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 2011

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Investigating the Effects of Addition with Regrouping Strategy Instruction Among Elementary Students with Learning Disabilities, Christi Miller Carmack

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Bridging the chasm: Emerging model of leadership in intercollegiate athletics governance, John C. Chandler III

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Factors influencing music teacher retention: A mixed method study, Charles W. Cushinery

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Evaluating a social skills training protocol in a private setting: Outcomes and issues, Judi Davis

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The influence of peer tutors and technology-actuated reading instruction process on third-grade students' self-perceptions as readers: A multiple case study, Brenda Shill Daw

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The role of narrative in multimedia learning, Myrna Elyse Diamond

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Using graphs to represent physical phenomena in a fourth grade classroom, Mehmet Fatih Dulger

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Reading the world in the word: The possibilities for literacy instruction framed within human rights education, Judith M. Dunkerly

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The impact of regulating social science research with biomedical regulations, Brenda Braxton Durosinmi

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College Choice Influences Among High-Achieving Students: An Exploratory Case Study of College Freshmen, Derek Takumi Furukawa

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Comparing the student profile characteristics between traditional residential and commuter students at a public, research-intensive, urban commuter university, Dan Gianoutsos

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Exploring the factors that influence adequate yearly progress within elementary school settings, Shannon Marie Hennrich

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Creating effective leadership development programs: A descriptive quantitative case study, Spencer Holt

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Teacher gesture in a post-secondary English as a second language classroom: A sociocultural approach, Natalie Hudson

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The relationship between participation in extracurricular activities and Utah's proficiency assessments of students in a suburban school district, Everett N. Kelepolo

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Alumni participation: An investigation using relationship marketing principles, Lisa Ann Kelleher

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Environmental engagement demand differences within and among Holland academic environments, Derek K. Lester

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It's a matter of principal: Examining relationships between leaders' change facilitator style and students' academic progress, Diane Lewis

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Investigating the effects of a combined problem-solving strategy for students with learning difficulties in mathematics, Dustin B. Mancl

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The Effect of Pre-collaborative Activity Instruction on Self-efficacy, Robert Ray Mattson

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Licensing policies of public school principals, Jerri Mausbach

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Personality, presence, and the virtual self: A five-factor model approach to behavioral analysis within a virtual environment, Michael Patrick McCreery

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Learning middle school mathematics through student designed and constructed video games, Camille M. McCue

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A Change of heart: A phenomenographic study of conversation, Marjorie Kay Meckes Conner

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Causes of job turnover in the public school superintendency: An explanatory analysis in the western United States, Toby A. Melver

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Engaging non-alumni advisory board members in hospitality education, Judy A. Nagai

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Set in stone: Legends, traditions, and symbols influencing place attachment for Southern Utah University students, Claudine Nielsen

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Students with reading disabilities participating in literature discussions: A case study, Elysha Patino O’Brien

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A Mixed methods exploration of principal communication and school climate, Reece Oswalt

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The hormonal correlates of stress and posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms in female veterans, Meghan Pierce

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Assisting the accompanying partner: A dramaturgical explanatory study of dual career couples offices, Christine Promin

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The Road traveled to becoming a safe high school, Monica J. Pufky Cortez

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Best instructional practices for distance education: A meta-analysis, Robin Michael Roberts

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The male educational leader in Utah: Gender dynamics, power, and relational leadership in a Mormon dominant culture, Rick Robins

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Resilient leadership in high poverty schools, Edward P. San Nicolas

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An examination of the preparation, experiences, and attitudes of effective school leaders of students with disabilities: Voices from the field, Patricia Ann Schultz

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Cognitive load of critical thinking strategies, Hanem Shehab

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A case study of organizational change: College restructuring in response to mandated department eliminations, Brandy Dyan Smith

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In quest of a dropout theory: Examining the utility of an ecological approach through survey research, Tiffany G. Tyler

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An examination of the grieving processes of suicide survivors, Sarah Van Der Pol

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Being outside learning about science is amazing: A mixed methods study, Michelle L. Weibel

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Analyzing the relative efficiency of Nevada secondary schools, Jesse Welsh

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Cyberbullying in schools: A research study on school policies and procedures, Brian Wiseman

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Prayer in Jewish community high schools: Generation Y Jews in an era of unlimited choices, Yonatan Yussman

Theses/Dissertations from 2010

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Toward the development of a model to estimate the readability of credentialing-examination materials, Barbara Anne Badgett

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A Comparison of special education teachers’ and administrators’ perceptions of school climate factors leading to teacher attrition, Jennifer C. Boeddeker

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Stereotype threat’s effect on women’s achievement in chemistry: The interaction of achievement goal orientation for women in science majors, Janice M. Conway-Klaassen

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The Effect of goal orientation of attention, learning, and metacognitive awareness, Ordene V. Edwards

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Evaluating and improving the quality of teacher’s language modeling in early childhood classrooms, Lillian White Englund

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The Role of creativity in naturalistic decision-making environments: A systems approach, Richard Hendrik Feenstra

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An Analysis of First Amendment jurisprudence on the Supreme Court case of Locke v. Davey, Alexander John Herzog

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Effects of comprehensive education on elementary school student performance on standardized exams, Kenneth Vaughn Higbee

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Predictors of recall and reading time for seductive and nonseductive text segments, Ivan V. Ivanov

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Use of task-value instructional inductions for facilitating engagement and conceptual change, Marcus L. Johnson

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A Change management effort in one large public organization: An exploration of the perception of needed skills for managing change, Brian Paul Knudsen

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Principal stress: Working in conflicting paradigms from newtonian to new science, Shelley Kresyman

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“You can pick really good literature that will lead them there”: Investigating the instructional roles teachers utilize when conducting literature discussions, Sophie M. Ladd

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Verbal cues: Producing the same results in stereotype threat research?, Tarryn E. McGhie

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Efficiency of fiscal allocations in site-based empowered schools, Jerome Jay Meyer

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Effects of social story interventions on preschool age children with and without disabilities, Cori Michelle More

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Female North African-French students in France: Narratives of educational experiences, Donna L. Murray

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Learning with animation and the illusion of understanding, Eugene Sam Paik

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An Analysis of the equity of Utah’s public school funding system, Garrick Peterson

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Exploring preservice teachers' views of intelligence, Anne Marie Poliquin

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Interaction and language development of ELL students in mainstream classrooms, Beth A. Ralston

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Reflective practice: The teacher in the mirror, Celes Raenee Rayford

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Gesture as an act of meaning-making: An eco-social perspective of a sheltered-English second grade classroom, Alessandro A. Rosborough

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Pre-service elementary science teaching self-efficacy and teaching practices: A mixed-methods, dual-phase, embedded case study, Cheryl Ramirez Sangueza

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The Multiple-choice concept map (MCCM): An interactive computer-based assessment method, Ioan C. Sas

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Second language inner voice and identity, Brandon Kenji Shigematsu

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The Efficacy of emotional and instructional support (EIS) training and consultation on Head Start teacher-child interactions, Rory Brown Sipp

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Comparison of body composition between physically active and inactive wheelchair users, Masaru Teramoto

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Emergent literacy skills of young children with autism: A Comparison of teacher-led and computer-assisted instruction, Jason Christopher Travers

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Re-entry African American male high school dropouts through the lens of critical race theory with content analysis of the case studies, Robert Paul Walker

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Negotiating the integration of new literacies in math and science content: The lived experience of classroom teachers, Jennifer Joy Wimmer

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An Investigation of exemplary teaching practices of teachers of Native American students, William M. Young

Theses/Dissertations from 2009

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A Comparison of face-to-face and online learning environments to prepare teachers to use technology, Ashley Janel Addis

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An Examination of Sport Identity Amongst Youth Soccer Participants and the Implications for MLS Marketing, Emmanuel Ayim

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Midlife career change and women: A phenomenological examination of the process of change, Terry Ann Bahr

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Teacher and student perceptions of self-determination, Jennifer L. Black

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Adult ESL student perceptions on computer assisted language learning, Jillian Burrus

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Passage and initial implementation of the supplemental educational services element of the No Child Left Behind Act: An historical inquiry study, Brad D. Christensen

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The impact of leadership and culture on student achievement: A case study of a successful rural school district, Donald Jay Clark

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Increasing skill performances of problem-solving in students with intellectual disabilities, Debra Lynn Cote

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So tell me, what's different but the skin I'm in? Seven adolescent black girls making sense of their experiences in an online school book club featuring African American young adult literature, Benita Rutonya Dillard

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Effects of explicit subtraction instruction on fifth grade students with learning disabilities, Danielle Ferreira

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Exploring the effects of online instruction on reading comprehension achievement of students with learning disabilities, Nancy Shuman Fitzgerald

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Parental abduction from the perspective of the victims: Implications for counselors, Mary Jo L. Gibbs

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Assessing Completion Rates of EMT-Basic Students Using the Self-Directed Search, Rod Hackwith

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Relationships and dropping out: The voice of at-risk youth, Robert Thomas Henry

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Predisposition factors of career and technical education transfer students: A hermeneutic phenomenology study, Warren Glen Hioki

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Quality assurance policies in the European Higher Education Area: A comparative case study, Joanna Maria Jezierska

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African American parental beliefs about resiliency: A Delphi study, Vita L. Jones

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Factors affecting student loan default: Nevada System of Higher Education, Christopher Anthony Kypuros

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Examining compressed speech listening measure with college students who are visually impaired or blind, William J. Marks

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The Underrepresentation of women in interscholastic sport leadership: A qualitative study on the effects of role incongruity, Dana Massengale

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Principals' and teachers' perceptions of teacher supervision, Rebecca Margaret Minnear-Peplinski

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A Naturalistic inquiry of the restructuring of a middle school: An NCLB mandate, Susan Ann Moulden

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Agent and subject of discipline: How the novice teacher experiences the techniques of power, Lynn Anne Murray-Chandler

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Processes of disposition development in K--5 teachers, Deborah A. Obara