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Educational Methodology, Policy, and Leadership Theses and Dissertations
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(University of Oregon, 2024-08-07)Previous research has established relationships between reading fiction and increased empathy levels, an effect amplified by reading young adult fiction and by feeling transported by, or wholly immersed within, one’s ...
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(University of Oregon, 2024-08-07)Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) skills are increasingly required of students to be successful in higher education and the workforce. Therefore, modeling assessment outcomes accurately, often using more ...
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(University of Oregon, 2024-08-07)The goal of this study was to examine the relationship between principal self-efficacy, principal experience, and pandemic rebound rates to better understand the attributes of school principals who are leading schools at ...
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(University of Oregon, 2024-08-07)The integration of digital technology in public K-12 classrooms has been an evolving topic over the past several decades. As technology services and systems become more ubiquitous in everyday life, their implications for ...
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(University of Oregon, 2024-08-07)Substance use disorder (SUD) among adolescents has a significant impact on families and communities. It can lead to criminality, poor school performance, chronic use over a lifetime, high risk behaviors, and even premature ...
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(University of Oregon, 2024-08-07)Following the COVID-19 pandemic, K-12 public school district superintendent turnover rates reached concerning levels in Oregon. This study explored relationships between superintendent longevity and superintendents’ ...
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(University of Oregon, 2024-08-07)Lisa L. HarlanDoctor of Education in Educational Leadership The Impact of School Board Diversity on the Hiring of Women in the Superintendency Women continue to be underrepresented in the superintendent role in public ...
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(University of Oregon, 2024-08-07)Gifted education programs provide differentiated instruction for advanced students with the goal of challenging students to deepen their learning experience and move them toward their full potential. For many students, ...
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(University of Oregon, 1970-09)In this study no attempt will be made to offer a solution to the complexities of the inner city, or even to the problem of educating the culturally disadvantaged. The researcher's purpose is to describe the historical ...
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(University of Oregon, 2024-01-09)Experimental evidence of the effects of teacher characteristics and teacher-student relationships on student performance is limited and even more scarce in education contexts outside of the United States. In this dissertation, ...
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(University of Oregon, 2024-01-09)This study examines K-12 public school teacher turnover, with a particular focus on teachers of color. Recruiting and retaining well-qualified teaching staff is a challenge in the United States, where annually roughly 16% ...
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(University of Oregon, 2024-01-09)The rates of death by suicide and the prevalence of mental health conditions in children and youth are a world-wide crisis. Education and school health promotion have a key role in supporting children, however initiatives ...
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(University of Oregon, 2024-01-09)Race matching has positive effects on students’ academic achievement and self-rated sense of belonging. However, when most public-school teachers identify as White, race matching is not always possible at the individual ...
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(University of Oregon, 2024-01-09)Collecting data for the purpose of decision making has become an integral part of the landscape of education in the United States over the past decade. Many educators are swamped with such an overwhelming amount of information ...
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(University of Oregon, 2024-01-09)High school students depend on school to provide the skills needed to attend a post-secondary institution or enter the work force directly upon graduation. However, high school curriculum standards may not align with the ...
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(University of Oregon, 1936-08)The practice of granting rewards or honors in schools has not only been almost universal but also has had the sanction of long established precedent. Special recognition for outstanding scholarship has been given in a ...
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(University of Oregon, 1920-07-19)The rise of every system of universal public education has compelled the development of a system of grading and grouping shereby relatively large numbers of children of approximately the same pedagogical status may be ...
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(University of Oregon, 1958-06)The majority of all blind children in the United States continue to be educated in residential schools for the blind despite the growth of a movement to educate these children and the public school classes nearest their ...
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(University of Oregon, 1955-06)The problem undertaken in this study is to identify and evaluate fire insurance practices in the school districts of the state of Oregon, as a basis for making recommendations for their improvement. The purpose of this ...
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(University of Oregon, 1935-10)In cooperation with the Carnegie foundation, the University of Oregon is making a study of the social values involved in appreciation of the arts. By art appreciation is meant more particularly the appreciations involved ...