Browsing CAS Theses and Dissertations by Title
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Leadership in full-service community schools: a driving force for change
(Wichita State University, 2019-05)Full-Service Community Schools (FSCS) are designed to increase access to holistic support services for historically underserved children and families. To do so, FSCS have developed local, community partnerships with health ... -
Let's see the facts: The effects of text mapping on comprehension and visual representation of expository text with fourth-grade students
(Wichita State University, 2013-05)Despite the importance of expository text in the daily lives of students and adults, the amount of time actually devoted to explicit comprehension instruction of nonfiction text is often not enough for students to gain an ... -
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 ... -
Literature circles in the high school setting: an inquiry from comprehension to synthesis
(2006-05)The purpose of this study is to determine the efficacy of literature circles in a high school English classroom setting. Specifically, the purpose of this is to determine if literature circles improve reading comprehension ... -
Loss of mercaptan sulfur in normal heptane by the use of caustic soda, refractive indices, densities, and viscosities of the lighter mercaptans
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Meaningful literacy: how multimodal literacy engages all learners
(Wichita State University, 2017-05)There is a strong divide between the literacies educators are teaching students in the classroom and the twenty-first century literacy skills students need. While the definition for literacy is constantly changing it ... -
Mental aspects of school children with special reference to the mental range
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Modern learning: Quizlet in the social studies classroom
(Wichita State University, 2011-05)This study evaluated the effects of technology on the performance of high school students with learning disabilities in a resource room to increase skills of learning new vocabulary that is linked to standards within ... -
A narrative inquiry of rural, low-income, single mothers’ aspirations for their children
(Wichita State University, 2010-05)This narrative inquiry focused on what four low-SES single mothers had to say about their aspirations for and support systems they have for their children. Discussions with the mothers involved a mix of topics. The four ... -
A narrative inquiry: Eight urban high school students share about their lives and experiences in school
(Wichita State University, 2008-05)This qualitative study focused on what eight urban high school students from varying backgrounds had to say about their lives and experiences in school. Discussions with the students involved multifarious topics such as ... -
Navigating the education bureaucracy: How principals make sense of distributed leadership in practice
(Wichita State University, 2019-12)Distributed leadership has been accepted as the term used to describe various forms of shared or collaborative leadership practices in schools (Harris, 2013; Leithwood & Mascall, 2008). Principals are charged with enacting ... -
Necessary "others" in American public schools: Stories of students with juvenile records
(Wichita State University, 2018-05)For decades federal and state agencies have reformed criminal and juvenile justice laws to reduce recidivism rates in the United States. Based on successes adult populations have experienced exiting the system using a ... -
Online instruction successes and challenges: faculty viewpoints
(Wichita State University, 2019-07)The purpose of this exploratory mixed method study was to investigate how the successes and challenges of online learning are perceived by graduate faculty. The review of the current literature focused on: course development, ... -
Parent involvement in pre-kindergarten and the effects on student achievement
(Wichita State University, 2013-12)An ever-present achievement gap has been found among students and their peers. Educational research and literature have found that the growing gap is due in part to a lack of parent involvement in their students' education ... -
Perceptions and interactions of American university students with Arab international students
(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 ... -
Perceptions and social acceptance of children with disabilites by parents of prekindergarten - grade 5 students
(Wichita State University, 2014-07)In July 1981, author Toni Morrison was quoted in Essence magazine, "I don't think one parent can raise a child. I don't think two parents can raise a child. You really need the whole village." This statement could not be ... -
Perceptions of beginning teachers’ preparation for culturally responsive teaching: Voices from the field
(Wichita State University, 2007-12)This mixed methods research examined whether graduates from the teacher preparation program at a small college in the mid-west United States were perceived to be prepared to meet the needs of all learners in their classrooms. ... -
Perceptions of teens choosing a virtual high school as a social/emotional safe haven
(Wichita State University, 2020-05)Suicide is a national crisis in the United States that claims more teenagers than cancer, heart disease, AIDs, birth defects, stroke, pneumonia, influenza, and chronic lung disease combined (Flatt, 2019). Many individual ... -
The picture word inductive model and vocabulary acquisition
(2007-05)The main purpose of this quasi-experimental study was to determine if students’ vocabulary acquisition is enhanced with the picture word inductive model (PWIM), a research based method of vocabulary instruction (Calhoun, ... -
'Play' is a four letter activity: Comparison of a child-centered versus an academically structured preschool curriculum and environment
(Wichita State University, 2013-12)Early child education classrooms are beginning to see a trend in the way play is viewed and utilized in the daily structure of classroom environments and curriculums. A high emphasis on the accountability of how a curriculum ...