Browsing CAS Theses and Dissertations by Title
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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 ... -
Post-secondary education and the choice to attend a proprietary school
(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 ... -
Principal evaluation: a different perspective
(2005-12)This qualitative research gathered perceptions of Southeast Nebraska public school elementary principals, superintendents, and assistant superintendents to ascertain elements of an evaluation system that promotes professional ... -
Promoting child development through music: A comparision of preschool teachers' perspective in Kenya and United States
(Wichita State University, 2009-07)This qualitative study examined teachers' perceptions on their use of music as a medium for enhancing development in all early childhood domains/areas (e.g., cognitive, communication, physical/motor, social-emotional and ... -
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 ... -
A qualitative case study of a co-teaching relationship at a rural high school
(Wichita State University, 2010-05)No Child Left Behind and The Education for All Handicapped Children Acts have required schools to educate students with disabilities in new ways. Co-teaching is one model with the potential to unite the traditionally ... -
A qualitative case study of student perceptions of a random drug testing policy
(Wichita State University, 2011-05)This qualitative study involved high school students in focus groups and individual interviews who shared their perceptions of a random drug testing policy and its implementation in the fall of 2007 at their suburban high ... -
Reading poetry for improved adolescent oral fluency, comprehension, and self-perception
(Wichita State University, 2009-05)This study was designed to explore the effects of oral fluency instruction and strategies on struggling adolescent readers’ prosody, comprehension and self-perception as readers. Additionally, this study sought to determine ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Relationship between total protein intake and essential amino acid threshold frequency on measures of muscle mass in adults between 50-80 years of age
(Wichita State University, 2014-05)Sarcopenia, loss of skeletal muscle in older adults, can lead to serious health consequences. Several non-pharmacological strategies have been suggested to prevent sarcopenia, one of which is increased protein consumption ... -
The relationship of instructional technology with students’ motivation and interaction in higher education
(Wichita State University, 2012-12)The purpose of this study was to research the problem presented in Middle East countries: Students' boredom and lack of motivation to interact in their classrooms in higher education. The focus of the study was to find ... -
Reorganization of 9A grammar based on the Morrison theory of unit learnings
(Wichita State University, 1931-08)Some of the defects of the present organization are: (1) that information gained in the classroom functions little if at all outside the classroom, (2) that the pupils assume a "get by" attitude and consider the performance ...