Browsing Electronic Theses and Dissertations (Fall 2015 - Present) by Issue Date
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Examining the relationship between classroom climate and student achievement of middle school students
(2017-04-21)The purpose of this sequential mixed method study was to examine the relationship between classroom climate and student achievement of middle school students. This study included a review of data collected from the Learning ... -
STEAM Education in High School and Beyond: A Quantitative Investigation of Arts and STEM Using the High School Longitudinal Study of 2009
(2017-05-09)Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) plays an important part in the United States and global economy, but students are not persisting in STEM careers, often opting out of higher level STEM studies. ... -
Poverty and high school graduation: What are the associated variables?
(2017-07-05)Education is pivotal to a better life for many individuals. Unfortunately, a large number of adolescents in poverty fail to complete high school; thereby limiting their opportunities for better employment options. However, ... -
Examining the influence of educational mobile application software on students’ technology literacy
(2017-07-28)The purpose of this mixed methods study was to employ the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) Standards for Students as taxonomy to classify educational mobile application (app) software into seven ... -
An examination of teacher leader' and teachers' perceptions of the Trainer of Trainer model of professional development
(2017-08-14)The practice of using teacher leaders to support and develop teachers from within the educational organization is gaining support from research. The Trainer of Trainers (TOT) model of professional development is one ... -
Elementary Teachers of Writing: Personal Writing Beliefs and Their Impact on Teaching Writing
(2017-08-14)The purpose of this study was to determine teachers’ beliefs of themselves as writers and the impact of these beliefs on their teaching of writing. Case studies of seven teachers of writing on two elementary campuses in ... -
The Effects of Tier One RtI at the Elementary School Level Using I-Station on Reading Text Fluency
(2017-10-24)This study looked at the effects of Tier 1 Response to Intervention (RtI) on elementary school reading fluency using I-Station assessment and intervention. The study included four elementary schools within the same school ... -
Retaining Effective Principals: A Case Study of Principals in a High Needs School District
(2017-11-02)The purpose of this mixed methods case study was to determine the influence of a district leadership development program on first, second, 3rd and, 4th year principals. A purposeful sample of first, second, 3rd and 4th ... -
Teacher and Principal Experiences with Data-Driven Decision Making, School Improvement Plan Quality, and Academic Growth
(2017-11-08)Data-driven decision making and improvement planning have become common expectations in today’s schools, but much is unknown about how these efforts actually occur and the degree to which they impact student achievement. ... -
Human motion modeling and evaluation using wearable sensor devices
(2017-12-05)Wearable sensors devices are getting integrated into our daily life. Giving precise and accurate data on individual's exercises and practices are one of the most important tasks in extensive computing. These sensor devices ... -
Charles H. "Chuck" Laubach Collection
(2017-12-05)This project details the organization, preservation and digitization of the Charles H. “Chuck” Laubach collection, which includes a process narrative, a detailed finding aid, and a sample selection of digitized sources ... -
"I am a Free Human Being With an Independent Will": Resisting the Victorian Patriarchy
(2017-12-05)Victorian authors Wilkie Collins, Anne Brontë, and Charlotte Brontë create female characters in their novels who resist the Victorian patriarchal culture through their speech, behavior, and writing. Although female characters ... -
Touchscreen Use Among Geoscientists: Perceptions of Comfort, Task Productivity, and Task Satisfaction
(2017-12-05)Touchscreen use among geoscientists at larger oil and gas companies has been on the rise in the past several years. The investment in this technology is high and the benefits have yet to be confirmed. It is imperative ... -
Microsoft Kinect based real-time segmentation and recognition for human activity learning
(2017-12-05)Lower body pain and injury have become common in this technical world, especially in elderly people. It is quite difficult to recover from these injuries leading to problems in performing daily routine activities like ... -
Identification of culturable bacteria isolated from sponges affected in the 2016 massive die-off at the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary (FGBNMS)
(2017-12-06)This project was conducted to identify culturable bacteria isolated from sponges affected in the 2016 massive die-off at the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary (FGBNMS). The FGBNMS was considered a healthy reef ... -
Deep Convolutional Neural Network for Facial Expression
(2017-12-07)This research designs a Facial Expression Recognition (FER) system based on the deep convolutional neural network using facial parts. An FER is one of the most important nonverbal channels through which Human Machine ... -
The Effect of Electromagnetic Fields on the Interaction Between Antibiotics and Bacteria
(2017-12-18)The effect of electromagnetic fields on the interaction between the antibiotics erythromycin and bacterial species Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) and Escherichia coli (E. coli) are determined by its influence on the ... -
Validating an Animal Model of PTSD Through Open Field Behavior
(2017-12-21)Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a prevalent anxiety disorder that affects people all over the world. Animal models are often used in clinical research to study human disorders; rats and humans share some similar ... -
50/50 Two Way Immersion Program Implementation Perspectives
(2017-12-22)Two-Way Immersion Programs are being implemented by school districts and charter school throughout the United States with increasing frequency. Many of these two-way immersion programs utilize the 50/50 model and districts ... -
School leaders' efficacies and perceptions on the English Language Proficiency Standards (ELPS) and the Texas English Language Proficiency Assessment System (TELPAS) in bilingual and English as a Second Language (ESL) classrooms
(2018-01-19)The purpose of this sequential mixed method study was to determine if there were differences between central office administrators', school administrators', and bilingual and English as a second language (ESL) teachers' ...
