Browsing OU - Dissertations by Author "Urick, Angela"
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THE AGING WORKFORCE: THE ROLE OF INFORMAL LEARNING AND EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT OUTCOME
Uhunoma, Osaretin (2018-12-15)The high rate of retirement of older employees in organizations is a growing concern, and the trend is expected to continue, thereby leaving organizations with invaluable knowledge gaps or losses. Researchers have conducted ... -
Continuing to grow or checking the box: Teacher achievement goal orientation in their professional learning focus
Parsons, Alexandra (2020-05)The Professional Learning Focus is a state-mandated learning process for all Oklahoma teachers. This dissertation studies the achievement goal orientation teachers endorse within this particular learning structure. The ... -
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, ... -
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 ... -
Empowering Solutioneers: A Teacher Leadership Development Case Study
Sparks, Heather (2020-05-08)Teacher leadership has been a prominent feature of school reform in the United States for nearly three decades. During this time, researchers have identified numerous benefits teacher leaders bring to their school and ... -
AN EXAMINATION OF MENTORING AND INDUCTION EFFECTS ON RETENTION, TEACHING EFFECTIVENESS AND STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.
Killam, Sunie (2017-12)The purpose of this quantitative quasi-experimental study with a non-equivocal groups design is to explore how mentoring and induction variables influence teacher retention, and the effect of mentoring on student achievement ... -
Holding Back English Learners: The Impact of Early Elementary Grade Retention on Language Development
Buckmaster, Jamie (2019-05-10)An abundance of scholarly work indicates that the practice of requiring a student to repeat a grade likely has significant academic, social and long-term effects on students. Grade retention, prevalent in elementary schools ... -
HOW TEACHERS AT OKLAHOMA VIRTUAL CHARTER ACADEMY ADDRESS THE FIVE ELEMENTS OF COGNITIVE ENGAGEMENT: AN INTERPTRETIVIST CASE STUDY
Morrison, John (2017-05-13)This qualitative case study examines teacher perceptions of how they cognitively engage their students in live online classes to determine the perceptions and practices of ten teachers at Oklahoma Virtual Charter Academy. ... -
Influence of Character Education on Student Character Growth: A Program Evaluation
Puccino, Laura (2019)The purpose of this program evaluation was to analyze one Southwest Oklahoma school’s character education program and its effect on school climate, student and teacher relationships, and student growth in character. This ... -
Leading Betwixt and Between: The Development of a Liminal Leadership Scale
Shaw-Van Buskirk, Leslie (2020-04-13)Liminal Leadership is a new, adaptive leadership paradigm (Shaw-VanBuskirk, Lim, & Jeong, 2019). Liminal is a Latin word that means at a threshold or boundary; betwixt or between spaces. Liminal Leadership occurs when an ... -
Monstrous Miseducation: Frankenstein as Educational Thought on the Modern Problem of Terror
Holzer, Kristen (2016-12)Seeking to understand terror as an under-theorized educational problem with critical implications for contemporary schools and societies, this dissertation is an inquiry into the life, work, and influence of Mary Shelley ... -
A Narrative Inquiry into an Army School Leadership Experience
Smith, Kyle (2016-05-13)The focus of this study is to reconstruct meaning through an interpretation of change on who I am and what I am becoming, navigating through a pervasive space that encompasses temporal, personal/social, and place creating ... -
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TEACHER BELIEFS ABOUT RESPONSE TO INTERVENTION AND STUDENT OUTCOMES: AN ATTEMPT TO GAIN TEACHER BUY IN AND INCREASE STUDENT OUTCOMES
Frayser, Keely (2018)Response to Intervention (RtI) is a tiered system of supports designed to offer early prevention services, blend general and special education services, focus on research-based strategies, and emphasize data-based decisions. ... -
SOCIAL MEDIA POLICIES IN OKLAHOMA K-12 SCHOOLS: A POLICY CONTENT ANALYSIS
Cook, Patricia (2016-08-19)This qualitative study examines current trends in public school district policies regarding social media use in K-12 schools Oklahoma. Participants were selected from the Oklahoma Community Grouping Model using Probability ... -
Technology Competencies of Oklahoma Principals
Walk, Kara (2020-05-08)This research seeks to describe the technology competencies of Oklahoma principals in K-12 schools. The survey instrument that was utilized for this research was the Principal’s Technology Leadership Assessment. Technology ...