Scholarly Work - Education
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Elementary teachers' perceptions of K-5 engineering education and perceived barriers to implementation
(2019-04)Background The Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) call for the integration of engineering content and practices in elementary science curricula, yet little is known about elementary teachers' preparedness to do so ... -
STEM Summit 2019 Report: Expanding STEM Learning Across the Big Sky
(MSU Science Math Resource Center and Montana Afterschool Alliance, 2020-03)On Aug. 8, 2019, representatives from education, industry, non-profits and other institutions gathered at Montana State University to discuss how to better collaborate to advance STEM learning in the state (STEM stands for ... -
Educating for Sustainability in Remote Locations
(National Rural Education Association, 2019-07)At a time when social, economic and political decisions, along with environmental events, challenge the viability of remote communities, educators need to better prepare young people in these communities to work towards ... -
Intercultural Comparison of E-Learning Behaviors of Chinese vs. American Students
(2019)This paper focuses on E-learning and intercultural studies of Chinese and American students. The paper is divided into six sections including Introduction, Intercultural Comparisons of Chinese and American Students, ... -
Factors that Predict ACT Science Scores from a Multicultural Perspective
(2019)This study investigated predictors for ACT Science scores, a test used by many universities to rank applicants. This study utilized quantitative research methods using the Montana Office of Public Instruction’s GEMS (Growth ... -
Educational Manifest Destiny: Exclusion, Role Allocation, and Functionalization in Reservation Bordertown District Admission Policies
(2019-02)Towns that border American Indian reservations provide important contexts for studying relationships between educational institutions and marginalized communities. This study applies critical discourse methodologies to ... -
Implications of Trauma-Sensitive Practices at the Middle Level
(2019-01)This essay provides a broad overview of adverse childhood experiences and their impact on the middle level learner. Through a literature review, the author finds points of intersection between current research on traumatized ... -
Enhancing engineering education in the elementary school
(2019-04)The Next Generation Science Standards emphasizes the inclusion of engineering practices throughout the K–12 science curriculum. Therefore, elementary educators need to be knowledgeable about engineering and engineering ... -
The Digital Storywork Partnership: Community-centered social studies to revitalize Indigenous histories and cultural knowledges
(2018-09)Indigenous communities have always cultivated social studies learning that is interactive, dynamic, and integrated with traditional knowledges. To confront the assimilative and deculturalizing education that accompanied ... -
Thinking about sexual orientation: College experiences that contribute to identity salience
(2018-05)Sexual orientation has been socially prominent in the national media lately, but little is known about how college creates opportunity for thinking about sexual orientation among individual students. Using data from the ... -
LGBT legal issues in Jesuit higher education
(2008)Issues facing the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) community can prove to be a legal nightmare for college and university administrators to address, particularly at religiously affiliated institutions like ... -
The exporting and subcontracting decisions of Viet Nam's small- and medium-sized enterprises
(2018-05)The exporting and subcontracting decisions of a panel of Vietnamese private small- and medium-sized enterprises is investigated. We find that among subcontractors, subcontracting is a supplementary rather than primary ... -
Measuring work conditions for teachers of American Indian students
(2008)The purpose of this study was to re-validate the Quality of Teacher Work Life Survey (QTWLS) with a population of 404 teachers in Montana schools with predominant American Indian student enrollments; and to describe the ... -
Leadership, quality, and school improvement: A reflection
(2008-08)The author discussed the notion of leadership as instilling within individuals and infusing within a community the greater capacity for experiencing quality. The meaning of capacity and quality was deconstructed to provide ... -
Identity, heritage and achievement: Comparative case study of effective education in Indian country
(2014)A comparative case study design sought to determine how effective schools on Indian Reservations infuse local epistemologies into leadership practices. The converging themes fit a Social Identity Theory model. The leader ... -
Social justice leadership for American Indian sovereignty: A model for principal preparation
(2015-12)The Indian Leadership Education and Development project (ILEAD) at Little Bighorn Tribal College and Montana State University did not begin with an intentional focus on social justice; this article tracks the evolution of ... -
Redefining and decolonizing philanthropy in American Indian communities
(2016)This review article critically analyzed patterns of American Indian philanthropy that persist in Montana to determine the meaning of doing with people as opposed to doing to or doing for people. We contextualized successful ... -
Rural Educational Attainment: The Importance of Context
(2018-01)Understanding patterns of educational attainment among rural youth is a critical concern for our nation as we seek to make postsecondary access and attainment more equitable across our increasingly diverse student ...
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