Dissertations from 2004
"Coming into my own as a teacher": English teachers' experiences in their first year of teaching, Jennifer Susan Cook
Athletic training professional preparation: A study of the employed graduates perspective of the clinical education experience, Kathleen K Culpo
Family, community-based social capital and educational attainment during the doi moi process in Viet Nam, Thanh Van Duong
"SuperLeadership": The impacts and implications for public education, Flavia L Eldemire
Interaction in a two-way video environment: A case study at the University of Massachusetts, Hugh J Friel
Nonformal education in Francophone West Africa: A case study of the Senegalese experience of community-based schools, Mbarou Gassama-Mbaye
An analysis of outcomes associated with student participation in living-learning communities at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Michael A Gilbert
Customizing education to the student: The Educational Transitions Program at Greenfield Community College, Melinda Gougeon
Perceptions of new teacher candidates in history/social studies at one public university and the critical choices they face, Andrew D Hamilton
Fifth-grade students' perspectives of learning through a constructivist approach, Frederick Jibran Harling
The lives and careers of veteran urban physical education teachers, Mary L Henninger
Teachers' professional development across the lifespan: Shifting realities and roles, Frances L Hitchens
College teachers' orientation to teaching: A comparative case study, Christine L Holmes
Elementary teachers' perceptions regarding the usefulness of the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) for improving student learning, Gregory R Hungerford
Measurements of student understanding on complex scientific reasoning problems, Alisa Sau-Lin Izumi
Collaborating with refugee and immigrant communities: Reflections of an outsider, Dale M Jones
Learning milieu for primary school teachers in Malawi: Perspectives, practices and policies, Fritz Friday Robert Kadyoma
Critical multicultural analysis of reconstructed folk tales: Rumpelstiltskin is my name, power is my game, Jane Elizabeth Kelley
An evaluation of automated scoring programs designed to score essays, Shameem Nyla Khaliq
Using performance level descriptors to ensure consistency and comparability in standard-setting, Dafter January Khembo
A comparative study on the efficacy of High Schools That Work in vocational high schools in Massachusetts, John A Kozikowski
(De)mystifying literacy practices in a foreign language classroom: A critical discourse analysis, Yuri Kumagai
Listening to the voices of inner city, low-income, 12th grade, Black males: A phenomenological study of their educational experiences, Christopher A Lester
Analysis of a complex policy domain: Access to secondary education in Malawi, Samson L. W Macjessie-Mbewe
Famine and ideology: The precipitating factors and educational implications in the case of Somalia, Yasin I Magan
An investigation of alternative approaches to scoring multiple response items on a certification exam, Xiaoying Ma
Capturing complexity in conflict: A critical ethnography of nonprofit organization development through a social justice lens, Joan Marion Mikalson
Indications of positive peacebuilding in education: A basic needs approach, Vachel W Miller
Different and alike: Diferentes y semejantes. An ethnographic study of language use in a dramatic play center, Silvia Sander Norbis
Teacher-student co-construction processes in biology: Strategies for developing mental models in large group discussions, Maria Cecilia Nunez Oviedo
A case study of the dual roles of an exemplary physical education teacher/coach: An ecological comparison, Karen B Pagnano
Comparative case studies of teacher change within the context of reform-based physical education teacher development, Kevin G Patton
Teachers' interpretations of a reflective practice school reform initiative: An existential analysis, Elizabeth Dolly Pedevillano
Voices from the field: Auxiliary nurse-midwives of Nepal, Erica M Piedade
Children of my children: An exploration of the issues embedded in the lives of grandchildren being raised by their grandparents, Lina C Racicot
Perspective transformation: An ethnoculturally based community service learning with refugees and immigrants students, Shekhar K Regmi
Teachers' and supervisors' perceptions of current and ideal supervision and evaluation practices, John F Rizzo
Family child care providers' self-reported perceptions of isolation, autonomy and burnout, Sharon A Roth
Diagnostic accuracy of the Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills in the prediction of first-grade oral reading fluency, Amanda L Ryan
Weighting procedures for robust ability estimation in item response theory, William P Skorupski
Organize or die: Exploring the political and organizational activities of the Tanzania Teacher Union, Fulgence S. S Swai
Modernizing English teacher education in China: Faculty perspectives, Timothy W Taylor
Problems and possibilities: The complexities of accessing higher education for Puerto Rican women in the United States, Barbara Tramonte
The effects of culturally matched materials on the reading comprehension of African-American students, Stacy A. S Williams
Evaluating the effects of several multi-stage testing design variables on selected psychometric outcomes for certification and licensure assessment, April L Zenisky
Dissertations from 2003
Development discourse for socio-emotional well-being, Friedrich Wolfgang Affolter
Sudanese refugee women becoming activists: The role of Popular Education, Magda M. A Ahmed
A model to promote a seamless transition from early intervention to the public preschool: A longitudinal study, Janet Spoerer Arndt
Child temperament, parenting styles and externalizing and internalizing behavior of young children of Indian immigrants in Canada, Shakuntla Brar
Parental expectancy and correlates of hypnotic and nonhypnotic suggestibility in a sample of Puerto Rican children, Antonio J Bustillo
A pedagogy of disharmony: Subjects, economies, desires, Kenneth Byrne
Learning resistance in West Timor, Karen Janelle Campbell-Nelson
Monitoring and evaluating adult education programs in the District of Columbia, Lulu Mary Davies
Reducing student attrition: Inquiry into why students leave college before completing their degrees, Dawn Marie Ellinwood
A comparative study of underachieving and high achieving African heritage high school students, Ericka Jean Fisher
Building a professional learning community in preservice teacher education: Peer coaching and video analysis, Jeanne Claire Gemmell
Nurturance: An Andean Amerindian way of life as an alternative construct to development theory and practice, Cole D Genge
A conceptual framework for effective strategies for information and communication technologies in education: A case study of Mauritius, Papayah Guruvadoo
The experiences of high school teachers in Massachusetts with the History and Social Science Curriculum framework, Margaret Harris
An item modeling approach to descriptive score reports, Kristen Leigh Huff
Evaluation of the oppressed: A social justice approach to program evaluation, Mohamed Ismail Ibrahim
Elementary physical education teachers' and students' perceptions of instructional alignment, Alisa R James
Early identification and intervention with kindergartners at risk for reading failure: A district-wide prevention program using a multiple gating approach, Judith E Loughlin
Principals' perceptions of the MCAS: The impact of high stakes testing in Massachusetts, Darryll Andrew McCall
Off that spectrum entirely: A study of female-bodied transgender-identified individuals, Linda Ann McCarthy
Perceptions of college students of color about community service learning through tutoring, Kacie Charmion McCollum
The senior year: A study of transition, liminality and students' perspectives of their final year as undergraduates, Brian Thomas McCoy
An exploration of the relationships between family and social support and parent-child attachment: Multicultural perspectives in the United States and Ireland, Mary Ellen McGuire-Schwartz
How students understand financial aid: A qualitative study of the college choice process, Jannette Mendez
The role of parenting style and the family characteristics of levels of organization and control in the development of self-regulation skills in young children, Mary Anne Morris
The liberal impulse in American schooling: Three historical case studies, James H Nehring
Boy, walk with a purpose: A postmodern study of the conversation between the discourses of secondary English education, Michael P Riendeau
The journey of Latinas in undergraduate schools of nursing: Roadblocks and bridges, Migdalia V Rivera Goba
Dialogue in a school-university teacher education partnership: Critical ethnography of a "third space", Cynthia J Rosenberger
Predictors of relationship satisfaction, sexual satisfaction and sexual frequency in female couples, Kathryn M Salisbury
Pathways of elementary school mathematics teachers seeking to improve their instruction through professional development, Donna M. Babski Scanlon
"Our spiritual center": Language ideology and personhood at a Chinese community heritage language school, Peter C Silver
Priorities in conflict: Livelihood practices, environmental threats, and the conservation of biodiversity in Madagascar, Michael Joseph Simsik
A program evaluation of an academic self-management training as an intervention for post-secondary students with learning disabilities, Peter C Stoll
The process of collaborative capacity building: The journey towards achieving self-management for local INGO staff in the Lao PDR, Mainus Sultan
Scientists researching teaching: Reforming science education and transforming practice, Tarin Harrar Weiss
The evaluation of principals and the improvement of public elementary schools, Carol Ann Johnson Willis
High-stakes testing: Truth or consequential validity, Mary L Zanetti
Dissertations from 2002
Same students, different strategies! A sociocultural perspective to studying language learning strategies in a second language setting, Gihan Sidky Al Azab
The educational impact of Tech Prep on Massachusetts occupational education programs, James Patton Alicata
Exploring the internal and external factors influencing the career development of first generation Filipina Americans, Belinda Corteza Badger
Social perceptions of African-American community college transfer students at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Norman Lynn Barber
Making science accessible through collaborative science teacher action research on feminist pedagogy, Brenda M Capobianco
Teaching and learning in diverse classrooms: Faculty reflections on their experiences and pedagogical practices of teaching diverse populations, Carmelita Patrice (Rosie) Castaneda
Stewardship as a transformative practice: An inquiry into the nature of sustained involvement and ongoing learning of environmental stewards, Mark DeMoranville
The impact of marketer-controlled factors on college-choice decisions by students at a public research university, John Donnellan
College students' construction of writer identity: Furthering understanding through discourse analysis and poststructural theory, Linda A Fernsten
KMEEP: Linking theory and practice in an effective science pedagogy, Elizabeth Flores-Cotte
Education for rural development in Cote d'Ivoire: School-based cooperatives as a vehicle for a successful transition of primary school leavers/dropouts from school to real life, Jacqueline A Gnagne
Neonatal behavior and maternal representations over the first month postpartum: A short-term longitudinal study with Puerto Rican infants and their mothers, Julio Carlos Gonzalez Martinez