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Dissertations<\/h1>\n

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Mentored Dissertations by Science Education Faculty Since 2005<\/h2>\n

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Niki Koukoulidis<\/h4>\n
Leveraging Learners’ Strengths in Biology Education: Instructional Elements and Their Connection to Science Practice Participation<\/div>\n
Chair: Julie Brown<\/div>\n
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Annie Levendusky<\/h4>\n
Cultivating Emotionally Resilient Elementary Science Educators<\/em><\/div>\n
Chair: Kent Crippen<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Minji Yun<\/h4>\n
Computational Thinking as a Scientific Practice: Evidence from Unplugged CT-Explicit Modeling of the Human Circulatory System<\/em><\/div>\n
Chair: Kent Crippen<\/div>\n

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Nitat Limpongsai<\/h4>\n

Exploring the Beliefs of Thai High School Astronomy Teachers and the Translation into Their Teaching Practices<\/em>
Chair: Rose Pringle<\/p>\n

Hada Herring<\/h4>\n

Part of the Manateam! Exploring Science Identities and Pro-Environmental Behaviors in Secondary Multilingual Latine Learners in a Situated Manatee Curriculum<\/em>
Chair: Julie Brown<\/p>\n

Darby Drageset<\/h4>\n

The Pursuit of the Full Inclusion of Autistic Individuals in Non-Formal Science Learning Environments<\/em>
Chair: Kent Crippen<\/p>\n

Meena Thiyagarajah<\/h4>\n

Should Professional Identity be the Only Engineering Identity? Beyond the Engineering Identity as an Expression of Self<\/em>
Chair: Kent Crippen<\/p>\n

Bradley Collins<\/h4>\n

A Study of the Subjective Well-Being of Medical Students During Clinical Clerkship Anatomy Sessions<\/em>
Co-Chairs: Kyle Rarey (Anatomical Sciences) & Kent Crippen<\/p>\n

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Joseph Watts<\/h4>\n

Belief Ecologies in a University Research Laboratory: Nature of Science and Science Practice Experiences<\/em>
Chair: Kent Crippen<\/p>\n

Molly Staggs<\/h4>\n

Teacher Use of Funds of Knowledge-Integrated Instruction to Support Multilingual Learners in Science Classrooms<\/em>
Chair: Julie Brown<\/p>\n

Takeshia Pierre<\/h4>\n

Reauthorizing the Stories of Success of STEM and Health Professional Men Holding Black Diasporic Identities: A Disaggregated Approach<\/em>
Chair: Rose Pringle<\/p>\n

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Tredina Davis Sheppard<\/h4>\n

Exploring Rural and Small Schools Secondary Science Teachers\u2019 Perspectives and Effective Uses of Technology: A Case Study<\/em>
Chair: Rose Pringle<\/p>\n

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Michelle Joyce<\/h4>\n

A Phenomenological Study of the Implementation of Trauma-Informed Practices in High School Science Classrooms<\/em>
Chair: Julie Brown<\/p>\n

Richard Bex<\/h4>\n

Personas for Community Science in a Digital Niche for Paleontology<\/em>
Chair: Kent Crippen<\/p>\n

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Corey Payne<\/h4>\n

An Equity Perspective on the Psychology of Persistence and Justice in a Career-Forward Undergraduate Chemistry Laboratory Curriculum<\/em>
Chair: Kent Crippen<\/p>\n

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Gayle Nelson Evans<\/h4>\n

Characterization of Social Network Formation and Associated Mentoring Functions in a Summer Research Experience for Teachers<\/em>
Chair: Kent Crippen<\/p>\n

Lorelie Imperial<\/h4>\n

A Sensemaking Perspective on Graduate Teaching Assistants\u2019 Knowing and Planning for Model-Based Reasoning<\/em>
Chair: Kent Crippen<\/p>\n

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Lisa M. Lundgren<\/h4>\n
Mapping One Niche of Social Paleontology\u2019s Digital Ecology: Exploring the Practices of myFOSSIL Community Members<\/em><\/div>\n
Chair: Kent Crippen<\/div>\n

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Julie R. Bokor<\/h4>\n

Developing Design Expertise through a Teacher-Scientist Partnership Professional Development Program<\/em>
Chair: Kent Crippen<\/p>\n

Timothy M. Barko<\/h4>\n

Between the Walrus and the Carpenter: A Rhizoanalysis of Conservative Protestant Student Agency and Resilience towards the Topic of Evolution in a College Biology Program<\/em>
Chair: Rose Pringle<\/p>\n

Natalie S. King<\/h4>\n

Awakening and Elevating the Voices of African American Girls: Counterstories of Informal and Formal STEM Learning Experiences<\/em>
Chair: Rose Pringle<\/p>\n

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Daniel S. McCoy<\/h4>\n

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<\/em>
Chair: Tom Dana<\/p>\n

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Julie C. Brown<\/h4>\n

Designing for Culturally Responsive Science Education through Professional Development<\/em>
Chair: Kent Crippen<\/p>\n

Cheryl A. Mclaughlin<\/h4>\n

The Negotiation of Meaning and Exercise of Power in Professional Learning Communities: An Investigation of Middle School Science Teachers<\/em>
Co-Chair: Kent Crippen<\/p>\n

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Nicola M. Wayer<\/h4>\n

From Design to Enactment: A Case Study of Blended Learning Across the Content Areas in a K-12 School<\/em>
Co-Chair: Kent Crippen<\/p>\n

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Stephen R. Burgin<\/h4>\n

Development of Nature of Science Ideas through Authentic Scientific Research<\/em>
Chair: Rose Pringle<\/p>\n

Frederick L. Nelson<\/h4>\n

Conceptions of and Intentions for the Teaching of Reflection by Science Teacher Educators in University-Based Science Teacher Education Programs<\/em>
Chair: Rose Pringle<\/p>\n

Nicola J. Kernaghan<\/h4>\n

Science and Engineering Study Abroad: An Assessment of Outcomes for Underrepresented Graduate Students and Recommendations for Program Design and Implementation<\/em>
Chair: Linda Jones<\/p>\n

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Katie L. Brkich<\/h4>\n

Making Connections Between Formal School Earth Science and Lived Experiences: An Investigation of Urban Fifth Graders<\/em>
Chair: Rose Pringle<\/p>\n

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Michelle L. Klosterman<\/h4>\n

A Comparison of Secondary Science Teachers\u2019 Reported and Actual Use of Non-instructional Mass Media: Implications for Science Education and Media Literacy<\/em>
Co-Chairs: Troy Sadler and Rose Pringle<\/p>\n

Jennifer C. Mesa<\/h4>\n

The Development and Use of a Concept Mapping Assessment Tool with Young Children on Family Visits to a Live Butterfly Exhibit<\/em>
Chair: Linda Jones<\/p>\n

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Christopher D. Sessums<\/h4>\n

The Path from Insight to Action: The Case of an Online Learning Community in Support of Collaborative Teacher Inquiry<\/em>
Chair: Tom Dana<\/p>\n

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Ugur Baslanti<\/h4>\n

Development and Validation of Scientific Inquiry with Technology: Teachers\u2019 Perceptions and Practices Scale (SIT-TIPPS)<\/em>
Co-Chair: Tom Dana<\/p>\n

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Dinah L. Mayne<\/h4>\n

Conceptions of and Orientation to Teaching Science of Beginning Secondary Science Teachers<\/em>
Co-Chairs: Rose Pringle and Tom Dana<\/p>\n

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Perihan Savas<\/h4>\n

A Case Study of Faculty Support in the Distance English Language Teacher Education Program at Anadolu University in Turkey<\/em>
Chair: Tom Dana<\/p>\n

Shannon D. Shanely<\/h4>\n

Towards an Understanding of an Outdoor Education Program: Listening to Participants\u2019 Stories<\/em>
Chair: Linda Jones<\/p>\n

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Diane B. Marks<\/h4>\n

Culture and Classroom Management: Grounded Theory from a High Poverty Predominantly African American Elementary School<\/em>
Co-Chair: Rose Pringle<\/p>\n

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