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Education and Human Sciences: Recent submissions
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Keep Calm and Contextualize: One Preservice Teacher’s Use of Historical Contextualization in the Middle School Classroom
(University of Kansas, 2017-08-31)It is difficult to overestimate the importance of a history teacher’s ability to historically contextualize primary sources. Contextualization gives life to primary sources that many students feel are flat and lifeless. ... -
Examining the Utility of the Schoolwide Expectations Survey for Specific Settings (SESSS): A Data-Informed Approach to Developing Expectation Matrices
(University of Kansas, 2017-08-31)To best support all students’ academic, behavioral, and social needs, an integrated systems approach is necessary. In such systems, all faculty and staff ideally recognize student success is a shared responsibility and ... -
Integrating Intuition and Rationality: Development of a Post-Engagement Reflection to Enhance Career Decision-Making
(University of Kansas, 2017-8-31)ABSTRACT The Post-Engagement Reflection (PER; a mindfulness-based intervention) was developed for use after an occupational engagement activity with the purpose of enhancing awareness of intuitive data and facilitating the ... -
TEACHER PERCEPTIONS OF PARTICIPATING IN THE MISSOURI PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES (MPLC) PROJECT
(University of Kansas, 2017-08-31)The purpose of this study was to examine teachers’ self-reported perceptions regarding implementation of the Missouri Professional Learning Communities (MPLC) Project PD program and the three domains of the MPLC Project ... -
DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY AND TEACHER PREPARATION: THE INSTRUCTIONAL ROLE OF SOCIAL MEDIA AMONG PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS
(University of Kansas, 2017-08-31)As social media use becomes more prevalent among teachers, it becomes vital to understand how teachers are using social media and what effects it has, if any, on teaching practices in the classroom. This study sought to ... -
DO THEY WANT TO STAY OR DO THEY WANT TO RETURN? THE STAY INCLINATIONS FOR CHINESE UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS IN A PUBLIC MID-WEST RESEARCH UNIVERSITY
(University of Kansas, 2017-08-31)This study expands understanding of Chinese international undergraduate students’ stay inclinations in the United States. It analyzed a sample of 247 Chinese undergraduate students from a public Midwestern research university ... -
Depression and PTSD as Predictors of Dementia and Other Cognitive Disorders among Veterans based on Race and Sex
(University of Kansas, 2017-05-31)In the literature, depression (especially major depressive disorder [MDD]) and posttraumatic disorder (PTSD) have been known to significantly increase individuals’ risk for dementia. Dementia affects 5 to 7 percent of the ... -
PERCEPTION OF PERSONAL CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY AMONG UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
(University of Kansas, 2017-05-31)This study identified predictors of student perceptions of personal civic responsibility (civic-mindedness) among undergraduate students at the University of Kansas (KU). Using KU-specific data from the 2015 Multi-Institutional ... -
Promoting Students' Motivation and Use of SRL Strategies in Online Mathematics Learning
(University of Kansas, 2017-05-31)Computer and information technologies have brought revolutions to many aspects of our lives. Online learning is one of the new learning methods that have emerged with the development of new technologies. Even though the ... -
A Psychometric Examination of the School Implementation Scale
(University of Kansas, 2017-12-31)The purpose of this study is to further enhance the existing reliability and validity evidence related to the School Implementation Scale (SIS) and its use for evaluating the implementation of different integrated academic ... -
MOTIVATION AND PREPARATION OF TEACHERS WHO BECOME ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS
(University of Kansas, 2017-12-31)Despite the fact that most school administrators were classroom teachers at some point in their educational career, there is little to no literature on the transition from classroom teachers to new assistant principals. ... -
Curriculum Deliberation by Experienced EFL Teachers (A Case Study in the Indonesian College EFL Context)
(University of Kansas, 2017-12-31)The purpose of this qualitative case study was to investigate the processes of English as a foreign language (EFL) curriculum deliberation as carried out by six experienced EFL teachers in the Indonesian college EFL context. ... -
An intensive survey of the extra curricular activities of the high schools of Meade County, Kansas
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Stress, Coping, Occupational Attitudes, and Burnout Among Mental Health Practitioners
(University of Kansas, 2017-05-31)While the concept of stress has intrigued researchers for centuries, occupational stress is a relatively new area and found to be critical in the understanding of physical and psychological health as well as occupational ... -
Understanding Recidivism: Comparing Juvenile-Only Offenders and Persistent Offenders
(University of Kansas, 2017-05-31)In the recidivism literature, scholars have consistently shown strong continuity in offending from adolescence to adulthood with nearly half of all juvenile offenders continuing criminal engagement beyond age 18 (Le Blanc ... -
Learning to Be: A Narrative Inquiry into the Identity Making and Curriculum Making of Individuals Positioned by Dominant Stories of Gender and Sexuality
(University of Kansas, 2017-05-31)This narrative inquiry explores the composition of diverse stories to live by, a narrative conception of identity (Connelly & Clandinin, 1999), of four participants positioned by social and familial understandings of gender ... -
The Perceptions of Teacher Leadership in Elementary Schools According to Female Elementary School Principals
(University of Kansas, 2017-05-31)ABSTRACT The purpose of this qualitative research case study was to determine how female elementary school principals’ perceptions of teacher leadership, namely how it is defined, facilitated, and sustained in their schools, ... -
The Antecedent Factors of Teacher-Child Relationship Quality
(University of Kansas, 2017-05-31)High-quality relationships with teachers positively impact child academic and social outcomes. Teachers provide emotional and behavioral supports essential for success in the classroom. Less is known, however, about the ... -
Transforming into an elementary technology specialist: Stories of change
(University of Kansas, 2017-05-31)The experiences of elementary technology integration specialists in a Midwestern school district were explored through narrative case studies as these educators transitioned from classroom teaching to roles as technology ... -
“Alternative Success Theory”: An examination of what athletics department success means for small colleges
(University of Kansas, 2017-05-31)The primary purpose of this dissertation is to gain a deep understanding of the small college athletics environment by (1) measuring the fit of small college athletics departments into their respective institutions and ...