Browsing by Author "Ford, Timothy"
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Academic Optimism and Collective Student Trust of Teachers: A Test of the Relationship in Urban Schools
Ensley, Jay (2014-12)The purpose of this study was to test the relationship between academic optimism and collective student trust in urban schools after controlling for contextual conditions that can enhance or impede cooperative student-teacher ... -
Addressing mobility challenges in AI-enabled emerging cellular networks
Manalatas, Marvin Canimo (2023-05-12)The ability to support seamless user mobility has been the Raison D’etre of mobile networks. In recent years, the cellular network industry has evolved significantly, and mobility management is becoming a major challenge. ... -
Artificial Intelligence-based Network Modeling for enabling Zero Touch Automation in Next Generation Cellular Networks
Masood, Usama (2023-08-04)The crux of contemporary network design involves mathematical models to describe the quantitative impact of system components on overall performance. However, these models often grapple with trade-offs between accuracy and ... -
Blood and ink: A qualitative inquiry of teacher well-being in post-pandemic Oklahoma
Hahn, Dan (2024-05-10)During the COVID-19 pandemic public schools were at the center of political debate related to educational content and curricula. Some conservative states moved to place tighter controls on schools in these dimensions with ... -
BUILDING TRUST AND EFFICACY THROUGH CRITICAL FRIENDS GROUPS: A PROCESS EVALUATION
Ackley, Kathryn (2017)Two ongoing challenges that schools face, particularly urban schools, are finding ways to develop and retain quality teachers and to contribute to student academic success. There are claims that collaborative structures, ... -
Caregiver-infant/toddler interactions during diapering: associations with well-being and involvement
Laurin-Phelan, Deborah ElaineDiaper changes, as an aspect of care for implementing quality caregiver-child interactions in infant and toddler non-parental care settings is examined. First, this study proposes a theory of care that specifically addresses ... -
Communication Satisfaction and its Effects on Organizational Readiness to Change: A Quantitative District-Wide Study of Employees from a Technology Center
Durant-Tyson, Angela (2022-08)Although literature establishes the importance of top-level executives’ communication during times of change, there is a lack of empirical research focusing on Communication Satisfaction’s role on Readiness for Organizational ... -
A Critical Examination of How U.S. Schools Structure Inequalities in Science Learning Opportunities Based on Intersectional Student Backgrounds
Wilson, Alison (2020-05-08)For decades, U.S. education policy has focused on the persistent achievement gap based on race and class in public schools. Within this test-based accountability context, math and reading achievement have been prioritized, ... -
Culturally relevant pedagogy in practice: using critical whiteness to create critical consciousness in urban education
Wilkins, Elizabeth (2021-05)This dissertation examines the purpose of urban k-12 public schools and identifies the explicit and implicit ways in which they disrupt and limit urban students’ opportunities. Through interviews with white teachers in ... -
De-professionalized and Demoralized: A Longitudinal Examination of Teachers' Perception of Their Work and Teacher Turnover During the Accountability Era in the United States
Wronowski, Meredith (2018-04-27)The purpose of this dissertation, presented in a three article format, is to describe the changes in teachers’ perceptions of their work, and how those changes relate to teacher turnover, through the state and federal ... -
Designing data-aided demand-driven user-centric architecture for 6G and beyond networks
Kasi, Shahrukh Khan (2023-08-04)Despite advancements in capacity-enhancing technologies like massive MIMO (multiple input, multiple output) and intelligent reflective surfaces, network densification remains crucial for significant capacity gains in future ... -
District Support of Teachers, Leaders, and Schools: An Evaluation of a Service Culture Program in an Urban, Midwestern School District
Carter, Charlotte (2020-05)Some scholars believe district offices are primarily a compliance-driven, bureaucratic hindrance to transformational change. Other scholars believe that districts can play a key role in school and student success, but ... -
Does the National School Lunch Program foster healthy eating? a mixed method analysis of food selection and consumption in middle school
Kaiser, Robert (2022-05-13)American children exhibit the highest rates of obesity among industrialized nations. To promote healthy eating, policy makers have revised standards for the National School Lunch Program (NSLP), which provides free and ... -
The Early Childhood Mealtime as a Learning Environment: Practices, Children's Behaviors, and Teachers' Perspectives
Malek-Lasater, Adrien (2021-08-05)This dissertation examines the early care and education mealtime as a learning environment. Manuscript one proposes a new improved conceptual framework that addresses the need for better alignment of teachers’ practices ... -
THE EFFECT OF THE CARRERA ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY PREVENTION PROGRAM ON STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT
Nelson, Todd (2017-05)This study evaluates the effect of the Carrera Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Program, as implemented at a mid-sized, urban-suburban school system, on student achievement. The Carrera Program offers seven components of ... -
The Effects of Relational Conditions and Organizational Commitment on Teacher Turnover Intention
Lepine, John Sr. (2017)This study examines organizational commitment’s potential role as a psychological mediator between the relational conditions in schools and individual teachers’ intentions to leave their positions. Although there is a ... -
Evaluating the Effects of Collaborative Action Research on Teachers' Basic Psychological Needs, Efficacy and Knowledge
Jackson, Sherrie (2020-08-10)Research offers accounts of the reasons for variation in the quality of experiences across professional development models (Yoon, Duncan, Lee, Scarloss & Shapley, 2007), which has resulted in “a landscape littered with ... -
EVALUATING THE EFFECTS OF STEM OUT-OF-SCHOOL TIME PROGRAMMING ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF STEM ATTITUDES AND 21st CENTURY SKILLS OF COMMUNITY SCHOOL STUDENTS
Latta, Laura (2019-08)National attention has turned to the provision of high quality science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) instruction to help prepare students for the 21st century workforce. To promote innovation, creative ... -
Evaluating the improvement process of a teacher onboarding program in a large, urban, Midwestern school district
Schroepfer, Claire (2021-05-03)Employee onboarding is the first opportunity an organization has to create space for individuals to acclimate to their work environment, helping them adjust to the social, operational, and performance aspects of their roles ... -
EXAMINING THE EFFECTS OF SUPPORT FOR TEACHERS’ BASIC PSYCHOLOGICAL NEEDS ON TEACHERS’ INTENT TO LEAVE
Hindenburg, Kenneth (2019-05)Many schools are facing serious teaching shortages and high teacher turnover, a problem amplified in schools with difficult challenges, and especially in certain subject areas. Teacher turnover coupled with a lack of ...