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Education and Human Sciences: Recent submissions
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The Experience of Women Students at the University of Kansas 1866-1890
(University of Kansas, 1995)This project explores the issue of coeducation from the mid to late nineteenth century and the experience of women students. Specifically, this project details the experience of women students at the University of Kansas ... -
Adolescent Development in Context: Social, Psychological, and Neurological Foundations
(University of Kansas Libraries, 2019)Increasingly, there is a tendency to characterize the teenage years as a time of general moral degeneration and deviance. This is unfortunate because the teenage years represent a key developmental period of the typical ... -
The Farm Fresh Challenge: Formative Evaluation Results of a Multi-Component Farm-to-Grocery Store Program
(Sciaeon, 2018)Background: The 2015-2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommend adults consume at least 4 and a half cups of fruits and vegetables (F/V) a day, yet research indicates these guidelines are not met. Furthermore, ... -
Preliminary Investigation of a Mobile Nutrition Literacy Website for Parents and Young Children
(Frontiers Media, 2018-12-18)Parental nutrition literacy (PNL) correlates positively with child diet quality, but interventions for improving PNL are lacking. “Nutricity” is a novel bilingual (English/Spanish) mobile tool designed by the research team ... -
Educator-Targeted Bullying: Cross-Cultural Perspective
(University of Kansas, 2018-05-31)Past research normally focused on students bullying their peers. Systematic research has not been conducted targeting students’ various bullying behaviors against teachers. The current study focused on understanding the ... -
The JET Program Experience through the Eyes of ALTs: A Narrative Inquiry
(University of Kansas, 2018-05-31)This study aims to gain understanding of Assistant Language Teachers’ (ALTs) experiences on the Japan Exchange Teaching Program (JET Program) through their stories. More specifically, it aims to understand how ALTs negotiate ... -
Identity, Investment, and Language Learning: The Case of Arab Immigrant Women in The United States
(University of Kansas, 2018-05-31)Building on Norton’s (2000) poststructuralist view of identity as a multiple, changing, site of struggle, this qualitative study aims to provide in-depth analysis about the dynamic relationship between identity, investment, ... -
ANALYSIS OF KUWAITI HIGH SCHOOL HISTORY TEXTBOOKS IN LIGHT OF GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP
(University of Kansas, 2018-05-31)This study investigates the global citizenship knowledge that Kuwaiti students should learn as identified by the literature and confirmed by a study panel of field experts, which consisted of seven experts in curriculum ... -
The Relationship Between GEAR UP Participation and High School Freshman Year Performance Indicators
(University of Kansas, 2018-05-31)ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to determine whether a relationship exists between participation in the GEAR UP program and academic success in the freshman year of high school in a program house in Topeka, Kansas. ... -
Evaluating Model Estimation Processes for Diagnostic Classification Models
(University of Kansas, 2018-05-31)Diagnostic classification models (DCMs) are a class of models that define respondent ability on a set of predefined categorical latent variables. In recent years, the popularity of these models has begun to increase. As ... -
The Evaluation of Graduate Nurses' Performance Gaps in Blood Administration
(University of Kansas, 2018-05-31)New nurse graduates are expected to help relieve the current and pending massive nursing shortage anticipated in the nursing field (Goode, Reid Ponte, & Sullivan Havens, 2016). However, there is a discrepancy between ... -
A Comparison of Course Practices and Student Outcomes in Traditional Lecture Versus Modified Flipped Algebra I Classrooms
(University of Kansas, 2018-05-31)Abstract This study compared course teaching practices and student outcomes in 7 Algebra I classes taught in a modified flipped format and 7 classes in the same high school taught in a traditional lecture format during the ... -
A Kansas survey: Teaching writing to middle school students
(University of Kansas, 2018-05-31)An interest in writing practices in the state of Kansas led to a statewide survey of middle school teachers to examine key writing practices and issues. Questions focused on teacher preparation, beliefs, self-efficacy, and ... -
A Study of Male Division I African American Football Players Perceptions of Role Identity
(University of Kansas, 2018-05-31)There is limited research focused on male African American Division I football student-athletes' perceptions of the messages they receive from coaches, athletic department staffs, and NCAA policy about their roles as ... -
Catholic Education in Southeastern Nigeria and National Educational Development, 1885-2017
(University of Kansas, 2018-05-31)Abstract This thesis represents historical research on the development of Catholic education in Southeastern Nigeria, in the context of national development, 1885 to the present. Evidence was utilized from both primary and ... -
MAPK Signaling and Intracellular Hormone Receptor Phosphorylation at Rest and Following Resistance Training
(University of Kansas, 2018-05-31)Mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPK) ERK, JNK, and p38 are a family of signal transduction proteins that respond to diverse forms of physiological stress including exercise. MAPK appear to mediate several adaptations ... -
LEARNING ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE IN A COOPERATIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT: DOES PERSONALITY TYPE MATTER?
(University of Kansas, 2018-05-31)To examine the effects of cooperative learning and the personality trait of extraversion on ESOL students studying English at an urban, Mid-Western, secondary school, a mixed methods study was designed. The quantitative ... -
Improving Decoding: A Multiple Case Study of Fourth Grade Striving Readers
(University of Kansas, 2018-05-31)Improving decoding was the focus of this qualitative multiple case study. Four fourth grade participants received intensive, explicit reading intervention from an expert reading teacher for 17 weeks. Data from intervention ... -
Teachers' Perceived Knowledge about Response to Interventions
(University of Kansas, 2018-05-31)Abstract Response to Intervention (RTI) is a multi-tier approach to the early identification and support of students with learning needs. RtI has several core components such as universal screening, evidence based instruction ... -
EFFECTS OF A MULTI-TIERED SYSTEM OF SUPPORTS (MTSS) ON STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, COURSE ENROLLMENTS, TRACKING, AND EQUALITY OF EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY IN A MIDWEST SUBURBAN SCHOOL DISTRICT
(University of Kansas, 2018-05-31)Ability grouping and tracking, common practices in American elementary schools, have been criticized for perpetuating and even widening the achievement gap between lower- and upper-track students. Response to Intervention ...