Education Dissertations and Theses: Recent submissions
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Saudi College Students’ Attitudes towards Online Collaborative Learning
(University of Kansas, 2019-05-31)Online learning has the potential to expand collaborative learning and teaching. It has tremendous potential in the educational field, as it allows people to access computing services to share and edit data over the Internet. ... -
Saudi University Faculty Members Perceptions of Teaching Support and its Relationship to their Perceptions of Teaching Efficacy
(University of Kansas, 2019-05-31)Recognizing the integral role of faculty in the success of any higher education system, this study examines the relationship between the perception of university teaching support and several demographic factors to the ... -
Student-Donor Memberships Within Collegiate Athletics
(University of Kansas, 2019-05-31)A popular approach for showing support to collegiate athletics is by becoming a member to a college or university’s athletic annual fund. These memberships are created through an annual charitable contribution that is then ... -
Skeletal Muscle Cytokines following Repeated Bouts of Exercise and Orange Juice
(University of Kansas, 2018-05-31)The primary aim of this study is to determine if orange juice (OJ) supplementation can attenuate cytokine (IL-6 and TNF-α) levels in human skeletal muscle following exercise in the heat. We hypothesized that exercise in a ... -
Is Teacher Content Area Related to Teacher Leader Behavior? Exploring Patterns in Secondary Schools
(University of Kansas, 2018-12-31)This study examines the relationship between content area and teacher leadership behaviors within secondary schools. Most research regarding teacher leadership has focused on the development of teacher leaders and their ... -
Preservice Teachers’ Perceptions of Preparedness in Supporting Students Who Have Experienced Trauma
(University of Kansas, 2018-12-31)Preservice teacher preparation regarding adolescent trauma and strategies to support student learning are rarely found in educational literature. Studies have shown the substantial and enduring consequences of childhood ... -
DESCRIBING THE COLLEGE CHOICE PROCESS OF TRADITIONAL AGED STUDENTS AT WASHBURN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
(University of Kansas, 2018-12-31)Selecting a college is a significant and complicated decision for students. The purpose of this study is to describe the college choice process of traditional aged students at Washburn Institute of Technology (Washburn ... -
Culturally Relevant Pedagogy, Student Connectedness to School and Reading Achievement: A Study of the Children’s Defense Fund Kansas City Freedom Schools Initiative
(University of Kansas, 2018-12-31)This quantitative study applies Social Development Model and Social Control Theory to understand the relationship between culturally relevant education and reading improvement for African American children attending a ... -
Persistence and Commitment to Teaching: The Stories of Three Suburban and Three Urban Teachers
(University of Kansas, 2018-12-31)Abstract This dissertation examines the topic of teacher retention in K-12 urban and suburban schools and sheds light on why highly qualified educators continue to serve in these institutions for extended periods of their ... -
Outcomes of a Non-Degree International Visiting Student Program: The Case of the Brazil Scientific Mobility Program Students at the University of Kansas
(University of Kansas, 2018-12-31)This study examines the outcomes of non-degree international visiting students who studied at a U.S. university. Analyzing data from a survey of Brazil Scientific Mobility Program (BSMP) international undergraduate students ... -
Integrating Social Justice Curricula into English for Academic Purposes (EAP) Instruction
(University of Kansas, 2018-12-31)This study responds to a gap identified in the literature regarding the discussion of social justice issues including racism in the field of Teaching English to Speakers of other Languages or TESOL (Cho, 2016; Guerrettaz ... -
Teacher Intra-district Migration out of Title 1 Schools: Case Study of a Midwestern Suburban School District
(University of Kansas, 2018-12-31)Teacher migration studies show that teachers frequently transfer out of schools serving poorer, lower achieving, more diverse student populations leading some researchers to believe that teachers are dissatisfied working ... -
At Home with Technology: Home Educators' Perspectives on Teaching with Technology
(University of Kansas, 2018-12-31)The purpose of this research was to understand how and why home educators are schooling their children using technology. First, I explore how home educators use technology for homeschooling. Second, I investigate how home ... -
Hidden Hunger: Understanding the complexity of food insecurity among college students
(University of Kansas, 2018-12-31)ABSTRACT Food insecurity among college students has become more widely recognized within recent years. This contributes to the need for additional research to understand the complexity of the student experience with food ... -
Muscle Fiber Composition and Motor Unit Recruitment Patterns in Adult Males and Females
(University of Kansas, 2018-12-31)It is unknown whether firing rate patterns differ between sexes in extended isometric contractions. Purpose: Therefore, the purposes of this study are to examine potential differences between untrained males and females ... -
An Acute Bout of Concurrent Exercise on Mechanotransducing Properties of the Skeletal Muscle Fiber
(University of Kansas, 2018-12-31)Aim: It was the aim of this study to extrapolate the affect which an acute bout of concurrent training, aerobic exercise coupled with resistance exercise, as compared to resistance exercise alone, has on the mechanically ... -
A Positive Coaching Alliance Intervention on a College Campus with Club Sport Athletes
(University of Kansas, 2018-12-31)The purpose of this study was to examine whether the introduction of Positive Coaching 51 Alliance principles to college sport club leaders (i.e., captains, officers, & coaches) across a 52 season leads athletes to perceive ... -
Lack of an effect of transspinal and transcranial direct current stimulation on performance, perception of effort, and physiologic function in humans
(University of Kansas, 2018-08-31)Introduction: For nearly two decades, direct current stimulation has been used to attempt to alter cognitive function, particularly in individuals who exhibit symptoms of mental illness. More recently, human performance ... -
ALTERING BARRIERS TO PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND EXERCISE IN RURAL KANSAS THROUGH EDUCATION AND EXERCISE INTERVENTIONS
(University of Kansas, 2018-08-31)Rural Americans (RA) report significantly higher percentages of obesity, chronic disease, and cognitive decline than urban-dwelling Americans. However, rural individuals face different barriers to physical activity and ... -
The Efficacy of Early Childhood Special Education
(University of Kansas, 2018-08-31)The purpose of this study was to examine the impacts of early childhood special education (ECSE) services on students’ continued eligibility for special education services through the end of middle school and the similarities ...