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Education and Human Sciences: Recent submissions
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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 ... -
Examing the new education experiment in China: An exploratory study of participating teachers' changed view of comprehensive efficacy
(University of Kansas, 2011-12-31)The New Education Experiment (NEE) in the People's Republic of China has been given very little attention by researchers although it has been implemented in k12 schools for about 10 years since 2002. This study examines ... -
PERCEPTIONS: EXAMINING HOW TEACHERS CONTRIBUTE TO THE POSITIVE EDUCATION EXPERIENCE OF ACADEMICALLY AT RISK STUDENTS
(University of Kansas, 2011-12-31)This study identified, from the perspective of ethnic minority academically at risk adolescents, teachers who were making a positive difference in their learning. In particular, the study sought to elicit the above students' ... -
Relationships Between Meteorological Variables and Academic Performance and Behavior in Children with Autism
(University of Kansas, 2011-12-31)Professionals working with children in educational settings have made inferences that weather variation has an effects student behavior and performance. Scant research supports that some meteorological variables have ... -
A Qualitative Study of Early-Career Special Education Faculty Perceptions of Preparation and Induction
(University of Kansas, 2011-12-31)Abstract Much time and attention is given to questions about what effective teachers need to know; however, proportionately little effort is spent on answering related questions of what effective teacher educators need to ... -
The Effects of a Simulated Self-Evaluative Routine on Teachers' Grades, Intraclass Correlations, and Feedback Characteristics
(University of Kansas, 2011-12-31)English language arts teachers committed to the teaching of writing must allocate substantial time and energy to the evaluation of student essays. And in doing so, these teachers wrestle with at least two star-crossed ... -
Predicting performance on the Kansas Computerized Assessments from performance on the Measures of Academic Progress
(University of Kansas, 2011-12-31)As schools prepare their students for state standardized assessments, more and more schools are turning to other standardized assessments to help predict performance on state assessments. One such predictor assessment is ... -
Does Distributed Leadership Influence the Decision Making of Teachers in the Classroom: Examining Content and Pedagogy
(University of Kansas, 2011-12-31)Distributed leadership is currently a frequently researched area of study. However, few studies examine the influence of distributed leadership on teachers' decisions in the classroom. The true essence of distributed ... -
Identifying Sources of Differential Item Functioning on an English Language Proficiency Assessment
(University of Kansas, 2011-12-31)This paper examines the degree of DIF detected on an English language proficiency assessment and the extent to which item characteristics may be identified as sources of DIF for Vietnamese- and Spanish-speaking students. ... -
Contingent Self-esteem in Chinese Early and Late Adolescents
(University of Kansas, 2011-12-31)Contingent self-esteem is the extent to which self-esteem is contingent upon outcomes and achievement (Kernis, 2002). It has been explored in Western settings extensively, however limited studies have been done with ... -
Concurrent Validity of the "Working with Others Scale" of the ICIS Employment Interview System
(University of Kansas, 2011-12-31)Concurrent Validity of the "Working with Others Scale" of the ICIS Employment Interview System Martha W. Cassidy ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to determine if the Working with Others Scale from the American ...