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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 ... -
Quick and Dirty Library Promotions That Really Work
(2010-09)The University of Wisconsin?Eau Claire?s McIntyre Library promotes the library and its services in various ways. Over the past few years, the library has used inexpensive, quick to develop marketing tools to establish ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
The Relevance of Academic Libraries in the Twenty-First Century
(2013)The biggest challenge facing the library profession in the twenty-first century is staying relevant to its users. It is often stated that the Internet and Google have changed librarianship. This challenge, while significant, ... -
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 ... -
Revising the "One-Shot" through Lesson Study: Collaborating with Writing Faculty to Rebuild a Library Instruction Session
(2013-07)The one-shot library instruction session has long been a mainstay for many information literacy programs. Identifying realistic learning goals, integrating active learning techniques, and conducting meaningful assessment ... -
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 ...