Education Dissertations and Theses: Recent submissions
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A study in pupil achievement
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A study of the Lawrence pre-school clinic
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A study of the natural lighting of classrooms of the elementary schools of Kansas City, Missouri, 1880-1927
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An investigation of English Language Learners' performance on regular content assessments: A study of Kansas ELLs
(University of Kansas, 2015-12-31)Abstract AN INVESTIGATION OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS’ PERFORMANCE ON REGULAR CONTENT ASSESSMENTS: A STUDY OF KANSAS ELLS by Christina Lee Kitson Due to the federal No Child Left Behind Act and accountability requirements, ... -
A Qualitative Analysis of Can We Talk
(University of Kansas, 2015-12-31)This study investigated adult and student experiences with Can We Talk. Can We Talk is a voluntary, before-school program that focuses on mentoring students academically, while also facilitating conversations about race. ... -
Power, Resistance, and Subjectivity in an Urban Elementary School
(University of Kansas, 2015-12-31)This dissertation examines how power is deployed and contested in two classrooms in an urban elementary school. It adopts a Foucauldian framework for understanding power as a transactional exchange in an attempt to illuminate ... -
COLLEGE STUDENT UNIONS: WHAT PROFESSIONALS ARE DOING TO ASSESS LEARNING OUTCOMES FOR STUDENT PROGRAM BOARD LEADERS
(University of Kansas, 2015-12-31)The descriptive survey employed in this study explored current assessment practices of learning outcomes, including the resources used and the learning outcomes assessed for student programming board leaders. The researcher ... -
Providing Financial Literacy Education to Students: An Exploration of Financial Literacy Programs at Large Public Institutions
(University of Kansas, 2015-12-31)As students’ loan debt increases with tuition costs, on average, students are graduating with higher rates of loan debt. Studies have illustrated that students leave higher education institutions ill prepared to manage ... -
A Naturalistic Inquiry of a Distance Learning University TESOL Program for In-Service Teachers
(University of Kansas, 2015-12-31)In this naturalistic inquiry, I explore a professional development program which provided Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) graduate coursework from a university in Northeast Kansas to in-service ... -
Empowerment and Self-Efficacy in the Lives of Four Emerging Bilingual Assistants in an Additive Bilingual Program
(University of Kansas, 2008-08-31)This research presents an ethnographic understanding of the personal and professional lives of four emerging bilingual assistants (EBAs) who designed and implemented an additive bilingual program in preschool classrooms. ... -
Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students' Perceptions of Out-of-School Pleasure Reading during the Academic Year: A Mixed Methods Study
(University of Kansas, 2015-12-31)The aim of this mixed methods study was to more fully understand the perceptions that seven culturally and linguistically diverse 3rd and 5th grade students and their parents hold regarding out-of-school pleasure reading ... -
English Language Learners’ Experiences in Classroom Settings: Understanding Teacher Beliefs, Peer Interaction, and Language Differences
(University of Kansas, 2015-12-31)Creating opportunities for students to engage in positive peer interactions is important because these interactions benefit students’ motivation to learn, and their social, linguistic, and cognitive development. Peer ... -
1:1 LAPTOP INITIATIVES AND TEACHER PRACTICE CHANGE: AN EXPLORATORY STUDY OF CONSTRUCTIVIST TEACHING PRACTICE
(University of Kansas, 2015-12-31)This exploratory study poses a number of important questions regarding the costly reform movement of 1:1 laptop programs. The study seeks to evaluate the extent to which teachers are genuinely adopting the educational ... -
Effectiveness of Instructional Design to Contextualize Pharmacology for Nursing Students
(University of Kansas, 2015-12-31)Learning pharmacology can be overwhelming for undergraduate nursing students and often occurs in specific pharmacology courses or through an integrated curriculum approach. This study examined the effects of using the ... -
A Descriptive Study of Veteran Enrollment Certification Processes at "Veteran Friendly" Schools
(University of Kansas, 2015-12-31)As military deployments decrease and the number of veterans coming back to the United States to return to civilian life grows, the U.S. government is increasing educational benefits for eligible service members so that ... -
Family Implemented Embedded Learning Opportunities to Support Children with Disabilities' Learning within Family Routines
(University of Kansas, 2015-12-31)Young children’s healthy growth and development typically occurs as a natural process as they experience learning opportunities within naturally occurring routines in familiar settings. Children with disabilities, however, ... -
Understanding time concept to help delay gratification in young children
(University of Kansas, 2015-12-31)Delay of gratification (DG) is the ability to resist the temptation for a smaller but immediate reward in order to get a larger and more desirable delayed reward. Many factors involved in delay of gratification have been ... -
Linking with Planned Missing Data: Concurrent Calibration with Multiple Imputation
(University of Kansas, 2015-12-31)The purpose of this paper is to introduce a new Item Response Theory (IRT) concurrent calibration method using multiple imputation and investigate its effectiveness by comparing with other equating methods. The 3-parameter ... -
ANALYSIS OF THE FIRST YEAR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMMUNITY ELIGIBILITY PROVISION OF THE HEALTHY HUNGER-FREE KIDS ACT IN KANSAS
(University of Kansas, 2015-12-31)This study examines the implementation year of the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) of the Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 within the state of Kansas. This examination will involve the impact of electing to use ... -
A study of some scholastic and financial features of student activities in the high school
(University of Kansas, 1923)