• Teacher Self-Efficacy during COVID-19: A Qualitative Study on Experienced High School Teachers 

  Conley, Sarah

  In March of 2020, every teacher’s career changed when the impact of COVID-19 prevented students from coming to school in-person. With the entire structure of education forced to change because of schools moving to online ...
• A Demographic Profile of Major League Soccer Metropolitan Communities 

  Howard, Andre

  Major League Soccer is in the midst of a growing movement as a professional Soccer League in North America. With its growth in the sport, Major League Soccer has gone through the process of expanding the league from 10 ...
• Intercultural Competence in Secondary Education: An Examination of Practice 

  Eisenberg, Rebecca (2022)

  This case study explores the experiences of graduating seniors’ perceptions of their intercultural competence (IC) and the role their schooling played in its development. The teaching of skills and knowledge related to IC, ...
• Perceived Impact of Global Online Teacher Professional Development for English as a Foreign Language Educators of Young Learners 

  Kim, Woomee (2022)

  This dissertation presents a research study that was conducted to understand the perceived impact of a global online teacher professional development (OTPD) program in the field of English language teaching (ELT), specifically ...
• Faculty agency and the internationalization of higher education: A case study of one university in Pakistan 

  Lebron, Jennifer L (2022)

  This dissertation describes how faculty use their agency to make meaningful decisions in their careers within the context of internationalization. The author uses a faculty agency framework that positions internationalization ...
• Wonder Matters for Education: Movements in Theory, Methods, and Practice 

  Byers, Christie (2022)

  The idea that wonder matters for education may seem obvious, as wonder is commonly associated with children’s delight in noticing and exploring the new. Focused attention on wonder in education theory and practice, however, ...
• Cultivating Assessment Knowledge, Perspectives, and Competencies of Early Childhood Education Preservice Teachers 

  Yun, Sehyun (2022)

  Learning to use assessment for diverse young learners is a challenging process. Early childhood education preservice teachers (PSTs) are required to learn how to design and implement assessments that are meaningful, ...
• Exploring Middle School Mathematics Teachers’ Feedback Practices 

  Bontrager, Bailey J

  Feedback has long been viewed as an important component in classrooms where teachers and students engage in learning activities. Early research into the influence of feedback on mathematics achievement demonstrated that ...
• Exploring the Complexity of U.S. Language Teachers' Identity Development Through the Lenses of Marginalization, Privilege, Empowerment, and Immunity 

  Tokarczyk, Laura (2022)

  This study is an exploration of who teachers of languages other than English in the United States are becoming as professionals in this historically marginalized discipline. Despite advances to support language teachers ...
• Educational Pathways for Military Veterans Transitioning Into Information Technology and Cybersecurity-Related Career Fields 

  Hamilton, Andrew (2022)

  The purpose of this study was to explore the experiences and motivational factors that influenced educational and career decisions of United States military veterans who transitioned out of the military and into an information ...
• A “Process That Never Ends”: Parents’ Experiences Navigating a Public Preschool Lottery 

  Redford, Jeremy (2022)

  The current study examined how families navigated the rules and admissionsrequirements of Washington, DC’s common enrollment lottery for public preschool. Informed by ethnography and case study methods, multiple in-depth ...
• Alternative Route Programs and Special Education Teacher Preparation 

  Day, Jamie (2022)

  In the United States, there exists a chronic shortage of qualified special education teachers to provide instructional services to students with disabilities. One policy solution developed to increase the number of qualified ...
• Merging the Silos to Support Students: Education Leadership, Special Education, and Applied Behavior Analysis 

  Stanley, Jared Lee (2022)

  Numerous challenges, complexities, and considerations are associated with delivering Special Education supports and services. To meet the needs of students with disabilities (SWDs) in a school setting, a multidisciplinary ...
• A phenomenological study of the lived experiences of teachers who implement outdoor/environmental education within a K-12 setting 

  Dean, Steph N. (2022)

  Despite significant physical, emotional, and cognitive benefits, outdoor and environmental education (OEE) is not regularly implemented within a K-12 setting. Yet there are some teachers across the United States who have ...
• Using Computational Modeling To Estimate Changes In Joint Reaction Forces In The Knee Of Symptomatic Osteoarthritis Participants Using A Gait Retraining Intervention With Real-time Biofeedback 

  Prebble, Matthew (2022)

  This dissertation evaluates the effect of gait modifications on the joint reaction forces (JRF) estimated via computer simulation using the OpenSim software tool. Osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee is a common and progressive ...
• Examining the New Literacies Pedagogies of Secondary English Language Arts Teachers 

  Stephens, Madelyn (2022)

  This qualitative study highlights the practices of current secondary English language arts teachers who graduated from the teacher education program at George Mason University to address the following research questions: ...
• Examining the Role of Home Culture Connectedness and Societal Attitude in Chinese International Students’ Acculturation process in U.S. Universities 

  Zhang, Peng (2022)

  This dissertation responds to a need in exploring the role of home culture connectedness in Chinese international students’ psychological and sociocultural adaptations, which is overlooked in the deficit-thinking-oriented ...
• Revealing hidden figures: Critical analysis of girls and women of color in STEM picture storybook 

  Jackson, Talisa J (2022)

  The more individuals consume media that portray people who participate in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) as white and able-bodied men, the more likely individuals within STEM communities will only ...
• The Role of Self-Efficacy, Effort, and Achievement Goal Orientation on Strength Training Performance in Division 1 Track and Field Athletes 

  Biscardi, Lauren (2022)

  Self-efficacy and achievement goal orientations are predictors of affect, behavior, and performance in sport and exercise. These traits contribute cognitively to subjective exercise experiences, which are important for ...
• The Roles of Teacher Emotional Intelligence And Cultural Intelligence In Establishing Positive Social-Emotional Dynamics With Diverse Student Grups 

  Dallman, Laura (2022)

  The purpose of this exploratory study was to examine factors that may influence diverse class climates and teacher-student relationships (TSRs) with two hundred and five (N=205) elementary school teachers. Participants ...

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