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The Measurement of Teacher Dissatisfaction
(1967-05-15)The purpose of this study was to identify and measure dissatisfaction perceived by teachers. Nine hypotheses were tested to determine: 1) areas in which teachers perceive a lack of congruency between individual need and ... -
Mechanics of Coaching: The past, present, and future of coaching in Washington’s Quality Rating Improvement System (QRIS) - Early Achievers: System actors’ perspectives and thoughts for next steps
In this study, a sequential exploratory design was applied to inquire about the ontological aspects of coaching and its role in the state of Washington early learning Quality Rating Improvement System (QRIS) - Early ... -
Mediating Nepantla through Multimodal Testimonio: First Year Latine Educator Teaching Philosophies
This qualitative case study explores how two first year Latine teachers use communal multimodal testimonio to mediate tensions in their identities, and how engaging in testimonio impacts their teaching philosophies as they ... -
Mentor Teachers’ Professional Practice: Shaped by Identity Tensions, Examined Through Collective Reflection and Inquiry
Mentor teachers (MTs) play a key role in a teacher candidate’s (TC) learning to teach and teaching a TC to become a teacher is complex work. While there has been some scholarship that indicates MTs benefit from collective ... -
Mentoring for Inclusive Reform: Understanding the Identities and Agency of Special Education Induction Mentors
Inclusion has been a major component of educational reform for nearly four decades. However, educational systems continue to struggle with implementing and sustaining practices that create equitable and inclusive educational ... -
Mentoring-in-the-Moment: A Case Study of an Exemplary Mentor's Educative Mentoring
Background/Context:Mentors play a central role in preparing new teachers. This is multifaceted and demanding work, for which they rarely receive training, instead often relying on their own intuition or past experiences ... -
Meta-Analysis of Family Support Programs' Impacts on Emotion Regulation in Early Childhood
This study examined evaluations of family support programs in early childhood that measured emotion regulation (ER). Family support programs attend to the development of ER in children under the age of 5 by offering services ... -
Midentity: Exploring the Effects of Self-Regulated Learning on Math Identity Development in a secondary math classroom.
Looking to bridge gaps in math education for nine students in their eleventh grade year with varied levels of success in math, I based a self-regulated learning model for math study on studio art principles (Winner, Hetland, ... -
Mindfulness in Education: The Intersection of Buddhism and Neuroscience
(2012-09-13)This thesis makes an argument for mindfulness, not as a therapeutic tool, but as a practice that can be taught in elementary classrooms through specific curricula to help students to focus attention, self-regulate behaviors, ... -
Minoritized Students In STEM Pathways at Community Colleges
Community colleges are a prominent academic pathway for future scientists, engineers, and mathematicians, and serve as a gateway to higher education for traditionally marginalized student populations. Because of this, ... -
Mobile Technology in Early Childhood Education
Current research on mobile technology suggests that there may be significant potential benefits to early learning and skill development for young children, particularly children with disabilities. Literature also suggests ... -
Modeling Parallel Latent Growth Trajectories with Time-Varying Baselines: A Demonstration Examining the Intersection between Minority-Serving Institution Status and Females' Participation in STEM Majors over Time
The current paper demonstrates an application of parallel latent growth modeling with time-varying baselines and high missingness levels using extant data on higher education institutions participating in the National ... -
Modeling Social Network Change over Time: A Comparison of Methods
This study contributes to the gap in educational research methods knowledge by 1) assessing prevalence of using analytical social network methods in educational research, 2) being the first to directly compare four possible ... -
Modern Prediction Algorithms for Factor Analyses: Comparing Accuracy-Efficiency Trade-Offs
The overarching aim of this dissertation is to investigate the performance of new factor modeling techniques that are exploratory in nature and show promise for determining the number of factors, as well as variable-factor ... -
Morphological Sensitivity: A Hierarchical Analysis of Student and Word Factors
Previous research indicates that morphological information imbedded in words facilitates various literacy skills, however there is still some disagreement as to whether skilled readers are more sensitive to morphological ... -
Motivating Highly Capable Students Through Heritage Language Instruction: An investigation into An After-School Program in Lake Washington School District, WA
Language minority Students (LMS) constitute an indispensable component in the gifted education. Over the years, research has indicated that a culturally responsive (Gay, 2000) curriculum would benefits LMS in various ... -
Motivation on English Learning in Elementary Schools in Taiwan: Examining The Role of Learning Goals and Teaching Approaches
Motivation, a powerful force that can initiate and sustain a long and effort-consuming language learning process, can be a crucial factor in creating a better teaching and learning environment. In hopes of seeking ways to ... -
Moving Away from Sometimes, Some of Us, Somewhere: A Sociocultural Approach to Creativity
(2012-09-13)Creativity has long been misunderstood as the result of individual difference - associated with genius, the arts and personality traits. Scientific inquiry, in fields such as expertise-based research, cognitive research, ... -
"Ms. Martin is secretly teaching us!" High school mathematics practices of a teacher striving toward equity
(2013-07-23)Attention to the pursuit of equity has been a growing priority for mathematics classrooms in the last two and a half decades. While classroom discourse has become a central feature of classrooms that strive toward equity, ... -
Multicultural Education in Social Studies Textbooks in South Korea and the United States: A Comparative Analysis
(2013-07-25)Today, globalization has increased cross-border migration in many countries. The public school classroom in the United States has been getting more diverse, linguistically, culturally, racially, and ethnically. Classrooms ...