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Parent Education in International Adoption Regarding Communication Development
(University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, College of Professional Studies, 2016)International adoption is life changing for those involved, but it can also be emotionally, mentally, and financially demanding. International adoption is a process that requires a tremendous amount of education. Children ... -
Parental Experiences in Acquiring and Using AAC with Their Young Children
(University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, College of Professional Studies, 2016-05)PURPOSE: The study was completed in order to help provide a comprehensive understanding of the experiences regarding AAC acquisition and use of parents of young children between the ages of 0-5 years. METHOD: Seven parents ... -
Parental Involvement in Music Lessons
(University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, College of Fine Arts and Communication, 2015-12)Most educators would agree that parental involvement is critical to a child’s success regardless of the activity. Starting as early as 1979, researchers began to document the benefits of parental involvement in music ... -
Parental Motivation Toward Youth Residential Summer Camp Enrollment
(University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, College of Natural Resources, 2018-05)Residential youth summer camps offer a plethora of activities and experiences that can positively affect children’s lives. Children may want to attend summer camp for a variety of reasons, but ultimately the decision ... -
Participants' Perceptions of the Ho-Chunk Nation Indigenous Arts and Sciences Institute
(School of Education, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 2021-12)Native American culture or Indigenous ways of knowing and learning have been historically underrepresented in US public school classrooms. In this study, I claim that educators should participate in culturally influenced ... -
Participatory Action Research and Testing the Effectiveness of Stinging Nettle as a Biopesticide in Kenya
(University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, College of Natural Resources, 2007-05)Globally 50% of all food and cash crops are lost to pests and diseases. The participatory action research model has been effectively used to control the pests and diseases in developing countries. During the summer of ... -
The Partner School Drama: The Integration of the Hmong Community in Wausau, Wisconsin
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Partnership for Success
(University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, College of Fine Arts and Communication, 1993)As a culminating project for my Masters degree, I produced two informational videos for the Stevens Point Area Public School's Special Education Department. The purpose of this work was to develop communication ... -
Pasīpahkīhnen: Stories of Survivance
(University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 2022)These panels share stories from within an hour’s drive of Stevens Point. As white settlement transformed the landscape, native people defied demands that they leave. They established places to live, ways of making a living, ... -
The Passion and Grit of Music Majors: The Impact of Studying Music at the College Level on Mental Health
(College of Fine Arts and Communication, University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point, 2022-08)This thesis explores the perceived stress that collegiate music majors experience within their degree. Anonymous surveys documenting perceived stress were collected from students at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point ... -
Pedagogical Approaches in the Virtual Beginning Orchestra Classroom: Best Digital Resources for the Beginning Virtual Orchestra Clasroom
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Pedagogical Approaches in the Virtual Beginning Orchestra Classroom: Best Digital Resources for the Beginning Virtual Orchestra Classroom
(College of Fine Arts and Communication, University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point, 2022-08)This study aims to answer the research question: what are the best digital tools for teaching beginning string players in a fully virtual format? During the COVID-19 pandemic, educators across the world found themselves ... -
Pedagogical Concepts for Marching Percussion
(University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 2019-05)This document serves as a guide for recent music education graduates who are put in the position of having to teach marching percussion to students who have joined the marching band, specifically in the drumline. To ... -
The Pedagogical Value of Learning a Musical Work in an Endangered Language: Ho-Chunk
(School of Music Education, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 2020-07)This thesis discusses the rewards and challenges that come from incorporating a cross-cultural musical work featuring an endangered language into the music classroom. Background information is provided about the Ho-Chunk ... -
The Peer to Boss Transition: A Dialectic Perspective
(University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, College of Fine Arts and Communication, 2008)Subjects relating to job transitions have been well-studied. The experience of becoming a boss over a former peer group has not. To explore this issue, 12 recently promoted health care workers were interviewed about their ... -
Perceived Influences of Significant Life Experiences on Early-Childhood Educators' Teaching Practices
(School of Education, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 2021-12)The first purpose of this qualitative study was to explore self-reported significant life experiences of early-childhood educators to determine how experiences of traditional pre-K educators differed from those who taught ... -
Perception of the Effectiveness of Tactile Communication in the Junior High Classroom
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Perception, Place, & Perspective: Teaching Sustainability Through Literature
(School of Education, University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point, 2022-05)This study was a multi-phase research project that began by examining the perspectives of a sample of English-Language Arts (ELA) teachers’ self-reported identities as educators for sustainability and their knowledge of ... -
Perceptions of Military Spouses Working In Federal Employment on Changes in Their Work Environment During a Pandemic
(School of Education, University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point, 2023-05)In this study I used a systems-thinking framework through the chaos theory of careers. I as-signed categories from the military-spouse employment collective framework (MSECF) as at-tractor types. I addressed the following ... -
Perceptions of using School Grounds to Provide Outdoor Experiences in Wisconsin's Green and Healthy Schools
(University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, College of Natural Resources, 2017-06)Outdoor experiences have been found to positively benefit schools by increasing student health, improving academic performance, and supporting behavior management. However, when trying to decide the best way to approach ...