• Relationships among Leisure Stress Coping Beliefs and Strategies, Perceived Stress and Health, and Personality during COVID-19 

  Schroeder, Angela

  This thesis explores the relationships among leisure stress coping beliefs and strategies, perceived stress and health, and personality during the COVID-19 pandemic. Beginning March 2020, the U.S. Center for Disease ...
• Availability of Public Pools in Ohio: Implications for Black/African-American Residents 

  Ricciuti, Alexandra (Lexi)

  Swimming is an exercise modality that is advantageous for health promotion and disease prevention (e.g., cardiovascular health, weight management, muscle strength), and is one of the most popular, practiced, and recommended ...
• Middle School Student Voices on the Function and Utility of a “Learning How to Learn” Course in a Rural Middle School: A Mixed-Methods Study 

  Hosek, Beth

  The purpose of this study is to explore the voices of high- and low-achieving middle school students around how a student-led assessment (SLA), “learning how to learn” intervention fosters achievement goal orientations and ...
• An Exploration of Emergenetics® Training in the Federal Workplace 

  Angela Low (2021)

  Performance based training interventions are often solutions in improving organizational performance in federal organizations. The purpose of this study was to explore the application of Emergenetics® training concepts and ...
• Understanding The Impact Of A STEM Summer Bridge Program On First-Semester Students From Underrepresented Groups 

  Leticia Guzman (2021)

  Leticia A. Guzman, Ph.D.George Mason University, 2021 Although students from underrepresented groups (URGs) matriculate into higher education at continually increasing numbers, the undergraduate science, technology, ...
• Sharing Cultural Knowledge Through Intercultural Competence: A Collective Case Study Of Exemplary Content Area Teachers Working With Latina Immigrant Youth In Grades 9-12 

  Vilma LePelch (2021)

  This dissertation research explores the pedagogical approaches of exemplary content area teachers (ECATs) working with Latina students in a public high school context. Research has shown that educators are the leading ...
• Morphological Forms in the Writing of Middle School Students with Disabilities 

  Stacie Brady (2021)

  The purpose of this study, secondary data analysis, was to analyze the argumentative and informative essay writing of middle school students with disabilities. Inflectional, derivational, and compound word morphological ...
• Police Decision-Making in Encounters with Persons with Mental Health Conditions: Content Analysis of Officers’ Narrative CIT Reports 

  Megan Stoltz (2021)

  Police maintain a lot of discretion in their interactions with persons with mental health conditions (MHC), and the decisions police officers make during those encounters can influence the way the subject reacts, the outcome ...
• TRUST UNDER PRESSURE: SUSTAINING INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP OF HIGHER EDUCATION 

  QING GAO (2021)

  This dissertation delineates the international partnership as a fundamental element of the internationalization practice of higher education institutions. The sustainment of internationalization efforts in higher education ...
• The Influence of Epistemological Beliefs, Pedagogical Approaches, and Course Delivery Mode on Faculty Use of Learning Management Systems in Higher Education 

  Shea Walters (2021)

  This dissertation describes the impacts that higher education faculty members’ epistemological beliefs, pedagogical approaches, and the course delivery mode of what they teach has on their use of learning management systems ...
• VOCABULARY INSTRUCTION FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES AND ENGLISH LEARNERS WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES: AN OBSERVATION STUDY 

  Kelly LIU (2021)

  The purpose of this observation study was to identify vocabulary instruction provided to students with Learning Disabilities (LD) and English Learners with LD (dual identified) across seventh and eighth-grade inclusion and ...
• LEADING WORK-BASED LEARNING PROGRAMS: HOW ADMINISTRATORS AND TEACHERS SUPPORT LEARNING FOR EXCEPTIONAL FEMALE IMMIGRANT HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS- A CASE STUDY 

  Ahmed Atef (2021)

  In this research study, I investigated the leading roles of work-based learning (WBL) administrators and teachers in a high school setting to support the participation and learning of their exceptional female immigrant ...
• Gait Modification to Reduce Peak Knee Abduction Moment 

  Bryndan Lindsey (2021)

  This dissertation evaluates the effects of various gait modification interventions on first peak knee abduction moment (KAM). As KAM is a commonly used surrogate measure for medial compartment knee osteoarthritis (KOA) ...
• Characteristics and Career Decisions of Secondary Dual Language Teachers in the United States 

  Jeremy Aldrich (2021)

  The shortage of middle and high school Dual Language teachers is a major barrier to program sustainability. This study explores the demographic characteristics and factors in the career decisions of secondary Dual Language ...
• Quantifying Relevance: The Development and Validation of an Initial Scale to Measure Secondary Students' Perceptions of the Relevance of Mathematics Content 

  Monique Williams (2021)

  AbstractQUANTIFYING RELEVANCE: THE DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF AN INITIAL SCALE TO MEASURE SECONDARY STUDENTS’ PERCEPTIONS OF THE RELEVANCE OF MATHEMATICS CONTENT Monique Apollon Williams, Ph.D. George Mason University, ...
• Examining Alford Pleas and the Presumption of Strong Evidence 

  Amy Dezember (2021)

  In North Carolina v. Alford (1970), the Supreme Court held that defendants who claim innocence but perceive their chances of acquittal at trial to be too risky can still plead guilty so long as there is a sufficient factual ...
• In Search of 'the Right Type': An Historical Examination of Black Teachers and Quality in the District of Columbia Public Schools, 1952-1964 

  Andrea Guiden (2020)

  This study on Black teachers and quality utilizes primary source documentation to investigate teacher recruitment and hiring policies in the District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) between 1952 and 1964. Grounded in ...
• How Teachers Create Talent Development Contexts for Students from Historically Underrepresented Populations in Gifted Programs: A Multiple-Case Study 

  Holly Glaser (2020)

  The issue of equitable representation of students from culturally, linguistically, and economically diverse backgrounds in gifted programs has challenged scholars and practitioners alike for decades (e.g., Feiring et al., ...
• Mainstream Teachers’ Perceptions of the Effectiveness of Professional Development Programs in Meeting the Academic and Literacy Needs of Adolescent English Language Learners 

  Zahra Alhuwairini (2020)

  There is a learning gap between what mainstream teachers ought to know and practice to effectively teach English language learners (ELLs) and what they know and practice in actuality when working with adolescent ELLs. This ...
• Attitudes and perceptions of principals in ubiquitous learning environments using a mixed method approach 

  Jennifer Rowan (2020)

  This dissertation was conducted with a mixed methods approach to learn about the attitudes and perceptions of identified innovative school leaders and their respective professional staff in a ubiquitous learning environment ...

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