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Dissertations from 2024

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Learning Targets in an Early Elementary Classroom: an Agential Realist Examination, Courtney Hartnett

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Elementary Teachers’ Meanings of Culturally Relevant Science and the Policies That Shape Their Practice, Katie Woodbridge

Dissertations from 2023

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URLiteracy: Analyzing the K-2 Georgia Standards of Excellence in Computer Science and English Language Arts, Lauren Coleman

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Quiet as it's Kept: A Critical Case Study of Race Talk in Preservice Teachers' Read Alouds, Carina Windom

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Assessing Early Writing In Preschool: Reliability And Validity Of A Refined Coding System, Xiao Zhang

Dissertations from 2022

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When They See Us in the Pages: The Representation of Black and Brown Males in Children’s Literature, Quintin R. Bostic II

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Roots and Wings: A Case Study of African American English Language Awareness in an Urban Preservice Teacher Education Program, Nicole Denise Dukes

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Let’s Talk About Math: Exploring How Elementary Teachers Plan And Implement Mathematical Discourse In The Classroom, Anne Robertson Green

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Factors Predicting The Self-efficacy Of Instructional Coaches Of Mathematics In Urban Elementary Schools, Ayana Oden

Dissertations from 2021

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A Document Analysis of the Presence and Relationships Between Schwab’s Four Commonplaces in a Literacy Curriculum that's Adopted in High-Needs Schools, Cletis Allen

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How White Racial Identity Changes in Time and Context for One Teacher (Educator), Melissa Schellenberg

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Cognitive Dissonance and Special Education Teachers: Examining Instructional Decisions in a High-stakes Testing Era, Alyse H. Showers

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Beyond Bandwidth: An Examination of Making Learning Accessible for All Students, Christal Walker

Dissertations from 2020

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Teacher's Narratives: Navigating Culturally Responsive Teaching in Upper Elementary Mathematics Classrooms, LaToya Byrd

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How It Lives in Me Is the Work: A Mother and Daughter’s Critical Collaborative Inquiry Navigating and Deconstructing White Fragility, Margaret Dantzler

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Bringing Clarity to the Construct: A Content Analysis of Dispositions for Urban Teaching and Learning, Sarah Mia Obiwo

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Art Talk/Creative Talk Time (C.T.T): A Framework for Using Student-Teacher Conversation as an Instructional Tool, Erica M. Pendleton

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Elementary Science: A Critical Race Perspective of Exemplary African American Teachers, Mario Pickens

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Centering Black Women's Ways of Knowing: A Review of Critical Literacies Research and a Black Feminist Analysis of Black Women Educators’ Extraordinary Literacies, Francheska Denise Starks

Dissertations from 2019

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The Manfestation of the African-Centered Educational Philosophy in the Pedagogical Practices of an Elementary Education Science Teacher, Akua Appiagyei

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Monotheist but not Monolithic: Middle Eastern Muslim Identity and Intersectionality in Middle Eastern Picture Books, Mehmet Gultekin

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A Different Story of Beliefs: Preparing Elementary Mathematics Specialists (as-Subjects) and Reconceptualizing Teacher Beliefs(-Entangled), Kayla Myers

Dissertations from 2018

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A Qualitative Examination of Teacher-Student Relationships in the Elementary Grades: Teacher and Student Perspectives, Ryan Daniel Fremeau

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A Critical Discourse Analysis of Middle-Class African American Parents' Racial Socialization Parenting Behavior with Their 3 and 4-year-old Sons, Stacey French-Lee

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An Examination of Pre-K Co-Teacher’s’ Perceptions and Self-Efficacy in their Present Co-teaching Experiences, Nicola A. Gayle

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Exploring First Graders' Mathematical Explanations, Nicole Gearing

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Elementary Teacher Candidates’ Lived Experiences Of edTPA Mathematics Assessment Task, Tiffany Jacobs

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Teacher-Child Relationships and Parental Support: Association with Academic Achievement among Preschoolers, Chaehyun Lim

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COGNITIVE DISSONANCE AND TEACHERS: WHEN BELIEFS AND MANDATES COLLIDE, Julie McFaddin

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Elementary School Teachers' Integration Of Digital Literacy During Collaborative Planning Sessions In a Project-Based School, Zehra Ozturk

Dissertations from 2017

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Digitally Sound? Teachers’ Use of Digital Literacies in Predominantly African American Classrooms in a Low SES Urban School Setting, Ruby Champion

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Examining Elementary Mathematics Teachers' Knowledge and Implementation of High Leverage Teaching Practices, Cliff Chestnutt

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Exploring the Influence of the Singapore Modeling Method on Prospective Elementary Teachers in a University Mathematics Course, Geoff F. Clement

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Handling the Past: Using a Specialized Curriculum to Facilitate Narration of Racial Identities, Andrea D. Kiel

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Special Education Teacher Retention in Small Schools, Siri Marie Olson

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Theoretical Understandings and Empirical Approaches to the Measurement of Children's Early Composing, Margaret Quinn

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Opened Eyes, Opened Minds: The Story of a Collaborative Inquiry into Electronic Book Use in the Primary Reading Classroom, Lisa Stone

Dissertations from 2016

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Investigating Elementary School Teachers' Interactions Relating to Newcomer Emergent Bilingual Students, Amelia A. Cain

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Changing Perceptions: Six Third Grade Teachers’ Experiences Integrating Economics With Book Clubs, Sandra Cronin

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Outdoor Play Behaviors of Pre-Kindergarten Students: Investigating Sociometric Scores, Familiarity, Gender, and Play Entry Strategies, Leslie McAlpin

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Perceptions and Practice: An Investigation of Urban Teachers' Perceived and Observed Teaching Dispositions, Carla Bernard Miller

Dissertations from 2015

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"Move the Decimal Point and Divide": An Exploration of Students' Introduction to Division with Decimals, Sharon Hooper

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Creating Space For New Teacher Voices: Examining Mentoring From the Perspective of New Teacher Residents, Cassandra Matthews

Dissertations from 2014

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A Case of a Situative Model for Professional Learning, April K. DeGennaro

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A Mixed-Methods Examination of Inservice Elementary School Teachers' Mathematics Mentoring Experiences in a Mathematics Master's Degree Program, Hardray Dumas

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A Du Boisian Approach: How Does Double Consciousness Manifest in the Experiences of Black Males in an Urban Teacher Preparation Program, Brandon Lewis

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Teachers' Perceptions of Accent on Formative Reading Assessments, Meghan Pendergast

Dissertations from 2013

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To Give and To Receive: Examining Feedback in Three Coaching Dyads From the Perspective of a University Coach and Teach For America Corps Members, Monica M. Alicea

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Literacy Instruction in the Wake of Common Core State Standards, Jennifer Barrett-Mynes

Dissertations from 2012

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Investigation of In-Service Teachers' Use of Video during a Critical Friends Group, Karen A. Czaplicki

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Crossing Boundaries: Exploring Black Middle And Upper Class Preservice Teachers’ Perceptions Of Teaching And Learning In High Poverty Urban Schools, Andrea D. Lewis

Dissertations from 2011

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Allow the Music to Speak: A Portraiture Case Study of Pre-service Teachers' Experiences in a Music-Integrated Literacy Methods Course, Christi Moore

Dissertations from 2010

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The Relationship between Language and Reading in Bilingual English-Arabic Children, Lama K. Farran

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A Dichotomy Examined: Beginning Teach for America Educators Navigate Culturally Relevant Teaching and a Scripted Literacy Program in their Urban Classrooms, Kara M. Kavanagh

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Student Participation in Mathematics Discourse in a Standards-based Middle Grades Classroom, Brian S. Lack

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A Case Study Examination of Culturally Relevant Pedagogical Practices for English- Language Learners in a Pre-Kindergarten Classroom Setting, Lisa Anne Matthews

Dissertations from 2009

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Finding Their Way: A Critical Ethnography of Five African American Women Educators' Early Experiences to Develop Into Culturally Relevant Pedagogues, Rachel B. Dunbar

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In and Out of the Matrix: Three Elementary Pre-Service Teachers' Reflective Journeys toward Culturally Relevant Pedagogy, Tonia Renee Durden

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Linking Theory to Practice: Understanding How Two Reading Recovery Teachers' Reflections Inform their Teaching Practices, Lydia Criss Mays

Dissertations from 2008

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Elementary Teachers' Experiences with Technology Professional Development and Classroom Technology Integration: Influences of Elements of Diffusion and Support, Frances LeAnna Bryant

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Keep Your Eyes on Ms. Clark: Two Mexican Immigrant Children Make the Transition to Kindergarten, Mark B. Cobb

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Outcomes of Standards-based Portfolios for Elementary Teacher Candidates, Christina C. McIntyre

Dissertations from 2007

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Development of Interest in Science and Interest in Teaching Elementary Science: Influence of Informal, School, and Inquiry Methods Course Experiences, Mizrap Bulunuz

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Understanding of Earth and Space Science Concepts: Strategies for Concept Building in Elementary Teacher Preparation, Nermin Bulunuz

Dissertations from 2006

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Effect of a Wildlife Conservation Camp Experience in China on Student Knowledge of Animals, Care, Propensity for Environmental Stewardship, and Compassionate Behavior Toward Animals, Sarah Marie Bexell