Education Dissertations and Theses: Recent submissions
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The Impact of Collaborative Literacy Coaching on Middle and High School Teachers' Personal and General Sense of Efficacy for Literacy Teaching
(University of Kansas, 2012-05-31)The purpose of this qualitative multiple participant case study was to understand the impact of a nine month collaborative literacy coaching (CLC) initiative on middle and high school content teachers' personal and general ... -
Athletic Identity, Vocational Identity, and Occupational Engagement in College Student-Athletes and Non-Athletes
(University of Kansas, 2012-05-31)Athletic departments in National Collegiate Athletic Association Football Bowl Subdivision universities provide academic support services to their student-athletes. Even though student-athletes receive help including career ... -
Understanding the College Choice Process of Catholic Homeschooled Students
(University of Kansas, 2011-05-31)The purpose of this qualitative study was to understand how Catholic homeschooled students navigate the college choice process. With the growth of homeschooling in the United States nearly doubling in the past eight years ... -
Multi-tiered Systems of Supports: An Investigative Study of Their Impact on Third Grade Reading Test Scores in an Urban District
(University of Kansas, 2012-05-31)This study analyzed the impact of implementing response to intervention (RTI), a three-tiered system of intervention of increasing intensity, in this case for reading, schoolwide in 32 elementary schools. When a three-tiered ... -
Increasing Reading Fluency Performance of Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders
(University of Kansas, 2012-05-31)ABSTRACT Reading fluency has been identified as one of the essential skills students must develop in order to learn to read. Fluency is also a critical factor in reading comprehension (National Reading Panel [NRP], 2000). ... -
Teacher (In)Competence: An Analysis and Comparison of the Educational, Legal, and Practical Definitions
(University of Kansas, 2012-05-12)Teacher incompetence and the identification of incompetent teachers have become major educational issues. With the implementation of No Child Left Behind (NCLB), every student is expected to be taught by a `highly qualified' ... -
Do They Know Their ABCs? Letter-Name Knowledge of Urban Preschoolers
(University of Kansas, 2012-05-31)This study analyzed the performance and growth in letter knowledge and letter identification skills of children across an academic year. Repeated measures analyses of variance were conducted on letter name knowledge measures ... -
Self-Perceptions of College Female Athletes, Exercisers, and Non-Exercisers of their Sport Comptence, Physical Conditioning, Body Attractiveness, Physical Strength, and Overall Physical Self-Worth
(University of Kansas, 2012-05-31)The purpose of this study was to further understand physical self-perception differences between athletes and exercisers, athletes and non-exercisers, and exercisers and non-exercisers and investigate the influence of each ... -
Facebook, Writing and Language Learner Variables at a Large Metropolitan Community College
(University of Kansas, 2011-05-31)This study gathered information on student engagement with Facebook, and described non-native English speakers' (NNS) expectations and experience. This also assessed the relationship this technology has with writing efficacy ... -
Speed Bumps on the Way to a Career: How Rejection Shapes Decisions of College Students
(University of Kansas, 2012-05-31)The purpose of this study was to understand how undergraduate students manage the barrier of being denied admission to a School of Education at a particular university, how they make career choices, and how they come to ... -
Is The Emotional Intelligence Of Secondary School Principals Correlated With The Job Satisfaction Or Performance Of Their Teachers?
(University of Kansas, 2012-95-31)ABSTRACT This study examines the association between secondary school administrators' emotional intelligence (EI) and teacher job satisfaction. Two separate questions guided the study. First, does the emotional intelligence ... -
Intent to Leave the Professoriate: The relationship between race/ethnicity and job satisfaction for pre-tenured professors in doctorate-granting universities.
(University of Kansas, 2011-12-31)This study investigated pre-tenure faculty satisfaction and intent to leave their institution using the 2005 - 2008 data from the COACHE Tenure-Track Job Satisfaction Survey. The purpose of this study is to identify salient ... -
The Development of Research Networks among Early-Career Faculty Members in the Science, Engineering and Health Disciplines
(University of Kansas, 2011-12-31)The purpose of this study was to develop a better understanding of the patterns and processes of collaboration in the performance of research, as well as to understand why and how early-career faculty members engage in ... -
EXPLORING THE SPECTRUM OF MOTIVATION IN SECOND LANGUAGE SETTINGS: IDENTIFYING AND EVALUATING NEW FORMS OF MOTIVATION IN COLLEGE FOREIGN LANGUAGE COURSES
(University of Kansas, 2011-05-31)The main objectives of this study were: to determine if college students in foreign language classes had more external motivation than internal motivation; to investigate the strength of motivation in college foreign ... -
Examining the Relationship Between Plasma Choline Status and Dietary Intake of Choline in Pregnant Women
(University of Kansas, 2012-05-31)Background: Choline is an essential nutrient for maternal health and fetal development of which eggs are the richest source in the typical American diet. A single egg could make a significant difference in choline intake ... -
RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY OF A QUESTIONNAIRE TO ASSESS CARBOHYDRATE COUNTING SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE OF HEART-HEALTHY FOODS, AND NUTRITION LABEL-READING SKILLS IN ADULTS WITH DIABETES
(University of Kansas, 2012-01-01)Diabetes mellitus affects the metabolism of carbohydrates, thus patients should monitor carbohydrate intake and eat a heart-healthy diet using nutrition labels. To assess carbohydrate counting skills, knowledge of heart-healthy ... -
Infant Formula with Docosahexaenoic Acid, Maternal Smoking, and Body Mass Index of Children To Six Years of Age
(University of Kansas, 2012-05-31)Research findings have suggested no differences in growth among term infants fed DHA supplemented formulas. Studies have found maternal smoking decreases length and increases weight of children. No studies have analyzed ... -
Maternal Supplement Use During Pregnancy
(University of Kansas, 2012-05-31)Background: There is little consensus regarding the need for vitamin and mineral supplementation during pregnancy. The composition and use of supplements among pregnant women varies greatly. Toxicity or inadequacy of ... -
International Doctoral Students: Relationships between Engagement in Academic-Social Activities and Self-Perceived Academic Gains
(University of Kansas, 2011-12-31)The purpose of this study was to examine the extent to which international doctoral students in six research universities engage in academic and social activities and how this engagement is related to their academic gains ... -
The Influence of a Motivational Climate Intervention on Participant Salivary Cortisol and Motivational Responses
(University of Kansas, 2011-12-31)The purpose of this study was to examine college students' stress responses, as measured by salivary cortisol, in a caring/task-involving climate compared to an ego-involving climate. In addition, the association between ...