Dissertations from 2006
Art Informing Science Education: The Potential Contributions of Ornithological Illustration to Ecology Education, Vanessa Hunt
A delicate dance: autoethnography, curriculum, and the semblance of intimacy, Laura Marshall Jewett
The effects of mini-conferencing prior to IEP meetings on parental involvement in the IEP process, Beth Ashby Jones
A day in the PARC: an interactive qualitative analysis of school climate and teacher effectiveness through professional action research collaboratives, Shannon Lasserre-Cortez
School effectiveness research in China, Shujie Liu
Entering the academy: exploring the socialization experiences of African American male, Dorian L. McCoy
The role of technology in the interactions between secondary school library media specialists and teachers, Shirley Benson McDonald
A mixed methods study of the implications of academic change related managerial decisions on university faculty teaching effectiveness and student success, Kelly Mulkey McFatter
Understanding an indigenous curriculum in Louisiana through listening to Houma oral histories, Nicholas Anthony Ng-A-Fook
Leadership for scholarly excellence: a qualitative examination of department chair facilitation methods to promote research productivity in pre-tenure biological sciences faculty, Todd Anthony Pourciau
A historical examination of the tradition of experience in the teaching of literature in English education, Deborah Davis Reed
Applying intellectual development theory to college student drinking, Linda Marie Regira
Rethinking representations of slave life a historical plantation museums: towards a commemorative museum pedagogy, Julia Anne Rose
Louisiana's Comprehensive Curriculum: an analysis of impact on gifted instruction during its primary implementation year, Cathy J. Singletary
Reflections on teaching a mathematics education course, Sarah Elizabeth Smitherman
How principal participation in an online community of practice impacts the professional development experience of middle school teachers, Cynthia Beatty Vavasseur
Learner-centered e-learning: an exploration of learner-centered practices in online and traditional instruction in higher education, Helen Bourgeois Ware
Dissertations from 2005
Responsibilities and leadership styles of radiologic technology program directors: implications for leadership development, Laura S. Aaron
An examination of teacher migration in a large, urban school district, Christine C. Arab
Self-determination of students with disabilities in post-secondary education, Laura Schexnayder Brackin
The language and politics of place: autobiographical curriculum in the American South, Michael Brian Casemore
Using partial least squares approach to predict factors that contribute to the impact of e-folios on pre-service teachers' learning, Tasha Hoover Christmas
A correlational study examining the relationship between invented spelling and beginning reading, Jane McDaniel Grove
Schoolin' women: hip hop pedagogies of black women rappers, Nichole Ann Guillory
Teacher Beliefs and Practices Survey: operationalizing the 1997 NAEYC guidelines, Kyung-Ran Kim
"I Cried Out and None but Jesus Heard!" prophetic pedagogy: the spirituality and religious lives of three nineteenth century African-American women, Elecia Brown Lathon
Civic orientation predictors of Black students: an exploratory study, Joe Lee Lott Jr
An investigation of selected academic and nonacademic predictor variables of academic performance of student-athletes at Louisiana State University, Derek Jerone Morgan
Technology adoption into teaching and learning by mainstream university faculty: a mixed methodology study revealing the 'how, when, why, and why not', Pamela Stone Nicolle
The effectiveness of Student Support Services at a research extensive university in the South, Eric Lyle Penalber
Propelled by Faith: Henriette Delille and the Literacy Practices of Black Women Religious in Antebellum New Orleans, Donna Marie Porche-Frilot
Conceptualizing describing and contrasting school cultures: a comparative case study of school improvement processes, La Tefy Schoen
Designing online instruction for postsecondary students with learning disabilities, Andrew Patrick Simoncelli
Putting down roots in environmental literacy: a study of middle school students' participation in Louisiana Sea Grant's Coastal Roots Project, Rachel L. Somers
Teaching the Progressive Era through the life and accomplishments of Jane Addams, Kacy J. Taylor
Complexifying the poetic: toward a poiesis of curriculum, Donna Lynn Trueit
Advising perceptions in Student Support Services programs, Kim Andrepont Warren
This corner of Canaan: curriculum studies of place and the reconstruction of the South, Reta Ugena Whitlock
Dissertations from 2004
A qualitative exploration of students' experiences with tutorial learning, Angela Alexander
Characteristics of an effective teacher of reading in an elementary school setting, Jennifer Aby Archer
African American women administrators in higher education: exploring the challenges and experiences at Louisiana public colleges and universities, Germaine Monquenette Becks-Moody
Effective literacy instruction in the elementary grades, Marie Laurent Bergeron
Stepping out of her place: a new look at women's roles during selected wars in U.S. history, Nicole Lynn Bowen
A case study of a university-school partnership: impacting the success of children, teacher candidates, and inservice teachers, Paula Summers Calderon
Soils of regeneration: exploring conceptualizations of the natural world as a context for an ecologically-sensitive curriculum, Emily A. DeMoor
Botany in children's literature: a content analysis of plant-centered children's picture books that have a plot and characters, Sheila Lewis Goins
The role of mentoring in the development of African American nurse leaders, Jacqueline Jones Hill
High Stakes Testing in Louisiana: An Analysis of the Disparate Impact on Black and White Eighth Grade Students and the Perspectives of Parents, Monica L. Mancuso
"I pray it happens in my lifetime": the life history of Clara Byrd Glasper, a black woman educator fighting for educational equality, Carol Marie Miller
Constructive habituation as an educational approach to process-object reification in mathematics, Alonzo F. Peterson
Written language skills of middle and high school students in an alternative program, Zuhar Rende
Profiles of early childhood education administrators: looking for patterns of leadership, Mary Aileen Sciaraffa
Gringo and teacher: a study of professional self-formation through cross-cultural research, John Shock
Text, context, and identities in Pointe Coupee, Louisiana: six young women positioned as writers, Patricia Meeks Smith
The influence of state merit-based aid on access and educational experiences: an exploration of the Louisiana Tuition Opportunity Program for Students (TOPS), Roderick L. Smothers
Students with a GED in four-year institutions: the voices of persisters, Luria Shaw Stubblefield
Dissertations from 2003
The perceptions of effects of a study skills course, "Dynamics of Effective Study," on the academic achievement of African American students at a dedicated academic magnet high school, Josephine Ann Allen
The trouble with girls: autoethnography and the classroom, Pamela Kay Autrey
Your blues ain't like mine: exploring the promotion and tenure process of African American female professors at select Research I universities in the South, Tonetta Beloney-Morrison
An examination of the relationship between the acceptability and reported use of accommodations for students with disabilities by general education teachers and teachers' sense of efficacy, Bonnie Smith Boulton
Uncovering strata: an investigation into the graphic innovations of geologist Henry T. De la Beche, Renee M. Clary
No Child Left Behind and the Louisiana School Accountability System: a comparative study of accountability systems, Rani Coleman
A study of dropout characteristics and school-level effects on dropout prevention, Mindy L. Crain-Dorough
Literacy as a performing art: a phenomenological study of oral dramatic reading, Neva Virginia Cramer
Perceptions of stereotypes in Hispanic children's literature, Nancy Gomez
A phonological awareness intervention for at-risk preschoolers: the effects of supplemental, intensive small-group instruction, Lisa Oliver Guidry
Teacher and student perceptions of online instructional methodology in higher education: an explanatory mixed-method study, Fred Arthur Guillot
Language, identity and the achievement gap: comparing experiences of African-American students in a French immersion and a regular education context, Michelle Georgette Haj-Broussard
The impact of whole-plant instruction preservice elementary teachers' understanding of plant science principles, Christine Collins Hypolite
Self-efficacy, motivation, and outcome expectation correlates of college students' intention certainty, Carol Couvillion Landry
High school chemistry students' learning of the elements, structure, and periodicity of the periodic table: contributions of inquiry-based activities and exemplary graphics, Knight Phares Roddy
So-journeying: creating sacred space in education, Tayari kwa Salaam
The impact of a Life-Application Learning Instructional Program on struggling readers at the middle school level, Angelle Rae Stringer
A critical analysis of female doctoral student advisement: implications for program satisfaction, Angele Marie Thibodeaux
The impact of Louisiana's School and District Accountability System on students' performance on the state mandated criterion referenced test, Linda B. Tolbert
Dissertations from 2002
Sorority rituals : rites of passage and their impact on contemporary sorority women, Mari Ann Callais
Influence of teaching in an outdoor classroom on kindergarten children's comprehension and recall of a science lesson, Kari Anne Dietz
A study of the effect of multisensory writing instruction on the written expression of the dyslexic elementary child, Carolyn Williams Gore
The relationship between perceived leader behavior and alcohol consumption among university students who are members of social fraternities, Joe Randy Gurie
Expectations and experiences: case studies of four first-year teachers, Sandra B. Hebert
Responses of African-American girls to two types of folktales, Corrie Kiesel
Adult-mediated reading instruction for third through fifth grade children with reading difficulties, Randy Paul Lachney
The relationship between author and audience: case study of a young-adult author and a student audience, Keitha Ilene Phares
The effects of songs in the foreign language classroom on text recall and involuntary mental rehearsal, Claudia Smith Salcedo
Service learning: a study of administrators' goals at a Research I university, Christy Sanders
Nursing as social responsibility: implications for democracy from the life perspective of Lavinia Lloyd Dock (1858-1956), Soledad Mujica Smith
An analysis of student collaboration and task completion through project based learning in a web-supported undergraduate course, William Randall Thomas
An exploratory case study of the social interactions among baccalaureate nursing students in a cooperative group learning environment, Golden M. Tradewell
Reconceiving curriculum: an historical approach, Stephen Shepard Triche
Theses/Dissertations from 2001
The Curriculum Implications of Liberation Theology as a Theory for Social Change., Alvaro Basista Alcazar
School Culture, Teacher Efficacy, and Decision -Making in Demonstrably Effective and Ineffective Schools., Jacquline Jeanine Bobbett
Navigating Knowing/Complicating Truth: African American Learners Experiencing Oral History as Real Education., Lavada Taylor Brandon
Home and Classroom Learning Environment Correlates of Academic Self -Efficacy in Middle School Mathematics., Thaddeus Theodore Claiborne
A Study of the Measurement and Sources of Teachers' Self and Collective Efficacy Beliefs in Professional Learning Environments., Amy Marie barrilleaux Dellinger
Teacher Education Reform and Accountability: a Study of the Louisiana Blue Ribbon Commission on Teacher Quality., Patricia Ann davis Exner