Browsing UWEC Master’s Theses by Title
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Needs Assessment of Teacher Beliefs and PBIS Practices in Early Childhood
(2018-05-10)A review of the still-emerging literature surrounding early childhood Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS) suggests that certain contextual factors, including teacher demographics and beliefs, can impact the ... -
"A New Species": Neighborhood and Community Shopping Centers in St. Louis Park, Minnesota, 1941-1956
(2017-05)This thesis examines a topic often overlooked by historians of suburbanization and consumption: the influence of neighborhood and community shopping centers in postwar suburban communities. Conceived during the 1920s and ... -
Off the Tracks! : Deadly Railway Accidents, Markets, and Morality, 1850-1893
(2013-12)This thesis explores railway accidents and safety from the 1850s through the Railway Safety Appliance Act of 1893. Historians have shown, through political, economic, and to some extent, legal examination, throughout much ... -
"One Set of Lines to See, Another Set of Lines to Be": Andrew Hussie’s Homestuck as a Case Study on Author & Audience Authority in Participatory Hypertext
(2021-05)Homestuck, a multimodal webcomic created by author and artist Andrew Hussie has been long cited as an excellent example of modern hypertextual, participatory literature. Despite its ostensible audience participation and ... -
Parent Perspectives on Disability and Home-School Communication
(2021-05)The purpose of this study was to examine home-school communication. Specifically, this study examined parents of students with disabilities perceptions of the communication method, frequency of the communication, content ... -
Parent Perspectives on Family-Centered Care in Speech and Language Therapy Across Different Settings
(2018-01-18)The purpose of this study was to examine the differences in family-centered care (FCC) among speech and language pediatric therapy settings, including a university clinic setting. The logistics of speech and language therapy ... -
The People's Writing, the People's Culture: Meridel Le Seuer's Praxis of Writing for the Working Class
(2016-06-23)"Writer and teacher Meridel Le Sueur's philosophy of writing, articulated through her textbook Worker Writers and other essays from the 1930s, offers a praxis of writing for the working class, which we need again today. ... -
Perceived Parental Pressure and Internalizing Symptoms in Young Adults From High-Achieving Schools
(2024-05)Adolescent depression and anxiety rates have been rising over the last decade. One suspected factor underlying these increasing rates is achievement pressure, including the pressures stemming from parental academic ... -
Perceptions of post-TBI healthcare experiences by individuals with traumatic brain injury
(2020-05)Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the healthcare perceptions for individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI) across the continuum of care, including during the acute, transitional, and chronic phases ... -
PersonalQueerAcademic: Constructing a Queer Self across a Graduate Career through Reflective Narrative and Literary Criticism
(2013-06-24)What follows is a queer project, and there are many reasons for labeling it as such: 1) this project consists of a mixture of genres examining a variety of literary texts from various eras covering queer issues, 2) the ... -
Perspectives of School Speech-Language Pathologists (SLPs) and Principals on the Role of SLPs in Spelling Acquisition
(2015-05)For several decades, SLPs have engaged discussions regarding whether or not their scope of practice included the acquisition of spelling skills. Based on the connection between language and spelling, SLPs should have a ... -
Poor Jurgis Rudkus: A Multi-theoretical Analysis of Socio-political Development in Upton Sinclair's The Jungle
(2015-05-11)I argue that the legacy of Upton Sinclair's most famous novel, The Jungle, has wrongfully been obscured over time to resemble a literary canon version of Super Size Me and that there is contemporary significance to be ... -
Port Washington Civil War Draft Riot: National Implications of a Local Disturbance
(2017-12-08)Perceived unfairness in the appointment of county draft officials and German-speaking immigrants' general objection to conscription led to the 1862 Civil War draft riot in Port Washington, Wisconsin. One hundred and thirty ... -
Preservice Teachers’ Knowledge About Supporting Students At Risk for Suicide
(2020-05)Collaboration among teachers, school psychologists, and other mental health professionals in the schools is critical to provide students who are at risk for suicide with comprehensive resources and support. This study ... -
Queering Rhetorics of Insanity: An Exploration of the Northern Wisconsin Home for the Feeble Minded and Epileptic
(2019-05)This project discusses the institutional, historical, and cultural narratives surrounding the Northern Wisconsin Center for the Developmentally Disabled-originally known as the Northern Wisconsin Home for the Feeble ... -
Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Advanced Placement Participation and Performance
(2023-11)The Advanced Placement program is a popular option for students seeking college credit and academic rigor in high school; however, it is an educational program with a history of racial and ethnic inequity. The present study ... -
"Rational Calculations by Rational Men": Public Perception of the Transition from Private to Public Atomic Fallout Shelters during the Cold War, 1961-1969
(2018-12)This thesis argued that public perception of private fallout shelters in the United States during the 1950s and early 1960s and public fallout shelters by the mid-1960s was split between different camps. Debates in newspapers ... -
Relations Between Students' Perceptions of Teacher Feedback and Intelligence Beliefs
(2014-05-02)Research suggests that students who endorse malleable intelligence beliefs demonstrate higher achievement and more positive academic self-perceptions than students who endorse fixed intelligence beliefs. Research also ... -
Relationship Among Food Security and Inattention, Executive Functioning, and Learning Problems
(2020-06-10)The current study examined the relationship between food security and academic performance, specifically inattention, executive functioning, and learning problems. Using a food security module from the USDA to assess food ... -
The Relationship Between High School Students' Self-Compassion and Perceptions of Parental Involvement
(2018)This study examined the relationship between high school students' self-reported levels of self-compassion and perceived parental involvement. Self-compassion is defined as the ability to be supportive and understanding ...