Interiors; Living rooms; Desks; Rugs; Furniture; Art objects; Wallpapers
The interior of Jean Thomas' "Wee House in the Wood" at 3201 Cogan Street in Ashland, Kentucky. This room, with floral wallpaper, features a rosewood secretary desk given by Jean Thomas' father to her mother on the occasion of their...
The goal of this study was to investigate the relationships between school climate, school culture, teacher efficacy, collective efficacy, teacher job satisfaction and intent to turnover in the context of year-round education (YRE) calendars. The...
Middle school education--Curricula--United States; Single-sex schools
A comparative case study focused on six mathematics teachers of all-boy classes in three middle schools. Each school chose to experiment with gendered classes to improve specific, yet somewhat different, outcomes. A purpose of this study was not to...
Teacher-student relationships; Interaction analysis in education; Problem youth--Education (Secondary)
The interactions between teachers and students provide a venue for instructional delivery and ultimately student achievement in the school setting. However, not all students experience positive interactions with teachers in the typical classroom...
This dissertation explores how presidential inaugural speeches reflect the overarching mindset of the government, and how, in the postmodern era, this mindset manifests the same sort of African American erasure that has existed since Middle...
Portrait of Betty Leonard of Louisville, Kentucky, wearing her hair short with curls. The photograph is marked with discolorations and age. Handwritten on back of image: credit, Rieger Studio (Louisville), Miss Elizabeth Leonard, known as (Betty...
Three-quarter length character portrait of actress Blanche Ring, seated, wearing wide-brimmed hat with ostrich plumes and dress in patchwork pattern. Blanche Ring came from an acting family (brother Cyril and sister Frances were also performers, as...
Portrait of Chilton Searcy (Mrs. Robert Lee) Price of Louisville, Kentucky, wearing her hair back. The photograph has marks of discoloration and small dings around the edges. Stamped on bottom, front of the image: Standiford, Louisville....
African American college students; Academic achievement--Social aspects; College attendance
The study examined the relationship between African American student engagement and student background variables through the context of institution type. The study focused on the impact of student background variables (mother's level of education,...
Women Veterans--United States; Military discharge--United States; Women college students--United States
Through an exploration of identity and enculturation experiences, this narrative
inquiry dissertation investigated how female veteran students make meaning of their
experiences and renegotiate their understandings of identity after transitioning...
At the University of Louisville, there is no continuous and dependable connection
between the needs of the community for expert help in solving practical problems and
the capabilities of the students enrolled in cumulating experience courses....
Children's literature in mathematics education; Mathematics--Study and teaching (Elementary); Problem youth--Education (Elementary); Mathematics--Remedial teaching
Nationally, there are increasing numbers of students who are at-risk for academic and/or social failure (U.S. Department of Education, 2009). In an attempt to address this trend, the 2004 reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities...
College students--Attitudes; College dropouts; Dropout behavior, Prediction of; Academic achievement; Prediction of scholastic success
This study explored the relationship between engagement in educationally purposeful activities during the first year of college and academic achievement, persistence, and graduation. The study focused on the impacts of engagement on student...
Middle school education--United States--Philosophy; Teaching--Philosophy
This study examined a hypothesized relationship among teacher beliefs, teacher behaviors, classroom climate, student engagement, and student outcomes. The researcher used teacher ( N = 6) and student ( N = 12) interviews, observations, and the...
An individual's role set consists of a variety of different roles (Biddle, 1979; Madsen & Hammond, 2005). Parent, spouse, student, and even sports fan, all constitute roles within one's role set. Fulfilling role demands requires time, energy,...
Character portrait of right profile of actress Frances Starr seated before an outdoor backdrop. Her head tilted downward, she wears a white headband and white dress. Frances Starr was born in Oneonta, New York, in either 1881 or 1886, and died June...
Job embeddedness theory, as introduced by Mitchell, Holtom, Lee, Sablynski, and
Erez (2001), offers a method of discovering why people stay in an organization. By
analyzing the construct's three dimensions (links, fit, and sacrifice) within...
The current study investigated narrative comprehension ability in children from low-income families by examining the contributions of temperament, attention skills, and cognitive engagement. Research has identified narrative comprehension skills as...
Home and school; Parenting; Children of immigrants--Education; Academic achievement--Social aspects
With the increase of immigration to the United States, immigrant children have a unique
position in the education system. Immigrant parents influence their children through
different academic engagement practices. It is important to understand how...
Writing centers; English language--Rhetoric--Study and teaching (Higher); Oral reading
Reading aloud in writing center sessions is a common practice, one that is both under-studied and under-theorized. In an attempt to begin to address this gap, this dissertation conducts an empirical analysis of three different methods of reading...
