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Women and the superintendency: Glass ceiling and empowerment of female superintendents in Oklahoma
(2022-07)
Several acts and movements have attempted to eliminate discrimination in employment opportunities. However, despite these acts and movements, there remains a disproportionate number of males in top leadership positions in ...
Educators who turned to politics in Oklahoma
(2022-07)
Since the early 1990’s funding K-12 public education in Oklahoma has faced trials and tribulations. The purpose of this study was to understand, through the lens of Social Cognitive
Career Theory (SCCT), factors that ...
Teacher self-perception as a pedagogical stem content expert and its influence on classroom practice
(2022-07)
Providing a positive atmosphere for growth in STEM can elevate female middle school students towards seeing themselves succeeding even through short-term failures and cognitive dissonance. Yet, through negative gendered ...
Exploring Black male youth attitudes by informally teaching stem content using synchronous learning
(2023-05)
In this study, I conduct a quantitative analysis to assess the attitudes of Black male high school sophomores towards STEM content through a unique informal STEM learning program called ESTEAM offered by the non-profit ...
Pre-college STEM learning experiences and their effect on undergraduates' STEM self-efficacy, outcomes, interests, and goals: A mixed methods study
(2021-05)
The experiences students have in their early life and in school have an impact on the development of their future career interests and choices, and understanding the influence of those experiences can provide educators and ...
Elementary gifted boys' perceptions of self and school
(2020-05)
This ethnographic study seeks to understand elementary-age boys', teachers', and parents' perceptions of giftedness and gendered ability construction. Utilizing the theoretical lens of Herbert Marsh's Frame of Reference ...
Naturalistic study of how selected school contexts adapted roles and responsibilities during the COVID-19 pandemic phases: A cultural theory perspective
(2022-07)
The purpose of this naturalistic study is to explore, through the lens of cultural theory, how selected school contexts adapted roles and responsibilities in educational processes during three of the COVID-19 pandemic ...
Collegiate sign language interpreters: A case study
(2021-05)
Research about the sign language interpreting field has noted that burnout and attrition of interpreters is a serious issue of the profession. There is also a lack of research about interpreters who work in medical, legal, ...
Ride like a girl: A narrative exploration of women in the rodeo
(2021-12)
The purpose of this qualitative narrative inquiry was to 're-present' women's rodeo stories, illustrating and unpacking the meaning they narrated from within the masculinized arena. Ten cowgirls, 6 White and 4 Native ...
Uses and perceptions of social media as a student engagement tool for academic purposes at a community college
(2020-12)
With the growth of social media over the last decade, students are looking at these platforms not only for personal purposes but also for academic purposes. Social networking sites (SNS) are online communities designed to ...