Learning, Teaching and Curriculum electronic theses and dissertations (MU): Recent submissions
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Preservice teachers' sociopolitical consciousness in light of the racial disparities highlighted by the COVID-19 pandemic
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)Socioscientific issues (SSI) such as COVID-19 and climate change often highlight the inequalities that structural racism creates. If we ever wish to equitably solve these issues, we require a population that has the ... -
Stories to live by, stories to teach with: a narrative inquiry into preservice teachers' knowledge of teaching literacy from a critical literacy framework with diverse children's literature
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)This narrative inquiry offers research of literacy and children's literature teaching through inquiry into stories told from the perspective of preservice teachers (PSTs). Through inquiry into PSTs' stories to live by ... -
How teachers design curriculum units: a case study of algebra teachers' instructional decision-making processes and products
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)This study examined how algebra teachers plan curriculum units when they actively design their curriculum. I used a case study (Yin, 2013) of five experienced high school mathematics teachers who came from school districts ... -
Reading young adult fiction and the world to find racial civic litearcy in a social studies methods class
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)This dissertation sought to explore the way preservice teachers grappled with race/ism and citizenship during a social studies methods class. Relying on the theoretical framework of racial civic literacy, this instrumental ... -
Whole-class read-alouds with diverse children's literature: primary teachers' perspectives and practices
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)[EMBARGOED UNTIL 5/1/2023] The purpose of this qualitative research study was to investigate primary teachers' perspectives about whole-class read-alouds with diverse children's literature (DCL) and their practices for ... -
Students' view toward biology as a complex system
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)System thinking is found to be a proper approach to address the complex problems of our modern world. However, while it is practiced in various science disciplines, it is not yet embedded proportionately into science ... -
Reclaiming relations : embodied practices of visual arts educators knowing, being and doing evaluation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)The articles in this work address histories of how visual art educators have come to exist within scholarship on teacher evaluation. This study, reconceptualized outside of methodology through a post qualitative framework ... -
Examining secondary teachers' practical rationality of mathematical modeling
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)Research on mathematical modeling is growing rapidly in the field of mathematics education, and there are numerous benefits of engaging students in modeling activities. However, mathematical modeling is still marginalized ... -
Examining the relationships between socio-scientific reasoning, content knowledge, and personal interest
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)Socio-Scientific Issues (SSI) appear to be a viable means for promoting students' development of science literacy, providing relevance to scientific concepts for students to apply their understandings and make sense of ... -
Pre-service science teachers' beliefs related to teaching and learning with socioscientific issues
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)Socioscientific issues (SSI) are the hallmark of a reform-oriented approach to science teaching and learning (Sadler, Foulk, and Friedrichsen, 2017) that foregrounds controversial and unstructured societal challenges with ... -
Elementary students' understanding of fractions with dynamic technology
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)This study examines students' mathematical strategies within a novel technological environment designed to support understanding of relationships between quantities and adjustable measuring units. In particular, 30 elementary ... -
The impact of place-based pedagogy on teachers' professional identities, instructional decisions, and collaborations
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)This design study uses a design-based, formative approach to consider teachers' understanding and use of place-based pedagogical practices. The study focuses on teachers' awareness, understanding and use of place as they ... -
"I can't believe I just said that" : discursive filters and beginning mathematics teachers' enactment of ambitious practice
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)After being introduced to "ambitious" teaching methods during teacher education, only some beginning teachers attempt to enact those methods, as others gravitate toward the conventional practices that overwhelm K-12 settings. ... -
Educative features of upper elementary Eureka math curriculum
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)This two-phase study examined the educative features of upper elementary Eureka Math curriculum as well as examined take-up of those educative features in two classrooms at each grade level. Using an analytical framework ... -
Development and analysis of a socio-scientific reasoning assessment : application of computer automated scoring and rasch analysis
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Scientific literacy (SL) as an idea is considered by many to be one of the main goals of science education. This study focuses on Roberts' (2007) second ... -
Developing computational thinking competencies and natural selection understanding thorough unplugged algorithmic explanations
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Technology and computing have permeated science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines, resulting in a need for a computationally ... -
Examining elementary mathematics teachers' justification practices
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This study examined the relationship between elementary teachers' attitudes, beliefs, knowledge, Elementary Mathematics Specialist (EMS) status, and ... -
The influence of Bands of America on one high school marching band : a single case study
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)The purpose of this research study was to examine the influence of participation in Bands of America competitions (hereafter referred to as BOA) on one central Missouri high school marching band program. I chose to study ... -
A phenomenological study of lived experiences of learning communties in online courses among undergraduate pre-service teachers
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This phenomenological study examined lived experiences of learning communities among pre-service teachers within online undergraduate college courses ... -
Instrumental music teacher perceptions regarding student self-regulation of music learning
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)In this study I examined instrumental music teacher's perceptions regarding student self-regulation of music learning. Relying on an interpretivist approach to an instrumental collective case study, data were collected ...