Browsing UW-Superior Masters Theses by Title
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Paraprofessionals' Perceptions of Violence and Training: Investigating an Understudied Group
(2015-05)Paraprofessionals often work in a variety of roles directly with students with disabilities. Previous research on paraprofessionals has indicated that they are often undertrained for the jobs they are asked to perform. ... -
Parent Awareness of Transition Services for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder
(2016-06-23)The following study was conducted to determine parent’s knowledge of transition services available to their children served under the category of Autism Spectrum Disorder. The study showed that the majority of parents from ... -
Parental Involvement and Student Success
(2013)Home is a student's first classroom, and parents are a student's first teacher. School aged children spend 70% of their waking hours (including weekends and holidays) outside of school (Education, 2003). With such a high ... -
The Perceptions of Teachers of Effects of Social Skills When Working with Students with High Functioning Autism in Kindergarten through Second Grade at a Rural Midwestern Elementary School
(2014-06)The research was designed to investigate the perceptions of regular education teachers in a rural midwestern school when working with students with high functioning autism while using social stories during a six week ... -
A Personal Perspective: The Art of Imaging Revelation, Inspiration, and Healing
(2015-05)A large part of my journey through life has involved me in both addiction and art therapy. I have gone from believing art therapy doesn't work at all to devoting myself to it as a career. There have been many times I have ... -
Pieces: the Women of Nauvoo
(2013-06-04)This art installation commemorates the experience of Mormon pioneer women who helped to build, lived in, and were eventually expelled from the city of Nauvoo, Illinois in the mid nineteenth century. It consists of oil ... -
The Positive Effects of Art Therapy and Its Affect on the Brain
(2015-05)Art therapy involves most of ones, five sense. It involves, vision, touch, smell, and hearing. In addition it involves interactions with others and muscle movement. These things make art therapy very different from other ... -
Positive Effects of Art Therapy for Women and Children from Backgrounds of Domestic Violence
(2014-05)Domestic violence, specifically, that which is perpetrated against women and children, causes physical, mental, and emotional trauma, resulting in a variety of pervasive injuries and disorders. The purpose of the research ... -
The Power of Art Therapy and The Mind of Dementia
(2017-12-19)This paper explores the multiple dimensions of the disease dementia. It is also an exploration of how art therapy is useful and beneficial in treating the psychological and psychosocial needs of people living with one form ... -
Quiet Leader: A Woman's Autoethnographic Leadership Study
(2012-12)Leadership is widely researched and discussed across many disciplines. Most research indicates that good leaders are often thought to exhibit traits such as extraversion, or have certain abilities, like excellent communication ... -
Realizing the American Dream: Parent Involvement and Racial Identity Development as It Correlates to Academic Achievement
(2013)Students of color in America are failing to meet state academic standards at historic rates. This issue has recently gained significant attention due to what is being referred to as the achievement gap. Based on the No ... -
The Role of Art Therapy for Adults with Cognitive and Physical Disabilities
(2016-12-22)The following research explores art therapy and how it is beneficial to persons living with disabilities on a day-to-day basis, whereas another type of therapy may not be so rewarding to them. A brief background of how art ... -
Role-Modeling Perceptions and Health Behavior Patterns of College Students in Health-Related Majors
(2015-05)Students seeking degrees in Health and Human Performance (HHP) at the University of Wisconsin-Superior (UWS) are provided a curriculum which focuses on health, fitness, and disease prevention. There is an expectation for ... -
Scaffolded Silent Reading: More Effective than Sustained Silent Reading?
(2016-12-20)The purpose of this study was to measure the effect of Scaffolded Silent Reading on third grade students’ reading comprehension and fluency. During Scaffolded Silent Reading participants read independently and silently ... -
Shedding Internalized Shame and Guilt: The Use of Art Therapy in Substance Use and Mental Health Treatment Programs
(2016-12-22)Drug and alcohol abuse has become a costly epidemic in society. Helping those who suffer from addiction requires proper treatment and care. Addiction is defined as compulsive alcohol and drug seeking despite negative ... -
Spelling Programs: Basal Spelling, StoryTown, As Compared To Developmental Spelling, Words Their Way
(2014-01)This study used historical data from a northern Minnesota first grade classroom that used two instructional programs, StoryTown and Words Their Way. The data, determined as pre- and post- test data, that was collected ... -
Spiritualty in Modern Art
(2010)This thesis includes the interpretation of art as a religious device in early history that was essentially, exclusively used within the context of spirituality. Art from around the world reveals the deep roots between ... -
Student Attitude and Motivation Regarding Testing at Hermantown High School
(2012-12)School districts all over the country use some sort of, if not several, standardized type tests to evaluate either the performance of its students, the district, its teachers, or all three. Sometimes these tests are state ... -
Superintendent Characteristics and Their Relationship to Student Achievement in Reading and Mathematics
(2016-01)The relationship between superintendent longevity and student achievement has been variably shown in numerous states to have a positive correlation or no correlation. The goal of this study was to provide additional ...