• Beyond legalities: an inquiry into the ethical dimension of principals' decision-making for special education 

  Skelton, Christy L. (Wichita State University, 2017-12)

  Given the evolution of the principal's role and the current accountability system, principals are expected act in primary oversight of programming for student with disabilities. However, such expectations assume principals ...

• Superintendents and legislators: actors in the educational policy process on the Kansas stage 

  Reed, Nathan (Wichita State University, 2017-05)

  In a democratic society, advocating for policy changes is commonplace. School superintendents are expected to be the voice of influence for the students and districts they serve. In Kansas, this expectation is no different. ...

• Perceptions and interactions of American university students with Arab international students 

  Obeidat, Bilal F. (Wichita State University, 2017-05)

  The purpose of this study was to understand how American students perceived and interacted with Arabs at a Midwestern university. Social capital theory was the theoretical framework used to understand the nature of ...

• Retention of novice special educators employed by an interlocal 

  Miner, Bradford R . (Wichita State University, 2017-05)

  Throughout the United States, a framework exists in which special education teachers are employed in a dual organizational structure of special and general education. The composition of this framework is twofold, comprised ...

• Self-efficacy among community college faculty teaching in CTE dual-enrollment programs 

  Farrell, Sherry D. (Wichita State University, 2017-05)

  In 2012, the Kansas Legislature passed Senate Bill 155 that allowed all high school juniors and seniors to enroll in tuition-free postsecondary career and technical education courses (CTE) courses. Community colleges ...

• A study of the effect of a new teacher evaluation policy on the work of the high school principal 

  Higgins, Chad A. (Wichita State University, 2017-05)

  Public schools are arguably the most diverse and challenging organizations to lead due to the vast number and type of stakeholders as well as the vulnerable clientele within. The continually rising demands of leading ...

• School administrator discipline decision-making for students with emotional behavioral disorders 

  Heddin, Charla S. (Wichita State University, 2017-05)

  Suspensions and expulsions for students with EBD are growing because many school administrators use this strategy as a quick option to manage student behavior. School district policies and procedures for the discipline ...

• An exploration of family-school partnerships at a university-model school 

  Martin, Pamela L. (Wichita State University, 2017-05)

  The purpose of this exploratory case study was to investigate the perceptions and experiences of teachers and parents concerning a high-involvement model of parental engagement known as the University-Model School (UMS). ...

• Chapter 22 -- Scholar‐Practitioners: Comparing and Contrasting the Role of Scholarship in the Careers of Administrators and Faculty 

  Schuh, John H. (Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2017)

  Those who are identified as scholar-practitioners in student affairs administration are relatively rare, or at least that was my experience over the four decades that I was an administrator and faculty member in higher ...

• Instructional influences on English language learners' storytelling 

  Ma, Shufeng; Anderson, Richard C.; Lin, Tzu-Jung; Zhang, Jie; Morris, Joshua; Nguyen-Jahiel, Kim Thi; Miller, Brian; Jadallah, May; Scott, Theresa; Sun, Jingjing; Grabow, Kay; Latawiec, Beata; Yi, Sherry (Elsevier, 2017-06)

  The goal of this study was to evaluate instructional influences on the storytelling of English Language Learners (ELLs). Participants were 210 fifth-grade Spanish-speaking ELLs (mean age = 10.8) from schools serving ...

• Children's productive use of academic vocabulary 

  Ma, Shufeng; Zhang, Jie; Anderson, Richard C.; Morris, Joshua; Nguyen-Jahiel, Kim Thi; Miller, Brian; Jadallah, May; Sun, Jingjing; Lin, Tzu-Jung; Scott, Theresa; Hsu, Yu-Li; Zhang, Xin; Latawiec, Beata; Grabow, Kay (Taylor & Francis LTD, 2017)

  Instructional influences on productive use of academic vocabulary were investigated among 460 mostly African American and Latina/o fifth graders from 36 classrooms in eight public schools serving low-income families. ...

• Evaluating teachers using student growth measures: impact on trust and classroom practice 

  Wilson, Catherine G. (Wichita State University, 2016-08)

  The purpose of this study was to investigate how the inclusion of student growth measures in the teacher evaluation process may alter teacher’s perceptions of the trust relationship with building level administrators and ...

• Post-secondary education and the choice to attend a proprietary school 

  Klepacka, Martyna (Wichita State University, 2016-08)

  Proprietary schools have been entering the educational market at a rapid pace. These proprietary institutions have been student focused and student centered, enrolling an alarming rate of students. Non-traditional students ...

• Teachers' sensemaking of a response-to-intervention educational reform model 

  Guthrie, Neil L. (Wichita State University, 2016-05)

  Response-to-Intervention (RTI) is a federal policy designed to reform instruction by using a systemic three tiered model to support all students. Because RTI requires teachers to adapt to new roles and responsibilities, ...

• The influence of high stakes testing on elementary classroom instruction 

  Finkeldei, James E. (Wichita State University, 2016-05)

  Policymakers from both political parties and the general public see standardized tests as easily quantifiable measures of school quality and student learning. They assume these high stakes tests will motivate teachers and ...

• A qualitative case study of teacher retention in a rural secondary school 

  Friesen, Scott A. (Wichita State University, 2016-05)

  The purpose of this study was to define and understand from a teacher's perspective, the factors that keep them teaching in small rural schools. A qualitative case study research design was used within the framework of an ...

• Chapter 9 -- 21st Century Learning Initiatives as a Manifestation of Neoliberalism 

  Patterson, Jean A. (SensePublishers, 2015)

  For the past decade or so, public schools in the US have been critiqued by business organizations, think tanks, and policymakers for their outmoded curriculum and teaching methods, for not embracing advances in technology, ...

• Chapter 8 -- Teaching educational psychology in cross-disciplinary courses a case study of teaching engineering graduate students 

  Schommer-Aikins, Marlene (Information Age Publishing, 2016)

• Influence of Collaborative Reasoning discussions on metadiscourse in children's essays 

  Latavietz, Beata M.; Anderson, Richard C.; Ma, Shufeng; Nguyen-Jahiel, Kim (Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 2016-03-09)

  Metadiscourse has been conceptualized as a means to organize discourse, convey interpersonal and evaluative meanings, as well as engage the reader or listener. Importantly, metadiscourse has been theorized to uncover thought ...

• Attitudes toward seeking professional counseling services among Chinese international students: acculturation, ethnic identity, and English proficiency 

  Li, Jiaqi; Marbley, Aretha Faye; Bradley, Loretta J.; Lan, William (John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2016-01)

  The authors examined the help-seeking attitudes of 109 Chinese international students studying in the United States. Results revealed that significant relationships exist among acculturation, ethnic identity, English ...

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