Dissertations from 2013
Evaluating the Validity of Mcas Scores as an Indicator of Teacher Effectiveness, Jenna M. Copella
Circles and Lines: Complexities of Learning in Community, Sara Lynne Schupack
Racialized Spaces In Teacher Discourse: A Critical Discourse Analysis Of Place-Based Identities In Roche Bois, Mauritius, Elsa Marie Wieche
Dissertations from 2012
Teachers' development of global awareness and its influence on their teaching practice in the 21st century classroom, Therese M Ajtum-Roberts
Goals, Principles, and Practices for Community-Based Adult Education Through the Lens of A Hatcher-Assagioli Synthesis, Andrea Shepard Ayvazian
The Rise Up and Leadership in Community Service Classes and Their Impact on the Relationships, School Retention and Persistence of Marginalized Students at One Level Four School, Heather A. Batchelor
A comprehensive fifty-one jurisdiction review of statutes mandating and encouraging the teaching of history in K--12 schools, A. Edward Cutting
In Pursuit of a Balanced System of Educational Assessment: An Evaluation of the Pre-Kindergarten Through 8th Grade Math Assessment System in One Massachusetts Regional School District, Rita Joyce Detweiler
The Intersectionality of Race, Adoption and Parenting: How White Adoptive Parents of Asian Born Children Talk About Race Within the Family, Janette Hollowood Dolan
Making something of it: The untold stories of promising Black males at a predominately White institution of higher education, Michael Sean Funk
Production of Third Spaces for Immigrant English Language Learners: (Re)Negotiating Identity and Discourse in the Secondary Classroom, Andrew W. Habana Hafner
Supporting Public High School Teachers in a Context of Multiple Mandates: A Social Justice Approach to Professional Learning Communities, Philip J. Harak
Getting Beyond What Educators See As Wrong: How Understanding the Strengths of Low-Income Puerto Rican Families Can Help Urban Schools Improve, Paul Hyry-Dermith
Increasing instructional time through performance feedback in consultation, Suzanne A Klein
The Silent Majority: An Examination Of Nonresponse In College Student Surveys, Ethan A. Kolek
An Empirical Examination of the Impact of Item Parameters on IRT Information Functions in Mixed Format Tests, Wai Yan Wendy Lam
A New Approach to Using Photographs and Classroom Response Systems in Middle School Astronomy Classes, Hyun Ju Lee
Place and the Politics of Knowledge in Rural Bolivia: A Postcoloniality of Development, Ecology, and Well-Being, Karen Marie Lennon
Mitigating Negative Externalities Affecting Access and Equity of Education in Low-Resource Countries: A Study Exploring Social Marketing as a Potential Strategy for Planning School Food Programs in Malawi, Martha Magreta-Nyongani
Comparison of kernel equating and item response theory equating methods, Yu Meng
Exploring differences between student and teacher reports of relational aggression, Hadley Moore
Can Free Primary Education achieve universal primary education? A study of the intersections of social exclusion, gender and education in Kenya, Judith A Obiero
Evaluating the Role of Principals in Teacher Teams: A Longitudinal Analysis of Principal Involvement and Impact in a District-Wide Initiative to Increase Teacher Collaboration, Craig Michael Outhouse
A Professional Development Program for the Mother Tongue-Based Teacher: Addressing Teacher Perceptions and Attitudes Towards MTBMLE, Rebecca J. Paulson Stone
Unpacking Voice and Silence: A Phenomenological Study of Black Women and Latinas in College Classroom, Shelly A. Perdomo
Research as Praxis in ESL Teacher Education, Elizabeth Anne Robinson
Movements of Diverse Inquiries as Critical Teaching Practices Among Charros, Tlacuaches and Mapaches, Stephen T. Sadlier
Moments of determination: Detecting learning within Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Jason A Schweid
Effects of Strong Start curriculum on internalizing, externalizing behaviors, and emotion knowledge among kindergarten and first grade students, Jasmine L Sicotte
Personal History and Present Practice: A Cross Cultural Study of the Influences on Arts Integration in the United States and Japan, Jana L. Silver
Demand- Side Financing In Education: A Critical Examination of a Girls' Scholarship Program in Malawi- (Case Study), Abraham Sineta
They Chose to Major in Engineering: A Study of Why Women Enter and Persist in Undergraduate Engineering Programs, Adrienne Yvette Smith
Student Recognition of Visual Affordances: Supporting Use of Physics Simulations in Whole Class and Small Group Settings, A. Lynn Stephens
Examining Perceptions of Practices and the Roles of Special Education Leaders through the Distributed Leadership Lens, Patrick Ryan Tudryn
Afro-Peruvian Perspectives and Critiques of Intercultural Education Policy, Luis Martin Valdiviezo
Understanding Internalized Oppression: A Theoretical Conceptualization of Internalized Subordination, Teeomm K. Williams
Dissertations from 2011
The teaching and learning of Arabic post 9/11: Late modernity and possibilities for change in language classrooms, Sawsan Omar Abbadi
Exploring teachers' beliefs regarding the concepts of culture and intercultural communicative competence in EFL Palestinian university context: A case study, Abdrabu Abu Alyan
Fifth-Grade Students' Tactical Understanding, Decision-Making and Transfer of Knowledge in a Tactical Games Model Net/Wall Sampling Unit, Heidi Renee Bohler
A critical analysis of Jamaica's emerging educational policy discourses in the age of globalization, Nigel Olivia Michael Brissett
The effect of a skills-based fluency intervention on the writing of third-grade students identified as less fluent writers, Eric A Bruinooge
It's Nothing Personal: Competing Discourses for Girls and Women in Mathematics, Shannon Dawn Bryant
Community Colleges and the Pursuit of Larger Grants: Strategies for Success, Steven George Budd
The decolonization of higher education: an analysis of Venezuela's 2009 Ley Organica de Educacion, Lauren Elizabeth Clarke
Reading First/Bay State Reading Initiative: Public vs. Private Implementation-Which Produces the Best Results?, Marlene A. Di Leo
Financial Literacy and Women: Overcoming the Barriers, Melissa A. Donohue
Education in a Hip-Hop Nation: Our Identity, Politics & Pedagogy, Marcella Runell Hall
Organizational Decision Making and Goal Setting in Out-Of-School-Time Programs, Jenny Rebecca Hemmingson
The Cost of Caring: An Investigation in the Effects of Teaching Traumatized Children in Urban Elementary Settings, Anthony C. Hill
Students' valuation of visual arts education: An exploration of inspiring and inhibiting factors, Bozena Jaworowski
Language and learning in a post-colonial context: The case of Haiti, Marky Jean-Pierre
Coping with adaptation after mass trauma: Developing a culturally sensitive, school-based, curriculum for Somali children, Sorie Koroma
Fulfilling Their Dreams: Latina/o College Student Narratives on the Impact of Parental Involvement on Their Academic Engagement, Jennifer MD Matos
Sometimes Sisters: An Exploration of the Culture of Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Its Impact on the Campus Climate for Lesbian and Bisexual Female Students, Donique R. McIntosh
Effect of Color Overlays on Reading Efficiency, Rhonda Morrison
The effect of color overlays on reading efficiency, Rhonda F Morrison
Teaching people's othered children: Internationally adopted students learning English, Karen S.B Rodis
Teaching culture through language and literature: The intersection of language ideology and aesthetic judgment, Luisa Maria Rojas-Rimachi
A study on preservice teachers' perceptions of teaching as full-time residential interns in urban public secondary school classrooms, Tammie Demetri Jenkins Samuels
Students as Customers: The Influence of Neoliberal Ideology and Free-Market Logic on Entering First-Year College Students, Daniel Brian Saunders
The effects of multiple external mandates on curriculum, pedagogy and child activity in the preschool classroom, Kathleen A Strub-Richards
The Effects of Multiple External Mandates on Curriculum, Pedagogy and Child Activity in the Preschool Classroom, Kathleen A. Strub-Richards
"You know what it's like, miss!"---Beyond college access: A tale of multiple "selves", Carmen N Veloria
A Process of Becoming: U.S. Born African American and Black Women in the Process of Liberation From Internalized Racism, Tanya Ovea Williams
What's So Different About Making a Difference?! Transforming the Discourse of Worklife and Career, Burton Israel Woolf
Evaluating several multidimensional adaptive testing procedures for diagnostic assessment, Hanwook Yoo
Is Working Together Worth It? Examining the Relationship Between the Quality of Teacher Collaboration, Instruction, and Student Achievement, Mark Francis Zito
Dissertations from 2010
Relationship Of Self-Efficacy Beliefs Of Urban Public School Students To Performance On A High-Stakes Mathematics Test, Kolajo Akinbiyi Afolabi
The Tactical Games Model Sport Experience: An Examination of Student Motivation and Game Performance during an Ultimate Frisbee Unit, Eric John Carpenter
The Complexities of the Work Experiences of Urban Middle School Teachers on Interdisciplinary Teams: An In-Depth Phenomenological Interview Study, Barbara Anne Choiniere
An analysis of school wide supports and barriers to collaborative problem solving teams, Brie I Ciampaglia
Factors Influencing Transition and Persistence in the First Year for Community College Students with Disabilities, Lori A. Corcoran
The impact of judges' consensus on the accuracy of anchor-based judgmental estimates of multiple-choice test item difficulty: The case of the NATABOC Examination, Matthew DiBartolomeo
Creating Classroom Relationships that Allow Students to Feel Known, Kent Alan Divoll
Teaching for social justice with standards-based secondary English Language Arts curriculum, Alison George Dover
Scholarship in Occupational Therapy Faculty: The Interaction of Cultural Forces in Academic Departments, Cathy A. Dow-Royer
From Tri-Cultural Conflict to Tri-Cultural Connection: How Successful Urban Science Educators Become Culturally Connected, Marlina Nicole Duncan
An Examination of Teacher-Student Trust in Middle School Classrooms, Virginia Louise Durnford
The development of a phonics diagnostic inventory: Assessment of instrument validity via concurrent and predictive validity techniques and a path model of literacy development, Colleen Farrell-Meier
The effects of GO Solve Word Problems math intervention on applied problem solving skills of low performing fifth grade students, Jessica L Fede
The Effects of GoSolve Word Problems Math Intervention on Applied Problem Solving Skills of Low Performing Fifth Grade Students, Jessica Lynn Fede
School-Wide Positive Behavior Support: Student surveys of expectations and safety, Lisa A Fisher
School-Wide Positive Behavior Support: Student Surveys of Expectations and Safety, Lisa Anne Fisher
Engaging Students in Mathematics Conversations: Discourse Practices and the Development of Social and Socialmathematical Norms in Three Novice Teachers' Classrooms, Mary T. Grassetti
Latino/a Students and Faculty Interaction: Las Voces de Persistencia, Joyce L. Hampton
Exploring the relationship between factors of implementation, treatment integrity and reading fluency, Kira Liese Henninger
Working Together: The Role of Collaborations in Promoting the Use of Academic Technologies in Higher Education, Kate Hudson
Boom or bust? Educators' perceptions of a formative assessment system, Jesus Jara
Using Item Mapping to Evaluate Alignment between Curriculum and Assessment, Leah Tepelunde Kaira
Teachers' Resistance: Japanese Teachers Stories From the 1960s, Reiko Kato