Dissertations from 2012
Teacher insights on high-stakes standardized assessments: the impact of school reform policy on the classroom, Jennifer Timmer
Reflections on en-teaching: Dewey, Heidegger and Lao Tzu, Jie Yu
Dissertations from 2011
The relationship between music and visual arts formal study and academic achievement on the eighth-grade Louisiana Educational Assessment Program (LEAP) test, Richard Allen Baker Jr.
Accountability models for alternative schools, Belinda B. Brand
Playing class: a case study of ludic pedagogy, Jessica Broussard
(Be)coming home: the complexity of home as revealed in young adult novels of disaster, Charity Elise Cantey
In the ruins of zine pedagogy: a narrative study of teaching with zines, Karin H. deGravelles
Spiritual development as a component of holistic development in higher education, Mary Claire Gilder
Social graces: the Natchez Garden Club as a literacy sponsor, June Graham
Development of Attitudes of Children toward Coastal Environment Themes survey: exploring attitudes of Louisiana middle school students, Rebecca Mary Jones
The multi-institutional study of leadership at LSU: how participation in specific student groups affects one's leadership, Courtney Elizabeth Lambert
Making Transitions: A Multiple Case Study of Mathematics Classroom Teaching Reform in China, Lianfang Lu
Crisis management post Hurricane Katrina: a qualitative study of a higher education institution's administrators' response to crisis management, Steven Lee McCullar
Sacrifice and survival: the historiographic role of indentity and mission in Jesuit higher education of the New Orleans Province, R. Eric Platt
Mobile learning in higher education: a glimpse and a comparison of student and faculty readiness, attitudes and perceptions, Pamela Christine Pollara
Towards an ethics of otherness: re-considering birth, time, and silence in education, Hillary Procknow
The Louisiana alternative Career Diploma as institutionalized cultural capital: high school principals' perceptions of its value, Marcil C. Seals
The attitudes of African American students towards the study of foreign languages and cultures, Katrina Watterson
An Historical Study of Teaching Biology to Science-Illiterate Students in Eighteenth-Century France: Instructional Strategies Employed by Madame du Coudray - Royal Midwifery Educator, Trudy Lynn Gammill Witt
The impact of oral fluency and silent fluency on the comprehension of fourth graders, Julie Adele Wright
Dissertations from 2010
Analysis of Teacher Efficacy and Perspectives about Literacy Implementation in Selected Elementary Schools, Joy Rene' Abernathy-Dyer
Cross-race advising relationships: the role of race in advising relationships between Black doctoral student protégés and their White faculty advisors, Marco Javon Barker
The care plan as an indicator of change in nursing science instruction: a textbook-based analysis, Lindsay Bratton-Mullins
Reflections on teaching: dwelling in a third space, Sean William Buckreis
Examining spiritual development in collegiate athletes participating in individual and team sports, Jessica Lauder Clarke
Principals' perceptions of meeting vision and collaboration standards in alternative schools, Perry DiCarlo
Exploring the impacts of wiki collaborative technologies within the english writing environment, Valarie D. Dufrene
An exploration of strategy-based reading instruction using expository science text in grades 2-5, Carol Fetters
The Theoretical Learning Impact of a Summer Engineering Program Curriculum for Underrepresented Middle School Students, Vaneshette Teshawn Henderson
White faculty as racial justice allies at a predominantly White institution, Jennifer Kristine Loftin
Play it loud: hip hop in the language arts classroom, B Cord McKeithen
A study of technology integration in an all girls' school: the role of attitudes and beliefs of teachers, Patrick Kelvin Saidu
From the killing fields to a field of hope: the portrait of a teacher's dream, Kathy Ellen Smith
The state of education in Louisiana: trend analyses of student achievement, student matriculation, and student behavior in the accountability era, Jonathon Anthony Szymanski
University admissions officers' perceptions of student performance within the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program, Emily Trabona Tarver
Community college success: a multi-site program evaluation of postsecondary career and technical education, Kimberly Tynes
Theses from 2009
Writers on writing instruction: experiences and advice from professional writers, Sheri Allen
Deconstructing student perception of incivility in the nursing education triad, Jennifer Wibbenmeyer Beck
An examination of Louisiana Educational School Improvement Legislation, Policy Decisions, Initiatives, and Fiscal Expenditure from 1997 to 2005, Belinda Marie Cambre
Do TOPS eligibility requirements predict in-system college retention?, Jason J. Droddy
Assessing the development of high school chemistry students' conceptual and visual understanding of dimensional analysis via supplemental use of a proprietary interactive software program, Jennifer Tennille Pinder Ellis
The digital disconnect: uncovering barriers that sustain the phenomena of unplugged teachers in a technological era, Deidra Brown Johnson
Effects of an audience response system on student learning outcomes in an applied kinesiology course, Katherine Krieg
"It takes a lot out of you": ethnography of secondary English teachers' writing pedagogy, Lisa F. Morales
A study of the relationship of teachers' self-efficacy and the impact of professional learning community as an organizational structure, Dana Elaine Nolan
Investigating conceptual teaching strategies in a computer based mathematics curriculum: the case of R2R, Haitham Sleiman Solh
Determining the number of factors in data containing a single outlier: a study of factor analysis of simulated data, Victor Snipes Swaim
A mixed methods study of factors related to the receipt and retention of TOPS scholarships in Louisiana, Samuel Houston Theriot
Dissertations from 2008
An investigation into the implementation of the Louisiana Comprehensive Curriculum Reading/English Language Arts in selected first grade classrooms, Mary "Kitty" Taylor Ainsworth
Disciplinary differences in preferred research methods: a comparison of groups in the Biglan classification scheme, Mark A. Alise
Teachers' perspectives on the unintended consequences of high stakes testing, David Christopher Charles
Digital storytelling as a literacy-based intervention for a sixth grade student with Autism Spectrum Disorder: an exploratory case study, Brent A. Daigle
Teaching presence: a focus on the instructor's role in online collaborative learning, Keisha Smith Dubuclet
Administrative responses to hurricane-induced mobility, Christopher J. Fontenot
Academic impropriety: violation of normative teaching behaviors as identified by nursing educators, Melanie Hilburn Green
A multilevel discrete - time hazard model of retention data in higher education, Christopher W. Guillory
The effects of cross-age mentoring in an online collaborative environment, Gail Lorraine Johnson
Speaking the language of integration: a case study of South Boulevard Foreign Language Academic Immersion Magnet, Heather Kathleen Olson Beal
The GREAT Reading Project (Gifted Readers Enhance Academic Talent): a gifted-on-gifted, cross-age tutoring and mentoring intervention, Douglas Scott Samson
The principal as technology leader: the skills e-learners consider essential to the creation of a technology-rich school community, Tammy Sue Seneca
The Fusion Model of Instructional Design: a proposed model for faculty development programs in technology integration, Lori C. Soule
Multimedia mathematics intervention for math-delayed middle school students, Lisa L. Stokes
Does the Tuition Opportunity Program for Students (TOPS) promote access to postsecondary education for students from low-income families in Louisiana?, Frederick Thurber
A structural equation modeling approach to factors that contribute to the impact mymathlab has on commitment and integration of technology, Mitzi (Maritza) Pamela Trahan
Analysis of Equation and Diagram Construction in Applied Calculus Problem Solving, Ahmed Ibrahim Usman
Dissertations from 2007
The particulate nature of polyatomic ions: an exploratory study using molecular drawing software, Leodore Mathew, Jr. Amiot
Balch internet research and analysis tool development case study, Charles V. Balch
A study examining the impact of scaffolding young children's acquisition of literacy in primary grades, Judith Rollins Burch
Comparison of middle school student performance on photograph-based multiple-choice items and text-based multiple-choice items on a state science achievement test, Susannah Fowler Craig
Manhood constructions among engaged African American male collegians: influences, experiences, and contexts, T. Elon Dancy II
The disciples of light: a way of seeing and the educational transfer of ideas linking spirituality and art among southern painters in the Hensche-Hawthorne tradition, Barbara Naron Faulkner
Developing/testing a new approach for assessing rapid visual identification of hematological cells using principles of visual cognition: a health science education study, Deborah Elizabeth Fox
Epistemological congruency in community college classrooms: effects of epistemological beliefs on students experiences, Cheryl Fruge
Community college students' plant biodiversity learning experience in an introductory biology course: exploring the value added by using a CD-ROM to develop inquiry lessons, Sandra M. Guzman-Rodriguez
Innovation in teacher education: faculty members' and assessment coordinators' perceptions of electronic assessment systems, Dustin Michael Hebert
Perceptions of traditional and non-traditional students enrolled in a developmental reading course in a community college setting, Carolyn Elise Hitchens-Smith
Bridging the academic biotechnology commercialization gap: can the mission of the public research university be preserved?, Anne Rossi Jarrett
Going with the flow?: the medical school pipeline and advising premedical African American students on predominantly white campuses, Ashley Rachelle Junek
Using group dynamics and personality characteristics to form learning groups in high school multimedia courses, Kimberly Nichols LaPrairie
Hope for today and tomorrow: identity construction power, and persistence of community college women who are first in their families to attend college, Crystal Deer Lee
Higher education desegregation: an analysis of state efforts in systems formerly operating segregated systems of higher education, Edwin H. Litolff, III
An exploration of the impact of teachers' instructional practices in teaching phonemic awareness to kindergarten and first grade students, Gwendolyn Jackson Longmire
Use of dendrochronology to promote understanding of environmental change, Cynthia Stager McCormick
An examination of the expectations and experiences of beginning teachers of the gifted, Kimberly Nicole McGlonn
Visualizing the menstrual cycle: effects of a redesigned cycle diagram on community college biology students' learning, Francesca Maria Mellieon-Williams
An exploration of the impact of picture book illustrations on the comprehension skills and vocabulary development of emergent readers, Judy Lavender Nicholas
Characteristics of four highly-regarded literacy teachers in rural and urban elementary schools, Evan Thomas Ortlieb
Improving high school physical science students' understanding of the electromagnetic spectrum: a modified diagram approach, James Edward Quebedeaux
Using time-lapse and stroboscopic photography to enhance student understanding of plant growth, structure, and pollination: an inquiry-based study, Louis John Schultz
Dissertations from 2006
Exploring implicit versus explicit methods of teaching phonemic awareness instruction to kindergarten students, Sue Antoinette Abshire
Site-based technology facilitators: catalysts for achieving teacher technology proficiency in K-12 classrooms, Janet Giandelone Broussard
Say it loud! I'm Black and I'm proud!: a study of successful Black female students educated in an urban middle school, Menthia P. Clark
The effects of a multistrategy reading comprehension intervention on the reading skills of university athletes with reading deficits, Gerlinde Grandstaff-Beckers
The development of global awareness in elementary students through participation in an online cross-cultural project, Allen C. Grant