Browsing UW-Superior Masters Theses by Title
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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 ... -
Technology Coaching and Integration: Teachers' Perceptions of Successful Strategies
(2014-06)Technology advancements have provided endless methods in approaching the way teachers present content, design class activities, and assess student learning. In an effort to integrate these new methods to both engage students ... -
To What Extent Do Teacher Directed Journal Prompts and Other Various Teacher Modeled Writing Exercises Affect the Writing Abilities of Ninth Grade Students at Superior High School?
(2014-12)A ninth-grade general education class at Superior High School, in Superior, Wisconsin, was used to discover to what extent using journal writing and other teacher modeled writing exercises affected the general writing ... -
Understanding Scientific Inquiry: A Study of Seventh Grade Students
(2016-06-07)Increasingly, there have been calls for science educators to teach science through scientific inquiry as research has shown that students who learn via scientific inquiry better understand how to practice science as well ... -
The Use of Song Cues for Preschool Students with Autism
(2012)Individuals with autism, while under the same special education label, come into our classrooms with varying skills, differing degrees of deficit, and with a wide range of ability levels. The struggle, and sometimes the ... -
Using Performance Assessments to Increase Motivation in the Foreign Language Classroom at the High School Level
(2016-11-28)This work describes the importance of Integrated Performance Assessments in the foreign language field can promote changes in the learning and teaching of a foreign language. But new practices can be slow to implement due ... -
Using Universal Reading Achievement Data to Study the Effects of a Summer School Reading Program with Elementary Students in a Northern Wisconsin School District
(2014-12)Summer slide in reading creates a substantial, cumulative gap over the school years. Attendance at summer school is an intervention that can help prevent students from summer slide in reading. It was hypothesized that ... -
The Value of African American Poetry in Community Settings
(2016-12-20)This research study presents the perspectives of nine residents of Duluth, MN and Superior, WI (the "Twin Ports"), upon the reading of African American poetry. The study attempts to assess the importance of exposure to ... -
Venus Anadyomene: The Mythological Symbolism from Antiquity to the 19th Century
(2011)This thesis includes reading the chosen artworks as a visual interpretation of the written mythological birth of Venus by the sea. Reading the selected painting as visual novels, the pictorial symbolism helps prove or ... -
What Causes Special Educators to Become Burned Out?
(2012)This research study was designed to determine that causes that lead burn out amongst special education teachers. The study was a study that was compared to a study done in 1987. The researcher administered a survey to ... -
What Effect Does Homeschooling Have on Test Scores and Socialization of Children?
(2012)Homeschooling has grown in popularity in the last decade. While public schools have requirements for attendance and standardized testing, homeschooled children and families have these things as options. There are some ...