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Author:: Meisinger, Amy Ann
Title:: The Influence of Small Schools High School Redesign on Teachers' Collective Efficacy Beliefs
Graduate Program:: Educational Leadership
Keywords:: small schools
collective teacher efficacy
high school redesign
File:: Download Meisinger_FINAL.pdf
Committee Members:: Nona Ann Prestine, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nona Ann Prestine, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Preston C Green, Committee Member
William Hartman, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

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Author:: Tekin, Ali Kemal
Title:: AN INVESTIGATION OF TURKISH PARENTS’ BELIEFS AND PERCEPTIONS FOR INVOLVEMENT IN THEIR YOUNG CHILDREN’S EDUCATION
Graduate Program:: Curriculum and Instruction
Keywords:: beliefs and perceptions
parent involvement
young children
Turkish
early childhood
child development
File:: Download Ali_Kemal_Tekin_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Thomas Daniel Yawkey, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Daniel Dean Hade, Committee Member
Hoi Kin Suen, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

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Author:: Freeman, Amy Louise
Title:: Money, Math and Engineering: The Relationships Between Community Economics, Math Preparation and the Graduation of Racially Underrepresented Engineers
Graduate Program:: Workforce Education and Development
Keywords:: prediction
recruitment
math programs
minority engineering program
STEM
poverty
race
retention
money
precollege
underrepresented
minority engineering
minority
math preparation
summer bridge
high school funding
MEP
diversity
graduation
engineering
multicultural
funding
high school
engineering shortage
Penn State
File:: Download Final_Document2.pdf
Committee Members:: William J Rothwell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
William J Rothwell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Judith Ann Kolb, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member
Kenneth Carter Gray, Committee Member

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Author:: Parrillo III, Albert Louis
Title:: Parental attachment and involvement as predictors of high school students' career thoughts
Graduate Program:: Counselor Education
Keywords:: career thoughts
dysfuncitonal career thinking
parental attachment
parental involvement
decision making confusion
external conflict
commitment anxiety
academic high school students
career and technical high school students
disability
trust
alienation
communication
demanding
responsive
File:: Download Parrillo_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Spencer G Niles, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jerry G Trusty, Committee Member
James Taylor Herbert, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

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Author:: Pane Whiteford, Anita
Title:: Measuring the Impact and Value of Training Programs: A Qualitative Study of Selected Programs in the Workforce and Economic Development Network in Pennsylvania (WEDnetPA)
Graduate Program:: Workforce Education and Development
Keywords:: training and development
WEDnetPA
workforce education
measurement and value
File:: Download Final_Dissertation_Anita_Pane.pdf
Committee Members:: William J Rothwell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
William J Rothwell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David Lynn Passmore, Committee Member
Wesley Edward Donahue, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

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Author:: Ackley, Carly R.
Title:: Leadership in Green Schools: School Principals as Agents of Social Responsibility
Graduate Program:: Educational Leadership
Keywords:: Ecological Literacy
Environmental Education
Educational Leadership
Sustainability
Green Schools
File:: Download Ackley_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Dr Paul T Begley, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Paul T Begley, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Roger C Shouse, Committee Member
Jacqueline A Stefkovich, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

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Author:: Brown, Darigg Collis
Title:: Reducing HIV and AIDS stigma among university students in South Africa
Graduate Program:: Biobehavioral Health
Keywords:: HIV and AIDS
stigma
race
South Africa
File:: Download Darigg_Brown_Final_FullDissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Collins O Airhihenbuwa, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Collins O Airhihenbuwa, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Rhonda Belue, Committee Member
Gary King, Committee Member
Edward A Smith, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

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Author:: Demers, Debora Lynne
Title:: The Relationship Between Perceptions of Learning Organization Characteristics and Firm Performance
Graduate Program:: Workforce Education and Development
Keywords:: organizational learning
learning organization
File:: Download DDemersDissertationMay2009.pdf
Committee Members:: David Lynn Passmore, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Lynn Passmore, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member
Rose Marie Baker, Committee Member
Judith Ann Kolb, Committee Member

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Author:: Schochor, Daniel Ross
Title:: Leadership Perspectives on Independent School Culture
Graduate Program:: Educational Leadership
Keywords:: Private/Independent Schools
School Culture
Leadership
Accountability
Competence
Community
Off-Campus Factors
File:: Download DISS_ON_TEMPLATE_page_numbers_corrected_1_PDF.pdf
Committee Members:: Dr Jaqueline Stefkovich, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jacqueline A Stefkovich, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Paul Begley, Committee Member
Preston Green Iii, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

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Author:: Gu, Donghua
Title:: TEACHERS' ATTITUDES TOWARD KINDERGARTEN INCLUSION IN CHINA
Graduate Program:: Curriculum and Instruction
Keywords:: kindergarten
inclusion
Teachers's attitudes
early childhood education
File:: Download dissertation_dhg.pdf
Committee Members:: Thomas Daniel Yawkey, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas Daniel Yawkey, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert F Nicely Jr., Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member
Pamela S Wolfe, Committee Member

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