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Dissertations from 2015
August 2015
Jamey Burns: “Coach’s Impact on Early Learning Teachers’ CLASS Scores” (Curriculum, Teaching, & Teacher Education; Dr. Dorene Ross, chair).
Seongah Byeon: “The Language Ideologies and Practices of Four Korean Heritage Language Teachers: Constructing What It Means to Teach Korean to Diverse Students in A Community Based Korean Heritage Language School” (ESOL/Bilingual Education; Dr. Ester de Jong, chair).
Karen Dondzila: “Understanding Self-Regulated Learning in an Elementary Computer Supported Collaborative Learning Environment” (Educational Technology; Dr. Pasha Antonenko, chair).
Brian Heglund: “Using Computer-Assisted Argumentation Mapping to Develop Effective Argumentation Skills in High School Advanced Placement Physics” (Educational Technology; Dr. Pasha Antonenko, chair).
Angela Hooser: “Reconstructing the Lived Experiences of Practitioner Scholars Using Third Space Theory: A Phenomenological Interview Study” (Curriculum, Teaching, & Teacher Education; Dr. Nancy Dana, chair).
Ahyea Jo: “Bilingual Elementary Mainstream Teachers’ Appropriation of Their Bilingual Experiences for Their Work in Linguistically and Culturally Diverse Classrooms” (ESOL/Bilingual Education; Dr. Ester de Jong, chair).
Katherine Kellen: “Using Procedural Scaffolds, with and without Interactivity, to Support the Self-Regulation of Learning in Community College Online Composition Students” (Educational Technology; Dr. Pasha Antonenko, chair).
Hope Kelly: “Open Educational Resource Use in K-12: Prevalent Practices of Teachers Engaged in Educational Technology Communities” (Educational Technology; Dr. Kara Dawson, chair).
A.J. Kleinheksel: “Measuring the Adoption and Integration of Virtual Patient Simulations in Nursing Education: An Exploratory Factor Analysis” (Educational Technology; Dr. Albert Ritzhaupt, chair).
Desirae Krell: “Resistant Teaching Practices in Secondary English Classrooms in an Age of Standardization” (English Education; Dr. Barbara Pace, chair).
Michael Kung: “Self-Reported Experiences of Chinese Students with Online Learning in the U.S.” (Educational Technology; Dr. Swapna Kumar, chair).
Jessica Levene: “Implementation of Cloud-Computing in a K-12 School District: Early Adoption and Use” (Educational Technology; Dr. Kara Dawson, chair).
T.J. Logan: “An Investigation of Twitter Interactions Amongst Newly Admitted College Students at a Large Public Institution” (Educational Technology; Dr. Swapna Kumar, chair).
Charles Martin: “Teaching Vocabulary Development Using Interactive Whiteboards to Third Grade ELL Students in the United Arab Emirates” (Educational Technology; Dr. Swapna Kumar, chair).
Amy Martinelli: “The Powerful Pull of Suncoast High School: How Magnet Schools Turned Desegregation into Choice, 1969-2000” (Social Foundations of Education; Dr. Sevan Terzian, chair).
Rachael Murphy: “A Tool of the Trades: Technology Integration by Career and Technical Education Faculty in a Canadian Community College” (Educational Technology; Dr. Swapna Kumar, chair).
Kathryn Pritchard: “Understanding Teacher and Student Use of iPads: A Case Study” (Educational Technology; Dr. Kara Dawson, chair).
Melissa Rizzuto: “Design and Evaluation of Self-Paced Online Faculty Development” (Educational Technology; Dr. Swapna Kumar, chair).
Christine Rogers: “Exploring Relationships between Sixth Graders’ Online Information Seeking Effectiveness, Epistemic Metacognition, and Prior Knowledge in a Science Classroom” (Educational Technology; Dr. Pasha Antonenko, chair).
Lindsay Vecchio: “Haitian-American Generation 1.5 Students’ Experiences Writing in a College Composition Course” (ESOL/Bilingual Education; Dr. Candace Harper, chair).
May 2015
Hyoung-Sook Cho: “Race, Language, and Identities of Biracial Children in Multicultural Schools in South Korea” (ESOL/Bilingual Education; Dr. Maria Coady, chair).
Dan McCoy: “Orthodoxy, Heterodoxy, and Instruction: An Institutional Ethnographic Study of Disruption in Higher Education Brought on by Policy, Technological Innovation, and Ideologies of Teaching and Learning” (Curriculum & Instruction; Dr. Thomas Dana, chair).
Amy Murphy: “Student Teaching in the Age of Accountability” (Curriculum, Teaching, & Teacher Education; Dr. Brianna Kennedy-Lewis, chair).
Mary K. Rodgers: “Reflective Coaching: Tensions and Transformations from Teachers’ Experiences” (Curriculum, Teaching, & Teacher Education; Dr. Alyson Adams, chair).
Eva Solano: “Latin American Adolescent Immigrant Narratives: A Qualitative Study of Culture and Identity” (Language Arts, Reading, & Children’s Literature; Dr. Danling Fu, chair).
Deborah Alvarez Tarver: “A Latina Critical Race Study of Embodied ‘Nice’ White Supremacy in Teacher Education and Researcher Preparation” (Curriculum, Teaching, & Teacher Education; Dr. Elizabeth Bondy, chair).
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Dissertations from 2014
December 2014
Yasemin Gunpinar: “Teachers’ Instructional Practices within Connected Classroom Technology Environment to Support Representational Fluency” (Mathematics Education; Dr. Stephen Pape & Dr. Tim Jacobbe, co-chairs).
Jennifer Knutowski: “Coordinating Support for New Teachers in a Title I Middle School” (Curriculum, Teaching, & Teacher Education; Dr. Alyson Adams, chair).
Jason Schipper: “Establishing Inquiry-Based Professional Learning Communities in an International School” (Curriculum, Teaching, & Teacher Education; Dr. Alyson Adams, chair).
August 2014
Kristen Apraiz: “The Effect of a Mathematical Task Focused Intervention on Prospective Elementary School Teachers Beliefs about Mathematics Instruction” (Mathematics Education; Dr. Tim Jacobbe, chair).
Julie Brown: “Designing for Culturally Responsive Science Education through Professional Development” (Science Education; Dr. Kent Crippen, chair).
Kathy Christensen: “Using Collaborative Writing to Help English Language Learners Actualize the Common Core State Standards” (Curriculum, Teaching, & Teacher Education; Dr. Nancy Dana, chair).
Jessica Clawson: “Queers on Campus: LGBTQ Student Visibility at Three Public Universities in Florida, 1970-1985” (Social Foundations of Education; Dr. Sevan Terzian, chair).
Mary Conage: “Constructing Knowledge and Practice of Culturally Responsive Teaching in an Early Childhood Context” (Curriculum, Teaching, & Teacher Education; Dr. Nancy Dana, chair).
Charmyn Kirton: “The Perspectives of Novice Principals in High-Poverty, Low-Performing Schools: Challenges Faced and Support Needed” (Curriculum, Teaching, & Teacher Education; Dr. Elizabeth Bondy, chair).
Karen Mallory: “Instructional Leadership to Enhance Implementation of Common Core State Standards in Secondary English” (Curriculum, Teaching, & Teacher Education; Dr. Alyson Adams, chair).
Cheryl McLaughlin: “The Negotiation of Meaning and Exercise of Power in Professional Learning Communities: an Investigation of Middle School Science Teachers” (Science Education; Dr. Elizabeth Bondy & Dr. Kent Crippen, co-chairs).
Kimberly Miccichi: “Facilitating Culturally Responsive Classroom Management Professional Development for Novice Teachers in an Urban School” (Curriculum ,Teaching, & Teacher Education; Dr. Alyson Adams, chair).
Jonathan Mundorf: “Teaching Reading to a Student with Blindness Using Universal Design for Learning: A Practitioner Inquiry” (Curriculum, Teaching, & Teacher Education; Dr. Brianna Kennedy-Lewis, chair).
Sarah Robertson: “Informing Educator Professional Development Based on the School Experiences of LGBTQ Students” (Curriculum, Teaching, & Teacher Education; Dr. Elizabeth Bondy, chair).
Rebecca Shields: “Academic Outcomes and New Literacies Evident during a Digital Storytelling Unit within a Secondary English Class: a Case Study” (Educational Technology; Dr. Kara Dawson, chair).
Soim Shin: “Three Native English-Speaking Teachers’ Construction of Their Identities as Instructors While Teaching in South Korean Secondary Schools” (Language Arts & Children’s Literature; Dr. Danling Fu, chair).
Celeste Thomas: “Understanding the Successes and Failures of African American High School Boys” (Curriculum, Teaching, & Teacher Education; Dr. Elizabeth Bondy, chair).
Cara Walsh: “Life in School: the Academic Identity Stories of Fifth Grade African American Boys” (Curriculum, Teaching, & Teacher Education; Dr. Elizabeth Bondy, chair).
May 2014
Richard Busi: “The Effects of Analyzing Student Work and Thinking on Preservice Teachers’ Knowledge and Beliefs: A Mixed Methods Study” (Mathematics Education; Dr. Tim Jacobbe, chair).
Johanna Kenney: “The Future of Simulations in Allied Healthcare Education and Training: A Modified Delphi Study Identifying Their Instructional and Technical Feasibility” (Educational Technology; Dr. Albert Ritzhaupt, chair).
Sherri Prosser: “Teacher Mathematical Identity and Participation in an Online Teacher Professional Development (oTPD) Program” (Mathematics Education; Dr. Stephen Pape & Dr. Nancy Dana, co-chairs).
Prisca Rodriguez: “The Visual Connection: a Qualitative Study of Fourth and Fifth Grade Teachers’ Use of Visuals Within Technology-Enhanced Curriculum” (Language Arts & Children’s Literature; Dr. Ruth Lowery, chair).
Tasha Wells: “A Mixed Methods Investigation of Developmental Math Students’ Perspectives on Successes and Challenges in Math and with MyMathLab” (Educational Technology; Dr. Albert Ritzhaupt, chair).
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Dissertations from 2013
December 2013
Melanie Acosta: “A Culture-Focused Study with Accomplished Black Educators on Pedagogical Excellence for African American Children” (Curriculum, Teaching, & Teacher Education; Dr. Dorene Ross, chair).
Anna Baralt: “Ways Digital Scaffolds Are Used During Collaborative Problem Solving in the Preschool Classroom” (Educational Technology; Dr. Kara Dawson, chair).
Stephen Masyada: “Creating the Citizen: How Social Studies Teachers Understand the Characteristics of Good Citizenship” (Social Studies Education; Dr. Elizabeth Washington & Dr. Sevan Terzian, co-chairs).
Holly Moses: “The Relationship between the Processes of Moral Disengagement and Youth Perceptions of Cyberbullying Behaviors during Their Final Semester of High School” (Curriculum, Teaching, & Teacher Education; Dr. Dorene Ross, chair).
Minnie Ogburn: “Development and Evaluation of an E-Learning Guide for the Reluctant Homeschooling Parent” (Educational Technology; Dr. Swapna Kumar, chair).
Jill Scott: “Einstein Girls: Exploring STEM Careers, Interest, and Identity in an Online Mentoring Community” (Educational Technology; Dr. Kara Dawson, chair).
Andrea Thoermer: “Examining the Decisions and Practices of Exemplary Fourth- and Fifth-Grade Teachers when Differentiating Reading Instruction: a Grounded Theory Approach” (Reading Education; Dr. Elizabeth Bondy, chair).
Nicola Wayer: “From Design to Enactment: A Case Study of Blended Learning Across the Content Areas in a K-12 School” (Educational Technology; Dr. Kara Dawson & Dr. Kent Crippen, co-chairs).
August 2013
Lauren Tripp Barlis: I Knew The Right People: A Grounded Theory Study of the Resilience of First-Generation Black Male College Students (Curriculum, Teaching, & Teacher Education; Dr. Dorene Ross, chair).
Kellie Bassell: Digital Story Analysis Utilizing the Advancing Care Excellence for Seniors Framework (Educational Technology; Dr. Erik Black, chair).
Meredith Coughlin: High-Touch and High-Tech? Community College Advisors’ Perceptions of Integrating Technology into Quality Academic Advising (Educational Technology; Dr. Swapna Kumar, chair).
Heidi Fernandez: A Qualitative Investigation of How Instructors Communicate with Students and the Tools They Use to Promote Dialogue in Online Post-Secondary Mathematics Courses (Educational Technology; Dr. Erik Black, chair)
Elyse Hambacher: Reframing Discipline: Case Studies of Effective Teachers in High-Poverty Settings (Curriculum, Teaching, & Teacher Education; Dr. Elizabeth Bondy, chair).
Mark Hart: Social Media and Public Health: Perspectives on Implementing a Social Media Presence for a Public Health Organization (Educational Technology; Dr Kara Dawson, chair).
Kristin Heathcock: Just-in-case or Just-in-time? an Examination of the Timing and Duration of an Online Embedded Librarian in an Online English Course (Educational Technology; Dr. Swapna Kumar, chair).
Ashley Hill: Understanding and Enacting Self-Regulated Learning with Students Receiving Tier 3 Instruction in Reading : A Practitioner Inquiry Approach (Curriculum, Teaching, & Teacher Education; Dr. Nancy Dana, chair).
Katrina Johnston: Implementation of a Technological Innovation : Factors Influencing the Adoption of a New Student Information System (Educational Technology; Dr. Swapna Kumar, chair).
Laura Lowder: Building Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) among Pre-Service Teachers in a Science Methods Course Using Action Research (Educational Technology; Dr. Kara Dawson, chair).
Deborah Marshall: Adjunct Nursing Faculty Perceptions of and Reactions to Unethical or Dishonest Nursing Student Behaviors in the Classroom and Clinical Areas (Educational Technology; Dr. Erik Black, chair).
Nathaniel Poling: Collaboration, Teamwork, and Team Cohesion in a Starcraft 2 Digital Game-Based Course (Educational Technology; Dr. Kara Dawson, chair).
Luke Rodesiler: Portraits of Participation: Exploring Secondary English Teachers’ Professionally Oriented Participation Online (English Education; Dr. Barbara Pace, chair).
Anu Sharma: Associations Between Self-Efficacy Beliefs, Self-Regulated Learning Strategies, and Students’ Performance on Model-Eliciting Tasks: An Examination of Direct and Indirect Effects (Mathematics Education; Dr. Stephen Pape & Dr. Thomasenia Adams, co-chairs).
Rachel Wolkenhauer: Inquiring into Professional Development in a Newly Designed 21st Century School (Curriculum, Teaching, & Teacher Education; Dr. Nancy Dana, chair).
May 2013
Tracy Hickman: Alternatively Certified Teachers’ Use of Mathematical Discourse (Mathematics Education, Dr. Thomasenia Adams, chair).
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Dissertations from 2012
December 2012
Shreya Desai: Exploring Middle School Teachers Perceptions and Applications of a Site Based, Technology Related Professional Development Program Focused on Interactive Whiteboards and Classroom Response Systems (Educational Technology; Dr. Kara Dawson, chair).
Ela Eley: Elementary Preservice Teachers Descriptions of Their Use of Social Media (Educational Technology; Dr. Kara Dawson, chair).
Kristin Frady: Facilitation Strategies and Tactics for Professional Development Online Learning Communities (Educational Technology, Dr. Erik Black, chair).
Lenora Jean Justice: Identifying the Barriers to Using Games and Simulations in Education: Creating a Valid and Reliable Survey Instrument (Educational Technology; Dr. Albert Ritzhaupt, chair).
Ginno Kelley: Factors That Have An Effect On Students Scores On the Florida Agebra 1 End-Of-Course Assessment In Algebra 1 Classrooms Using Interactive Whiteboard Tools (Educational Technology; Dr. Kara Dawson & Dr. Albert Ritzhaupt, co-chairs).
Nicola Kernaghan: Science and Engineering Study Abroad : An Assessment of Outcomes for Underrepresented Graduate Students and Recommendations for Program Design and Implementation (Science Education; Dr. Linda Jones, chair).
August 2012
Stephen Burgin: Development of Nature of Science Ideas through Authentic Scientific Research (Science Education; Dr. Rose Pringle, chair).
Karina Hensberry: The Instructional Practices and Perspectives of Highly Effective Teachers of Black Students : Case Studies from Mathematics Classrooms (Mathematics Education; Dr. Stephen Pape & Dr. Dorene Ross, co-chairs).
Melissa Johnson: Pioneers, Guinea Pigs, and Rebels : Perspectives of Early Adopters in Online Honors Education (Educational Technology; Dr. Kara Dawson, chair).
Qing Liu: A Case Study of Native-English-Speaking (NES) Instructors Teaching English Writing in a University in China (Language Arts & Children’s Literature; Dr. Danling Fu, chair).
Frederick Nelson: Conceptions of and Intentions for the Teaching of Reflection by Science Teacher Educators in University-Based Science Teacher Education Programs (Science Education; Dr. Rose Pringle, chair).
Katrina Short: The Perceptions of Peer Mentors and Mentees about the Process and Impact of Peer Mentoring (Curriculum, Teaching, & Teacher Education; Dr. Dorene Ross, chair).
Marisa Stukey: Understanding Professional Learning in Action : a Case Study of a Research-Based Professional Learning Program (Curriculum, Teaching, & Teacher Education; Dr. Nancy Dana & Dr. Alyson Adams, co-chairs).
Katie Tricarico: Perspectives and Practices of Graduates of an Urban Teacher Residency Program (Curriculum, Teaching, & Teacher Education; Dr. Dorene Ross, chair).
May 2012
Kisha Bryan: Multiple Voices, Multiple Identities : An Examination of Identity Construction Among Four Anglophone Caribbean Adolescents (ESOL/Bilingual Education; Dr. Ester de Jong, chair).
Ya-Yu “Cloudia” Ho: A Study of Cross-Cultural Communication among Internationally Educated Taiwanese Nurses in the United States (ESOL/Bilingual Education; Dr. Maria Coady, chair).
Lisa Marie Holmes: The Effects of Project Based Learning on 21St Century Skills and No Child Left behind Accountability Standards (Educational Technology; Dr. Albert Ritzhaupt, chair).
Emma Humphries: Novice Social Studies Teachers’ Sense Making of Their Emerging Identities as Civics Teachers (Social Studies Education; Dr. Elizabeth Washington, chair).
Patricia Jacobs: Journey of Struggling Writers : Students with Learning Disabilities Make Progress in a Fourth Grade Inclusion Model Class (Language Arts & Children’s Literature; Dr. Danling Fu, chair).
Patricia Lopez-Estrada: Eliciting Studentś Extended Use of Spanish during Whole Group Instruction in a First Grade Two-Way Immersion Classroom (Curriculum, Teaching, & Teacher Education; Dr. Dorene Ross & Dr. Elizabeth Bondy, co-chairs).
Aliya Zafar: The Role of Practitioner Inquiry in Professional Development of Teachers Working with English Language Learners (ESOL/Bilingual Education; Dr. Maria Coady, chair).
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Dissertations from 2011
December 2011
Mary Edwards: “Online Embedded Librarian Case Study: A Descriptive Evaluation” (Educational Technology, Dr. Erik Black, chair).
Tiffany Ohlson: “The Impact of Exposure and Implicit Instruction on Second Graders’ Reading Comprehension and Recall of Informational Texts” (Reading Education; Dr. Zhihui Fang, chair).
Mary Risner: “Developing Intercultural Competence through Blended Learning: The Role of Peer Interaction” (Educational Technology; Dr. Cathy Cavanaugh, chair).
Ting Shen: “Adolescents’ Use of Academic Language in Historical Writing” (Reading Education; Dr. Zhihui Fang, chair).
Polly Werner: “Effects of Synchronous Lessons on Students in an Asynchronous Online Art Course” (Educational Technology, Dr. Erik Black, chair).
Shih Fen Yeh: “A Study of a Pre-K Balanced Bilingual Program in Taiwan” (Language Arts & Children’s Literature; Dr. Danling Fu, chair)
August 2011
Wendy Athens: “Analysis of Self-Directed Mastery Learning of Honors Physics” (Educational Technology; Dr. Kara Dawson, chair).
Barry Bachenheimer: “A Management-Based CIPP Evaluation of a Northern New Jersey School District’s Digital Backpack Program” (Educational Technology; Dr. Kara Dawson, chair).
Jonathan Bostic: “The Effects of Teaching Mathematics through Problem-Solving Contexts on Sixth-Grade Students’ Problem-Solving Performance and Representation Use” (Mathematics Education; Dr. Stephen Pape & Dr. Tim Jacobbe, co-chairs).
Christopher Brkich: “High School World History Teachers’ Experiences: Learning to Use Authentic Intellectual Work in Schools of Color” (Social Studies Education; Dr. Elizabeth Washington, chair).
Katie Brkich: “Making Connections between Formal School Earth Science and Lived Experiences: An Investigation of Urban Fifth-Graders” (Science Education; Dr. Rose Pringle, chair).
Julia Carpenter: “An Exploratory Study of the Role of Teaching Experience in Motivation and Academic Achievement in a Virtual Ninth Grade English I Course” (Educational Technology; Dr. Cathy Cavanaugh, chair).
Stephanie Dodman: “School Reform in a High Poverty Elementary School: A Grounded Theory Case Study of Capacity Building” (Curriculum, Teaching, & Teacher Education; Dr. Dorene Ross, chair).
Julia Fuller: “An Evaluation of Professional Development on Using Student Response Systems and Interactive Whiteboards for Formative Assessment in the Middle Schools of a Southeastern School District” (Educational Technology, Dr. Kara Dawson, chair).
Jo Kozuma: “The Role of Social Networks in the Linguistic and Cultural Integration and Reintegration of Japanese Returning Migrants” (ESOL/Bilingual Education; Dr. Ester de Jong, chair).
Joanne LaFramenta: “Development of a Framework for Teaching Mathematics in Depth” (Mathematics Education; Dr. Thomasenia Adams, chair).
Zhuo Li: “Adolescent Second Language Learners’ Second Language Literacy Engagement in World of Warcraft (WOW)” (ESOL/Bilingual Education; Dr. Maria Coady & Dr. Rick Ferdig, co-chairs).
Mary Ellen Oslick: “African-American Boys’ Responses to Multicultural Children’s Literature Addressing Criminal Justice Issues in Literature Circles” (Language Arts & Children’s Literature, Dr. Ruth Lowery & Dr. Danling Fu, co-chairs).
May 2011
Angela Browning: “An Exploration of the Experiences of High School Dual Enrollment Students Enrolled in College Composition” (English Education; Dr. Jane Townsend, chair).
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Dissertations from 2010
August 2010
Jeffrey Boyer: “Using scratch for learner-constructed multimedia: a design-based research inquiry of constructionism in practice” (Educational Technology; Dr. Kara Dawson, chair).
Vasa Buraphadeja: “An assessment of knowledge construction in an online discussion forum: the relationship between content analysis and social network analysis” (Educational Technology, Dr. Kara Dawson, chair).
Darby Delane: “An investigation of the co-construction of school identities: collaborating with fourth-graders in the supervision of prospective teachers” (Curriculum, Teaching, & Teacher Education; Dr. Elizabeth Bondy, chair).
Katherin Garland: “Literacy Practices in an English Language Arts Elective: An Examination of How Students Respond to Media Literacy Education” (English Education; Dr. Barbara Pace, chair).
Sandra Hancock: “Perceptions about teaching and learning to teach English language learners in elementary classrooms” (ESOL/Bilingual Education; Dr. Candace Harper, chair).
Kathryn Kennedy: “The essence of the virtual school practicum: a phenomenological study of pre-service teachers’ experiences in a virtual school” (Educational Technology; Dr. Kara Dawson, chair).
Michelle Klosterman: “A comparison of secondary science teachers’ reported and actual use of non-instructional mass media : implications for science education and media literacy” (Science Education; Dr. Troy Sadler, chair).
Feng Liu: “Factors influencing success in online high school algebra” (Educational Technology; Dr. Cathy Cavanaugh, chair).
Jennifer Mesa: “The development and use of a concept mapping assessment tool with young children on family visits to a live butterfly exhibit” (Science Education; Dr. Linda Jones, chair).
Felecia Moss: “The Impact of Cultural Informants in Building Cultural Competence of Preservice Teachers in Urban Schools” (Curriculum, Teaching, & Teacher Education; Dr. Dorene Ross, chair).
Berna Mutlu: “A study of English language learners’ second language use in the context of a collaborative graphic organizer task” (ESOL/Bilingual education; Dr. Candace Harper, chair).
Vicki Vescio: “Identification with academics: the early school experiences of six African American boys” (Curriculum, Teaching, & Teacher Education; Dr. Dorene Ross, chair).
May 2010
Wendy Drexler: “The networked student: a design-based research case study of student constructed personal learning environments in a middle school science course” (Educational Technology; Dr. Kara Dawson & Dr. Cathy Cavanaugh, co-chairs).
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Dissertations from 2009
December 2009
Fatma Aslan-Tutak: “A study of geometry content knowledge of elementary preservice teachers : the case of quadrilaterals” (Mathematics Education; Dr. Thomasenia Adams, chair).
Jennifer Drake Patrick: “Crossing borders : high school science teachers learning to teach the specialized language of science” (Reading Education; Dr. Zhihui Fang, chair).
Min-Tzu Wang: “Effects of metacognitive reading strategy instruction on EFL high school students’ reading comprehension, reading strategies awareness, and reading motivation” (Language Arts & Children’s Literature; Dr. Danling Fu, chair).
August 2009
Carl Colavito: “Educating for democracy : lessons from Goethe’s Faust” (Curriculum & Instruction, Dr. Elizabeth Bondy, chair).
Ihsan Seyit Ertem: “Investigating the effects of electronic CD-ROM storybooks and traditional print storybooks on reading comprehension of fourth grade struggling readers” (Reading Education; Dr. Richard Ferdig, chair).
Caitlin Gallingane: “Effects of read-aloud strategies on young children’s vocabulary learning” (Early Childhood Education; Dr. Kristen Kemple, chair).
Jennifer Manak: “Intertextual connections : the impact of interactive read alouds on the writing of third graders during writing workshop” (Language, Literacy, & Culture; Dr. Linda Lamme, chair).
Charlotte Mundy: “Reading First Reading coaches’ interpretations and enactments of their role as reading coach” (Reading Education; Dr. Zhihui Fang, chair).
Emily Peterek: “Culturally responsive teaching in the context of mathematics : a grounded theory approach” (Mathematics Education; Dr. Thomasenia Adams, chair).
Donna Sabis-Burns: “Once upon an encounter: a content analysis of selected children’s literature portraying the encounter of Christopher Columbus and the Taino people” (Language Arts & Children’s Literature; Dr. Ruth Lowery & Dr. Linda Lamme, co-chairs).
Chiu Hui Wu: “Adolescent English language learners in the classroom: students’ perceptions of using READ 180” (ESOL/Bilingual Education; Dr. Maria Coady, chair).
May 2009
Erik Black: “An evaluation of familial involvements’ influence on student achievement in K-12 virtual schooling” (Educational Technology; Dr. Rick Ferdig & Dr. Kara Dawson, co-chairs).
Donald Boyd: “The WPA Packhorse Library Program and the Social Utility of Literacy, 1883-1962” (Social Foundations of Education; Dr. Sevan Terzian, chair).
Susan Jinks: “An examination of teaching presence and the sense of community on perceived student learning” (Educational Technology; Dr. Colleen Swain, chair).
Christopher Sessums: “The path from insight to action: the case of an online learning community in support of collaborative teacher inquiry” (Educational Technology; Dr. Thomas Dana, chair).
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