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 2003

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Dissertation: A Strategic Approach to Promote Ninth-Grade Academic Success, Beverly W. Glover

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Dissertation: Using the Writing Process and Continuous Assessment to Improve Student Compositions, Constance M. Goines

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Dissertation: Utilizing Professional Development With Kindergarten Teachers to Change Instruction and Student Outcomes, Donna Kelley Goode

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Dissertation: Aligning Standards Successfully in a High School Science Curriculum, J. Harrison Goodwin

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Dissertation: Bridging the Gap in Writing In High Poverty Schools, Alexis N. Gordon

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Dissertation: A Plan to Develop, Implement, and Evaluate Online Continuing Education Courses At Nova Southeastern University College of Optometry, N. Scott Gorman

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Dissertation: Attendance: The First Step Towards Success, Steven W. Green

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Dissertation: A Northwest Florida School District’s Response To Chartered Public Schools, Vivian L. Green

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Dissertation: Engineering and Adapting Eating Environments For Students With Autism, Loretta Boggs Griffin

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Dissertation: The Development of a Bilingual Program Assessment Tool, Francisco R. Grullon

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Dissertation: Improving Teachers’ Skills When Dealing With Grieving Children Through a Grief-Training Program, Mark A. Hale

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Dissertation: Implementation of an Elementary In-School Suspension Program and Its Effects on School Climate, Carla K. Hall

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Dissertation: Building Leadership Capacity: A Case Study Of Standards-Based Staff Development, Geraldine M. Harge

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Dissertation: The Development of An Entrepreneurship Certificate Program At Athens State University, Brenda Harper

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Dissertation: Addressing Retention, Discipline, And Achievement Problems Among High School Freshmen, John Rhett Harris

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Dissertation: A Parental Involvement Initiative At Fews Alternative School, Lorenzo Harrison

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Dissertation: Possible Factors for Achievement Gap in Reading For Eighth-Grade African American Males, Sherry L. Harrison

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Dissertation: Improving Reading Comprehension in The High School Setting, Robert L. Harris

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Dissertation: Leadership Development Program Emphasizing Accessibility, Accountability, and Responsibility Through a Training Component for Faculty, Clair D. Hart

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Dissertation: Development of Strategies to Increase the Enrollment and Retention Of Female Engineering Honor Students at Purdue University With a Plan for Evaluation and Implementation, Gayle E. Hartleroad

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Dissertation: Effective Use of Multimodal Interventions With Adolescents in Residential Care, Brian J. Hawkins

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Dissertation: Development and Evaluation of Evaluation Trends and Issues Course for Concord College, Kathy J. Hawks

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Dissertation: Providing Character Education Towards Resiliency for an Alternative Education High School, Anita L. Herron

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Dissertation: Improving the NCLEX Passage Rate and Lowering The Attrition Rate for a Texas Community College Nursing Program, Bonnie Higgins

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Dissertation: Leap Forward: A Reading Extended Learning Program To Improve Reading Achievement, Donna Hinton

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Dissertation: A Saturday School Program for At-Risk Students, Melvin Hitchens

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: A Model Preservice Training Program for Institutional Educators Within a Juvenile Justice Agency, Mia Holland

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Dissertation: A Study of the Impact of Training on the Ability of Infant and Toddler Caregivers To Provide Safe, Healthy Environments for Young Children, Amy S. Hood

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Dissertation: An Early Intervention Program To Teach Readiness Skills to At–Risk Kindergarten Students, Marcell E. Hooks

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Dissertation: Project Uplift: A Program to Ensure The Promotion of Students Who Had Previously Failed, Auty G. Horn

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Dissertation: Scaffolding Transfer Activities Through the Use of Concept Maps to Enhance Adaptive Problem Solving, James Jay Houdeshell

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Dissertation: Increasing Students’ Performance in English Within a Two-Way Bilingual Immersion Program, Jacquelyne Hoy

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Dissertation: A Brand New Elementary School: Conception to Inception, W. Glenn Huggins

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Dissertation: Effects of Computer-Assisted Instruction on Kindergarten Students’ Concept Age Gains, Denise Hutchinson

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Dissertation: Expressive Language and Phonological Awareness Training For At-Risk Students in Kindergarten, First, and Second Grades, Brenetta Gaye Jackson

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Dissertation: Teacher Mentoring and Teacher Attrition In A Rural Georgia School System, Brenda K. James

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Dissertation: Improving the Readiness Skills of Kindergarten Students, Karen J. Jensen

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Dissertation: Prevention Programs for Reducing At-Risk Behaviors Involving Alcohol Abuse, Substance Usage, And Violence in High School Students Ages 14 to 17, Ismail Z. Jihad

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Dissertation: Development, Implementation and Evaluation of a Minority Recruitment Plan For Faculty, Administrators and Staff at Northeast Wisconsin Technical College, Annie C. Jones

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Dissertation: A Classroom Management Training Program For Miami-Dade County Public School Teachers, Clarence Jones Jr.

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Dissertation: Development of a Fee-Based Service Delivery Model for the Department Of Career Services at the University of Connecticut, Cynthia F. Jones

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Dissertation: Developing and Using a Welfare Reform Model of Social Work To Increase the Role of Social Workers in Assisting Welfare Customers To Self-Sufficiency Through Employment, Jessie Jordan-Parker

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Dissertation: Improving Reading Scores in A Low-Socioeconomic Environment, Bessie Karvelas

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Dissertation: Evaluation of the Systematic Curriculum and Instructional Development Model for Curricula At The Broward Technical Centers, Tripat Pal Kaur

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Dissertation: The Development of a Plan for the Viability Of Physical Education at Calhoun Community College With a Plan for Implementation and Evaluation, Nancy Keenum

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Dissertation: Development and Evaluation of a Prototype E-Learning Site to Train Japanese Elementary School Teachers How to Teach English to Children, Curtis H. Kelly

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Dissertation: Development of a Textbook With a Plan For Its Evaluation for the Acting I Course At Austin Community College, Jamee Kennedy

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Dissertation: A Brand New Middle School: Conception to Inception, Charles W. King II II

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Dissertation: Graduate Education Students Attitudes and Sense of Preparedness to Teach Emotionally Disturbed Children, Ruth Klein

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Dissertation: A Plan for the Development, Implementation, and Evaluation Of a Global Entrepreneurship Adult Credit Program At Suffolk County Community College, Dorothy J. Laffin

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Dissertation: Development of a Portfolio Process for Beginning Early Childhood Education Student Teachers With a Plan For Implementation and Evaluation, Kelly O. Lake

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Using Technology in an English as a Second Language Course to Accommodate Visual, Kinesthetic, and Auditory Learners to Affect Students’ Self-Efficacy About Learning the Language, Carmen L. Lamboy

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Dissertation: Development of a Historic Preservation Outreach Program With Evaluation Plan for the University Of Arkansas at Little Rock History Department, Franklin Allen Latimer

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Dissertation: Development and Validation of an Action Plan for Recruiting And Retaining Qualified Teachers, Marian S. Lauria-Davis

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Dissertation: The Development of a Specialization in Student Services For The Graduate Leadership Studies of Nova Southeastern University, Sandrine Lavallee

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Dissertation: School Resource Officers: Effective or Ineffective in Reducing Discipline Referrals and Increasing School Safety?, Cornelius B. Leach

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Dissertation: Parental Involvement in a School Setting, Heather Zevator Lebensburger

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Dissertation: Improving Fourth-Grade Students’ Success In Mathematics Using Multiple Strategies Proposed in the Literature, Benny Steve Lenderman

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Dissertation: Development of a Web-Based Community For The Business Internship Program at Franklin Pierce College, Jason C. Little

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Dissertation: Providing Literacy Support for Unsuccessful Limited English Proficient Seventh and Eighth Grade Students by Increasing Access to Varied Support Strategies, Amanda Lynch

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Dissertation: Improving the Reading Ability of First Grade Students Through School and Home-Based Literacy Support, Tara Mack

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Dissertation: Adolescent Participation in School Nutrition Meal Benefit Programs: A Case Study, Janice P. Maddox

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Dissertation: Program Logic for Automatic Teaching Operations: The Effects of Plato on High-Stakes Testing in Mathematics, Tammy A. Malich

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Dissertation: Improving Reading Instruction Through Staff Development At Putnam County Elementary School, Kirk D. Mallette

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Dissertation: Measuring Teacher Effectiveness: An Examination Of Student Achievement and Teacher Influence, Timothy S. Markley

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Dissertation: Implementing a Plan for Prekindergarten Teachers to Use Developmentally Appropriate Practices Consistently in the Classroom, Luisa P. Martin

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Dissertation: An Evaluation of the Failure Free Reading Program Used With Learning-Disabled Students, Shelia M. Martin

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Dissertation: Increasing Science Achievement of Elementary Students, Beverly S. Mathis

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Dissertation: Development, Implementation, and Evaluation of an HIV And Aids Knowledge and Peer Education Program for African American and Caribbean American Women, James Mbachiantim

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Dissertation: The Effect of Three Variables on the Academic Performance of Elementary Students, Teresa F. McCorry

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Dissertation: Improvement in Early Childhood Education Strategies, Margaret Sylvia McDonald Collins

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Dissertation: Improving Student Social Skills in an Elementary School Setting, Gloria McKibbin

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Dissertation: The Design and Implementation of Staff Development To Improve Literacy at Gulfport Elementary School, Sharon D. McKinon Jackson

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Dissertation: Saturday School: An Alternative to Suspension Program To Reduce Suspensions and Student Violence, Todd S. Meiklejohn

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Dissertation: El Trabajo Pedagógico Colaborativo en la Educación Superior Mediado Por Herramientas Tecnológicas: Un Caso de Estudio, Pedro Méndez

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Dissertation: Increasing the Social Skills Of Students at Elam Alexander Academy, Terrence G. Mermann

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Dissertation: Development and Implementation of a Plan to Reduce The Rate of Failure of Ninth-Grade Students, Deborah M. Mieczkowski

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Dissertation: Efecto de Una Metodología Basada en Tecnologías de Diseño, Instrumentación Y Evaluación Sobre El Rendimiento en Bioquímica De Estudiantes Universitarios de Medicina, Vanessa Miguel

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Dissertation: Improving Customer Service And Purchasing System Design At Western Washington University, Dale A. Monroe

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Dissertation: An Evaluation of an Alternative High School as a Learning Organization, David K. Moore

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Dissertation: Improving Grade 6 Reading Comprehension Skills at Dvorak Academy By Implementing a Reading Program, Leonard B. Moore

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: The Effect of Enrollment Status on Performance Outcomes for Traditional and Nontraditional Students Enrolled in the Nova Southeastern University Undergraduate Elementary Education Program, Dian R. Moorhouse

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Dissertation: Declining Enrollment: Recruitment Efforts to Reverse This Trend, Queen A. Morrow

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Dissertation: Meeting the Needs of an Elementary School Community: Providing a Safe and Enriching Environment In an Afterschool Program, Darlene M. Moye

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Dissertation: Evaluation of the Utilization and Usefulness of Chaos Theory in Human Services Education and Professional Practice at Western Washington University, Trula Morehead Nicholas

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Dissertation: Increasing Student Achievement Through Formative Assessment And Teacher Support, Nancy Nichols

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Dissertation: Improving Second-Grade Students’ Language Arts Achievement Scores, Thomas W. O'Neill II

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Dissertation: Development of a Curriculum Model for The Senior Adult Program at Paradise Valley Community College With an Implementation and Evaluation Plan, Sylvia Ong

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Dissertation: Development of a Comprehensive Professional Education, Implementation, and Evaluation Plan for Part-Time Faculty at South Puget Sound Community College, Lee Paavola

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Dissertation: Improving the Performance of Transfer Students In Mathematics at Jericho Christian Academy, Joyce Y. Parker

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Dissertation: Communication Competence: Does Augmentative and Alternative Communication Intervention Make a Difference?, Jessica L. Perciak

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Dissertation: Development of a Strategic Plan for the Implementation of A Baccalaureate Degree in Public Safety at St. Petersburg College, Carlene M. Peterson

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Dissertation: Ethical Decision Making in Speech-Language Pathology: What Is the Difference In Perception Between Faculty and Second Year Graduate Students?, Kerrilyn R. Phillips

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Dissertation: Programa Instruccional en Estrategias de Aprendizaje en Línea Para Mejorar El Desempeño Académico de Estudiantes Universitarios, Lisette Poggioli

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Dissertation: Actitudes Del Estudiantado Ante la Incorporación de la Educación a Distancia: ¿Factores de Aceptación O Rechazo?, Marina Polo

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Dissertation: Improving Character Education in Preschool Programs Through Improved Program Policies, and Through the Training Of Teachers and University Student Teachers, Cheryl N. Priest

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Efecto del Estilo de Aprendizaje y el Uso de Estrategias Metacognitivas en la Conducta de Búsqueda de Información Precisa en Hipermedios en Estudiantes Universitarios, Lydia Pujol

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Dissertation: Efecto Del Estilo de Aprendizaje Y El Uso de Estrategias Metacognitivas En la Conducta de Búsqueda de Información Precisa en Hipermedios En Estudiantes Universitarios, Lydia Pujol

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Dissertation: Development of a 42-Volt Power Systems Training Manual, Mark L. Quarto

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Dissertation: A System-Level Comparison of Cost-Efficiency and Return On Investment Related to Online Course Delivery, Thomas R. Ramage