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Author:

Taylor, Catherine Freiday

Title:

Conceptions of Time and Competing Priorities in the Principalship: The Challenge of Staying Focused on Learning

Graduate Program:

Educational Leadership

Keywords:

Pennsylvania
No Child Left Behind legislation
New principals
Leadership in education
Instructional leadership
Instruction
Expectations
Email
Elementary schools
Elementary principal
Education
Decision making
Curriculum and instruction
Conceptions of time
Best interests
Availability or absence of time
Assessment results
Administration of schools
Achievement
Accountability in education
Pennsylvania System of School Assessment
Principal
Priorities
Qualitative research
Rural schools
Students
Student learning
Suburban schools
Technology
Time
Time management
Teachers
Theories and principles
Urban schools

File:

Download CFTaylor-Dissertation-ThesisOffice.pdf

Committee Members:

Paul T Begley, Professor Of Education, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Susan C Faircloth, Committee Member
James F Nolan Jr., Committee Member
Jacqueline A Stefkovich, Committee Member

Author:

Morales, David Roberto

Title:

THE RELATIONSHIPS AMONG PROCRASTINATION, ACHIEVEMENT, AND THE USE OF MOTIVATIONAL MESSAGES WITHIN AN ONLINE COURSE

Graduate Program:

Instructional Systems

Keywords:

Instructional Design
ARCS Model
Messages
Procrastination
Online Learning
Achievement
Motivation

File:

Download DavidRobertoMorales.pdf

Committee Members:

Jill L Lane, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kyle Leonard Peck, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jonathan P Mathews, Committee Member
Hoi Kin Suen, Committee Member

Author:

Abdel Kader, Shereen Adel Ibrahim

Title:

ENHANCING CREATIVE BEHAVIORAL EXPRESSIONS IN SCHOOL SYSTEMS: THE NEED FOR EDUCATIONAL REFORM AND A CENTER FOR CREATIVITY

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Creative Product
Descriptor Behavior
Achievement
Creativity
Classroom
Early Childhood
Children
Recognition
Teacher
Center for Creativity
Education Reform
School System
Behavior Expression
Creative Behavior
Creative Process
Identification
Curriculum
Instruction
Assessment
Indicator
Factor
Misconception

File:

Download Final_Thesis_04-17-08.pdf

Committee Members:

Thomas Daniel Yawkey, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member
Jamie Myers, Committee Member
Daniel Dean Hade, Committee Member

Author:

Hall, Gordon

Title:

HELPING STUDENTS TRANSITION TO MIDDLE SCHOOL: EFFICACY OF AN ATTRIBUTIONAL INTERVENTION

Graduate Program:

School Psychology

Keywords:

Attribution
School-based Intervention
Mind-set
Achievement

File:

Download Dissertation.Hall.PostDefense.Submit.pdf

Committee Members:

James Clyde Diperna, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Clyde Diperna, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Barbara Schaefer, Committee Member
Karen Linn Bierman, Committee Member
Scott Gest, Outside Member

Author:

Wei, Wei

Title:

A Longitudinal Examination of Discrimination among Chinese American Youth: Predictors, Consequences, and Protective Factors

Graduate Program:

Psychology (PHD)

Keywords:

Chinese American Adolescents
Discrimination
Neighborhood
Acculturation
Achievement
Depressive Symptoms

File:

Download Wei_dissertation_revision_with_grad_school_format_0723_final2.pdf

Committee Members:

Mayra Bamaca, Outside Unit & Field Member
Dawn Witherspoon, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jose Soto, Major Field Member
Kristin Buss (she/her), Major Field Member
Kristin Buss (She/Her), Program Head/Chair
Su Yeong Kim, Special Member
Member Committee, Special Member