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Dissertations from 2014

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Up Close and Personal: Latino/a Immigrant Children Making Sense of Immigration and Developing Agency Through Critical Multicultural Literature and Online Discussions in a Third Grade Classroom, Eliza G. Allen

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The Influence of a K-5 Science Endorsement on the Professional Knowledge Bases of Elementary Teachers, Donna Barrett-williams

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Growing Up On Burritos and Black-Eyed Peas: An Autoethnography of Multiracial Identity Development, Marie Bruner

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Acknowledging the Elephant in the Room: A Multiple-Case Study Exploring the Experiences of Social Studies Teacher-Coaches, Caroline J. Conner

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A Case Study of Student Instructor Connectedness In An Asynchronous Modular Online Environment, Orazio Antonio D'Alba

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Teacher Planning Problem Space Of Expert Technology Integrating Teachers, Erin Davis

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Critical Success Factors of Technological Innovation and Diffusion in Higher Education, Terry Dennison

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Instructional Designers' Perceptions of their Personal Background and Experiences in their Work, Shabana Figueroa

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Retention of Accomplished Veteran Social Studies Teachers, Russell Hardin

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Students' and Teachers' Perceptions of the Engagement of Creativity in Secondary Choral Ensemble Classes, David W. Langley

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Wordsmith: Examining the role hip-hop texts play in viewing the world, Crystal LaVoulle

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Investigating the Effects of Delivering Content Based on a Waves Learning Progression on Learning Outcomes in an Online High School Physics Unit, Timothy Maley

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Process and Product: High School English Learners Redefined, Sarah Mantegna

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The Effects Of Using Visual Statistics Software On Undergraduate Students' Achievement In Statistics And The Role Of Cognitive And Non-Cognitive Factors In Their Achievement, Kori Lloyd Hugh Maxwell

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How School Library Media Specialists Support Reading and Information Literacy Skills Instruction for English Language Learners, Melinda Morin

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An Examination of the Impact of Pedagogical Preparation, Teaching Experience and Future Career Plans on Mathematics Graduate Teaching Assistants' Efficacy, Patrice Parker

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Narratives of Caring in the Elementary Art Room, Lauren Christine Phillips

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Emergent Bilinguals' Use of Social, Cultural, and Linguistic Resources in a Kindergarten Writing Workshop, Sanjuana C. Rodriguez

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The Effectiveness of Emotional Motivational Feedback Messages, Firat Sarsar

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Professional Learning Community as an Impetus for my Development into a Teacher Leader: An Autoethnographic Study, Rabia Shahbaz

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Culturally Relevant Pedagogy, Literacy Instruction, and Teacher Decision Making: A Formative Experiment Investigating Shifts in Teachers' Beliefs and Practices, Natasha A. Thornton

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Meta-Didactical Slippages: A Qualitative Case Study of Didactical Situations in a Ninth Grade Mathematics Classroom, Nathan J. Wisdom

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The Black Middle Class: Negotiating Literacy Identities In Church And School, Kamania Wynter Hoyte

Dissertations from 2013

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An Archaeological/Genealogical Historical Analysis of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Standards Documents, Erika C. Bullock

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Unheralded Historian: Mary Sheldon Barnes and Primary Source Material in History Books, James A. Chisholm Jr

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Empowering Instructional Practices of Technology Using Teachers of Low-Income African American Students, Crystal Cuby Richardson

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Negotiating the Faculty Journey: Technology, Teaching, and Tenure, Joseph Horne

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An Examination of Standards-based Practices in College Algebra in the First Two Years of College, Laurn R. Jordan Dr.

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Composing a Gamer: A Case Study of One Gamer's Experience of Symbiotic Flow, Heather L. Lynch

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Developmental Mathematics College Students? Experiences of Mathematical Practices in a 4-week Summer Learning Community using Local Communities of Mathematical Practices, Bhupinder Naidu

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The Lived Experiences of Black Women Faculty in the Instructional Technology Professoriate, Valora Richardson

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Construction of Professional Identity in Novice Library Media Specialists, Deborah W. Sandford

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All the School's a Stage: A Multimodal Interaction Analysis of a School Administrator's Literate Life as Dramaturgical Metaphor, Dru D. Tomlin

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A High School Mathematics Teacher Tacking Through The Middle Way: Toward A Critical Postmodern Autoethnography In Mathematics Education, John O. Wamsted

Dissertations from 2012

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Culture, Context, Curriculum: An Explosion of the Attitudes of Black Middle School Males Towards Art Education, Rita D. Baker

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Home Literacy Practices of Arabic-English Bilingual Families: Case Study of One Libyan American Preschooler and One Syrian American Preschooler, Azusa Callaway

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School-Museum Partnerships: Examining an Art Museum's Partnering Relationship with an Urban School District, Kymberly M. Cruz

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Louisiana Educational Assessment Program (LEAP): A Historical Analysis of Louisiana's High Stakes Testing Policy, Erica L. Decuir

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Foreign Language for Content: Aiming to Develop Lifelong Learning Dispositions, Svetoslava Dimova

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Standards-Based Instruction: A Case Study of a College Algebra Teacher, Anthonia O. Ekwuocha

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The Role of Media Specialists with Respect to Instructional Technology in an Urban School District in Georgia, Warren R. Goetzel

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Beyond Bells and Whistles: Content Area Teachers' Understanding of and Engagement with Literacy, Mary H. Huysman Ph.D.

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College Faculty Experiences with Technological Innovation: An Exploratory Case Study, Peggy A. Lumpkin

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Links and Disconnects Between Third Grade Teachers' Beliefs, Knowledge, and Practices Regarding Nonfiction Reading Comprehension Instruction for Struggling Readers, Nicole Maxwell

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"Music is Waiting For You:" The Lived Experience of Children's Musical Identity, Michelle Mercier De Shon

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"If I Am Losing Them, I'm Going to Change. So That's What We Did!" Third Grade Teachers Contemplate the Literacy Needs of Diverse Students Within A Teacher Study Group, Megan A. Nason Mrs.

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The Effect of Aleks on Students' Mathematics Achievement in an Online Learning Environment and the Cognitive Complexity of the Initial and Final Assessments, Eze Nwaogu

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Guided Wanderings: An A/r/tographic Inquiry into Postmodern Picturebooks, Bourdieusian Theory, and Writing, Adrianne Nicole M. Pourchier

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Organizational change factors for increasing online learning within a southeastern state university system, David E. Stone

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Exploring Novice Teachers' Cognitive Processes Using Digital Video Technology: A Qualitative Case Study, Yuelu Sun-Ongerth

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What Informs Practice and What is Valued in Corporate Instructional Design? A Mixed Methods Study, Ingrid N. Thompson-Sellers

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Artistic Frames: An Arts-Based Study of Teachers? Experiences with Arts-Integrated English Language Arts for Students with Dis/abilities, Alisha M. White

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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to My Ph.D.: Exploring Issues Affecting Attrition and Completion in the Doctoral Program in Instructional Technology at a Major Research University, Carla L. Williams

Dissertations from 2011

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Understanding how ESOL Pre-Services Teachers' Prior Experiences and Background Shape their Processes of becoming L2 (Reading) Teachers, Eudes H. Aoulou

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How Do Scientists Cross Cultural Borders between Religion and Science: A Case Study, Chester A. Barner III

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Effective Technology Strategies Teachers Use in the Urban Middle Grades Mathematics Classroom, Tammie R. Cravens

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Assessing the Impact of Computer Programming in Understanding Limits and Derivatives in a Secondary Mathematics Classroom, Christopher H. de Castro

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Vocal Improvisation and the Development of Musical Self-efficacy in Adolescent Choral Musicians, David Neal Hirschorn

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Perceptions of a HIV Testing Message Targeted for At-Risk Adults with Low Functional Health Literacy, Susan L. Hunter

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A Long Road to Travel: Narratives of African American Male Preservice Educators' Journeys through a Graduate Teacher Eduaction Program, Shawn Jones

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An Investigation of the Influence of Instructional Coaching on Retention of Mathematics Teachers, Dorothy Lewis-Grace

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Mapping the Road to Instructional Coach Effectiveness: Exploring the Relationship Between Instructional Coaching Efficacy, Practices, and Outcomes, Marsha McCrary

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Becoming the Generalized Other: An Analysis of the Narratives of Teach for America Teacher-Bloggers, Neil J. Rigole

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Teachers and English Language Learners Experiencing the Secondary Mainstream Classroom: A Case Study, Amanda M. Ruiz

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Identifying Complex Cultural Interactions in the Instructional Design Process: A Case Study of a Cross-Border, Cross-Sector Training for Innovation Program, Lillian R. Russell Ph.D.

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An Examination of Cognitive Presence and Learning Outcome in an Asynchronous Discussion Forum, Tan M. Tran

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Simulation Video Games as Learning Tools: An Examination of Instructor Guided Reflection on Cognitive Outcomes, Kevin R. Wood

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Professional Development, Writer's Workshop and Identity: A Case Study of Women Elementary School Teachers Using Writing as Resistance, Karla J. Zisook

Dissertations from 2010

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Successful White Mathematics Teachers of African American Students, Carla R. Bidwell

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Technology Resolved: An Ethnographic Approach to Instructional Design within Urban Middle School Debate, Dana Bryant

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Semiosis of Self: Meaning Making in a High School Spanish for Native Speakers Class, Tammy G. Frederick

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Life Portraits: A Comparative Case Study of Four Veteran Spanish Teachers, Myrnelle L. Gregory-Bryan

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Passing as Literate: Gender, Dyslexia, and the Shaping of Identities, Ellen Burns Hurst

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"...And, If You Have a Class Like That, I'd Like To Sign Up!": Beginning Teachers Navigating the Constraints of Teaching Literacy in a Culturally and Linguistically Diverse, Professional Development School, Katharine S. Kurumada

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Preservice Teachers' Use of Lesson Study in Teaching Nature of Science, Amy McDowell

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The Relationship between Nature of Science Understandings and Science Self-Efficacy Beliefs of Sixth Grade Students, Elisabeth A. Parker

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Toward an Integrated Theory of Musical Worth and Pedagogical Value: An Analysis of Commissioned Choral Works and Personal Perspectives of Emma Lou Diemer and Alice Parker, Elise Eskew Sparks

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Beginning Teachers' Perceptions of Preparedness: A Teacher Education Program's Transferability and Impact on The Secondary English/Language Arts Classroom, Mary C. Thompson

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University Staff Perspectives on Change Management Strategies in Student Information System Adoption, Winnie W. Tsang-Kosma

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Investigation of Alignment between Goals of Schooling Relevant to Georgia and the Georgia Performance Standards, Anissa Lokey Vega

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Faculty Perceptions about Virtual World Technology: Affordances and Barriers to Adoption, Linda W. Wood

Dissertations from 2009

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Effects of Wide Reading Vs. Repeated Readings on Struggling College Readers' Comprehension Monitoring Skills, Omer Ari

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Making Meaning, Out of Meaning Making, Alda Marcia Blakeney

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An Exploratory Study of Mathematics Engagement of Secondary Students, Tracy Thomas Brown

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The Writing Experiences of Urban Adolescents: A Multicase Study, Rebecca Covington Calder

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Asian English Language Learners' Identity Construction in an After School Read, Talk, & Wiki Club, Jayoung Choi

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To Stay and To Change: Beginning Social Justice Educators Creating Collaborative Third Space(s), Teresa Renae Fisher

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To Iron or to do Science: A Storied Life of a Latina from Scientist to Science Teacher, Sarida Peguero Hoy

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African American Men and College Mathematics: Gaining Access and Attaining Success, Christopher Charlie Jett

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Orchestrating Student Discourse Opportunities and Listening for Conceptual Understandings in High School Science Classrooms, Melissa Grass Kinard

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A Case Study of Secondary Teachers Facilitating a Historical Problem-Based Learning Instructional Unit, John L. Pecore

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Considering Hans-Georg Gadamer's Philosophical Hermeneutics as a Referent for Student Understanding of Nature-of-Science Concepts, Jared Michael Rashford

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Female Students and Achievement in Secondary School Mathematics, Barry P. Shildneck

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Dichotomous Musical Worlds: Interactions between the Musical Lives of Adolescents and School Music-Learning Culture, Todd Edwin Snead

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An Autoethnography:A Mathematics Teacher's Journey of Identity Construction and Change, Anthony B. Stinson

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Factors Affecting Construction of Science Discourse in the Context of an Extracurricular Science and Technology Project, Horace P. Webb

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What is Mathematics? An Exploration of Teachers' Philosophies of Mathematics during a Time of Curriculum Reform, Kimberly White-Fredette

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On the Border of a New Culture: Spanish-Speaking Middle School Newcomers' Perceptions, Expectations and Attitudes, Margo H. Williams

Dissertations from 2008

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No Writer Left Behind: Examining the Reading-Writing Connection in the Reading First Classroom through a Teacher Study Group, Kim Street Coady

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Investigating the Experience: A Case Study of a Science Professional Development Program Based on Kolb's Experiential Learning Model, Brian Davis