Browsing University of Missouri-Columbia by Thesis Department "Learning, teaching and curriculum (MU)"
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Achieving a coherent curriculum in second grade : science as the organizer
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)The purpose of this study was to examine how a team of teachers used science as a means for designing and implementing a coherent curriculum.Using a phenomenological research framework and a case study method, I generated ... -
Acquisition, utilization, and retention of foundational fraction concepts by middle grade students
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)This study investigated the acquisition, utilization, and retention of five fraction domains by middle grade students. Based on research findings, the five fraction domains that formed the conceptual analysis framework ... -
Along a Mobius strip : a journey into postcolonial theory, decolonization, and social studies within Indigenous context
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)Utilizing scholarship related to postcolonial theory, decolonization, and critical pedagogy, this dissertation sought to deconstruct the traditions of qualitative academic research to open spaces for critical dialogue about ... -
Alternative certification science teachers' understanding and implementation of inquiry-based instruction in their beginning years of teaching
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)The purpose of this phenomenographic study was to: (a) understand how beginning science teachers recruited from various science disciplines and prepared in an Alternative Teacher Certification Program (ATCP) implemented ... -
Alternatively certified mathematics teachers : factors that contribute to changes in instruction over time
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)The focus of this study was the intersection of alternative certification for mathematics teaching, standards based teaching as described by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, and the No Child Left Behind Act ... -
Analyzing how grade four teachers plan to teach inquiry-based curriculum materials and the influences on their preparation of mathematics lessons
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)This study documented how Grade 4 teachers plan to teach from an inquiry-based mathematics curriculum, and identified specific influences on planning. Previous studies of instructional decision-making yielded a framework ... -
Art experiences in Waldorf education : graduates' meaning making reflections
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)The purpose of this study was to implement a descriptive inquiry about the nature of art experiences in Waldorf Education through the lens of Waldorf graduates' reflections. This qualitative study sought to gain insight ... -
Art/making sense of policy in art education
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This manuscript style dissertation creates a continually expanding vista of policy at play in art/education. The scope of this manuscript style ... -
Articulated learning trajectories related to the development of algebraic thinking that follow from patterning concepts in middle grades mathematics
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)The construct of an articulated learning trajectory (ALT) was conceived of and defined to provide a lens through which to view and analyze content development in middle grades mathematics textbooks. The ALTs identified and ... -
An arts-based research study of art students engaging in collaborative sketchbooks to learn about drawing
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2024)This Arts-based Research (ABR) study explores using rotating collaborative sketchbooks as a teaching tool in a university foundations drawing course to expand students' understanding of what drawing is and how drawing is ... -
The attainment of social capital with adoelcsent girls living at the intersection of race and poverty in a community-based pedagogical space known as Auntie's Place
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)This study examines how Black adolescent girls living at the intersection of race and poverty access social capital through involvement in a community-based pedagogical space known as "Auntie's Place." Employing a theoretical ... -
A balancing act : negotiating the teacher roles of instructor and participant during a high school literature discussion unit
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)The purpose of this naturalistic, qualitative inquiry is to provide more information about how literature discussion as a reading instructional strategy can work in the secondary classroom. Elementary teachers have known ... -
Beautiful choral tone quality rehearsal techniques of a director
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2005)What is beautiful choral tone quality? What effective rehearsal techniques might be found if a successful high school choral director could be observed and interviewed? The primary goal of this study was to discover the ... -
Because they care : rural community college instructors' beliefs and practices
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)Community college instructors are influential in the lives of rural students, and they have key insights on the education of those students. Studies are needed to identify ways to support these rural students, who represent ... -
Becoming subjectivities : academic women in art education
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)This article-style dissertation disrupts the status quo of academic research by exploring the subjectivity of women art educators across time. The researcher investigates subjectivity, as an evolution of tensions, without ... -
Becoming within entangled spaces of artistic practice, an illustrated autoethnography
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)Because of the prevalence of social media in contemporary artistic life, it is important that questions be asked and research be conducted to inform our understanding of it and to potentially enhance our relationship with ... -
The benefits of partnering with the University of Missouri Telecenter Network
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)Purpose: The purpose of this study was to describe the Telecommunication Community Resource Center (TCRC) Collaborative and its participation in collaborations/ partnerships within the community, and examine the benefits ... -
Beyond learning (in)opportunities in mathematics education : advocating and curating in a rural school community
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)Despite egalitarian ideals, schools and school mathematics play an integral role in the stratification of individuals, determining which individuals will occupy which positions in society and justifying the distance between ... -
Blogging about books : writing, reading, and thinking in a twenty-first century classroom
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)The purpose of this study is to investigate how blogging as a reader response tool influences students' writing, response to literature, and thinking. From October 2006 through January 2007, thirty students in a ninth ... -
A case study of cross-cultural and cross-age online literature discussion
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)The purpose of this qualitative case study is to investigate the nature of students' reading and writing experiences and the social contexts when students are involved in a cross-cultural and cross-age online literature ...