the secondary English language arts
classroom have been an important part of the curriculum development process for teachers of
this subject. Teachers have always been interested ...
The Green Impact Zone of Missouri: An Analysis of Place Based Investment
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2017)
The Green Impact Zone of Missouri operated in Kansas City, Missouri from 2009
until 2014 as a national model for place-based investment. Missouri Congressman Emanuel
Cleaver II is credited with pioneering the initiative, ...
Moderators' modus operandi : a rhetorical, qualitative analysis of the 2016 presidential debate moderators
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
, this study identified how the four moderators used statements from the candidates and those in their political orbit to set up pointed questions; engaged in direct dialogues with candidates to follow up and press for more concrete answers and to fact...
An investigation of the perception of factors associated with daily living activities of comprehensive psychiatric rehabilitation consumers
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
rated numerous demographic and study variables regarding how helpful each was to their daily living activities. At the end of six-weeks of data collection, 122 consumers' surveys had been collected for data analysis. Descriptive statistics and linear...
Examining the mediating role of teacher-related variables on the relationship between classroom management and student social--emotional and behavioral risk
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
in their classroom management abilities they give up when teaching disruptive students and are less likely to work to create order in the classroom (Brouwers & Tornic, 2000). In addition to classroom management practices, it is also important to consider teacher...
Former Inmates’ Perceptions and Beliefs About The Value of Earning a High School Diploma
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2019)
Previous studies on correctional education have focused on recidivism. There is
limited research from a qualitative perspective on the perceptions of education prior to
incarceration. This constructivist narratological ...
From Service-Learning to Post Graduation Service: Insights from University Graduates
(2014-08-28)
, this study sought to fill this gap in the literature by describing the ways that university graduates experience and perceive service-learning activities during college and after college. This study sought to answer the following research questions: What...