Dissertations of graduates of the Doctor of Education - Educational Leadership approved in the 2015-2016 academic years. NOTE: To see all the content in this collection, click on the search icon without search terms.
American students in the 21st century are growing up with Internet accessible technology available at their fingertips. Considering this and the continued pressure to compete in a global society, The United States’ Department...
Subject:
One-to-One Technology, Standardized Assessment, Student Achievement, and Elementary School
Creator:
Medlin, Shane A.
Contributor:
Tammy Condren (Advisor/Committee Chair), James Truelove (Committee Member), and Pam Hedgpeth (Committee Member)
Appropriately meeting the needs of gifted students by implementing research based practices is a challenge for public education. According to Davis and Rimm (2004), gifted students are a unique group of learners who have a...
Subject:
Gifted Students and Accelerated Advancement
Creator:
Sallee, Lori
Contributor:
Allison Langford (Advisor/Committee Chair), Tammy Condren (Committee Member), and Laura Nelson (Committee Member)
Students with disabilities often start their school career in an Early Childhood Special Education program. The Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA) of 2004 mandates school districts to allow students with disabilities as...
Subject:
Early Childhood, Special Education, Disabilities, and Design for Learning
Creator:
Boyer, Amanda
Contributor:
Julie Bryant (Advisor/Committee Chair), James Truelove (Committee Member), and Pam Hedgpeth (Committee Member)
Educational reform has taken on many faces but current trends focus on college readiness. While educators believe dual credit courses improve college readiness little research has been done to see the true effects. This study...
Subject:
College Readiness, Dual Credit, Graduation Rates, and Student Success
Creator:
Coffey, Lynn D.
Contributor:
Edward W. Walton (Advisor/Committee Chair), Pamela Hedgpeth (Committee Member), and Robert Perry (Committee Member0
Diverseness within our society has children entering Kindergarten with a wide variety of early experiences and learning opportunities. Developmental screening prior to Kindergarten entrance has become a common factor for...
Subject:
Kindergarten, Diversity, and Developmental Screening
Creator:
Ratcliff, Addie Colleen
Contributor:
Michael David Arnold (Advisor/Committee Chair), Tammy Condren (Committee Member), and Janice S. VanGilder (Committee Member)
Education in the 21st century is subject to standardized testing with financial implications associated with testing. Under continued focus at the federal level to close the socioeconomic achievement gap, equitable distribution...
Subject:
21st Century, Standardized Assessment, Socioeconomic Status, and Student Achievement
Creator:
Kuessner, Sonia Shedd
Contributor:
Robert Perry (Advisor/Committee Chair), Pam Hedgpeth (Committee Member), and Nancy Colbaugh, (Committee Member)
Standards-based education has been cited for decades as a means to increasing student achievement. Standards-based grading (SBG) has been identified as a possible method to support learning of standards. While SBG has received...
Subject:
Standards Based Grading, Student Achievement, and Middle Schools
Creator:
Bauer, Steven Patrick
Contributor:
James Truelove (Advisor/Committee Chair), Ron Wilken (Committee Member), and Brad Johnson (Committee Member)
With a lack of reflection, distrust, and teacher isolation prevalent, principals rely on programs instead of eliciting deeply embedded practice (Fullan 2001; Reeves, 2009; Schmoker, 2004). What is needed is a deeply embedded...
Subject:
Deeply Embedded Practice, Elementary School, and Cognitive Coaching
Creator:
Tennison, Rachel Louise
Contributor:
Nancy Colbaugh (Advisor/Committee Chair), Allison Langford (Committee Member), and T. C. Wall (Committee Member)
Research identifies several grading practices considered ineffective for their negative impact on the accuracy of the report of student achievement they yield. The ability to positively impact student achievement is the...
Subject:
Grading, Student Achievement, Teacher Self-Efficacy, and K-12 Schools
Creator:
Weaver, Jason
Contributor:
Michael Arnold (Advisor/Committee Chair), James Truelove (Committee Member), and Robert Perry (Committee Member)
Effective grading practices in the classroom as well as reporting practices such as standards-based grading (SBG) is one way to report learning (Marzano, 2010). The focus of this particular study was to address alternative ways...
Subject:
Standards Based Grading and Grading
Creator:
Akins, Jeremie
Contributor:
James Truelove (Advisor/Committee Chair), Tammy Condren (Committee Member), and Linda Wooderson (Committee Member)
