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Dissertations from 2018 2018

The Effects of Using an Information Literacy Model on the Information Seeking Behavior of Sixth-Grade Students, Jessica L. Kohout-Tailor

Dissertations from 2017 2017

Using Reflective Practice to Facilitate Conversations and Transform Instructional Practice for Middle School Science Teachers, Robbie L. Higdon

Transformed Science: Overcoming Barriers of Inequality and Mistrust to Pursue the Agenda of Underrepresented Communities, Reneé Lyons

Dissertations from 2016 2016

The Initial Design and Validation of the Teachers' Emotions, Appraisals, and Coping Habits when Facilitating Inquiry-Based Instruction (TEACH-FIBI) Instrument for Science Education, Daniel Mason Alston

Middle School Subject Area Teachers' Self-Efficacy with English Language Learners: A Mixed Methods Study, Tracy Dawn Butler

An Examination of International Teachers' Pedagogical Adaption to U.S. Secondary Mathematics Classes, Dennis A. Kombe

The Intentionality of Coaching Responses: Connecting Stances to Practices, Leigh Martin

Opportunities for Innovation: Game-based Learning in an Engineering Senior Design Course, Erica B. Walker

Dissertations from 2015 2015

Faculty & Staff Perceptions of Challenges to Growth and Meeting Student Population Needs, Horace Justin Ballenger

Secondary English Teachers Dispositions Toward Technology Integration in One-to-One Environments, Reed Chewning

EXPLORING ELEMENTARY TEACHERSâ€™ CONCEPTIONS OF GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP THROUGH CROSS-CULTURAL INTERACTION, Sheliah Durham

ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT OF NOVICE SCIENCE TEACHERS: A MULTIPLE CASE STUDY, Leann Iacuone

Kaleidoscopic View of Voices Shaping Female and Male Adolescents' Dynamic Mathematics Identity within Single-Sex and Coeducational Environments, Amber Simpson

Exploring the Associations Preservice Social Studies Teachers Make Between Discussion as a Pedagogical Approach and Democratic Education: A Multi-Case Study, Rory Tannebaum

The Creation and Validation of an Instrument to Measure School STEM Culture, Christopher White

Dissertations from 2014 2014

Public School Credits for Devotional Courses in Religion: The Evangelical Reconceptualization of Released Time, Benjamin James Bindewald

Processes Utilized by High School Students Reading Scientific Text, Alicia Clinger

Reading Graphically: Examining the Effects of Graphic Novels on the Reading Comprehension of High School Students, Michael Cook

The Emotional Impact of Teaching in a High Poverty School on First-Year, Early Childhood Teachers in Rural South Carolina: A Photo Elicitation Study, Kimberly Jedlicka

Demonstrating Reflection: A Content Analysis of Reflection that English Teacher Candidates Demonstrate in Writing, William Kerns

A Comparison of Adolescents' Digital and Print Reading Experiences: Does Mode Matter?, Heather J. McCrea-Andrews

THE FACILITATED INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATION PROGRAM PROCESS: STATE PERSPECTIVES, Jennifer Wagner

PRE-SERVICE MATHEMATICS TEACHERS' KNOWLEDGE DEVELOPMENT AND BELIEF CHANGE WITHIN A TECHNOLOGY-ENHANCED MATHEMATICS COURSE, Vecihi Zambak

Dissertations from 2013 2013

The Effects of Visual Imagery and Keyword Cues on Third-Grade Readers' Memory, Comprehension, and Vocabulary Knowledge, Heather Brooker

EXAMINING THE USE OF STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS TO DEVELOP INTERVENTIONS FOR STUDENTS EXHIBITING CHALLENGING BEHAVIORS, Mickey Losinski

THE EFFECTS OF STORY GRAMMAR ON THE ORAL NARRATIVE SKILLS OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS WITH LANGUAGE IMPAIRMENTS, Rhonda D. Miller

POSTSCHOOL ENGAGEMENT OF YOUTHS WITH DISABILITIES IN SOUTH CAROLINA: ANALYSIS OF EMPLOYMENT AND POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION OUTCOMES ACROSS THREE YEARS, Angela Prince

Supplemental Algebra Vocabulary Instruction for Secondary Students with Learning Disabilities, Joanna Stegall

Dissertations from 2012 2012

An Examination of Predictive Factors Related to School Adjustment for Children with Disabilities Transitioning into Formal School Settings, Cynthia Baughan

Use of Portable Electronic Assistive Technology to Improve Independent Job Performance of Young Adults with Intellectual Disabilities, James Collins

The Development of Freshman College Calculus Students' Mathematics Identity and How it Predicts Students' Career Choice, Jennifer Cribbs

THE LAST THING WE HAVE LEFT: A SINGLE-CASE STUDY OF A SMALL, RURAL, MILL-TOWN SCHOOL CLOSING, Amy Hallenbeck

Dissertations from 2011 2011

Avoiding Engagement with 'Invisibles:' Religious Issues and the Field of English Education, Robert Bruce

A FORMATIVE EXPERIMENT TO INCREASE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS' AWARENESS AND USE OF METACOGNITIVE STRATEGIES THROUGH RECIPROCAL TEACHING: PUSHING TOWARD AN END TO SILENCE IN THE CLASSROOM, Jane Casey

THE EFFECTS OF CONCRETE-REPRESENTATIONAL-ABSTRACT SEQUENCED INSTRUCTION ON STRUGGLING LEARNERS ACQUISITION, RETENTION, AND SELF-EFFICACY OF FRACTIONS, Elizabeth Hughes

Exploring peer revision in writing through online collaboration in a middle grades classroom, Sarah Hunt-barron

EXPLORING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS' PERCEPTION OF THEIR ROLE IN TEACHING CONTENT LITERACY IN THE ELEMENTARY, Lisa Jones-moore

Teacher Practices and High School Chemistry Students' Metacognitive Skillfulness, Joni Jordan

The Effect of Prior Experiences and Sequence of Instruction Upon Preservice Teachers' Pedagogical Beliefs and Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching, Benjamin Sloop

SECONDARY PREPARATION FOR SINGLE VARIABLE COLLEGE CALCULUS: SIGNIFICANT PEDAGOGIES USED TO REVISE THE FOUR COMPONENT INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN MODEL, Carol Wade

Dissertations from 2010 2010

The Effects of Participating in a Service-Learning Experience on the Development of Self-Efficacy for Self-Regulated Learning of Third Graders in an Urban Elementary School in Southeastern United States, Nancy Arrington

Functional Communication Training to Increase Communication Skills for Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Terri Collins

Effects of Peer-Mediated Vocabulary Intervention on Science Achievement of Seventh Grade Students With and Without Learning Disabilities, Julie Green

PRE-SERVICE TEACHER TRAINING EXPERIENCES VIEWED AS A CULTURAL ACTIVITY, Ronald Knorr

The effects of a course on statistical literacy upon students' challenges to statistical claims made in the media, Rose Martinez-dawson

CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION IN KENYA: A CONTENT ANALYSIS OF STATE-SPONSORED SOCIAL STUDIES INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS, Anna Mukhongo

Online Reading Comprehension Among Seventh Grade Students with High Incidence Disabilities in Inclusive Settings: A Mixed Methods Study, Katherine Robbins

SILENCE NO MORE: A TRANSFORMATIVE TRANSCENDENTAL PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY INVESTIGATING THE EXPERIENCES OF TEEN MOTHERS WHO GO TO COLLEGE IN THE RURAL SOUTHEAST, Angela Rogers

Administrators' Perspectives of Parent Involvement in South Carolina Elementary Schools, Paula Schubert

The Impact of a Noise-Reducing Learning Accommodation Utilized by Students with Learning Disabilities during an Independent Reading Inventory, Gregory Smith

CENTERING THE VOICES OF SOUTH CAROLINA'S EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION TEACHERS: A MULTI-CASE STUDY EXAMINING HOW THEY SELECT AND ARE INFORMED BY PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, Lenna Young

Dissertations from 2009 2009

The Influence of International Service-Learning on Cultural Competence in Baccalaureate Nursing Graduates and Their Subsequent Nursing Practice, Roxanne Amerson

Influencing Pedagogy and Belief: A Case Study in the Professional Development of Teachers of Mathematics, Charles Howard

INFLUENCES DURING STUDENT TEACHING ON PRESERVICE TEACHERS' ATTITUDES TOWARD THE INCLUSION OF STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES IN THE GENERAL EDUCATION CLASSROOM, Jennifer J. Huber

A National Survey of Teachers on Their Perceptions, Challenges, and Uses of Information and Communication Technology, Amy Hutchison

Preservice teacher attitudes and intentions toward an inclusive educational environment: An application of the theory of planned behavior, Julie Jones

Exploring Teacher Perceptions of Influential Facilitators of Elementary Mathematics Professional Development: A Mixed Methods Investigation, Sandra Linder

STUDENT PERCEPTIONS OF READING MOTIVATION IN A VOLUNTARY SUMMER READING PROGRAM: A MIXED METHODS dissertation, Julie Mcgaha

Teacher-Student Interactions and Domain-Specific Motivation: The Relationship between Students' Perceptions of Teacher Interpersonal Behavior and Motivation in Middle School Science, Julie Brockman Smart

A FORMATIVE EXPERIMENT INVESTIGATING THE USE OF NONFICTION TEXTS IN WRITING WORKSHOP TO ASSIST FOURTH-GRADE READERS AND WRITERS, Kelly Tracy

Exploring different instructional designs of a screen-captured video lesson: A mixed methods study of transfer of learnng, Ryan Visser

Dissertations from 2008 2008

The Effects of Traditional and Instructional Models of Sustained Silent Reading on the Reading Achievement and Motivation of Third and Fourth Grade Students, Jacquelynn Malloy

Dissertations from 2007 2007

ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN AGE AT SCHOOL ENTRY AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE: USING DATA FROM A NATIONALLY REPRESENTATIVE, LONGITUDINAL SAMPLE, Dawn Fleischman

The Diffusion of the Reggio Emilia Approach Among Early Childhood Teacher Educators in South Carolina, Julie Hartman

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS' UNDERSTANDING OF ESSENTIAL TOPICS IN STATISTICS AND THE INFLUENCE OF ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENTS AND A REFORM CURRICULUM UPON THEIR UNDERSTANDING, Timothy Jacobbe

Embedded Strategies in Mathematics Vocabulary Instruction: A Quasi-Experimental Study, Sharon Sanders

Dissertations from 2006 2006

AN INVESTIGATION OF PROPORTIONAL THINKING AMONG HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, Kirsten Dooley

Preservice Teachers' Procedural and Conceptual Understanding of Fractions and the Effects of Inquiry-Based Learning on this Understanding, Hope Marchionda