Browsing UWEC Master’s Theses by Title
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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 ... -
"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 ... -
The Relationship Between Perceived Self-Efficacy, Social Network Composition, and Individual Aphasia Group Participation Among Persons with Aphasia
(2020-05)This study investigates the relationship between individual social networks, perceived self-efficacy, and individual aphasia group participation among five community-dwelling persons with aphasia. Standardized self-efficacy ... -
The Relationship between Professional Development and School Psychologists’ Self-Reported Multicultural Competence
(2020-05)According to the US Census Bureau (2015), over half of the U.S. population will belong to a racial or ethnic minority group by the year 2044. Due to this growing diversity, it is crucial that schools understand how to best ... -
Retrospective Perspectives of High School Climate
(2020-05)This study examined the retrospective perspectives of high school climate among individuals attending a midsize, Midwestern university. Participants included undergraduate students who met inclusion criteria. These ... -
Rise and Decline of the Family Farm in Central Southern Wisconsin: 1890-1990 A study of the economic, social, and political ramifications of the loss of family farms on the rural communities of Columbia and Dodge Counties, Wisconsin
(2013-06-13)The family farm in America is often referred to as the backbone of the Nation's identity. The number of active farms in Wisconsin has shrunk from a high in 1934 of 200,000 to the current number of less than 68,000 according ... -
Role of Caring in First-Year Composition: An Empirical Study of Mindsets, Dispositions, and Domain Identification
(2017-10-26)This empirical study is an attempt to expand teachers' understanding of the relationship between students' attitudes and performance in the writing classroom. The researcher is particularly interested in how personality ... -
School Bullying: The Discrepancy Between Students' and Staff Members' Reports
(2014-07-24)While many studies support the fact that bullying is a concern for school staff members and students alike, few studies have examined the potential discrepancies between staff members' and students' perceptions of bullying. ... -
School Psychologists' and Teachers' Knowledge of Behaviors Associated with Anxiety or Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in School Children
(2015-07-09)Children commonly show behaviors characteristic of anxiety or Attention Deficit/Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD) when attending school (American Psychiatric Association, 2013; Jarrett & Ollendick, 2008). Both teachers and school ... -
School Psychologists' Roles Related to Response to Intervention in Wisconsin
(2022-01)The purpose of this study was to determine whether the frequency with which school psychologists engaged in different job duties was associated with the stage of Response to Intervention (RtI) implementation their school ... -
School Psychologists' Social Acceptability Ratings of Social Skills Interventions for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder
(2019-05)The purpose of this study was to examine school psychologists' perceived effectiveness and social acceptability of school-based social skills interventions for students with ASD. Specifically, the study surveyed their ... -
Small-Group and Intensive Intervention for Social-Emotional Intelligence
(2014-07-29)Social-emotional intelligence (SEI) can be described as the basic skills an individual has to recognize and manage emotions appropriately (Hoffman, 2009). The development of these skills in children can be very influential ... -
Speech Language Pathology, Occupational Therapy, and Physical Therapy Student Perspectives of an Interprofessional Education Simulation
(2021-05)Introduction: Interprofessional education (IPE) provides the groundwork for interprofessional practice (IPP), with a range of methods for implementation, including a simulation. Methods: Graduate students in Speech-Language ...