Education Dissertations and Theses: Recent submissions
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Disenchantment to Disillusion: Stakeholder opinions on school desegregation in Greensboro, North Carolina
(University of Kansas, 2013-12-31)Amid the current resegregation of the nation's schools this dissertation extends previous research regarding the impact, success, and failure of desegregation efforts following Brown v. Board of Education. This study broadly ... -
Menstrual Support for Females with Developmental Disabilities: Survey and Interview of Parents or Caretakers
(University of Kansas, 2013-12-31)Menstruation is a difficult topic to address with as females with or without disabilities. It is a more significant challenge for females with developmental disabilities (DD) because it stimulates a variety of physical and ... -
Examining the Theoretical Relationship Between Support Needs and Adaptive Behavior: A Construct Analysis of Children with Intellectual Disability
(University of Kansas, 2013-12-31)This dissertation is composed of four stand-alone yet linked chapters. Chapter 1 provides an overview of the theoretical underpinnings of the constructs of adaptive behavior and support needs and their evolution throughout ... -
AN EXAMINATION OF THE IMPACT OF AN ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY DEVICE ON THE QUALITY OF ADULT/YOUNG CHILD INTERACTIONS
(University of Kansas, 2013-12-31)The purpose of this study was to gain greater understanding of the potential benefits of assistive technology (AT) devices on young children's social development. Specifically, changes to the quality of the adult/young ... -
EFFECTS OF AN iPAD iBOOK ON READING COMPREHENSION, ELECTRODERMAL ACTIVITY, AND ENGAGEMENT FOR ADOLESCENTS WITH DISABILITIES
(University of Kansas, 2013-12-31)The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of an iPad iBook for adolescents with disabilities. With its release in 2012, the iBooks Author software for the Apple iPad allows classroom teachers to create ... -
FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE COMMUNICATION IN E-MENTORING WITH URBAN ALTERNATIVE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
(University of Kansas, 2013-12-31)School-based mentoring has emerged as a means of improving academic outcomes for many disadvantaged youth. Particularly, school-based eMentoring has been utilized to eliminate barriers of distance and time, while covering ... -
COMPARING THE INFLUENCE OF SELF-REPORTED TEACHING PRACTICES ON THIRD GRADE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS AND THIRD GRADE STUDENTS WHOSE HOME LANGUAGE IS ENGLISH
(University of Kansas, 2013-12-31)This research was conducted in response to the increased attention given to connecting teacher evaluations to student achievement. The literature review identifies the effective teaching practices and teacher attitudes ... -
First Year Teachers' Technology Use: Perceptions of Factors Affecting Technology Integration
(University of Kansas, 2013-12-31)For decades, technology integration into the classroom and curriculum has been at the forefront of education. Although public perception and technology funding assumes that teachers are integrating technology into the ... -
Errors in inflectional morphemes as an index of linguistic competence of Korean Heritage language learners and American learners of Korean
(University of Kansas, 2013-12-31)This study examined the linguistic competence in Korean of Korean heritage language learners (HLLs), compared to English-speaking non-heritage language learners (NHLLs) of Korean. It is unclear and controversial as to ... -
Academic and Social Adjustment among Deaf and Hard of Hearing College Students in Taiwan
(University of Kansas, 2013-12-31)This study was conducted to identify the factors that may influence the academic and social adjustment of college students with hearing loss in Taiwan. These factors included age, gender, degree of hearing loss, primary ... -
Teacher-Student Relationships: Exploring the Perceptions of Students Who Exhibit Challenging Behaviors
(University of Kansas, 2013-12-31)This qualitative study describes and analyzes the perspectives of students with challenging behaviors regarding what they believe contributes to student teacher relationship quality. The conceptual framework guiding this ... -
EXAMINING THE IMPACT OF INDIVIDUAL VARIABLES ON SUPPORT NEEDS AND UNDERLYING RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN ADULTS' AND CHILDREN'S VERSIONS OF THE SUPPORTS INTENSITY SCALE
(University of Kansas, 2013-12-31)This dissertation consists of four chapters. Chapter 1 provides an overview of the evolved concept of disability and an introduction of the support needs construct to special education and related disciplines, as well as ... -
Is the Communicative Language Teaching Approach More Effective Than the Grammar Translation Method at Teaching the Ba-Construction in Mandarin Chinese to American Undergraduate Students?
(University of Kansas, 2013-12-31)Extensive research on second language teaching has been conducted on teaching English, other European languages or Chinese as a second language, but no quantitative study exists comparing the effectiveness of Communicative ... -
Some Tests for Checking the Efficiency of a High School Curriculum
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History of Elementary Algebra in the United States
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Model of Parent Engagement in Academic Support: Focus on Students with Disabilities
(University of Kansas, 2014-01-01)This qualitative study investigated online strategies for involving parents in supporting the academic development of their children. The parental support component of the Blending Assessment with Instruction Program (BAIP) ... -
ELL Student-Athletes' (ELLSA) Social Integration and NCAA Educational Practices
(University of Kansas, 2014-08-31)This study examined English Language Learner student-athletes (ELLSAs) from a Midwestern, Division I NCAA affiliated institution of higher learning. This study also aimed to better understand the ELLSA population, which ... -
An Investigation of the Informed Consent Being Rendered Under PL 94-142 on Behalf of Handicapped Children in Foster Care
(University of Kansas, 1981-07-01)The purpose of this investigation was to examine the level of accuracy and agreement of social worker and foster parent representatives of handicapped foster children with respect to their understanding of eight Local ... -
Attitudes of Teachers Toward Supervisory Services Employed by Building Principals
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THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT AND DEVELOPMENT OF PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES
(University of Kansas, 2012-05-31)In the early to late 1990s, school systems throughout the United States were undergoing a rash of educational reforms as a result of public demands for holding schools accountable for student learning. Schools were searching ...