*FORMAT: Student Name – Dissertation Title – Year – Dissertation # - area explored*
In response to the recent events in our country, our department is sharing recent student graduates Dissertations in order to provide more insighful information along with the topics each one discusses.
Sumayah Abu Dawood – Students’ Attitudes Toward Educational Gamification in Online Learning Environments – 2019 - Dissertation #13917610 – differences in population
Douglas Darby – Differentiation: A Taxonomy of Online Learner Types in Higher Education – 2019 - Dissertation #13917571 – differences in population
Nafisa Mahmood – Using Google Docs to Support Collaborative Learning & Enhanced English Language Skills Among Non-Native English Speaking Students – 2018 – Dissertation #13839722 – diversity
Christine Walczyk – Building an understanding of international service learning in librarianship – 2016 - Dissertation #10586919 – equity; differences in population; diversity
Stacey Lynn VanderHeiden Gunney – The relationship of motivated strategies for learning, mental toughness, and grit to developmental math student success in an adaptive learning technology environment - 2016 - Dissertation #10307617 – diversity; differences in population
Yulia Piller - Factors influencing parental attitudes toward digital game-based learning – 2016 - Dissertation # 10307582 - equity; differences in population
Jackie Chetzron – Student Information Gathering: Examining What Happens When School Librarians Attempt to Convey Online Information Search Strategies to Meet Information Needs – 2019 - Dissertation #13917625 – - diversity
David Preusse – Studying the Impact of a Summer Training Course on a Teacher Ability to Use & Integrate an Innovative Online Museum Curriculum in Secondary Schools – 2018 - Dissertation #11005508 - – “…challenges faced when implementing experimental digitally delivered arts curriculum…”
Mary L. Sizemore – Personalize Online Learning Labs & Face-to-Face Teaching in First-year College English Courses – 2017 - Dissertation #10753906 – – “…teaching grammar in 3 different learning methods…” – differences in population
Jennifer R. Miller – Effect of Makerspace Professional Development Activities on Elementary and Middle School Educator Perceptions of Integration Technologies with STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) – 2016 - Dissertation #105869– differences in population
Alicia Stansell – Transmedia stem intervention book in middle school for educational change – 2016 - Dissertation #10307606 – – equity; differences in population
Linda Michelle Giles – The impact of a paired grouping pre-service technology integration course on student participant attitudes, proficiency, and technological knowledge toward technology – 2016 - Dissertation #10307510 – – differences in population
Bennie W. Baker - A CASE STUDY ASSESSING PERFORMANCE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN ECONOMICALLY IMPACTED AFRICAN AMERICAN AND WHITE STUDENTS IN HIGH SCHOOL ALGEBRA II CLASSES IN THE TUCSON UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT -2020 - Differences in population
Newton Evadanga Buliva- EVALUATION OF KENYAN PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS’ PREPAREDNESS TO INTEGRATE EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY IN CLASSROOMS -2020- Differences in population
Felicia Cruz- Exploring the Digital Divide and the Latino-White Achievement Gap in Online Education -2020- Differences in population