Dissertations from 2010
Project-based learning about nutrition with technology in an African-American middle school: An Action Research Study, Sibyl A. Banks
Perceptions of Effective Instruction in Community Colleges: A Student View, Stephen Kent Biermann
A Qualitative Study of a Native American Mascot at "Public University", Michelle Lyn Brune
In Their Voices-Retaining African American Students at a Predominately White University: An Examination of Theoretical Implications and Student Cerntered Practices, Gwendolyn DeLoach-Packnett
An Analysis of the Community College Concept in the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam, Cynthia (Cindy) Kay Epperson
Social Studies Teachers Who Teach Toward Social Justice: An Examination of Life Histories, Robert Andrew Good
"It's no secret": The experiences of eight lesbian public school administrators with district personnel, students and their parents, Kelly Marie Grigsby
Where the rocks are in the pond : using critical race theory to gain access to more equitable educational opportunities for African Americans, Thomasina F. Hassler
Combat Exposure, Agency, Perceived Threat, Guilt, and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder among Iraq and Afghanistan War Veterans, Hsin-Hsin Huang
HELLFIRE AND ACADEMIC DISHONESTY: AN EMPIRICAL EVALUATION OF THE INFLUENCE OF RELIGIOUS ORIENTATION ON ACADEMIC DEVIANCE, Jason Robert Jolicoeur
Reading with a Critical Global Perspective: A Study of Children's & Adolescent's Literature on South Asia, 1989-2009., Manika Subi Lakshmanan
Comparing Perceptions of Campus Crime Severity Among Community College and Public Four-Year University Students, Loren Morell Lundstrom
Exploring Diverse Blended Families: Using Critical Discourse Analysis to Hear Their Voices, Robin Moore-Chambers
The Effectiveness of Articulation and Transfer Agreements Between Missouri Community Colleges and Universities in Promoting the Successful Completion of a Four-Year Degree, Katherine Sue Perkins
EDUCATING FOR THE KNOWLEDGE AGE: A COLLECTIVE CASE STUDY OF TEACHERS’ BELIEFS IN A PROBLEM BASED LEARNING ENVIRONMENT, Amy Marie Ruffus Doerr
Structure and Flow: Toward an Organic Approach to Critical Multiliteracies in a Writing Workshop, Inda Lynn Schaenen
THE PERCEPTIONS OF ELITE MALE GYMNASTS OF THE EFFECTS OF PUNISHMENT ON SELF-EFFICACY AND ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE, Jason David Selk
THE EVOLUTION OF SELF-DIRECTEDNESS IN AN UNDERGRADUATE ETHICS COURSE: A COMPARISON OF THREE COURSE DELIVERY METHODS, Shawna Leigh Strickland
PREDICTORS OF ACCULTURATIVE STRESS FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS IN THE UNITED STATES, Christopher Sullivan
Dissertations from 2009
THE TRANSFORMATIONAL LEARNING ASSOCIATED WITH TRAINING FOR AND COMPLETING A MARATHON, Timothy John Gillum
FAMILY FUNCTIONING AND PARENTAL DIVORCE AS PREDICTORS OF ATTACHMENT STYLES AND SEXUAL ATTITUDES IN COLLEGE STUDENTS, Kathy Lynne Kufskie
Black Female Student's Experiences in a Predominantly White High Achieving Suburban School: Implications for Theory and Practice, Erika Raissa Nash
INTERNATIONALIZATION OF GENERAL EDUCATION CURRICULUM IN MISSOURI COMMUNITY COLLEGES: A FACULTY PERSPECTIVE, Gavin Caje O'Connor
Pursuing an Ethic of Care: A Case Study of One Female Superintendent, Rachelle Grace Rico
ADULT LEARNING SATISFACTION AND INSTRUCTIONAL PERSPECTIVE IN THE FOREIGN LANGUAGE CLASSROOM, Linda Jo Ryan
The Professional Learning Community Model of Continuous School Improvement and the Effect on Job Satisfaction, Professional Collaboration, and Implementation of Best Practices, Danielle Sullivan Tormala
DIMENSIONS OF INTUITION: FIRST-ROUND VALIDATION STUDIES, Rosanne Vrugtman
Dissertations from 2008
Standards-based instruction: what teachers do in the classroom
The relationship between the maturity level of professional learning communities (PLCs) and student achievement, Eric Brett Arbetter
An Investigation of Career and Technical Education in Local School Districts and the Special School District of St. Louis County, Missouri, David P. Baker
THE 2002 NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND ACT (NCLB), THE AMENDED 2004 INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES EDUCATIONAL ACT (IDEA), AND PROMOTING THE AMERICAN DEMOCRATIC IDEALS OF EQUITY AND ACCESS, Bambi Rene' Bethel-Leitschuh
The Impact of Instructional Delivery Methods on Retention of BSN-C Students, Cynthia Susan Billman
Mezirow's Transformational Learning Theory and Alternative Health Therapeutics of Mind, Body, and Spirit, Lewis Edward Blackwell
The Impact of Systematic Professional Development on Selected Areas of Student Performance in Selected Missouri School Buildings, Clifford J. Carver
THE IMPACT OF GENDER SOCIALIZATION ON WOMEN?S LEARNED TECHNOLOGICAL HELPLESSNESS AND ITS ANDRAGOGICAL IMPLICATIONS, Joy Elise Harris
THE IMPACT OF A CHARACTER EDUCATION BASED INTERACTIVE DISCIPLINE PROGRAM ON AT-RISK STUDENT BEHAVIOR IN AN ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL, Michael G. Hylen
Supporting E-Learning Within a Social Framework, Barbara J. Keene
THE DEVELOPMENT OF MULTICULTURAL COUNSELING COMPETENCIES BY USING SERVICE LEARNING, Denise K. Sommers
Dissertations from 2007
E-PORTFOLIOS: THEIR IMPACT ON PRESERVICE TEACHERS' SELF-DIRECTED LEARNING AND COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY SKILLS, YUFANG CAROLE HUANG
Creating Culturally Relevant Techonological Operas in an Urban School, Dianna Isaac-Johnson
DEVELOPING LITERACY PRACTICES THROUGH DIGITAL STORYTELLING, Therese Marie Kulla-Abbott
St. Louis Charter School History, 1996-2005: A Case Study, Tara Kay Little
The Instructional Perspectives of Community College Mathematics Faculty, Laurie K. McManus
Challenges of Administering a Sino-U.S. Joint Venture Campus in China, Osman Ozturgut
THE EXPERIENCE OF TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION BY TEACHER EDUCATORS IN HIGHER EDUCATION, Patricia Ann Suess
Dissertations from 2006
The Power of "Estudentprotest:" A Study of Electronically-enhanced Student Activism, James Patrick Biddix
The Relationship Between Resource Allocation Patterns in Missouri K-12 Public School Districts and Student Performance, Aaron Ross Butler
FACULTY DEVELOPMENT IN THE UNIVERSITY SETTING: PERSPECTIVES AND PRACTICES, Verna Josephine Dickson
Finding Voice: An Exploration of a Community¿Based Adult Learning Process, Stephen C. Jeanetta
Learning Leadership: An Investigation of Principals' Attitudes toward Teachers in Creating the Conditions Conducive for Learning in School-Based Staff Development, Arnold N. Stricker, Jr.
TRANSITION ACTIVITIES AND THEIR EFFECTS ON MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS, Vicki Sue Vanlaere
Terrorism and College Students: A Generation's Response to September 11, 2001, Robert Mason Wild
Dissertations from 2005
Relationship between course-taking behavior, gender, and mathematics achievement on the Missouri Assessment Program (MAP), Geraldine Dressel Baumgart
An Examination of the Psychometric Properties of the Spiritual Well-Being Scale in a Sample of African American Women, Mary Catherine Dugan
Alice Parker: American Choral Composer, Arranger, and Educator, Gail H. Fleming
Navigating Cultures and Epistemologies in Science and Technology Education, Kathleen Theresa Kurzk
How High School Science-related Experiences Influenced Career Persistence, Andrew Dwight Shaw
Student Experiences During the 1954-1955 Merger of Harris and Stowe Teachers Colleges, Kenneth Allen Wetstein
Dissertations from 2004
The effects of negotiated written feedback within formative assessment on fourth grade students' motivation and goal orientations, Craig Alan Waddell