Theses/Dissertations from 2003
Dissertation: Poetry: An Intervention to Improve the Fluency and Comprehension Skills Of Reluctant Readers in the Primary Grades, Monica A. Boyko
Dissertation: Improving School Bus Safety by Reducing Bus Accidents, Thomas F. Boyle
Dissertation: Is Enrollment in Algebra an Effective Strategy for Helping African American Students Pass the Mathematics Section of the California High School Exit Exam?, Deborah Bradshaw
Dissertation: Measuring the Effectiveness of a New Midterm Feedback Form On the Graduate Clinicians’ Ability to Discern Their Clinical Strengths and Weaknesses, Tambi L. Braun
Dissertation: Will a New Math Program Improve Burnsville Elementary School Third Grade Student Achievement?, Debra B. Brewer
Dissertation: The Effect of Humor on Test Anxiety and Performance In Distance Learning Students, John Briggs
Dissertation: Implementing the Six-Traits Model and Step Up to Writing To Improve the Writing Skills of Fourth Grade Students, Precious E. Broadnax
Dissertation: The Value of a Public School Literacy Program In a Rural Setting, Wanda Brownlee
Practicum: Training Teachers to Meet the Developmentally Appropriate Needs Of Preschool Children, Sharon R. Brown
Dissertation: Evaluation of the Averett University Leadership Minor Program, Paul A. Bryant
Dissertation: Improving the Spatial-Temporal Reasoning Ability Of Low-Achieving Third-Grade Students, Austin G. Buffum
Dissertation: Improving Academic Performance of Students With Learning Disabilities, Francis Bundukamara
Dissertation: Using Online Spatial Visualization Activities In a Geometry Course for Preservice Elementary Teachers, Kathy Bauman Burgis
Dissertation: The Impact the Organizational Leadership Has on Selected Factors At the Georgia Commission on Equal Opportunity, Lisa L. Burroughs
Dissertation: The Role of Rural School Superintendents On the Diffusion of Distance Education in South Dakota, Calderone L. Calderone
Dissertation: El Desarrollo Comunitario en la Formación Docente en Una Universidad a Distancia En Venezuela, Silvia Camejo
Dissertation: Estrategias de Aprendizaje Y Desempeño Académico en Estudiantes Del Primer Año Universitario, Alicia Cardozo Hernández
Dissertation: The Impact of Technology Workshops and Technology Integration in an Elementary School, Jill L. Carr
Dissertation: Reading Achievement in the Elementary Grades, Jeri Cepura
Dissertation: Development of an Associate of Applied Science Degree In Digital Photography at the Community College of Southern Nevada, Edie Chiarappa
Dissertation: Using Graphic Organizers to Enhance the Academic Achievement And Self-Esteem of Haitian Esol Students, Ingrid Chrisphonte
Dissertation: Development of a Retention Plan to Monitor African American Student Withdrawals at a Public School for the Performing Arts, Cody L. Clark
Dissertation: Establishing a Culture of Reading at The Middle School Level to Improve Reading Achievement, Neal W. Clark
Dissertation: Instructional Technology, Motivation, Attitudes and Behaviors: An Investigation of At-Risk Learners in the Middle School General Music Classroom, Sharon A. Clark
Dissertation: An Alternative Staff Development Plan For an Alternative Education Setting, Vashti Moore Clayton
Dissertation: Student Job Retention: An Urban Alternative High School Work-Study Improvement Plan, David W. Clegg
Dissertation: Improving Reading Achievement by Integrating Technology In After School Instructional Programs, Timothy L. Cliby
Dissertation: Case Study Project: A Professional Development Approach Linked to Student Achievement, Martha Adam Colwell
Dissertation: Improving Administrators’ Skills and Knowledge Of Personnel Procedures Through The Use of a Web Site, Frederic E. Conde
Dissertation: An Intervention Reading Program to Increase Reading Skills in 18 Months From CMT Proficient to Grade-Level Performance, Anthony J. Cordone
Dissertation: Technological Remediation: Special Education High School Students and High-Stakes Testing, Yvonne Craycroft Kirk
Dissertation: Improving Adolescents’ Reading Achievement by Offering Increased Time to Read and Teaching Reading Strategies, Susan Albright Currie
Dissertation: Development of a Career Planning and Placement Model With a Plan for Implementation and Evaluation, Thwanda L. Davidson
Dissertation: The Role of the School Administrator in Building A Positive Culture in a New Elementary School Setting, Amy R. Davis
Dissertation: The Effects of Home-School Communication on Parental Involvement, Donna DeMusis Dekle
Dissertation: Developing Block Schedule Instructional Methods in A Learning Organization at Theodore High School, Tammy D. Dennis
Dissertation: Phonemic Awareness and Beginning Literacy Skills in Lower Socioeconomic Native American Kindergarten and First Grade Students, Ellen-Sue Diamant
Dissertation: Development of a Sports Management Option to The Associates Degree in Health and Exercise Science At Camden County College, With a Plan for Implementation And Evaluation, Nicholas J. DiCicco
Dissertation: Inservice Needs of Online Adjunct Instructors, Judy Donovan
Dissertation: Increasing Enrollment Sustainability: A Practical Model For a Community College’s Leadership, Dwight D. Dorman
Dissertation: Addressing the Response and Responsibility of the Education System to The Social Concerns of At-Risk Students in American Schools: An Evaluative Study Of a Partnership Intervention Program, Ina Dorman
Dissertation: The Relationship Between the Academic Achievement and Social Development Of First and Second Grade Students Identified for Participation In Early Intervention Program Classrooms, Freda Doster
Dissertation: Case Study of Public School 370 and Implementation of An Education Program for Disabled 18- To 21-Year-Old Detainees, Dawn A.J. Downing
Dissertation: El Uso Del Tiempo en El Aula Y El Rendimiento Académico de Los Estudiantes De Educación Básica en El Estado Bolívar, Maria Milagros Draegert
Dissertation: Development of the Instructional Skills Program At the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology, Jane E. Duncan
Dissertation: Evaluating the Effective Use of Technology In Education, Kathy A. Dunne
Dissertation: Measuring the Prevalence and Assessing the Determinants of Depression Among Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Implications for Treatment, Drew Edwards
Dissertation: Development and Evaluation of a Leadership Skills Curriculum for The Committee to Aid Abused Women in Northern Nevada, Susan Joy Edwards
Dissertation: An Intervention to Remediate Motivational Shortcomings Caused by Childhood Maltreatment, Glade Eggett
Dissertation: Ninth-Grade Transition: A Program to Ensure An Effective Transition to High School, Steven Ellis
Dissertation: Principal Evaluation: Development of a Collaborative Tool For School Improvement, Stephen W. Elrod
Dissertation: Hands and Hearts for Children: A Family/School/Community Partnership Initiative, Charla C. Evans
Dissertation: Implementing Positive Behavioral Interventions And Supports At Aspen High School, Kendall Evans
Dissertation: Funding Options and Issues Regarding Capital Construction Projects in Jackson County Schools, Keith S. Everson
Dissertation: A Plan to Retain a Greater Number of Probationary Teachers in the Aspen School District, Thom H. Farrell
Dissertation: Development and Implementation of a Plan to Reduce Aggressive and Violent Behavior of Middle School Students During and After the Lunch Period, Carrissima W. Faust
Dissertation: Desarrollo de Un Ambiente Virtual de Aprendizaje en Salud Pública, Mariano Fernández Silano
Dissertation: Designing Student Teaching Experience To Reflect Best Practice, JoAnne Ferrara
Dissertation: Reducing the Failure Rate Of English for Students of Other Languages (ESOL) in Levels III and IV in the Mainstreamed Classroom, Manuel Ferrer
Dissertation: The Development of a Work Plan To Fund the Building of a New Facility, Gayle Florence Cane
Dissertation: An Investigation Into the Effects of Collaborative Co-Teaching on the Achievement Of Eighth Grade Students With Learning Disabilities, Karen Culmo Fontana
Dissertation: Providing a Curriculum in Kindergarten That Develops Reading Skills for Students Prior To Their Entrance Into First Grade, Linda J. Fouse
Dissertation: The Negative Impact of Middle School Mathematics Achievement on Classical High School, William G. Frost
Dissertation: A Second Chance for Struggling Students, Irene R. Fujii
Dissertation: An Evaluation of Curricular Effectiveness in Addressing Critical Thinking Skills Among Physical Therapist Assistant Programs in New England, Elizabeth V. Fuller
Dissertation: Third Grade Struggling Readers and Fast Forword, Jeannie Gallo
Dissertation: Improving High School Students’ Daily Class Period Attendance, Marvin E. Gantt
Dissertation: Diseño Didáctico en la Modalidad a Distancia Basado en Hypermedia Para El áRea de la Salud Bucal, Irama Garcia
Dissertation: Developing a Comprehensive System of Care for Children in Placement With Relatives: Collaboration, Organizational Culture And Family Roles in Local Service Development, Patricia Gartman Hardt
Dissertation: Estudio de Las Actitudes de Los Profesores de Una Universidad Tradicional Venezolana Hacia la Educación a Distancia E Implementación de Una Comunidad Virtual de Aprendizaje Como Estrategia de Difusión, María Gertrudis López
Dissertation: Transition of Ninth-Grade Students to Tenth Grade Using A Mentorship Program, MaryAnn Joanna Giacchino
Dissertation: Entrance and Exit Guidelines for Speech and Language Programs In North Orange County, Joe H. Gillentine Jr.
Dissertation: Teaching Fifth Grade Students With Learning Problems To Self-Regulate Writing Utilizing Mnemonics, Mary Angela Gioscia
Dissertation: A Strategic Approach to Promote Ninth-Grade Academic Success, Beverly W. Glover
Dissertation: Using the Writing Process and Continuous Assessment to Improve Student Compositions, Constance M. Goines
Dissertation: Desarrollo de Las Habilidades de la Resolución de Problemas Y Transferencia de la Matemática a Situaciones Económicas Con El Uso De La Tecnología en Estudiantes de áLgebra Lineal en Una Escuela de Economía, Máryori González
Dissertation: Utilizing Professional Development With Kindergarten Teachers to Change Instruction and Student Outcomes, Donna Kelley Goode
Dissertation: Aligning Standards Successfully in a High School Science Curriculum, J. Harrison Goodwin
Dissertation: Bridging the Gap in Writing In High Poverty Schools, Alexis N. Gordon
Dissertation: A Plan to Develop, Implement, and Evaluate Online Continuing Education Courses At Nova Southeastern University College of Optometry, N. Scott Gorman
Dissertation: Sixth-Grade Study Group Intervention Program To Increase Academic Achievement In the Area of Reading, Sue Greenfield
Dissertation: Attendance: The First Step Towards Success, Steven W. Green
Dissertation: A Northwest Florida School District’s Response To Chartered Public Schools, Vivian L. Green
Dissertation: Engineering and Adapting Eating Environments For Students With Autism, Loretta Boggs Griffin
Dissertation: The Development of a Bilingual Program Assessment Tool, Francisco R. Grullon
Dissertation: Development of a Plan at Germanna Community College For Responding Quickly to the Training Needs of Local Business and Industry, Kathleen P. Habel
Dissertation: Improving Teachers’ Skills When Dealing With Grieving Children Through a Grief-Training Program, Mark A. Hale
Dissertation: Implementation of an Elementary In-School Suspension Program and Its Effects on School Climate, Carla K. Hall
Dissertation: Molding Minds, Making Links: Mentoring and Staff Development to Reduce Suspensions for Major Offenses at the Secondary Level, Ginger W. Hamilton
Dissertation: Building Leadership Capacity: A Case Study Of Standards-Based Staff Development, Geraldine M. Harge
Dissertation: The Development of An Entrepreneurship Certificate Program At Athens State University, Brenda Harper
Dissertation: Development of a Peer Tutor Training Model At Fort Valley State University With a Plan For Implementation and Evaluation, Darlene H. Harper
Dissertation: Reward: An Incentive Program to Encourage Appropriate Behavior and Reduce Discipline Referrals, Clyde O. Harris
Dissertation: Addressing Retention, Discipline, And Achievement Problems Among High School Freshmen, John Rhett Harris
Dissertation: A Parental Involvement Initiative At Fews Alternative School, Lorenzo Harrison
Dissertation: Possible Factors for Achievement Gap in Reading For Eighth-Grade African American Males, Sherry L. Harrison
Dissertation: Improving Reading Comprehension in The High School Setting, Robert L. Harris
Dissertation: Leadership Development Program Emphasizing Accessibility, Accountability, and Responsibility Through a Training Component for Faculty, Clair D. Hart
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
Dissertation: Effective Use of Multimodal Interventions With Adolescents in Residential Care, Brian J. Hawkins