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 2004

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Dissertation: The Effects of Staff Development Training About Psychotropic Medications on the Way Teachers Discipline Children and Adolescents With Emotional/Behavioral Disorders, Cynthia P. Ford

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Dissertation: Development of a Marketing Plan For International Dual Degree Programs, Marla Friedman

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Dissertation: Parent University: A Texas Charter School Plan To Increase Professional Development Training, David Fuller

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Dissertation: Building a Stable Staff: Effect of Staff Development On Teacher Turnover, Donald D. Gainey

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Dissertation: An Evaluation of the Effectiveness Of Punta Gorda Middle School’s Crisis Plan, Michael R. Galbreath

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Dissertation: Development of an Orientation Seminar for Displaced Workers Returning to the North Carolina Community Colleges With a Plan for Implementation and Evaluation, Kathryn Geisen

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Dissertation: Development of an Entrepreneurial Training Seminar Using Adult Education Principles for the University of North Florida Small Business Development Center, Philip R. Geist

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Dissertation: The Development of a 1-Year Practical Nurse Curriculum For Secondary and Adult Programs At the Career and Technology Center, Judith L. Gisondi

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Dissertation: Creating a Department of Educational Accountability For Fairfax County Public Schools, Michael E. Glascoe

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Dissertation: Creating a Professional Learning Community: Engaging Teachers in Change, Patsy G. Goolsby

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Dissertation: Blocks for Tots: Constructing a Language Environment Through Play, Cynthia R. Graham

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Dissertation: Teacher Education, Computer Technology, And Physical Education in Jamaica, Joyce Graham-Royal

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Dissertation: Development of a Preceptor Training Program With a Plan for Implementation and Evaluation For Victor Valley College Associate Degree of Nursing Program, Patricia E. Green

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Dissertation: Evaluating Benchmarks for Internet-Based Teaching and Learning at a Community College, Heidi L. Guthrie

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Evaluation of the Balanced Literacy Program in Norfolk Public Schools, Natalie T. Halloran

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Dissertation: Effects of Homogeneous-Ability Grouping of Third-Grade Disadvantaged Students With Reading Deficiencies, Donna Hamilton

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Dissertation: The Impact of Pressure Group Conflict and Micropolitics On Boards of Education, Kimberly R. Hammond

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Dissertation: Improving Fourth-Grade Students’ Mathematical Competencies Through the Use of Innovative Instruction and Authentic Assessment, Daniel R. Harden

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Dissertation: Gaining Control of Crime, Violence, and Gang Activity At an Urban High School: Implementation and Analysis Of a Student-Centered Crime Prevention Program, Linda D. Harper

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Dissertation: Commitment to Change Statements: Results From a Workshop on Interventions For Tobacco Cessation, Patricia L. Harper

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Dissertation: A Study of the Effects of a Program of Sustained Silent Reading in Grade 9 English Classes, Kelvin S. Harris

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Dissertation: Comparison of Education Majors’ Learning Styles With Faculty Teaching Styles To Facilitate Learning and Teaching at College of the Southwest, Mary V. Harris

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Dissertation: The Effect of Parental Involvement and Classroom Management On Discipline Referrals, Alnita B. Harrison

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Dissertation: An In-School Suspension Model to Reduce the Out-Of-School Suspension Rate if Deployed at Pinecrest High School, Gwendolyn D. Harrison

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Dissertation: Increasing Math Proficiency Scores on the Grade 8 Proficiency Assessment, Faith E. Hartie

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Dissertation: Effects of Accelerated Math and Motivation On the Achievement of Algebra I Students, Penney Harwell Carden

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Dissertation: Crossing the Digital Divide: An Integrated Technology and Learning Project For the 21st-Century Schoolhouse, Grace D. Healey

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Dissertation: Ninth-Grade Reading Support Program: An Intervention to Improve Student Achievement, Lavetta B. Henderson

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Dissertation: Improving Novice Teachers’ Attitudes About Teaching And Retaining Them in the Teaching Profession, Douglas Hendrix

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Dissertation: Replication of the Advancement via Individual Determination (AVID) Program at Dent Middle School, Juanita K. Henry

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Dissertation: An Evaluation of the Pairing-Sharing Program In Three School Districts, Miguel Hernandez

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Dissertation: Increasing Third-Grade Students’ Reading Achievement At Maximo Microsociety® Elementary School, Barbara F. Hires

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Dissertation: Supervisory Support on Childcare Worker Turnover In Residential Treatment Programs, Jon D. Hogue

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Dissertation: A Program to Reduce Incidents of Violence on a High School Campus, Marvin J. Howard

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Dissertation: Decreasing Out-Of-School Suspensions Among African American Students in Grades 6 Through 8 Using a Positive, Accelerated Discipline ModelDecreasing Out-Of-School Suspensions Among African American Students in Grades 6 Through 8 Using a Positive, Accelerated Discipline Model, Gwendolyn E. Hudson

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Dissertation: Cooperative Learning: Reducing the Urban Minority Achievement Gap in Fifth-Grade Mathematics, Justin H. Hunter Sr

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Dissertation: Increasing Students’ Performance in Reading Within a Muslim Elementary School, Kem Hussain

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Dissertation: Sensory Integration Dysfunction: The Impact on Social Interactions Among Preschoolers in an Integrated Early Childhood Setting, Kristin Hutton-Fay

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Dissertation: Development of a Curriculum Evaluation Tool for the Crown College Online Program With Plans for Implementation, William J. Hyndman

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Dissertation: Improving Sixth-Grade Test Scores on the Georgia Criterion Referenced Competency Test, Keith Ingram

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Dissertation: Image Is Everything: An Analysis of One Urban Middle School’s Culture and the Development of a Plan for Change, Thelma B. Jackson

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Dissertation: Social Skills Strategies and Their Effects On Students With Inappropriate Behavior, Daphne P. Jah

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Dissertation: The Effect of Pediculosis On Student Attendance and Performance, Gwendolyn Jarvis

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Dissertation: A Comprehensive Study Skills Model to Improve the Reading Skills Of a Selected Group of Fourth Graders, Trevine D. Jelks

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Dissertation: Affect of Increasing Team-Planning Time and Improving Team Classroom Proximity on Student Achievement, John Deuber John Deuber

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Dissertation: Development of Criteria for Hiring Fourth-Grade Science Instruction Specialists: A Model for Elementary School Administrators, Lenora Y. Johnson

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Dissertation: Using Face-To-Face Training Modules, Online Collaborations, And Teacher Technology Mentors to Increase the Use Of Available Technology Resources In an Elementary School, Linda G. Johnson

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Dissertation: The Effects of Team Building on Efficient Collaboration In Distance Problem-Based Learning Environments, Donna L. Jones

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Dissertation: Utilizing Gendered Education In Middle School Language Arts Classes, Elizabeth Tharp Jones

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Dissertation: Improving Performance on Standardized Tests Through Planned Interventions at Independence Alternative High School, Josephine Bell Jones

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Dissertation: An Incentive to Improve Attendance, Mary S. Jones

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Dissertation: The Development of a Community of Practice for The Academic Senate at Contra Costa College With Plans for Evaluation, Saul P. Jones

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Dissertation: Reducing the Recidivism Rate of Elementary and Middle School Students Through Riley Learning Center’s Project Success, Toney Jordan

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Dissertation: Rank-Ordering Factors Influencing Integration of Learning Technologies In Elementary School Classrooms, Eric Joseph

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Dissertation: Development of a Program Plan for Outreach and Public Service With Plans for Implementation and Evaluation At Virginia State University, Alice F. Joyner

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Dissertation: Improving Analytical Writing Performance Of High School Freshman Social Studies Students Through Uniform Writing Standards, Kimberly Ann Juirdano

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Dissertation: The Impact of an Induction Program Within an Exceptional Educational Center To Assist Beginning Teachers, Donna A. Just

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Dissertation: Leadership Growth: A Reflective Analysis, Ivan J. Katz

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Dissertation: Using Knowledge Management To Improve Technical Support in a Public School District, Leah Kendrick Jones

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Dissertation: Fostering Positive Behavior in 11- To 15-Year-Old African American Males Through Self-Esteem Development and Cultural Awareness, Kwame King

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Dissertation: Improving Student Performance by Aligning the Curriculum to State Standards, Ernestine E. Kirby

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Dissertation: Development and Implementation of a Technical Support Manager’s Leadership Workshop Intended to Reduce Employee Turnover, Kurt Kirstein

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Dissertation: Developing the Behavioral and Instructional Qualities Of an Effective Interactive Television Educator, M. Elizabeth Klein

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Dissertation: A Case Study of the Transitional Needs Of Ninth Graders at a Rural High School, Donald A. Knox Jr.

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: The Effect of Shared Vision and Faculty Collaboration on Morale and Teacher Self-Efficacy, George H. Kornegay jr

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Dissertation: Utilizing Arts-Related Activities in Accordance With Multiple Intelligence Theories to Increase Third Grade Gifted And Talented Students’ Interest in Language Arts Instruction, Kevin Kovacs

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Dissertation: Interventions to Improve The Reading Skills of At-Risk Students, Shelley K. Lawyer

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Dissertation: Using Professional Development to Reduce Rates of Student Referral for Special Education Evaluation, Howard Lerner

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Dissertation: Factors Impacting Reading Achievement: Where’s the Accountability?, Theresa Ann Liggett Smotherman

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Dissertation: Improving Instructional Practice Through Professional Study Groups, Alice Howe Lindsay

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Dissertation: Graduating With High Hopes: An Eleventh-Grade Reading Intervention Program at Alma Bryant High School, Wanda Champion Logan

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Dissertation: Aproximación a la Calidad Docente Eje de la Excelencia Académica Del Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo, María Altagracia López Ferreiras

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Dissertation: Computer Science Policies as a Determinant of Female High School Students’ Attitudes Toward Computer Science, Karolyne Lucero

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Dissertation: Improving Science Achievement On the Missouri Assessment Program at Hazelwood East High, Laura Brown Mabry

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Evaluation of Physical Therapy Student Learning Outcomes Associated With Participation in an Experiential Learning Course, Carol A. Maritz

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Dissertation: Using Characteristics of Problem-Based Learning to Improve Students’ Problem-Solving Skills by Modifying The Programming Logic Curriculum, Wayde Marr

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Dissertation: Improving Test Scores Through a Language Arts, Mathematics, and Test-Taking Program, George M. Marzotto Jr

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Dissertation: Retention in Private Christian Schools: A Program To Assist Private Christian Schools to Retain Students, Michael E. Maschenik

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Dissertation: Implementing Hands-on Training for Social Workers Working With Psychologically Vulnerable Families, Lana J. McClain

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Dissertation: Development of a Certification Program in Secondary English Education at Valley Forge Christian College With a Plan for Implementation, Glenn A. McClure

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Dissertation: The Functions of an Administrative Intern: A New Position Dissertation, De Ann McCormick Ramey

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Dissertation: Reading Power at Fews Alternative School: A Program for Improvement, Ennis J. McCorvey

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Dissertation: Development of a Counseling Services Resource Web Site With Plans for Implementation and Evaluation, Diana L. McCullough

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Dissertation: Reducing Peer Victimization at a Southeastern Middle School By Utilizing an Anti-Peer Victimization Curriculum and Student Leader Peer Support, Arlene M. McDermott

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Dissertation: Using a Schoolwide Faculty Collaboration Model To Improve Reading Instruction at a Middle School, Cheryl A. McKeever

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Dissertation: Study of Behaviors Among At-Risk Students In An Afterschool Program, Rebecca D. McKenzie

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Dissertation: A Proactive Approach to Middle School Discipline: An Eighth Grade Social Studies Class, Terry McMullen

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Dissertation: How an Organized Transition Program Improved Academic Success for Incoming, At-Risk High School Freshman, Oliver Quimby Melton III

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Dissertation: The Implementation of a Comprehensive Alternative Work Study Program for Developmentally Handicapped Learners, Terrance E. Menefee

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Dissertation: A Study of the Correlation Between Self-Reported Fear/Anxiety And Mathematics Grades at the University of Phoenix, Las Vegas Campus, Mohammed Miah

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Dissertation: A Comparison of Nondissection- And Dissection-Based Biology Programs, Kenneth T. Micai

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Dissertation: Development of an Educational Leadership Program For Nurse Managers at the Hospital for Joint Diseases With a Plan for Implementation and Evaluation, Althea L. Mighten

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Dissertation: The Development of a Human Resources Plan At the Alabama School of Fine Arts, April Lufkin Miller

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Dissertation: Postsecondary Students’ Perceptions of the Value Of Learning Communities in Distance Education, Lorraine Miller-Nara

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Dissertation: The Effects of Collaborative Planning On Teaching and Learning of Information Literacy Skills, Suzanne Mize

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Dissertation: Using Team Teaching to Increase Reading and Writing Achievement of Ninth Grade Disabled Students in Language Arts Classes, Donna D. Montgomery

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Dissertation: A Study to Determine the Effects of Parent Training On Parental Involvement and Student Attendance In an Urban School Setting, Cordia P. Moore

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Dissertation: Raising Reading Achievement in a Title I School Through Comprehensive Professional Development School-Site Practices, Doris Morgalo

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Dissertation: Development of a Competency-Based Communication Curriculum With Plans for Evaluation and Implementation, Julie Morgan

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Dissertation: Improving Attendance at Bragg Middle School, Sherron Morrow