Theses and Dissertations

 
A selection of open access theses and dissertations from graduate students in the Fischler College of Education.

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Theses/Dissertations from 2002

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Development of a School-Based Resiliency Training Program for High School Students, Loretta Cutright

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: A Communications Protocol in a Synchronous Chat Environment: Student Satisfaction in a Web-Based Computer Science Course, Paul J. Giguere

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Preparation of a Middle School Faculty and Support Staff to Respond to a Violent Incident (s) on Campus, William J. Sidoran

Theses/Dissertations from 2000

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Dissertation: Middle School Reading Clubs: A First Step Toward Increasing Pleasure-Reading Time, James Fazzone

Theses/Dissertations from 1992

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: The Development of a Theatre Arts Management Program At Liberty University Based on Essential Skills Identified By Arts Administrators, David D. Allison

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Practicum: Improving Parental Involvement in a Campus Child Care Center Through Increased Communication, Education, and Empowerment, Patricia Amanna

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: An Analysis of the Characteristics of Community College Honors Students for the Purpose of Designing Intervention Strategies for Better Retention, Carol T. Ancona

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Dissertation: Implementation of a 60-15, Multi Track, Year Round Education Calendar Program to Increase School Pupil Capacity by Twenty Percent, Ralph S. Archibald III

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Practicum: Impoving the Skills and Confidence of Early Childhood Public School Teachers in Their Use of Observation Techniques, Linda Lee Arzoumanian

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Dissertation: A Plan to Improve Social Studies Curriculum and Attitudes Toward Social Studies of Elementary School Students, Zara R. Barnhill

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Gender Influences In The College Classroom: Optimizing The Learning Environment For Women, Susan Ross Bell

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Dissertation: The Development and Implementation of a Program to Reduce At-Risk Students at Palm Springs Middle School, Allan R. Bonilla

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Practicum: Improving the Motivational Level of Disaffected Students by Utilizing Alternative Teaching Strategies to Match Learning Styles, Fanchon Brackfield-Godynick

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Practicum: Expanding Writing Opportunities for Elementary School Children and Assisting Teachers’s Knowledge of the Writing Process, Wendy Brand

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: The Development of a Campus Security Decision-Making Profile Within The State University System of Florida., Max L. Bronlay

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Development and Validation of a Computer Keyboarding Seminar for Use in the United States Army, Europe, Robert R. Brooks

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Dissertation: Improving Academic the Self-Esteem of Elementary Students, Sharon P. Burcham

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Dissertation: A Comprehensive Guide to Improve Christian School Participation in FACCS Accreditation, Howard G. Burke

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Dissertation: Reducing the Number of At-Risk Secondary School Students in Region V Schools, Dade County, Florida, Joseph P. Burke

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Practicum: Development and Implementation of a Grade Level Specific Computer Literacy Curriculum Through Teacher Inservice in an Elementary School, Marsha L. Burmeister

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Development of a Promotional Plan for Programs for Higher Education, Joseph E. Campbell

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Practicum: Increasing Knowledge About and Use of Behavior Checklists and Rating Scales by School Clinicians in Identifying Attention Deficit Disorders and Differentiating Coexisting Disorders, Lloyd J. Campbell

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Practicum: Using Parent Participation Programs to Increase Parent Involvement in the Education of Elementary Language Learning Disabled Students, Carolyn B. Chiodo

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Practicum: Improving Performance in Mathematical Problem Solving of Fifth-Grade Students Through Use of Calculators and Extension of Time Spent Solving Problems Into the Natural Environment of the Students., June S. Clarke

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: A Critical Analysis of the Characteristics of the Associate Degree Nursing Student Population A Chabot College; Implications for Curriculum Development, Nancy Cowan

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Dissertation: Designing and Implementing a Program to Increase the Number of Black Teachers Hired Annually by the Calvert County Public Schools, Charles W Craft

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Practicum: Using an Integrated Science-Basal Whole Language Approach to Increase Science Experiences in First Grade, Carol K. Criste

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Practicum: Utilizing Local Outdoor Resources as a High School Laboratory for Learning: The Problem of Implementation, William H. Crumley

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Dissertation: Developing and Implementing a Plan to Improve the Impact Program at Lockhart Middle School, Frances G. Cuddy

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Practicum: A Counseling Intervention Program for Seventh and Eighth Grade Special Needs Students to Increase On-Task Behavior in the Classroom, Joanne D. Curzie

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Dissertation: A Dropout Prevention Program Designed to Reduce the Percentage of Students Who Drop Out of Lamar High School, Everette M. Dean Jr.

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Practicum: Evaluating Student Learning in Language Arts in the Primary Grades Through Whole Language Assessment Techniques, Diana DeShazo Hyde

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Dissertation: Developing and Implementing a Program to Improve Math Achievement at Pepperell Middle School, Benjamin W. Desper Jr

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Practicum: Creating and Implementing a Model for Motivating Recreational Reading Using a Whole Language Approach for Secondary School Students, Susan Dickinson

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Practicum: An Integrated Service Delivery Model for Preschool Children Who Are Hearing Impaired and Multiple Handicapped, Sharon Doutt

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Dissertation: Improving the Physical Fitness of Fourth Grade Elementary Students, Marguerite D. Durr

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Practicum: A Training Program Designed to Enhance Supervision of Child and Youth Care Workers in Multicultural Settings, Lesley Du Toit

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Dissertation: Using the Accreditation Process to Improve Services at the Greene Valley Developmental Center, Robert G. Erb

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Practicum: Developing Resources to Assist Families as Their Infants With Disabilities Transition Into Preschool, Claudia B. Fenderson

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Practicum: Increasing Nurturing Relationships Between Primary Caregivers and Infants Prenatally Exposed to Cocaine Through a Neighbor Implemented Individual and Group Training Model, Michael P. Ferrentino

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Practicum: Utilizing Systems Change Strategies to Increase the Integration Opportunities for Special Needs Children in a Public School Early Childhood Center, Stephanie J. Frantz

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Practicum: Improving the Writing Skills for Third, Fourth, and Fifth Grade Gifted Students Through the Use of Development Processes, Mary Helen Freeman

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Practicum: Developing an Appropriate Methodology to Identify Minority Students for the Gifted Program, Brenda Goza George

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Practicum: A Social Problem-Solving Curriculum for Mildly Handicapped and Handicapped and Behaviorally At-Risk Middle School Students, Ellen Gertz

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Practicum: Empowering Learning Disabled Students Through Direct Interventions in the Classroom, Dorothy Gleberman

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Dissertation: Increasing Beginning Teacher Scores on the Georgia Teacher Observation Instrument Through a Mentor Teacher Program, Daniel S. Goble

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Dissertation: Development and Implementation of the Service Plan for Charter Renewal of the Belmont County Schools, Steven C. Grimm

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Practicum: Developing an In-School Suspension Program in an Elementary School as an Alternative to Home-Bound Suspension, Jerry Guindon

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Practicum: Prereferral Interventions and Strategies for the Elementary Classroom Teacher in Identifying Handicapped Students, Julie A. Haak

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Dissertation: Improving the Academic Performance of Low-Achieving Hispanic and Other Seventh Grade Students by Increasing Cultural Awareness and the Use of Positive Interactions by Teachers, Daniel M. Hanigan

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Practicum: Improving Writing Skills Using Portfolio Assessment With 10th Grade Regular Students, Elaine L. Harrington

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Practicum: Increasing Literacy Development of At-Risk Kindergarten Students Through Cross-Age Tutoring, Marlene Henriques

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Practicum: Improving Student Teachers’ Strategies for Asking a Range of Both High and Low Level Questions Through Video Evaluations, Pollidia Hougham

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Practicum: Field Test of a Preschool, Substance-Abuse-Prevention Curriculum Planned for County-Wide Distribution, Kate Howze

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Practicum: Improving the Science Performance of Bilingual Fourth Graders Through Additional Services, Marguerite L. Hutchins

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Practicum: Increasing Enrollment of Preschool Children With Special Needs in Regular Daycare Programs Through a Peer-Coaching, Systems Change Approach, Sharon Hope Irwin

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Practicum: Increasing the Number of Emotionally Disabled Students in Mainstream Classes in Elementary and Middle Schools Through a Teacher-Student Cooperative Model, Jacques P. Jamner

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Practicum: The Articulation Process: a Model for Transition From Middle School to High School for Exceptional Education Students, Carol Rees Jellie

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Practicum: Improving Intermediate Grade Level English-As-A-Second Language Students’ Attitudes Toward Recreational Reading, Debra E. Kaminsky

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Practicum: Improving Attitudes Toward Mathematics of Eighth Grade Students Through the Implementation of a Telecommunications Project, Harrison J. King

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Practicum: A Cross-Age Tutoring Program to Raise Self-Esteem in Learning Disabled, Regular and Gifted Elementary School Students, Marian J. King

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Practicum: Increasing the Authentic Reading Experiences of Kindergarten Students Through a Teacher In-Service Program, Maxine R. Kirby

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Practicum: British Literature: Increasing Relevancy for High School Seniors Through Multicultural Augmentation. Doctoral Report Thesis, Nancy C. Kirkland

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Practicum: Increasing the Number of Minority Elementary Students Found Eligible for Placement in a Gifted Program by Enhancing the Quality of Screening Instruments and Inservice Training Provided to School Staff, Gale E. Kofsky

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Dissertation: The Development of a Best Practices Manual for Implementing a Feeder Pattern Organization, Steven M. Ladd

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Dissertation: Improving School-Community Relations Through a Comprehensive Parent Involvement Program, Rodney R. Lafon

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Practicum: The Development of a Model Faculty Training Program to Promote the Integration of Technology Into the Curriculum, Judy C. Lever

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Practicum: Prereferral Intervention Strategies Utilized With High-Risk Students in a Primary Grade Setting, Linda S. Levine-Brown

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Practicum: Implementing a Collaborative Consultation Model for Learning Disabled and At-Risk Students in Grade 9, Ester Zager Levine

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Practicum: Expanding Prospective Teachers’ Beliefs About the Reading Process to Enable Changes in Classroom Practice Through the Use of Whole Language, Jill Levin

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Practicum: Using Portfolios for More Authentic Assessment of Writing Ability, Richard J. Marchesani

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Practicum: An Informational Networking and Referral Efficacy Project on Attention Disorders, Add and ADHD: a Design to Advance Student Adjustment in the School Setting, Janice Masters

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Practicum: Nurturing Writing Attitudes Through Collaboration Across the Intermediate Grades, Flora I. McKenzie

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Practicum: Improving the Awareness of the Influence of Geography Upon Historical Events in Ancient Mesopotamia and in Ancient Egypt in Ninth Grade World History Students, Henry B. Milton

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Practicum: Developing and Implementing a Transition to High School Program for Incoming, At-Risk, Ninth-Grade Students to Increase School Success, Patrick R. Monahan

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Dissertation: Improving Reading Scores in the Primary Grades Through a Holistic Hands on Approach, Ronald P. Nordin

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Dissertation: Improving Science Achievement of Third and Fourth Grade Students Through the Design and Implementation of a Hands-on Approach to Teaching Science, George R. Nutter

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Practicum: Using Environmental Print Media to Enhance Third Grade Children’s Reading and Writing Abilities, Rhoda Orenstein

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Practicum: Improving the Keyboarding Composition Skills of Secondary Business Education Students Through a Structured Approach, Gay E. Parker

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Practicum: Integrating High School English and Vocational Education Through Teacher Collaboration, Cross-Curricula Activities, and Applied Communications, Alexandra Penn

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Practicum: A Therapeutic Program to Improve the Body Image of Pre-Puberty Exceptional Education Girls, Linda Jo Pfeiffer

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Practicum: Improving Positive Experiences for Middle School Minority Students Entering a Suburban Community, Through Intervention Programs Involving Staff, Parents and Students, Christine D. Piscitelli

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Dissertation: Program to Decrease Obesity of Mentally Retarded Adults, Joye Jeffries Pugh

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Practicum: Teaching the Cultures of Francophone Countries to High School French Students Through Group Activities, Brenda J. Pulliam

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Practicum: Using Educational Technology to Help Retain High-Risk Students in High School Science Class, Harry Ramjus

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Practicum: Improving Negative Behavior in Adolescent Pupils Through Collaborative Initiatives, Elvie Rhone

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Practicum: Increasing Critical Thinking Skills of the Fourth-Grade Student Through Problem Solving Activities, Beth Rice

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Practicum: Developing Schools of Choice to Increase Learning Opportunities for Elementary School Children, Robert J. Rosado

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Practicum: Organizational Guidelines for Establishing a Core Team to Deal With Alcohol and Drug Abuse: In a High School, Thomas G. Sarnecki

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Dissertation: Improving Reading Achievement of Rising Ninth Grade Remedial Reading Students at Granard Junior High School, Linda C. Sellars

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Practicum: Selecting and Developing Internship Sites for Child Development Interns Which Demonstrate Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Barbara Payne Shelton

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Practicum: Improving the Assessment of Disabled Preschoolers by Increasing Parent Input and by Modifying the Testing Setting, Ann Singer

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Practicum: Developing An Active Media Center In A Jewish Day School K-8 Through Creative Management, Rhona Singer

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Practicum-NSU Access Only: Using Science Related Professionals To Introduce Specific Career Techniques To Improve Interest, Attitude, And Motivation For Science And Science-Related Careers In Eighth-Grade Students, Jewell R. Smith

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Dissertation: An Intervention Plan to Improve the Attrition Rate of Returning Dropouts, Mark Soffian

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Dissertation: Improving Primary Grade Reading Skills Through the Introduction of an Alternative to the Traditional Basal Text Program, Joseph A. Somers Jr

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Practicum-NSU Access Only: Using Interactive Learning Strategies to Help High School Students of Spanish Understand and Appreciate Hispanic Culture, Roslyn R. Sprayberry

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Practicum-NSU Access Only: Increasing Parent Involvement in the Reevaluation Process of High School Level Special Education Students by Accommodating Scheduled Meeting Times Valuing Parent Input and Sensitizing Parents and Staff to the Needs and the Rights of Handicapped Students, Larry Taylor

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Practicum-NSU Access Only: Enhancing and Facilitating Individualized Learning Capabilities of Kindergarten Students Through the Integration of Cost-Effective Instructional Practices, Elaine Van Lue

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Practicum-NSU Access Only: Expanding the Risk Assessment Skills and Intervention Options of Child Protection Caseworkers Investigating Abuse/Neglect of Childrenaseworkers Investigating Abuse/Neglect Of Children, Patricia A. Verstraete