Theses, dissertations, professional papers, and doctoral projects from graduate students in the College of Education at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

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Theses/Dissertations from 2020

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Training Design Enhancement through Training Evaluation: Effects on Training Transfer, Elham Arabi

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The Relationship Between Teacher Identity and Teacher Retention in Title 1 Schools: A Multiple Case Study, Michelle A. Arroyo

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Change of Venue: An Exploratory, Multistage Evaluation that Examines the Impact of Change Based on the Shared Experiences of the Toe Tag Monologues, Lisa Ann Baaske

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Motivational Predictors of Academic Risk-Taking, Danette Dee Barber

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Understanding the Professional Experiences of White Jewish Women in Higher Education: An Intrinsic Case Study Analysis, Janna M. Bernstein

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Supporting the Visible Minority: Factors That Impact Part-time Faculty Intent to Leave, Michelle Marie Dominguez Chavez

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Exploring the Attitudes of Students Enrolled in a Teacher Certification Program through a Disability Awareness Documentary Film Intervention, Eunhye Choi

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Preserving Nevada's Higher Education Governance Entity: A Case Study, Deanna Cooper

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The Noise from the Writing Boundaries: Collaboration and Tutor Identity in Writing Intensive Courses, Laura Decker

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Interwoven Worlds? A Mixed Methods Study of Student Engagement and Student Belonging within the University Classroom when Courses use Social Networking Sites, Christie Gardner

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Using the Critical Mathematics Pedagogical Framework to Teach Adult Basic Education Learners: A Transformative Convergent Parallel Mixed Methods Study, Matthew D. Gromlich

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A CHC Theoretical Approach to Examining Cognitive and Academic Deficits Among Students with ADHD Using a Three-Battery Approach, Jacqueline Scott Hart

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Radiology Students' Attitude Toward Learning Communication Skills: Impact of Clinical Education, Chad Hensley

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Addressing Disproportionality in School Discipline Through Alternatives to Exclusionary Discipline Practices, Kevin Matthew Higley

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Effects of Embedded Tacting Trials and Systematic Prompting On Intraverbal Skill Acquisition, Sarah Ilana Katz

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Toward Developing a Valid and Reliable Assessment of Learners’ Nature of Engineering Views, Erdogan Kaya

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Parents’ Beliefs of Cultural Consideration During the Special Education Process: A Delphi Study, Monique Evette Matute-Chavarria

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Awareness of Apprenticeships among College Students at a Research University in the Western United States: A Fixed-Convergent Mixed Methods Study, Kendra Vanessa O'Connell

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Generality and Specificity in Subjective Task Value: Implications for Expectancy-Value Theory, Rachel Part

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The Teacher Attrition Phenomenon: The Role of Teacher Collaboration and Motivation, Brenda Anne Pearson

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Examining Grit with Middle Schoolers in Diverse General Education Classrooms – Validating the Grit Scale, Cristina Liliana Reding

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Thinking About Thinking: Children’s Awareness and Development of Metacognitive Emotion Regulation, Reilly Rowland

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Exploration of the Intersection of Social Identities of Female Leaders in Postsecondary Education: A Phenomenological Approach, Sara Shaw

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A Combined Approach to Evaluating Student Engagement in a Virtual Laboratory Environment, Aster Sigel

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Losing Our Faculties: Academic Labor in the Corporate Academy, Mark L. Spinrad

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Reflections of an Early Literacy Professional Learning Community: An Interactional Ethnographic Case Study of Transforming Pedagogy through Reflective Practice, Carly Waters

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Influence of Curricular Organization on Cognitive Load and Student Performance in Online Learning Environments, Michael Wilder

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Coping on the Fly: School Psychologists' Perceptions of Cultural Competence, Jennifer Wynn

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Epistemic Aspects of Engineering for K-12 Education, Ezgi Yesilyurt

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Resilience and the Mental Health of Bullying Victims: The Role of Peer Relationships on the Relation between Bullying Victimization and Social Anxiety, Michelle Catherine Zochowski

Theses/Dissertations from 2019

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Exploring Transitions Back and into College: Stories of Adult Women, Laura Bennett

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The Experience of Students with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder During the Transition to Middle School, Hannah M. Berry

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Factors that Influence Nontraditional Adult Learners' Online Course Persistence: An Explanatory Sequential Mixed Methods Study, Millicent D. Braxton

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Large Group Video Modeling: Increasing Social Interactions in an Inclusive Head Start Classroom, Jennifer Margaret Buchter

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My Voice Matters: A Telling Case Study of Student Voice in Institutional Governance, Eboni Monique Caridine

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Pentecostal Churches: A Multiple Case Study of Education and Youth Women and Leadership, Derric A. Carter

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An Analysis of Teacher Training Concerning the Identification of Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Brittany Jo Desnoyer

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Using Positive Self-Talk and Goal-Oriented Thinking to Improve Behavioral Outcomes for Students with Learning Disabilities, Danielle M. Feeney

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Implications of an Iterative Design Experiment in Transcendental and Polynomial Functions Within a Flipped Classroom, Aaron Boyd Harris

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Exploring Preservice Teacher Agency Influencing Power Relationships with Teacher Educators: A Multiple Case Study, Steve Hayden

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Governance Practices of a Private Non-Profit System of Higher Education, Taylor Hough

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International Faculty’s Lived Experience of Teaching: A Multiple-Case Study of Taiwanese Professors in the United States, Ching Hsu Kim

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Factors Influencing Community College Students' Persistence in Completing an Associate of Applied Science Degree, Amy Hutchinson

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A Video Game as a Pedagogical Tool for Pre-Service Teachers to Learn About Bullying Prevention and Intervention in School Contexts, Jeffrey Robert Laferriere

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Beyond Right or Wrong: The Influences of Thinking Disposition And Item Difficulty on Student Behavior During High-Stakes Testing, Kristina Lindquist

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Motivation and Online Information Literacy Instruction: A Self-Determination Theory Approach, Francesca Marineo

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Improving Community College Students' Interest, Utility-Value, and Performance: How Does Future Time Persective Influence a Utility-Value Intervention?, Elsa Maria Mason

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Exploring Mathematics Anxiety of Students At-Risk for Mathematics Difficulties, Sarah Mccarthy

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The Effects of Background, Classroom Assessment Competence, Self-Efficacy, and Self-Perceived Assessment Skills on Classroom Assessment Practices of Teachers in India, Manognya Murukutla

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Effects of Creativity Instruction in Science on Creative Thinking and Science Achievement in Chinese Students, Yun Peng

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Centering Preservice Teachers of Color Through Culturally Relevant Critical Teacher Care: A Critical Race Transformative Convergent Mixed-Methods Analysis, Tara Joann Plachowski

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Chatting Online: An Ethnographic Case Study of Educator Discourse on Social Media, Lindsay J. Russell

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Creative Self-Efficacy: Students in General Education, with Learning Disabilities, and with Gifts and Talents, Jennifer Elaine Smith

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Motivation and Gesture in Foreign and Second Language Development: A Sociocultural Study of Chinese Learners of English, Lixian Tian

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Animal Assisted Therapy and Support Animals, What Mental Health Professionals Know and Understand, Alexandro H. Velez

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Exploring the Utility of Mindfulness in the Elementary School Classroom, Sarah M. Wells

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Transition Perceptions of High School Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders and Their Teachers, Kristopher Hawk Yeager

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Informal Interactions: A Mini-Ethnographic Case Study of Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, Katelyn Jessie Zirkus

Theses/Dissertations from 2018

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A Case Study: Number Apps In Preschool, Amy Beth Adkins

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Discovering the Self That Teaches: Multimedia Reflective Journaling and the Education Stories of Beginning Preservice Teachers, Meredith Paula Allard

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The Effect of Instructors Training on Technology Adoption, Course Design, and Student Experiences: A Multiple Case Study of Training Based on TPACK or Quality Matters, Yvette Aqui

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Personality Patterns of Students Who Make a Threat of Targeted School Violence, Tawnya Michelle Ayim

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The Roles of Biophilic Attitudes and Auditory Stimuli within Attention Restoration Theory, Jason B. Boggs

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Globalization and Cultural Flows: A Three-Article Dissertation Exploring Implications for Education and Culture in India, Dwight Edward Boucher

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Conversational Movement Dynamics and Nonverbal Indicators of Second Language Development: A Microgenetic Approach, Kristine Marie Bragg

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Developing and Measuring Faculty Motivation to Teach in Higher Education, Celeste M. Calkins

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The Effects of a Retrieval Practice Intervention on Undergraduates’ Monitoring and Control Processes Using Performance Feedback in a College Classroom, Meganclaire Cogliano

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Effects of a Multimedia Shared Story on Comprehension of an Employee Handbook, Stephanie M. Devine

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Exploring the Effectiveness of Model-Based Instruction to Improve Sixth-Grade Students’ Science Content Knowledge, Scot D. Ewen

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Reverse Engineering an Expository Paragraph for Students with Mild to Moderate Disabilities and English Learners, Kathy Ewoldt

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Having or Serving: Perceptions of HSIs, Rebecca Gates

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Learning Communities and Early Student Success, Beth Gersten

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Malingering Undetected Successfully: Does Extrinsic Motivation and Coaching Have a Significant Impact?, Jennifer Golanics

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Exploring Relations Between Motivation, Metacognition, and Academic Achievement Through Variable-Centered, Person-Centered and Learning Analytic Methodologies, Wonjoon Hong

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Reimagining High School Writing: A Multi-Case Examination of the Impact of External Pressures on High School Writing Contexts, Nicole Elizabeth Klimow

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Promoting Vocabulary Knoweldge In Inclusive Science Classrooms: Comparison Of Instructional Methods, Matthew Love

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Mental Health Research Productivity of Nasp-Approved School Psychology Programs: 2010-2015, Mala Nash

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Community College Students’ Perceptions of Their Academic Workload, William Neff

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Epistemic Beliefs and the Innovation-Decision Process: A Mixed Methods Analysis of Faculty Classroom Assessment Practice, Sharon G. Peterson

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Do I Enact What I Learn?: Examining Novice Science Teachers Approximations of Practice, Helene Pollins

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The Impacts of Acculturation Patterns and Processes on Immigrants' Success in Higher Education: A Multiple Case Study of 1.25-Generation Third-Wave Iranian Immigrants to the United States, Fereshteh Rezaeian

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A Descriptive Exploration of a Self-Directed Professional Development Approach, Derek R. Riddle

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A Qualitative Study of School Psychologists' Perception and Interpretation of Their Professional Identity, Elizabeth A. Sanders

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College Access and African American Males: An Instrumental Case Study on the Impact of Postsecondary Educators and Educational Leaders on Secondary Students with Postsecondary Educational Aspirations, Kimberly L. Williams

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Investigating the Use of an Emotional Intelligence Intervention with Young Elementary Students Receiving Services in a Self-contained Setting for Students with Emotional Disturbance, Kristin Lian Withey