Browsing School of Education (UMKC) by Thesis Semester "2014 Summer"
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Continuing Bonds, Meaning Making, and Collectivism: Predictors of Complicated Grief
(2014-09-26)Continuing bonds or maintaining a physical or mental connection with a deceased loved one is an aspect of the bereavement process that has displayed mixed results in the bereavement literature with respect to its adaptive ... -
A Heuristic Case Study of the Experiences of Teachers Who Address Bullying in Middle School
(2014-09-30)Bullying behaviors and incidents increase during the middle school years. Bullying is a problem that affects teachers, staff, students, and families, especially during the middle school years. The purpose of this study was ... -
Maintaining the Segregated City?: Exploring the College Planning Experiences of Kansas City’s Urban Students of Color and the Implications on Their Access to Higher Education
(2014-09-30)This dissertation examined the role of school-based college planning guidance services in the college trajectories of central city students of color. It is projected that by 2018, most jobs will require some postsecondary ... -
The relationship between African American high school students' desire to attend college, their perceived likelihood to attend college and actual college entrollment
(2013)African American students continue to be an underrepresented population in institutions of higher education. This study uses Mickelson’s Attitude-Achievement Paradox to explain the effect of individual and contextual SES, ...