Dissertations from 2024
Learning Targets in an Early Elementary Classroom: an Agential Realist Examination, Courtney Hartnett
Elementary Teachers’ Meanings of Culturally Relevant Science and the Policies That Shape Their Practice, Katie Woodbridge
Dissertations from 2023
URLiteracy: Analyzing the K-2 Georgia Standards of Excellence in Computer Science and English Language Arts, Lauren Coleman
Quiet as it's Kept: A Critical Case Study of Race Talk in Preservice Teachers' Read Alouds, Carina Windom
Assessing Early Writing In Preschool: Reliability And Validity Of A Refined Coding System, Xiao Zhang
Dissertations from 2022
When They See Us in the Pages: The Representation of Black and Brown Males in Children’s Literature, Quintin R. Bostic II
Roots and Wings: A Case Study of African American English Language Awareness in an Urban Preservice Teacher Education Program, Nicole Denise Dukes
Let’s Talk About Math: Exploring How Elementary Teachers Plan And Implement Mathematical Discourse In The Classroom, Anne Robertson Green
Factors Predicting The Self-efficacy Of Instructional Coaches Of Mathematics In Urban Elementary Schools, Ayana Oden
Dissertations from 2021
How White Racial Identity Changes in Time and Context for One Teacher (Educator), Melissa Schellenberg
Cognitive Dissonance and Special Education Teachers: Examining Instructional Decisions in a High-stakes Testing Era, Alyse H. Showers
Beyond Bandwidth: An Examination of Making Learning Accessible for All Students, Christal Walker
Dissertations from 2020
Teacher's Narratives: Navigating Culturally Responsive Teaching in Upper Elementary Mathematics Classrooms, LaToya Byrd
How It Lives in Me Is the Work: A Mother and Daughter’s Critical Collaborative Inquiry Navigating and Deconstructing White Fragility, Margaret Dantzler
Bringing Clarity to the Construct: A Content Analysis of Dispositions for Urban Teaching and Learning, Sarah Mia Obiwo
Art Talk/Creative Talk Time (C.T.T): A Framework for Using Student-Teacher Conversation as an Instructional Tool, Erica M. Pendleton
Elementary Science: A Critical Race Perspective of Exemplary African American Teachers, Mario Pickens
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
The Manfestation of the African-Centered Educational Philosophy in the Pedagogical Practices of an Elementary Education Science Teacher, Akua Appiagyei
Monotheist but not Monolithic: Middle Eastern Muslim Identity and Intersectionality in Middle Eastern Picture Books, Mehmet Gultekin
Dissertations from 2018
A Qualitative Examination of Teacher-Student Relationships in the Elementary Grades: Teacher and Student Perspectives, Ryan Daniel Fremeau
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
An Examination of Pre-K Co-Teacher’s’ Perceptions and Self-Efficacy in their Present Co-teaching Experiences, Nicola A. Gayle
Exploring First Graders' Mathematical Explanations, Nicole Gearing
Elementary Teacher Candidates’ Lived Experiences Of edTPA Mathematics Assessment Task, Tiffany Jacobs
Teacher-Child Relationships and Parental Support: Association with Academic Achievement among Preschoolers, Chaehyun Lim
COGNITIVE DISSONANCE AND TEACHERS: WHEN BELIEFS AND MANDATES COLLIDE, Julie McFaddin
Elementary School Teachers' Integration Of Digital Literacy During Collaborative Planning Sessions In a Project-Based School, Zehra Ozturk
Dissertations from 2017
Digitally Sound? Teachers’ Use of Digital Literacies in Predominantly African American Classrooms in a Low SES Urban School Setting, Ruby Champion
Examining Elementary Mathematics Teachers' Knowledge and Implementation of High Leverage Teaching Practices, Cliff Chestnutt
Exploring the Influence of the Singapore Modeling Method on Prospective Elementary Teachers in a University Mathematics Course, Geoff F. Clement
Handling the Past: Using a Specialized Curriculum to Facilitate Narration of Racial Identities, Andrea D. Kiel
Special Education Teacher Retention in Small Schools, Siri Marie Olson
Theoretical Understandings and Empirical Approaches to the Measurement of Children's Early Composing, Margaret Quinn
Dissertations from 2016
Investigating Elementary School Teachers' Interactions Relating to Newcomer Emergent Bilingual Students, Amelia A. Cain
Changing Perceptions: Six Third Grade Teachers’ Experiences Integrating Economics With Book Clubs, Sandra Cronin
Outdoor Play Behaviors of Pre-Kindergarten Students: Investigating Sociometric Scores, Familiarity, Gender, and Play Entry Strategies, Leslie McAlpin
Perceptions and Practice: An Investigation of Urban Teachers' Perceived and Observed Teaching Dispositions, Carla Bernard Miller
Dissertations from 2015
"Move the Decimal Point and Divide": An Exploration of Students' Introduction to Division with Decimals, Sharon Hooper
Creating Space For New Teacher Voices: Examining Mentoring From the Perspective of New Teacher Residents, Cassandra Matthews
Dissertations from 2014
A Case of a Situative Model for Professional Learning, April K. DeGennaro
A Du Boisian Approach: How Does Double Consciousness Manifest in the Experiences of Black Males in an Urban Teacher Preparation Program, Brandon Lewis
Teachers' Perceptions of Accent on Formative Reading Assessments, Meghan Pendergast
Dissertations from 2013
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
Literacy Instruction in the Wake of Common Core State Standards, Jennifer Barrett-Mynes
Dissertations from 2012
Investigation of In-Service Teachers' Use of Video during a Critical Friends Group, Karen A. Czaplicki
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
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
The Relationship between Language and Reading in Bilingual English-Arabic Children, Lama K. Farran
A Dichotomy Examined: Beginning Teach for America Educators Navigate Culturally Relevant Teaching and a Scripted Literacy Program in their Urban Classrooms, Kara M. Kavanagh
Student Participation in Mathematics Discourse in a Standards-based Middle Grades Classroom, Brian S. Lack
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
Finding Their Way: A Critical Ethnography of Five African American Women Educators' Early Experiences to Develop Into Culturally Relevant Pedagogues, Rachel B. Dunbar
In and Out of the Matrix: Three Elementary Pre-Service Teachers' Reflective Journeys toward Culturally Relevant Pedagogy, Tonia Renee Durden
Linking Theory to Practice: Understanding How Two Reading Recovery Teachers' Reflections Inform their Teaching Practices, Lydia Criss Mays
Dissertations from 2008
Elementary Teachers' Experiences with Technology Professional Development and Classroom Technology Integration: Influences of Elements of Diffusion and Support, Frances LeAnna Bryant
Keep Your Eyes on Ms. Clark: Two Mexican Immigrant Children Make the Transition to Kindergarten, Mark B. Cobb
Outcomes of Standards-based Portfolios for Elementary Teacher Candidates, Christina C. McIntyre
Dissertations from 2007
Understanding of Earth and Space Science Concepts: Strategies for Concept Building in Elementary Teacher Preparation, Nermin Bulunuz