Purpose: Our purpose was to investigate the effect of generalization of participation in parkour from physical education classes to organized parkour recess. Methods: A total of 143 (64 girls and 79 boys) third-grade elementary school children received a 12-lesson parkour sport education season in physical education. Voluntary participation in…

We developed a 6-item scale (PIIRCES) measuring the perceived influence of immigration rules on career explorations among international students. For exploratory purposes, we tested it with an online survey administration (N = 307). Exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis suggested the scale has fairly good validity. Overall,…

Emotional Intelligence and Adjustment are the essential conditions for living a healthy and wealthy life. From birth to death, everyone require healthy adjustments in all aspects of life. Adjustment problems, stress levels and homesickness are all supposed to be reduced for the development of a well-balanced personality. Emotional intelligence was…

The United States of America has a unique problem of school shootings. The victims of school shootings are robbed of their futures at the very institutions attempting to prepare them for college, career, and citizenship. These shootings have inspired massive, costly security upgrades in American schools. This target hardening is one way to prevent…

Environmental ethics is the code of behavior for guiding and controlling human actions towards environment. This code of behavior does not depend on the presence or absence of environmental laws for the understanding, protection and improvement of the environment. It was found that the mean scores of Tribal Boys and Tribal Girls were 141.24 and…

Competition refers to a phenomenon that can affect and direct observable human behaviour. Competitiveness can be a triggering factor in achieving success and focusing on the target. The individual competitiveness scale can provide an opportunity to observe and evaluate students participating in various competitions within the scope of exams. This…

Many studies have shown the mental, physical, and academic benefits of environmental education to students. Equally important, environmental education can develop our students into more environmentally minded citizens. However, we are learning that most students are not receiving accurate environmental information while in school, which may impact…

This study sought to understand how doctoral students in mathematics education learn to become equity-oriented mathematics teacher educations (EOMTEs) by analyzing the experiences of current doctoral students in mathematics education at three universities across the US. I focus on doctoral students learning in mathematics education because…

The Kansas Department of Education has set high goals for academic achievement and postsecondary success. The data trends over the last five years fail to demonstrate progress towards those goals. Learning has been negatively impacted by the effects of the learning environments during the COVID pandemic. The source for achieving those goals is…

This quantitative, multiple time-series, correlational and quasi-experimental study examined the impact gratitude journaling had on the subjective happiness of high school students. In total, 85 student participants were stratified by grade and course before being assigned to a control group (n = 27) or treatment group the treatment group (n =…

The ethnic and racial representation disparity gap among college presidents in the United States is 83% White and 17% ethnically/racially diverse (Gagliardi et al., 2017). In this qualitative study, I explored the career pipeline experiences of a cohort of 10 ethnically and racially diverse college presidents in the United States. Critical race…

The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) justifies its power and regulatory structure as necessary to promote competitive balance. Despite this, there is limited research on the efficacy of NCAA policies that were implemented with the intention of supporting more parity in Division I conferences. This study examined whether the 2015…

Necessary skills for a 21st-century workforce have evolved from an Industrial Age skill set to a knowledge-based, Fourth Industrial Revolution, skill set. As a result, we must consider how we develop teacher efficacy in instruction aligned with these identifiable 21st-century competencies. If teacher efficacy has a high impact on student learning…

Building a culturally responsive school allows for teachers to expand their teaching practices to individualize instruction based on students' culture and background. Teachers must do this even more so now as many students have suffered severe learning loss due to school closures during the pandemic. Culturally Responsive Teaching allow teachers…

This dissertation uses three empirical papers to examine the relationship between student gender, student's income expectations for the future, and persistence in schooling. First, I use survey data from the High School Longitudinal Study (HSLS) to examine how both children's and parent's earnings expectations for students in 12th grade vary by…