Education Dissertations and Theses: Recent submissions
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Educational Land Grants in the Northwest Territory
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Mothers', preschool teachers', and speech-language pathologists' shared book reading with preschoolers in Taiwan
(University of Kansas, 2012-05-31)The purpose of this study was to explore mothers', preschool teachers', and speech-language pathologist's (SLP) shared book reading practices with preschoolers in Taiwan. Ten mothers, 10 preschool teachers, 10 SLPs and 30 ... -
CHANGES IN MATERNAL VITAMIN D STATUS THROUGHOUT PREGNANCY AND THE EFFECTS OF SUPPLEMENTATION
(University of Kansas, 2012-08-31)BACKGROUND: Pregnant women make up a special population at increased risk for vitamin D insufficiency and deficiency. Maternal 25 hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) status has implications for the health of the mother and fetus. ... -
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DIETARY INTAKE AND GLUTATHIONE IN OLDER ADULTS
(University of Kansas, 2012-08-31)ABSTRACT Glutathione is an important cellular antioxidant. This study evaluated the association of diet intake and brain glutathione levels in living subjects. A Block food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) and Magnetic Resonance ... -
SENSITIZATION OF HUMAN OSTEOSARCOMA CELL LINE 143B WITH CALCITRIOL FOR CISPLATIN THERAPY
(University of Kansas, 2012-08-31)Background: Osteosarcoma (OS) is the most predominant bone tumor in individuals between 10-25 yrs of age. Cisplatin is the most widely used chemotherapeutic agent for OS management, it significantly enhances the survival ... -
Metabolic Syndrome, Vitamin D Status, and the Incidence of Prostate Cancer
(University of Kansas, 2012-08-31)ABSTRACT Background: Epidemiologic data on the role of metabolic syndrome on prostate cancer risk is inconsistent, and only one case-control trial has examined the combined relationship of metabolic syndrome and vitamin D ... -
An Ecobehavioral analysis of teacher and classroom factors influencing preschoolers' literacy engagement
(University of Kansas, 2012-05-31)Student engagement has been found to be an important indicator of high quality instruction and has served as a focus for improving learning outcomes in the elementary grades. This study focuses specifically on teacher and ... -
Developing General Literacy Ability and Intercultural Sensitivity through English Literacy Instruction: Using Global Literature for Korean EFL Learners
(University of Kansas, 2012-05-31)This study explored L2 literacy ability and intercultural sensitivity of Korean late elementary to early middle school students learning English as a foreign language. This study investigated the latent variable structure ... -
School-to-Home Connections in Foster Families
(University of Kansas, 2012-08-31)This dissertation contributes to the school and family relations discussion by describing school-to-home interactions in foster care families. This study extends current literature to examine, define and characterize the ... -
Teacher Knows Best: Adaptations to District-adopted Math Program as Shared by Elementary Math Teachers
(University of Kansas, 2012-0-31)Despite the resources and training provided, teachers make decisions to adapt from the written curriculum throughout their day. Some would argue that the teacher's ability to not only recognize when students are struggling, ... -
The Acquisition of the BA Construction by English-speaking Learners of Chinese
(University of Kansas, 2012-08-31)This study examined the acquisition of the BA construction by English-speaking learners of Chinese. The BA construction is a unique yet important grammar phenomenon in Chinese. Whether second language (L2) learners of ... -
Student Success: A Descriptive Analysis of Hispanic Students and Engagement at a Midwest Hispanic-Serving Institution
(University of Kansas, 2012-08-31)The purpose of this study was to learn more about the Hispanic students attending Northeastern Illinois University, a four-year institution in Chicago, IL, and their student success. Little is known descriptively and ... -
The Effect of Rational and Intuitive Decision-Making Strategies on the Quality of Interest Forecasts
(University of Kansas, 2012-08-31)The world of work has changed. To keep up, vocational psychologists have adopted a greater emphasis on career adaptability, which relies on possessing transferable skills that will remain useful regardless of job context. ... -
Effects of Prosody while Disambiguating Ambiguous Japanese Sentences in the Brain of Native Speakers and Learners of Japanese: A Proposition for Pronunciation and Prosody Training
(University of Kansas, 2012-08-31)Recently, the significant role that pronunciation and prosody plays in processing spoken language has been widely recognized and a variety of teaching methodologies of pronunciation/prosody has been implemented in teaching ... -
Emotion self-regulation: A mixed-methods intervention study of sociemotional and reading outcomes of high school students with reading difficulties
(University of Kansas, 2012-08-31)Employing multiple methods, including a comparison group pre/posttest design and student interviews and self-reflections, this study represents an initial attempt to investigate the efficacy of a social and emotional ... -
The Development and Initial Validation of the Preschool Strengths Inventory
(University of Kansas, 2011-08-31)Psychological assessment is a valuable tool that aids in the process of diagnosis, treatment, and the evaluation of outcomes in therapy. However, assessment has a long history of being skewed towards the negative aspects ... -
A Mixed Methods Investigation of the Kansas Autism Waiver's Implementation: The First Three Years
(University of Kansas, 2012-08-31)This mixed methods study employed quantitative and qualitative methods as means of evaluating the Kansas Autism Waiver's first three years of implementation. The study was guided by the components of a quality assurance ... -
The Design of an IEP Decision Aid: A Tool for Diverse Parents of Children with Autism
(University of Kansas, 2012-08-31)Decision-making is a universal process that occurs constantly in life. Parent participation in educational decision-making is recognized as important by special education law, by special education and school psychology ... -
THE EFFECT OF THE BALLOONSAT PROJECT ON MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS' ATTITUDE TOWARD SCIENCE
(University of Kansas, 2012-08-31)This study measured the effect of completing a BalloonSat project on student attitude toward science. Seven categories of student attitudes toward science were measured using the Test of Science Relate Attitudes survey ... -
Emotional Involvement Matters: An Analysis of Parenting Patterns and Academic Outcomes of High School Students in 1980, 1990, and 2002
(University of Kansas, 2012-08-31)This dissertation addresses the relationship between parental practices and educational and developmental outcomes of high school students in 1980, 1990 and 2002 to explore these three questions: (1) if social capital at ...