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A Healthier Gram: Assessment of Peer-to-Peer Influence in Healthy Behavior Social Media Engagement
(University of Kansas, 2020-01-01)The development of social media has quickly grabbed our global attention by finding innumerable ways for teens to communicate all over the world. However, as both adolescent mental and physical health continues to decline ... -
Planned Happenstance Skills and College Students with Disabilities
(University of Kansas, 2020-08-31)College students who are transitioning from higher education to employment encounter a variety of life events (i.e., happenstances), both planned and unplanned. These happenstances can influence their career development ... -
VOICES OF COLLEGE ASSISTANCE MIGRANT PROGRAM STUDENTS FROM REFUGEE BACKGROUNDS: AN ASSET-BASED APPROACH
(University of Kansas, 2020-08-31)This dissertation study used an asset-based, qualitative approach to explore how refugee-background students who have participated in a College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP) at four different universities describe and ... -
Effects of Coaching on Universal Design for Learning Implementation
(University of Kansas, 2020-08-31)This mixed methods study investigated the effects of instructional coaching as a single element of professional development on teachers’ knowledge and application of the UDL framework. Participants were recruited from a ... -
Comparing Male and Female Student Self-Efficacy, Identification, And Achievement In Mathematics: A Cross-Lagged Panel Analysis of Causal Effects
(University of Kansas, 2020-08-31)Understanding the direction of causality in the relationship between self-beliefs and academic performance is essential in educational research. The two purposes of this study were to examine the temporal relationships ... -
Examining the Conceptual Overlap between Social, Performance, and Test Anxiety among Chinese Adolescents
(University of Kansas, 2020-05-31)This study examined the conceptual overlap between social, performance, and test anxiety among 859 Chinese students, ages 12 to 19 years. Factor analyses were performed on the Chinese version of the Revised Children’s ... -
CIRCADIAN LIGHT EVALUATION OF A SPACE EQUIPPED WITH CLEAR GLASS WINDOW AND OPTIMIZED SHADE VERSUS LOW-E GLASS WINDOW WITHOUT SHADE
(University of Kansas, 2019-05-31)The aim of this research was investigating the effect of (i) Low-E glazing window and (ii) clear glass window equipped with optimized shade on the circadian light distribution across an interior space. To that end, computer ... -
The Support Provider Matters: Exploring the Influence of Support Provider Characteristics on Social Support Provision
(University of Kansas, 2021-08-31)Social support is a major source of enrichment within dyadic relationships due to its role in alleviating stress as well as providing a variety of tangible and psychological resources that assist individuals in goal pursuit. ... -
Supporting Access to Literacy Instruction for Students with Extensive Support Needs in General Education Settings Through Shared Reading
(University of Kansas, 2020-05-31)This purpose of this dissertation was to extend knowledge in the field on the use of shared reading interventions to support literacy skill development for students with extensive support needs (ESN) in general education ... -
Exploring the Self-Reflection of America Reads Tutors
(University of Kansas, 2020-05-31)This study was a result of noticing that classroom teachers, especially in the elementary level often use minimally trained tutors to help striving readers improve on their literacy skills. While desirable, schools are not ... -
Validation of Climate and Motivational Measures from the College Exercise Class Setting to the Physiology Laboratory Setting
(University of Kansas, 2020-05-31)The purpose of this study grounded in the Achievement Goal Perspective Theory (AGPT) and a Caring framework was to effectively adapt previously validated measures of caring, task-involving (CTI), and ego-involving (EI) ... -
Sex-Related Differences in Motor Unit Firing Rates and Action Potential Amplitudes of the First Dorsal Interosseous during High-, but not Low-Intensity Contractions
(University of Kansas, 2019-05-31)Despite ample evidence that females are weaker and possess smaller muscle cross-sectional areas (CSAs) compared to males, it remains unclear if there are sex-related differences in the properties of motor units (MU). Eleven ... -
Social Constructs Found in Collaborative School Space Design
(University of Kansas, 2020-05-31)American classroom design has remained relatively unchanged for decades, however instructional practices have become exceedingly more varied. In recent years, school construction has adapted in the midst of instructional ... -
Elementary Mathematics Acceleration: One District's Policies and Practices
(University of Kansas, 2020-05-31)This study focused on the mathematics acceleration policies and practices of a large, suburban, public school district in the Midwest. There is a lack of research specifically related to the acceleration of elementary ... -
Navigating Success: The Experiences of Black Teachers Code-switching in Predominately White Schools
(University of Kansas, 2020-05-31)There is a lack of Black educators in the United States. Reasons for this deficit in this particular profession are multi-faceted and have historical significance. However, rather than focus on the gap in the labor market, ... -
Culturally Responsive Teaching in Practice: Exploring English Language Arts Classrooms That Serve Ethnically, Linguistically, and Culturally Diverse Students
(University of Kansas, 2020-05-31)Abstract Public schools in the United States are witnessing an increase in the cultural, linguistic, and ethnic diversity of their student bodies. In addition, many of the students do not share the same cultural backgrounds ... -
School-Based Social Workers Effect on Creating Safer Schools
(University of Kansas, 2020-05-31)With school shootings happening across the United States almost daily, the call for educators and researchers to understand how to prevent such violence is timely and necessary. While many associate school security with ... -
Examining the Impact of Promoting Student Self-Determination and Utilizing Teacher Coaching Supports in Inclusive, Secondary Classrooms
(University of Kansas, 2020-05-31)The five chapters of this dissertation align with the overall theme of promoting student self-determination and examining the use of coaching interventions in inclusive, secondary classrooms, with a particular focus on how ... -
Discovering Blind Spots: Analyzing Teacher and Principal Perceptions of Principal Leadership Behaviors
(University of Kansas, 2020-05-31)This descriptive study explored teacher and principal perceptions of principal leadership behaviors, as well as identify and explore any discrepancies or blind spots that exist between principals and faculty perceptions ... -
Examining School-level Fragmentation as a Contributor to Within-district Racial and Ethnic Segregation
(University of Kansas, 2020-05-31)Racial/ethnic segregation, a prominent feature in most major city school systems, has more recently spread to suburban districts. Now that more of our nation’s children attend school in suburbs than in central cities, ...
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