Dissertations of graduates of the Doctor of Education - Educational Leadership approved in the 2018-2019 academic years. NOTE: To see all the content in this collection, click on the search icon without search terms.
This dissertation assesses the associations of social media and bond committees when school districts try to pass bond issues with their patrons. This study is motivated by four research questions. (1) What is the association...
Soggetto:
Social Media e Bond Issuance
Creatore:
Davis, Jeffery W.
Collaboratore:
Jones, Duke (Committee Chair), Widhalm, Duane (Committee Member) e Goddard, Kevin (Committee Member)
The purpose of this quantitative study was to identify perceptions, determine differences in perceptions, and identify how effective the implementation of a framework such as TPACK connected to classroom technology integration...
Soggetto:
Classroom Technology, Student-Centered Learning e Pedagogy
The English Language Learner student population is on the rise in the United States. There are more students than ever entering school with a language other than English as their primary language. There is an inconsistency in...
Soggetto:
ESL-English as Second Language, Instructional Design e Pedagogy
Creatore:
Shevchuk, Sara Mae
Collaboratore:
Colbaugh, Nancy (Committee Chair), Fox, Jennifer (Committee Member) e Range, Bret (Committee Member)
This quantitative study was conducted to determine whether one-to-one learning environments foster an innovative mindset in teachers. This study also examined relationships that might exist between a teacher’s mindset and their...
Soggetto:
One-to-One Learning, Innovative e Teachers
Creatore:
Glenn, Christen
Collaboratore:
Kimball, Jeffrey (Committee Advisor), Hedgpeth, Pam (Committee Member) e Steingraber, Jason (Committee Member)
When principals provide quality evidenced-based feedback to teachers, instructional practices improve and an increase in student performance and teacher reflection can occur. Therefore, ensuring effective professional learning...
Soggetto:
Evident-Base, Evaluation e Professional Development
Creatore:
Hodge, Andria
Collaboratore:
Arnold, Michael (Committee Chair), Fong, Benny (Committee Member) e Nelson, Laura (Committee Memeber)
As federal mandates such as No Child Left Behind and Race to the Top have created educational reform movements, whose impacts can be seen with increasing accountability pressures in the K-12 world, a greater focus is being...
Soggetto:
Race to the Top, Educational Reform e Early Childhood Education
Creatore:
Tilley, Jennifer
Collaboratore:
Byrant, Julie B. (Committee Chair), Fong, Benny (Committee Member) e Fox, Jennifer (Committee Member)
Student achievement is a priority and at the forefront of multiple discussions taking place in schools everywhere. Educators have the choice of two organizational structures for delivering instruction; the self-contained model...
Soggetto:
Organizational Structure, Instructional Design e Stduent Achievement
The transition of students from the eighth grade into their freshman year can be a time where students begin to fall short academically, attend school less, and promote actions leading to increased discipline occurrences. This...
Soggetto:
Student Success, Freshmen e At-Risk Students
Creatore:
Wilcox. Jeff M.
Collaboratore:
Perry, Robert (Committee Chair), Hedgpeth, Pam (Committee Member) e Finch Kim (Committee Member)
This qualitative study was conducted in order to analyze students’ experiences of online learning at the secondary level. The study identified themes related to student experiences with online learning related to technology...
Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (MODESE) requires districts to follow the Missouri Principles of Effective Evaluation, which utilizes student growth data for teacher evaluation purposes. The purpose of...
Soggetto:
Evaluations, Student Learning Objectives e Teachers
Creatore:
Gallivan, Steven
Collaboratore:
Haun, Dwight (Committee Advisor), Widhalm, Duane (Committee Member) e Wilken, Ron (Committee Member)
