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Education and Human Sciences: Recent submissions
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Diet Quality and Weight Maintenance in Rural Breast Cancer Survivors
(University of Kansas, 2016-08-31)Purpose: Obesity and diet quality are two factors associated with increased risk of recurrence and morbidity/mortality among breast cancer survivors. The purpose of this study was to explore the importance of diet quality ... -
FOOD Fits: A Pediatric Office Waiting Room Pilot Intervention Targeting Parental Nutrition Literacy and Child Health
(University of Kansas, 2016-05-31)Objectives: This pilot, cross-sectional study assessed whether nutrition education videos viewed in a pediatric waiting room were effective at improving parent nutrition literacy. A secondary objective was to assess the ... -
The Effects of Artificial Sweeteners on Weight Loss and Weight Loss Maintenance in Adults
(University of Kansas, 2016-05-31)The effects that artificial sweeteners may have on weight have been studied for the past 30 years with conflicting results. Rat studies and prospective cohorts have shown that artificial sweetener consumption may lead to ... -
Maternal DHA Supplementation and Childhood Blood Pressure
(University of Kansas, 2016-05-31)Background: Blood pressure (BP) in childhood is positively associated with BP in adulthood; it is important to understand influential factors of childhood BP. Child race, body mass index (BMI), and diet are well studied, ... -
MATERNAL ADIPOSITY, INSULIN SENSITIVITY AND INFLAMMATION, AND INFANT ADIPOSITY: ASSOCIATIONS WITH OFFSPRING AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT
(University of Kansas, 2016-05-31)Objective: The prevalence of maternal overweight and obesity is high and the impact is far reaching. Recent studies suggest that fetal exposure to maternal obesity is related to poor neurodevelopmental outcomes in childhood. ... -
A Study to Explore Meal Patterns and Diet Quality Among Overweight/Obese, Low-Income Women Undergoing a Weight Management Intervention.
(University of Kansas, 2016-05-31)Obesity is a public health issue in the United States that impacts men and women of all socioeconomic levels. Obesity is categorized by a body mass index (BMI) of greater than 30 kg/m2. In the United States, 33.7% of men ... -
Studies of the achievement of Negro children
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The report of an attempt to improve the reading ability of certain high school students
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A comparative study of pupils from rural and urban grades in the freshman year of high schools in Sumner County, Kansas
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An objective determination of the most economical and effective arrangement of seventeen reading primers
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A study of success factors in first year algebra
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Functional Assessment-based Interventions: Results of a Professional Learning Series to Build Educators’ Knowledge, Confidence, and Perceived Use
(University of Kansas, 2016-08-31)In this study, we replicated the work of Lane et al. (2015), examining the impact of a practice-based professional learning series to support educators in designing, implementing, and evaluating Functional Assessment-based ... -
“I Love this Approach, But Find It Difficult to Jump in with Two Feet!” Teachers’ Perceived Challenges of Employing Critical Literacy
(Canadian Center of Science and Education, 2015-05-28)Accompanying myriad definitions of critical literacy is an absence of pedagogical models for implementing critical literacy in teacher education contexts. This action research explores critical literacy with pre-service ... -
Sex differences with reference to school marks in grades ten, eleven, and twelve of the Wichita, Kansas, schools
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A comparative study of two types of drill in learning to spell
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A survey of three hundred and fifty-eight seventh and eighth grade pupils in junior high school
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A study of the value of the Stanford achievement tests in the improvement of teachers in service
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A questionnaire study of the functions of 150 Kansas superintendents of schools
(University of Kansas, 1928)