Education Dissertations and Theses: Recent submissions
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The Effect of an Integrated STEM Course on Middle School Students’ Interest and Career Aspirations in STEM Fields
(University of Kansas, 2016-05-31)The STEM Semantics Survey was employed to investigate the effect of a one semester integrated STEM lab course on middle school students’ interest in STEM fields and STEM careers. A 2x2 repeated measures MANOVA was used to ... -
Describing the Relationship Between Perceived Motivational Climate and Readiness for Psychological Skills Training Amongst NCAA Division II Athletes
(University of Kansas, 2016-05-31)Sport Psychologists and sport psychology consultants alike face a challenge in receiving acceptable levels of readiness for psychological skills training (PST). The Transtheoretical Model of Behavior Change (TTM) has been ... -
The Price of Being International: Exploring Early Career Outcome Differences between International and Domestic Master’s Recipients from U.S. Institutions
(University of Kansas, 2016-05-31)Based on neo-racism theory, this study seeks to examine whether international master’s recipients (IMR) who graduated from U.S. institutions have significant early career outcome differences as compared to domestic master’s ... -
The Effects of Motherhood during Graduate School on PhD Recipients' Paths to the Professoriate
(University of Kansas, 2016-05-31)This study examines the effects of gender and family status on PhD recipients’ likelihood of attaining tenure-track faculty jobs at U.S. higher education institutions, with a specific focus on mothers who have children ... -
An exploratory study of the relationship between a blended learning approach to instruction and 5th grade student performance in a Kansas public school district
(University of Kansas, 2016-05-31)This dissertation is a mixed methods study of a mid-sized Kansas school district. It explores the relationship between a blended learning approach to instruction and 5th grade student performance on Measures of Academic ... -
A qualitative examination of the motivations behind participating in KU basketball camping
(University of Kansas, 2016-05-31)There are many rituals which sport fans partake in during or around a game that they are attending, and many of these take shape as ancillary events, such as tailgating. At the University of Kansas (KU), there is an ancillary ... -
Impact of infant feeding status on maternal body composition
(University of Kansas, 2015-12-31)Background: Overweight and obesity are related to a greater risk for health problems throughout life. Maternal overweight and obesity is related to complications during pregnancy that endanger the health of the mother and ... -
A study of variability in performance on mental and achievement tests
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A study of county normal institutes of Kansas
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The depreciation of school buildings in Topeka and Kansas City, Kansas
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The junior high school movement in Kansas
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What relationship exists between the outside employment of boys during the school term and their educational progress?
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School achievement of white children and Negro children in the elementary grades
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A study of a grading system in a high school having homogenous grouping
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The status of social science in Kansas high schools
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A study of the costs of public secondary education in Harvey County, Kansas
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A comparison between the biological content of certain periodical literature and of the Kansas high school course of study
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A study of vocational agriculture as taught in Kansas high schools
(University of Kansas, 1925)