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This collection contains graduate student theses and dissertations from the UNLV College of Education. Records are organized by Year, Author, and Title. To view the entire collection of UNLV theses and dissertations across all programs, visit the UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones collection.
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
Parents’ Beliefs of Cultural Consideration During the Special Education Process: A Delphi Study, Monique Evette Matute-Chavarria
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
Generality and Specificity in Subjective Task Value: Implications for Expectancy-Value Theory, Rachel Part
The Teacher Attrition Phenomenon: The Role of Teacher Collaboration and Motivation, Brenda Anne Pearson
Examining Grit with Middle Schoolers in Diverse General Education Classrooms – Validating the Grit Scale, Cristina Liliana Reding
Thinking About Thinking: Children’s Awareness and Development of Metacognitive Emotion Regulation, Reilly Rowland
A Combined Approach to Evaluating Student Engagement in a Virtual Laboratory Environment, Aster Sigel
Losing Our Faculties: Academic Labor in the Corporate Academy, Mark L. Spinrad
Influence of Curricular Organization on Cognitive Load and Student Performance in Online Learning Environments, Michael Wilder
Coping on the Fly: School Psychologists' Perceptions of Cultural Competence, Jennifer Wynn
Epistemic Aspects of Engineering for K-12 Education, Ezgi Yesilyurt
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
Exploring Transitions Back and into College: Stories of Adult Women, Laura Bennett
The Experience of Students with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder During the Transition to Middle School, Hannah M. Berry
Factors that Influence Nontraditional Adult Learners' Online Course Persistence: An Explanatory Sequential Mixed Methods Study, Millicent D. Braxton
Large Group Video Modeling: Increasing Social Interactions in an Inclusive Head Start Classroom, Jennifer Margaret Buchter
My Voice Matters: A Telling Case Study of Student Voice in Institutional Governance, Eboni Monique Caridine
Pentecostal Churches: A Multiple Case Study of Education and Youth Women and Leadership, Derric A. Carter
An Analysis of Teacher Training Concerning the Identification of Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Brittany Jo Desnoyer
Using Positive Self-Talk and Goal-Oriented Thinking to Improve Behavioral Outcomes for Students with Learning Disabilities, Danielle M. Feeney
Implications of an Iterative Design Experiment in Transcendental and Polynomial Functions Within a Flipped Classroom, Aaron Boyd Harris
Exploring Preservice Teacher Agency Influencing Power Relationships with Teacher Educators: A Multiple Case Study, Steve Hayden
Governance Practices of a Private Non-Profit System of Higher Education, Taylor Hough
International Faculty’s Lived Experience of Teaching: A Multiple-Case Study of Taiwanese Professors in the United States, Ching Hsu Kim
Factors Influencing Community College Students' Persistence in Completing an Associate of Applied Science Degree, Amy Hutchinson
A Video Game as a Pedagogical Tool for Pre-Service Teachers to Learn About Bullying Prevention and Intervention in School Contexts, Jeffrey Robert Laferriere
Beyond Right or Wrong: The Influences of Thinking Disposition And Item Difficulty on Student Behavior During High-Stakes Testing, Kristina Lindquist
Motivation and Online Information Literacy Instruction: A Self-Determination Theory Approach, Francesca Marineo
Improving Community College Students' Interest, Utility-Value, and Performance: How Does Future Time Persective Influence a Utility-Value Intervention?, Elsa Maria Mason
Exploring Mathematics Anxiety of Students At-Risk for Mathematics Difficulties, Sarah Mccarthy
The Effects of Background, Classroom Assessment Competence, Self-Efficacy, and Self-Perceived Assessment Skills on Classroom Assessment Practices of Teachers in India, Manognya Murukutla
Centering Preservice Teachers of Color Through Culturally Relevant Critical Teacher Care: A Critical Race Transformative Convergent Mixed-Methods Analysis, Tara Joann Plachowski
Chatting Online: An Ethnographic Case Study of Educator Discourse on Social Media, Lindsay J. Russell
Creative Self-Efficacy: Students in General Education, with Learning Disabilities, and with Gifts and Talents, Jennifer Elaine Smith
Animal Assisted Therapy and Support Animals, What Mental Health Professionals Know and Understand, Alexandro H. Velez
Exploring the Utility of Mindfulness in the Elementary School Classroom, Sarah M. Wells
Transition Perceptions of High School Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders and Their Teachers, Kristopher Hawk Yeager
Informal Interactions: A Mini-Ethnographic Case Study of Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, Katelyn Jessie Zirkus
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
A Case Study: Number Apps In Preschool, Amy Beth Adkins
Discovering the Self That Teaches: Multimedia Reflective Journaling and the Education Stories of Beginning Preservice Teachers, Meredith Paula Allard
Personality Patterns of Students Who Make a Threat of Targeted School Violence, Tawnya Michelle Ayim
The Roles of Biophilic Attitudes and Auditory Stimuli within Attention Restoration Theory, Jason B. Boggs
Globalization and Cultural Flows: A Three-Article Dissertation Exploring Implications for Education and Culture in India, Dwight Edward Boucher
Conversational Movement Dynamics and Nonverbal Indicators of Second Language Development: A Microgenetic Approach, Kristine Marie Bragg
Developing and Measuring Faculty Motivation to Teach in Higher Education, Celeste M. Calkins
The Effects of a Retrieval Practice Intervention on Undergraduates’ Monitoring and Control Processes Using Performance Feedback in a College Classroom, Meganclaire Cogliano
Effects of a Multimedia Shared Story on Comprehension of an Employee Handbook, Stephanie M. Devine
Exploring the Effectiveness of Model-Based Instruction to Improve Sixth-Grade Students’ Science Content Knowledge, Scot D. Ewen
Reverse Engineering an Expository Paragraph for Students with Mild to Moderate Disabilities and English Learners, Kathy Ewoldt
Having or Serving: Perceptions of HSIs, Rebecca Gates
Learning Communities and Early Student Success, Beth Gersten
Malingering Undetected Successfully: Does Extrinsic Motivation and Coaching Have a Significant Impact?, Jennifer Golanics
Reimagining High School Writing: A Multi-Case Examination of the Impact of External Pressures on High School Writing Contexts, Nicole Elizabeth Klimow
Promoting Vocabulary Knoweldge In Inclusive Science Classrooms: Comparison Of Instructional Methods, Matthew Love
Mental Health Research Productivity of Nasp-Approved School Psychology Programs: 2010-2015, Mala Nash
Community College Students’ Perceptions of Their Academic Workload, William Neff
Epistemic Beliefs and the Innovation-Decision Process: A Mixed Methods Analysis of Faculty Classroom Assessment Practice, Sharon G. Peterson
Do I Enact What I Learn?: Examining Novice Science Teachers Approximations of Practice, Helene Pollins
A Descriptive Exploration of a Self-Directed Professional Development Approach, Derek R. Riddle
A Qualitative Study of School Psychologists' Perception and Interpretation of Their Professional Identity, Elizabeth A. Sanders
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
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
Parent and Teacher Perspectives of the Social Competence of Dual Language Learners, Christine Baxter
Developing a Navajo Educational Media Guide: A Community Perspective, Shawna Lynn Begay
Preschool Teacher Knowledge and Skills: Phonemic Awareness and Instruction, Cecilia Anne Billow
"Already Writers": A Case Study in Assessment and Visual Rhetoric Connections in Digital Multimodal Composition, Fawn Elise Canady
Reverse Migration: Documenting How the Educational Experiences of Transnational Youth in Mexican Schools are Shaped by Parental Deportation, Sandra Lourdes Candel
More Bang for your Buck: Bolstering Learning Via Refutation Text with Refutation-based Elaborated Feedback, Jacqueline R. Cordova
Preventing Deaths by Writing: In Search of a Prescriptive Software Solution for Curing Student Writing Ills in Postsecondary Nursing Education, Donald Allen Deever
Understanding College Preparedness of First-Semester College Students, Kimberly Marie Florence
Teachers’ Perceptions of Motivational Support in Middle School Classrooms: A Multiple Case Study, Cherie Marlene Gibson
Student Expectations and Motivation in Spanish for Heritage Speakers Programs, Sergio A. Guzman
Instructional Math Technology in Secondary Special Education: Teacher-Reported Practices and Perceptions, Joice M. Higa
The Design and Validation of a Rhythm Span Task, Elizabeth Hofschulte Collins
Effectiveness of ST Math in College Remedial Mathematics Students of Learning Fraction Concepts, Taro Ito
The Nature and Extent of Instructors’ Use of Learning Analytics in Higher Education to Inform Teaching and Learning, Janet L. King
Using Two Simulation Tools to Teach Concepts in Introductory Astronomy: A Design-Based Research Approach, Pamela A. Maher
The Effects of Distributed Trials on Behaviors of Students with Significant Disability, Mona Nasir-Tucktuck
An Examination of Differences in Division I FBS Student-Athlete Academic and Athletic Performance, Marissa Katherine Nichols
Investigating the Use of a Structured Self-determination Curriculum with Students with Gifts and Talents, Rebecca Carolyn Norton
Success in online credit recovery: Factors influencing student academic performance, David Nourse
Self-Monitoring: A Behavioral Intervention for Children Attending Head Start, Samantha Riggleman
An Analysis of Stress and Self-Efficacy Experienced by General and Special Educators, Joanne Lyn Ringer
Using Mobile Technology to Increase the Math Achievement and Engagement of Students with Disabilities, Dominique Marie Tetzlaff