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Author:

Hankin, Deborah Sue

Title:

INDIVIDUAL NOVICE TEACHER NEEDS AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: AN EVALUATION OF A WELL-RESPECTED INDUCTION PROGRAM

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

new teacher induction
new teacher support
novice teacher professional development
mentoring
induction
novice teacher needs

File:

Download DHankin_DissertationETD_12-06PDF.pdf

Committee Members:

James F Nolan Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Debra Freedman, Committee Member
Nona Ann Prestine, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

Author:

Ballock, Ellen E.

Title:

The Development and Evaluation of a Self-Study Process for Critical Friends Groups

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

professional learning community
critical friends group
group development
professional development
self-study
goal-setting process

File:

Download BallockFinalThesisDocument.pdf

Committee Members:

James F Nolan Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Karen Treat Keifer Boyd, Committee Member
Bernard Joel Badiali, Committee Member
Iris M Striedieck, Committee Member

Author:

Al Morshedi , Ghadah Hassan

Title:

ACADEMIC SOCIALIZATION: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE EXPERIENCES OF THE EMIRATI AND SAUDI STUDENTS AT U.S. UNIVERSITIES

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Culture Shock
Gulf Region Students
Disciplinary Socialization
Language Socialization
Academic Socialization

File:

Download Ghadah_Hassan__Al_Morshedi_Dissertation_.pdf

Committee Members:

Jamie Myers, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member
James F Nolan Jr., Committee Member
Jamie Myers, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ladislaus M Semali, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert Clark, Committee Member

Author:

Pyles , Jennifer Le-Ann Chestnut

Title:

Stories from Kindergarten: A Study of Teachers of Young Children in Public School Kindergarten Classroom Under the Standards Based Accountability Design

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

teacher stories
accountability
assessment
kindergarten
teacher autonomy

File:

Download Jennifer_Pyles_Final_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

James Ewald Johnson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Ewald Johnson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James F Nolan Jr., Committee Member
Kimberly Anne Powell, Committee Member
Richard Fiene, Committee Member

Author:

Lunt, Jana

Title:

The Effects of Teachers' Knowledge and Understanding of Addition and Subtraction Word Problems on Student Understanding

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

teacher knowledge
student understanding
cognitive demand
word problems

File:

Download Jana_Lunt_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Glendon Wilbur Blume, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Glendon Wilbur Blume, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Rose Mary Zbiek, Committee Member
James F Nolan Jr., Committee Member
Bernard Joel Badiali, Committee Member

Author:

Jones, Kathleen Marie

Title:

Elementary teachers' perceptions of science inquiry and professional development challenges and opportunities

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

elemenatary teachers and science
science inquiry
prfessional development in science education

File:

Download Kathleen_Jones_Final_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

James F Nolan Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James F Nolan Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member
Carla Zembal Saul, Committee Member
Denise Gaspari Meister, Committee Member

Author:

Mbindyo, Margaret Ngina

Title:

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ACADEMIC RESILIENCE AND COLLEGE SUCCESS: CROSS-NATIONAL EXPERIENCES OF LOW-INCOME/FIRST-GENERATION STUDENTS

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Protective Factors
Upward Bound Program
TRIO programs
First Generation
Low income
Academic Resilience
Risk Factors
Academic Engagement
Social Engagement

File:

Download ETDS_II.pdf

Committee Members:

Ladislaus M Semali, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ladislaus M Semali, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jamie Myers, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James F Nolan Jr., Committee Member
Susan Faircloth, Committee Member

Author:

Amond, Mary Beth

Title:

ENACTING AN INQUIRY STANCE: EXAMINING THE LONG-TERM IMPACT OF LEARNING TO TEACH IN A PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SCHOOL THAT FOSTERS TEACHER INQUIRY

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

professional development school
teacher inquiry
reflection
adaptive expertise

File:

Download MB_Amond_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

James F Nolan Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Bernard Joel Badiali, Committee Member
Carla Zembal Saul, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

Author:

Poehner, Priya Maria

Title:

DRAFTING A NEW CHAPTER ON CRITICAL FRIENDS GROUPS: EXPLORING TEACHER LEARNING FROM A VYGOTSKIAN PERSPECTIVE

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

teacher professional development
Critical Friends Groups
Sociocultural Theory
teacher learning

File:

Download final_dissertation_format.pdf

Committee Members:

James F Nolan Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Karen E Johnson, Committee Member
Bernard Joel Badiali, Committee Member
Patrick Willard Shannon, Committee Member

Author:

Williams, Robert L

Title:

A Case Study in Clinical Supervision: Moving from an Evaluation to a Supervision Mode

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

supervision
teacher supervision
clinical supervision

File:

Download Dissertation-Format_Approval.pdf

Committee Members:

James F Nolan Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Gerald K Letendre, Committee Member
Iris M Striedieck, Committee Member
Dr John Tippeconnic, Committee Member