Browsing ISLE Theses and Dissertations by Issue Date
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The county superintendent of Kansas
(Wichita State University, 1931-05)The author has undertaken a study of the county superintendent to evaluate the quality of the professional rural leadership in an average county of Kansas. The recommendations are based on survey conducted by the author. -
Testing an epistemological belief instrument that reflects a multidimensional model
(Wichita State University, 2000-08)Recently Schommer, Mau, and Brookhart (1999) attempted to assess middle school students' epistemological beliefs using a 30-item epistemological beliefs questionnaire that was designed by Schommer specifically for use ... -
The use of ability grouping for reading instruction
(Wichita State University, 2004-12)The purpose of this study was to compare the academic achievement of students who were grouped for reading instruction and those not grouped for reading instruction. Participants were 132 second-grade and 138 fifth-grade ... -
Ways of knowing :their association with gender and higher order thinking
(2005-12)Research examining women’s personal epistemology found two beliefs that tend to be gender related, connected knowing and separate knowing. Connected knowing is characterized by empathizing and placing oneself within another ... -
Linking epistemological beliefs to cognitive development and academic performance
(2005-12)The purpose of this study was twofold: (a) to determine if there is a relationship between middle school students’ epistemological beliefs and Piagetian stages of cognitive development and (b) if there is a relationship ... -
The effects of family structure and parenting style on school disciplinary incidents of high school seniors
(Wichita State University, 2006-05)Parents’ relationships with their adolescents certainly have an impact on their adolescents’ behavior at school. Two factors in these relationships include (a) Parenting styles, a construct that measures the level of ... -
Assessing the validity and reliability of a Piagetian-based paper pencil test
(Wichita State University, 2006-05)Piaget hypothesized that we understand the world through the use of cognitive frameworks. The strengths and limitations of these cognitive frameworks (or levels) both help and hinder the learning process. Comprehending ... -
Examining epistemological beliefs, academic self-efficacy, and calibration of comprehension
(2006-12)This study explored the relationship of epistemological beliefs, academic self-efficacy, and passage comprehension. Seventy-five community college students were asked to complete a series of in-class questionnaires, these ... -
The relationship between parenting style and epistemological beliefs
(2006-12)This study explored parenting styles and epistemological beliefs. The purpose was to determine if one’s epistemological beliefs are associated with the parenting style one experiences as a child. Parenting styles were ... -
Psychosocial differences between left-handed and right-handed children
(2006-12)Historically left-handed people have had to cope with disparaging nicknames, sayings and misunderstanding about being left-handed. The age of hand dominance has been debated for decades with the consensus maintaining ... -
Relationship between parenting styles and children’s motivational style: the development of learned helplessness
(2007-05)This study examined the phenomenon of learned helplessness, looking at the relationship between children’s motivational style and parenting style. Motivational variables included goal orientation (learning goal or performance ... -
Student outcomes: Examining school effectiveness in Kansas using multiple indicators of performance
(Wichita State University, 2007-12)This study examined high school effectiveness through the use of multiple indicators of student performance, which was first studied by Rumberger and Palardy (2005). Data on Kansas high schools were taken from the Kansas ... -
Examining the psychometric properties of self-report measures of bullying: Reliability of the peer relations questionnaire
(Wichita State University, 2008-05)Self-report measures of bullying have recently been under scrutiny due to limited evidence of their psychometric properties. Nevertheless, they continue to be the main tool for estimating prevalence of bullying behavior ... -
Child care choices: Factors that predict a match in mothers' child care preferences
(Wichita State University, 2009-05)There were several issues investigated in the present study: (a) what factors are most important to mothers in choosing child care; (b) the relationship between marital status, income, education, prior child-care seeking ... -
Epistemological beliefs: differences among educators
(Wichita State University, 2009-07)Epistemological beliefs are personal beliefs about learning and knowledge. Epistemological beliefs have been found to have important implications for learning, for example epistemological beliefs have been found to predict ... -
An evaluability assessment of psychological services provided by a small rural Kansas school district
(Wichita State University, 2009-12)The present study was conducted in the form of an evaluability assessment to help a small rural Kansas school district make the most of available resources and to improve psychological services provided based on input ... -
Early childhood education: It's long-term impact on social competence
(Wichita State University, 2009-12)A majority of support for early childhood interventions comes from the strong evidence of the positive impact of rigorous evaluations of three comprehensive programs: the Abecedarian project, High Scope Perry Preschool, ... -
Social Studies: A user-friendly intervention?
(Wichita State University, 2009-12)Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs) are a group of neurodevelopmental disorders involving impairments in social interaction, language and communication, and restricted, repetitive, and stereotyped behaviors (National Institute ... -
The impact of teachers’ attitudes and perceptions on the under representation of African American students in gifted education programs
(Wichita State University, 2010-05)This research studied the potential impact of teachers’ attitudes and perceptions on the under representation of African American students in gifted education programs. The study was conducted in an urban, Midwest school ... -
Do epistemological beliefs and ways of knowing predict reactions to a child with Asperger Syndrome?
(Wichita State University, 2010-12)This study explored the relationship between epistemological beliefs, ways of knowing, parenting styles, and how one reacts to a child with Asperger Syndrome acting out in public. The purpose was to determine whether or ...