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Dissertations from 2007
Perceptions of teacher empowerment in a Turning Points school : a case study of teachers in a middle school in New England., Molly Mei-Ling Lim, Education
Child rearing goals and parent-child interaction in immigrant Chinese families., Fang Liu, Education
Mentor teachers, program supervisors, and peer coaching in the student teaching experience : a phenomenological study of the experiences of mentor teachers, program supervisors, and interns., Hsiu-Lien Lu, Education
College presidents and administrative team members : an investigation of a team leadership approach to financial decision-making in liberal arts colleges., Kathleen J. Mangano, Education
Exploring the impact of teachers' participation in an assessment-standards alignment study., Andrea Martone, Education
Unexpected transitions : moving beyond cultural barriers : successful strategies of female technology education teachers., Raymond R. McCarthy, Education
A validity study of the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) national model readiness self-assessment instrument., Wendy McGannon, Education
Searching for identity : an exploration of narrative, behavior, material culture, and curriculum as representations of identity in one Armenian day school in the United States., Yeprem Mehranian, Education
Sisters in the struggle : individual and institutional factors affecting the persistence of black, female, doctoral students at U.S. predominantly white institutions., Mounira Morris, Education
Using peers as intervention agents to improve the social behaviors of elementary-aged children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder : effects of a peer coaching package., Pamela J. Plumer, Education
Principal leadership behaviors in Massachusetts in the era of education reform., John A. Provost, Education
Recruiting teachers of color : college-age Latino/a students share their voices and recommendations for educator preparation programs., Raymond M. Sharick, Education
Women's ways of drinking : college women, high-risk alcohol use, and related consequences., Margaret Ann Smith, Education
Promoting the early identification of internalizing problems in preliterate children : development of the Watkins early self-report of internalizing problems., Maren L. Watkins, Education
A case study of the impact of urban immersion teacher preparation and urban school workplace on the perceived self-efficacy, persistence and institutional commitment of urban school teachers., Yijie Zhao, Education
Dissertations from 2006
Participatory video projects in multicultural learning environments., Gregory D. S. Bascomb, Education
School board use of student achievement data in policy development and decision making., Cecelia O. Buckley, Education
The construction of whiteness by white anti-racism educators., Michael J. Burchell, Education
Competition among high school principals of charter schools, public schools and voucher-receiving private schools in the District of Columbia., B. J. Cain, Education
Equating high stakes educational measurements : a study of design and consequences., Bob Wajizigha Chulu, Education
Examining the efficacy of two computerized reading programs for kindergarten students at-risk for reading and behavior problems., Julie Clarfield, Education
Secondary mathematics and English teachers' perceptions regarding the impact of the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System on curriculum and instruction decision-making in their classrooms., Patricia A. Donovan, Education
Chief academic officers in New England community colleges : leadership and regional collaboration., Pamela R. Edington, Education
A case study of adventure education : an ecological analysis., Thaddeus J. France, Education
The benefits of being a senior peer counselor., Marsha Bari Goldman, Education
Carpets, beards, and baseball signs : an intertextual and interdiscursive look at meanings constructed in a cross-cultural setting for language learning., William E. Grohe, Education
Sustainable community development in Nepal : voices from the bottom-up., Totraman Gurung, Education
Detecting exposed items in computer-based testing., Ning Han, Education
Development and evaluation of the student-counselor social capital instrument., James Harrity, Education
Evaluating the consistency and accuracy of proficiency classifications using item response theory., Shuhong Li, Education
Patients and doctors in dialogue about chronic illness., Georgene R. Lockerman, Education
Assessing fit of item response theory models., Ying Lu, Education
Incremental and predictive utility of formative assessment methods of reading comprehension., Amanda M. Marcotte, Education
Systemic educational reform in Massachusetts : teacher perspectives on standards, assessment and school based decision making in underperforming schools., Caryn M. McCrohon, Education
Conceptions of art : a case study of elementary teachers, a principal, and an art teacher., Kathy A. Miraglia, Education
Reinventing indigenous knowledge : a crucial factor for an IPM-based sustainable agricultural development., Elias T. Moning, Education
Inclusive pedagogy for diverse learners : science instruction, disability, and the community college., Mary A. Moriarty, Education
Child abuse in contemporary children's literature : a critical multicultural analysis., Albertina Navarro Rios, Education
The convergence of the global and the local : what teachers bring to their classrooms after a Fulbright experience in Kenya and Tanzania., Kelly Bryn O'Brien, Education
The complex interplay between school and home discourses and identities in a first grade structured English immersion classroom., Bernadette J. Rodríguez, Education
Factors involved in high school completion and non-completion of Native Americans., Lorrie Starr, Education
A reflexive postdevelopment critique of development knowledge : exploring bases for alliance with development professionals., Peter A. Tamas, Education
Voices of rural women in Nepal : impact of literacy on the lives of women., Keshab Deep Thapaliya, Education
Strangers in good company? : the accuracy of students' perceptions of peer attitudes toward gays, lesbians, and bisexuals., Lauri Kay Turkovsky, Education
Impacts of technology coaching on teacher practices., Ruth-Ellen. Verock-O'Loughlin, Education
Telling images : an ethnography of young children's creation of narratives in response to works of art., Faith T. Wint, Education
Becoming an elementary mathematics teacher leader : collaborative teacher growth and change., Amy S. Wolpin, Education
Dissertations from 2005
Teacher research as a response to "Miss, do we really have to pass this class?" : examining discourses in the middle school students' foreign language classroom., Adina C. Alexandru, Education
Bringing reading strategies home from a family literacy workshop : two case studies of parents and their children reading together., Marilyn L. Antonucci, Education
Clinical instructional strategies in athletic training education., Mary G. Barnum, Education
The psychodynamics of white racism : an historical exploration of white racial pathology as elicited by prizefighters Jack Johnson and Muhammad Ali., Michal Louise Beale, Education
Multicultural art education : voices of art teachers and students in the postmodern era., Patricia Bode, Education
The influence of mentoring in dyadic relationships on the leadership development of women college presidents., Cheryl E. Braxton, Education
First-generation college students : family influence and the road to college., Maria Vita Calkins, Education
Educational technology : learning in a computer-mediated environment., Karin Moyano Camihort, Education
Literacy and numeracy practices of market women of Quetzaltenango, Guatemala., Joan B. Cohen-Mitchell, Education
Math stories : troubleSUM relationships : a study of the importance of relationships on women's achievement in mathematics., Christine DeGregorio, Education
Academic choice provision in an urban elementary school classroom : an examination of the factors and processes that lead to growth in teaching and learning., Paula Denton, Education
Beyond the accountability-improvement debate : a case study analysis of institutional response to assessment., Kathryn P. Doherty, Education
The intergenerational transmission of educational values from working-class mothers to their adolescent daughters in two Western Massachusetts mill towns., Mary Jayne Fay, Education
Identity and discoursal elements : three case studies of first-year writing students., Pamela Weisenberg Hollander, Education
Developing siblings and peer tutors to assist native Taiwanese children in learning habits of mind for math success., Hsing-Wen Hu, Education
Representin' for Latino students : culturally responsive pedagogies, teacher identities, and the preparation of teachers for urban schools., Jason G. Irizarry, Education
How prior life experiences influence teaching : multiple case studies of mature age elementary student teachers., S. Kay Klausewitz, Education
Competing narratives : the interplay between racial and ethno-religious identity among Ashkenazi Jewish undergraduate anti-racist peer educators., Christopher MacDonald-Dennis, Education
A comparison of boys and girls diagnosed with oppositional defiant disorder in a public school counseling program., Sara R. Marsh, Education
Meiji maiden : Umeko Tsuda and the founding of higher education for women in Japan., Theresa G. McCue, Education
Academic capitalism and doctoral student socialization : a case study., María del Pilar Mendoza, Education
Validation and diagnostic accuracy of early numeracy skill indicators., Scott A. Methe, Education
Teachers who are mothers : perceptions of concurrent career and parenthood roles., Melva J. Michaelian, Education
Children's friendships and after-school program participation : does participation in an after-school program affect the development and quality of children's friendships?, Sarah G. Mitchell, Education
Service-learning and social justice : making connections, making commitments., Tania D. Mitchell, Education
Decentralization by an efficient information system : enabling efficient decisions for basic education in Malawi., Maxwell Suluma Nkhokwe, Education
The dynamics of informed problem-solving : an exploratory study of student attention and cognition in clinical athletic training., Holly A. Noun, Education
Writing and transformation in college composition., Michelle Lynne Paranto, Education
Sharing the spotlight : the non-adopted siblings of transracial adoptees., John W. Raible, Education
"You don't have to have college knowledge to know it all" : meaning-making in a participatory adult education project., Sherry L. Russell, Education
Juggling the contradictions : an exploration of white college students' understanding of meritocracy and racial inequality., Sheri Lyn Schmidt, Education
Here I am now! : community service-learning with immigrant and refugee undergraduate students and youth : the use of critical pedagogy, situated-learning and funds of knowledge., Janna Shadduck-Hernández, Education
Narratives of Chinese female immigrant professionals : factors that affect their career development and strategies used for career adjustment., Yuting Shih, Education
Prepared for complexity : multicultural women teaching English as a second language., Lise M. Sparrow, Education
The beginning of intervention : a study of the working relationship between the state Department of Education and underperforming schools during the implementation of new school accountability policy., Susan Bowles Therriault, Education
Education in post-apartheid South Africa : towards liberation or equity?, Tsoaledi Daniel Thobejane, Education
The development of teaching philosophies in the absence of formal pre-service teacher education., B. Curtis Turner, Education
Breaking the silence : Cambodian students speak out about school, success, and shifting identities., Roberta Wallitt, Education
Effects of picture rehearsal on the behavior of public school children with autism spectrum disorders., Lisa J. Wholey, Education
Dissertations from 2004
The role of education and support in the vocational development and recovery of young adults with psychiatric disabilities., Kimberly S. Bisset, Education
Reading class : disrupting power in children's literature., Maria José Botelho, Education
The BNS : a notation system for developing better ideas about children's strategies., Jane Tingle Broderick, Education
Perceptions of new public school leaders : their evolution to the superintendency., Joseph E. Buckley, Education
Computer science undergraduates' perceptions of e-mail peer mentoring., Suzanne M. Castriotta, Education
Content validity of independently constructed curriculum-based examinations., Elias Watson Jani Chakwera, Education
The effects of topic familiarity and language difficulty on situation-model construction by readers of Chinese as a foreign language., Cecilia Chang-Chow, Education
Culture and healthcare toward Vietnamese adults and elderly of Greater Springfield, Massachusetts., Duong Van Chu, Education
"Coming into my own as a teacher" : English teachers' experiences in their first year of teaching., Jennifer Susan Cook, Education
Athletic training professional preparation : a study of the employed graduates perspective of the clinical education experience., Kathleen K. Culpo, Education
Family, community-based social capital and educational attainment during the doi moi process in Viet Nam., Van Thanh Duong, Education
"Superleadership" : the impacts and implications for public education., Flavia L. Eldemire, Education
Interaction in a two-way video environment : a case study at the University of Massachusetts., Hugh J. Friel, Education
Nonformal education in francophone West Africa : a case study of the Senegalese experience of community-based schools., Mbarou Gassama-Mbaye, Education