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Exploring conceptualizations of reading engagement
… of information they drew upon to construct those conceptualizations, as well as what those teachers actually did in their instruction to support and promote students’ engagement in reading. Findings indicated that, while both teachers conceptualized engagement as social, the ways in which they …
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Conceptualizations of Wisdom in the Native American Community
… length revealed several themes in participant’s conceptualizations of wisdom. The study revealed that participants believed wisdom to be based on fundamental building blocks of a worldview of interconnectedness, a collectivist social structure, and an individual value system promoting of personal …
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Conceptualizations of Data Visualization Use Beyond Efficiency in Evaluation
… efficiency through the research question: “What conceptualizations of data viz use do program evaluators have beyond increased efficiency?”</p> <p>In Phase I, secondary analysis of existing interview data with experts in both data viz and evaluation was used to better understand …
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Religion and consumer behavior: Marketing implications of consumers’ God conceptualizations
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2026-05-01
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The Concept of Teaching Instrument: Measuring Student Teachers' Conceptualizations of Teaching
Implications of this study for theory, research, and pre-service teacher preparation were discussed. Recommendations for future research were also suggested.
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Understanding Cooperative Extension Directors' Conceptualizations of, and Perceived Roles in, Internationalization
… This dissertation investigated directors' conceptualizations of internationalization and their roles in such pursuits. I conducted semi-structured interviews with directors from across the U.S. to ascertain their understanding of internationalization as a phenomenon. I used Knight's (1994) …
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Conceptualizations of Sexual Health from the Perspectives of Asian Indian American Women
Sexual health is an integral part of the overall well-being of women of color. Information about the sexual health of Asian Indian women who are brought up within the U.S. and the contextual factors which play a role in their views on sexual health is lacking. Even less is known about the …
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Compelled To Care? Exploring College Instructors’ Conceptualizations And Expressions Of Care Toward Students
This dissertation research explores how college instructors perceive and demonstrate care toward students. This research also seeks to consider how the Covid-19 pandemic influenced instructors’ caring behaviors. Although instructor care has been linked to several positive student outcomes, …
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Conceiving coexistence : an exposition on the divergent Western and Islamic conceptualizations of tolerance.
This dissertation provides a brief analysis of select writings and practics of tolerance in Western and Islamic histories to show how an intercultural understanding of tolerance is well within the philosophical, theological, and practical parameters of both traditions.
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The effect of racialization on EFL learners’ conceptualizations of the native speaker construct
… to which racialization shapes EFL learners’ conceptualizations of the native speaker construct through an experimental design. Three hundred and fourteen university students studying at English-medium universities in Turkey were invited to take an online matched guise test. They were assigned …
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Comparing the Core and MAP Approaches to the Conceptualizations of the Antecedents of Extraversion
The purpose of this study was to identify the motives, abilities, and perceptual tendencies (“MAP” variables) that underlie extraverted behavior and to compare two approaches to the study of personality traits. One approach, the core approach, proposes one main underlying cause of personality, and …
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Quality of Early Childhood Education and Care: Examining Different Conceptualizations and Levels of Quality
A large proportion of young children spend many hours in early childhood education and care (ECEC) and such care is costly. Given this context, it is important to examine the quality of care children receive, whether they experience quality differently, and the effects of quality on child …
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The Theory and Practice of Marital and Family Counseling: An Overview of Current Conceptualizations
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Leadership and social effectiveness in sport : conceptualizations and investigation of servant leadership and political skill.
It is widely accepted that leadership involves a process of intentional influence being exerted over others to affect outcomes. As the world of sport transitions to a more business-oriented ethos and ethical questions arise for sport organizations, ethical forms of leadership are emerging as …
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African American college students' conceptualizations and emotional reactions to the N-word: A vignette study
One-hundred-and-sixty-six African American college students completed a paper-and-pencil survey designed to examine students’ level of acceptance of both forms (nigga and nigger) of the n-word based on a vignette. Additionally, participants were also asked about their general understanding of both …
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Redefining Burnout: Exploring Common Conceptualizations and the Neurophysiology of Chronic Stress to Establish an Integrated Allostatic Model
… and context of the construct. Prevalent conceptualizations of burnout have been criticized for being arbitrarily developed without solid theoretical foundation and for failing to clearly distinguish burnout from depression or other work-related conditions such as compassion fatigue, …
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Soils of regeneration: exploring conceptualizations of the natural world as a context for an ecologically-sensitive curriculum
… stewardship and considers ways in which these conceptualizations might be used as a basis for new curriculum theorizing. In looking at our relationship to Earth, this dissertation explores the notion of intersubjectivity (Abram, 1996) as expressed in philosophical and theoretical writings on …
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