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Responses of elementary students and their teachers to a world music preference survey
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
The purpose of this study was to investigate student listening preferences towards examples of music from around the world. The study of characteristics of music from different cultures is included in the school music ...
Learning to notice and teach English language learners in the elementary mathematics classroom : a case of four teachers
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This study presents data from an intervention study with third grade teachers who participated in professional development to learn to enhance their ...
Digital storytelling in writing : a case study of student teacher attitudes toward teaching with technology
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
This case study investigated how preservice teachers taught digital storytelling to students who often possessed more technology skills than the teachers. During the spring semester of 2011, two secondary-level language ...
School and district policies and strategies that impact student performance on the Missouri end-of-course algebra I NCLB assessment
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
This dissertation study performed an analysis of state testing data, teacher survey data, and interview data to describe policies and strategies used by 42 teachers and administrators at 6 high schools having 9-12 grade ...
Parents' and parent educators' understandings of the parents as teachers home visiting program in a small rural, mid-west community
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
Young rural children are more likely to live in poverty and experience the majority of their early learning in their own homes or homes of relatives or neighbors. The needs of early childhood education programs in rural ...
Assessing assessment : how use of the concept of inventory of natural selection influences the instructional practices of an experienced biology professor and supplemental instruction leader
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
Assessment is critical to enhancing student learning and understanding. Formative assessment tools such as concept inventories (CIs) could be valuable in moving toward such goals. A recent addition to biology education, ...
Investigating experiences that inform university instructors' specialized knowledge for teaching protein synthesis
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] The purpose of this study was to investigate the experiences that informed three university instructors' specialized knowledge for teaching protein ...
Using sociocultural and cognitive lenses the nature of reading scaffolding provided by an experienced district literacy coach during an upper elementary small group reading intervention
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
No Child Left Behind (NCLB, 2002) and the reauthorization of Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEA, 2004) asserted the need for American children to receive scientifically research-based instruction ...
Examining beginning biology teachers' knowledge, beliefs, and practice for teaching natural selection
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] The teacher is the most important school-based factor in student learning. Thus, in order to improve student learning, we must examine how teachers ...