Theses and dissertations published by graduate students in the Department of STEM Education and Professional Studies, College of Education, Old Dominion University.

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Theses/Dissertations from 2022

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Dissertation: Entrepreneurship Education Relation to Mathematical Proficiency Amongst Secondary Youth, Mariam Abdelhamid

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Dissertation: Factors Promoting and Inhibiting the Practice of Needs Assessment by Human Performance Practitioners, Christopher D. Adams

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Dissertation: Metacognitive Supports in Online Community College Learners, Bethany L. Emory

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Dissertation: A Case Study the Effects of Student Engagement on Academic Achievement in African American Women: Comparing Undergraduate STEM Majors to Non-STEM Majors from a Historically Black College and University, Zenora E. Gay

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Dissertation: Diffusion of Public Library Innovations: A Case Study on Parking Lot Wi-Fi Hotspots Diffusion Development, Samantha Laine Hull

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Dissertation: Leadership Competencies for Instructional Designers: Identifying Critical Incidents Used to Lead Design Projects That Improve Performance, Heidi Elaine Kirby

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Dissertation: A Case Study on Targeted Support Using TPACK Model for Newly Hired Secondary Mathematics Teachers, Kristin Leigh McKitrick-Rojas

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Dissertation: An Instrumental Case Study of Confirmative Evaluation in the Continuous Improvement of Online Remote Leaders’ Work, Chad Lawrence McLane

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Dissertation: Instructional Designers Conducting Professional Learning Using Social Media: A Phenomenological Study of Their Experiences Through a Self-regulated Learning Lens, Pauline S. Muljana

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Dissertation: Factors Predicting Family and Consumer Sciences Teachers' Levels of Self-Efficacy in STEM Education, Charlene Wirfel Smith

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Dissertation: Career Literacy: Developing, Validating, and Establishing the Reliability of the Career Literacy Continuum Scale, Kesha S. Valentine

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Dissertation: Conceptual Advancement of Youth Apprenticeship Programs Using a Policy Delphi, Susan L. Wienand

Theses/Dissertations from 2021

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Dissertation: How Interactions with Staff Relate to Students' Early-Career Success at Small Residential Colleges, Donna L. Fenton

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Dissertation: Patient-Perspective Task Performance: Creating Contextually Relevant Student Clinical Training Through the Use of Patient Experience, Candice L. Freeman

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Dissertation: Lean Application: An Assessment of 5S on Employee Attitudes and Productivity, Nickolaos Dimitrios Karvounis

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Dissertation: Closing the Contextual and Chronological Gap: A Design and Development Study of a Systematic Tool for the Selection of Learning and Performance Support Interventions, James Knapp III

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Dissertation: Relationship Between Technology Student Association Participation and Soft Skills Development, Controlling for Gender, Lauren M. Lapinski

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Dissertation: Perceptions of Burden in Needs Assessment: An Exploration of Measurement Creation and Validation, Kim N. Pinckney-Lewis

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Dissertation: A Multi-Case Examination of Training of Self-Explanation when Combined with Worked Examples, Laura Leveridge Stapleton

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Dissertation: Towards Failure-Based Instructional Design: A Phenomenological Study of the Perceptions of Drone Pilots About the Use of Simulations to Promote Failure-Based Learning, Nikisha Watson

Theses/Dissertations from 2020

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Dissertation: An Analysis of the Effect of Digital Badging on Workplace Self-Directed E-Learners' Achievement, Persistence, and Self-Regulation, Emma Awuor Agola

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Dissertation: Designing for the One-Shot: Building Consensus on Design Processes for Academic Librarians, Kirsten Hostetler

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Dissertation: Local Workforce Development, Federally Legislated Purposes, and a Systemigram: A Mixed-Methods Study, Tracey A. Regenold

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Dissertation: Measuring the Additive Effects of Multimedia Social Cue Principles on Learners’ Cognitive Load, Emotions, Attitude, and Learning Outcomes, Smruti J. Shah

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Dissertation: The Unheralded Hero: Mid-Level Manager Training and Development in Student Affairs, A Case Study Analysis, Sherri L. Watson

Theses/Dissertations from 2019

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Dissertation: An Examination of Personality Traits as a Predictor of the Use of Self-Regulated Learning Strategies, Jacqueline L. Bruso

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Dissertation: An Exploration of Professional Preparedness of Instructional Designers to Evaluate, Philena V. DeVaughn

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Dissertation: The Effect of Standardised Learning Diaries on Self-Regulated Learning, Calibration Accuracy and Academic Achievement, Avanelle Joseph-Edwards

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Dissertation: Effects of Argumentation Prompts on Alternative Positions in Ill-Structured Problem-Solving, Chrysoula Malogianni

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Dissertation: An Examination of the Decision-Making Process Instructional Designers Use to Complete Projects With the Constraints of Limited Time and Tools, Denesha Kaye Rabel

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Dissertation: Factors That Influence Students’ Decisions to Enroll in Initial Vocational Education and Training (IVET) Lyceums in Tajikistan, Farid Safarmamad

Theses/Dissertations from 2018

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Dissertation: Decision Making in the Sciences: Understanding Heuristic Use by Students in Problem Solving, Elizabeth Csikar

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Dissertation: Motivating and Enabling Factors for Military Service Members Earning a Post-Secondary Degree, Rossie Dean Johnson

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Dissertation: Reimagining the Chalk Talk: Animated Handwriting as a Social Cue to Improve Motivation in Multimedia Video Lessons, Hillary C. Kaplowitz

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Dissertation: Factors Influencing Student Enrollment in Career Academy Programs, Whitney Stokes Ketchledge

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Dissertation: Investigating Application of the Self-explanation Learning Strategy During an Instructional Simulation, Paul Michael MacLoughlin

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Dissertation: Building a Cognitive Readiness Construct for Violent Police-Public Encounters, James Eric Preddy

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Dissertation: Community College Faculty Compensation for Online Course Development and Delivery, Radhika I. Prout

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Dissertation: The Effect of the Behavioral Analysis Feedback Model on Improving Performance of Nursing Students During Clinical Rotations, Melanie Elizabeth Ross

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Dissertation: Instructional Designer Awareness and Application of Strategies to Manage Cognitive Load, Justin A. Sentz

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Dissertation: Exploring the Effects of Pacing in Community College Courses, Robin Dillon Shepherd

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Dissertation: The Effect of Emotive Content on Knowledge Acquisition and Ethical Sense Making Using an Ill-Structured Case Example, Tina M. Souders

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Dissertation: The Impact of Professional Development Grounded in Social Learning on Community College Faculty Efficacy, Shanika Shantell Strickland-Davis

Theses/Dissertations from 2017

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Dissertation: When I See My Face: Painting the Portrait of Black Women Leaders in the U.S. Federal Government, Antoinette LaVawn Allen

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Dissertation: Impact of Leadership Styles on Entrepreneurs' Business Success, Hona Amer

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Dissertation: Learning While Using an Instructional Simulation, Tayyaba Batool

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Dissertation: Varying Feedback Strategy and Scheduling in Simulator Training: Effects on Learner Perceptions, Initial Learning, and Transfer, Sonya Bland-Williams

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Dissertation: Higher Education Distance Advising in the 21st Century: Distance Learning Students' and Advisors' Perceptions, Brooke Lambert Brown

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Dissertation: An Analysis of Factors that Impact Diffusion and Adoption of Digital Badges, Kimberly L. Carey

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Dissertation: Assessing Learning Strategies with an Educational Video, David James Harrison

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Dissertation: Developing a Career Development Assessment for Predicting Young Stem Graduates’ Employability and Career Barriers, Yi-Ching Lin

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Dissertation: Facilitating Higher Levels of Thinking and Deeper Cognitive Processing of Course Texts Using Reciprocal Teaching Strategies in Asynchronous Discussion Forums, Jenifer R. Marquis

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Dissertation: An Eye Tracking Study to Investigate the Influence of Language and Text Direction on Multimedia, Arwa Adulwahab Mashat

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Dissertation: An Exploration of Career Decision-Making Among Domestic and International Instructional Design Students, Erin L. Mills

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Dissertation: The Correlation Between the National Survey of Student Engagement Indicators and First Year Student Achievement, Satisfaction, And Retention, Larry Peck

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Dissertation: Conceptual Model of Career Counseling for Better Preparing Students for the Transition from School to Work, Brian Christopher Preble

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Dissertation: An Analysis of Self-Regulated Learning Strategies, Academic Performance, and Satisfaction among Recent Online High School Graduates, Jenifer Lee Price

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Dissertation: The Effects of Group-Based Context Personalization on Learning Outcomes and Motivation, Jessica J. Resig

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Dissertation: The Use of Reflective Questioning as a Peer Coaching Strategy in an Asynchronous Online Cognitive Apprenticeship, Jennifer Ashley Scott Brown

Theses/Dissertations from 2016

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Dissertation: Effects of Learner-to-Learner Interactions on Social Presence, Achievement and Satisfaction, Susan Elizabeth Allred Oyarzun

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Dissertation: Using Visually Disfluent Fonts for Cueing and Increased Reading, Nena Barley

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Dissertation: Effects of Guided Project-Based Learning Activities on Students’ Attitudes Toward Statistics in an Introductory Statistics Course, Timothy Jonathan Bayer

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Dissertation: Elaboration and Question Strategy Effect on Learning Outcomes and Cognitive Load, Julie Ann Bridges

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Dissertation: Encouraging Entrepreneurship: Resources Supporting Small Business Startup and Growth, Karen A. Eagle

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Dissertation: Factors Influencing the Selection of Academic Help Sources, Joan Giblin

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Dissertation: The Influence of Multimedia Production Knowledge on the Design Decisions of the Instructional Designer, Stephen Brent Hoard

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Dissertation: Motivation and Learning in an Online Collaborative Project Using Gamification, Michele L. Hudiburg

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Dissertation: Mathematics Proficiency of Fashion Marketing and Fashion Merchandising Students, Christina Gordon Miles

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Dissertation: Multimedia Design, Learning Effectiveness, and Student Perceptions of Instructor Credibility and Immediacy, Miguel Ramlatchan

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Dissertation: Defining the Competencies, Programming Languages, and Assessments for an Introductory Computer Science Course, Simon Sultana

Theses/Dissertations from 2015

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Dissertation: The Effects of Encoding Strategy Training on Foreign Language Learning, Olla Najah Al-Shalchi

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Dissertation: Influence of Learner Factors on Soldier Attitude Toward Army Serious Gaming, Mitchell L. Bonnett

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Dissertation: Applying Reflection and Self-Assessment Practices to Integrative STEM Lessons: A Design-Based Research Study to Develop an Instrument for Elementary Practitioners, Diana V. Cantu

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Dissertation: Effect of Psychological Capital on Elementary Teacher Stress and Workplace Affect, Scott Stephen Casad

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Dissertation: Enhancing Apprentice Training Through Supervision of Work Experience, J. Scott Christman

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Dissertation: Questions as a Generative Strategy for Knowledge Transfer and Problem Solving, Brett Howard Cook-Snell

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Dissertation: Motivation, Persistence, and Achievement in Community College Asynchronous Online Courses, Rachel Michelle Desmarais

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Dissertation: Priming Middle School Females’ Engagement in Engineering and Technology, Mary Bonk Isaac

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Dissertation: Training Model for Incorporating Interactive Whiteboards Into the K-12 Classroom, Elizabeth G. Jamerson

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Dissertation: Signaling Instructional Video for Mathematics, Kimberly W. Milner

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Dissertation: The Effect of Preferred Visual Aesthetic on Focused Attention, Use Intention, and Persistence in an Instructional Simulation, Don Grady Robison

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Dissertation: Program Standards for Establishing High Quality Postsecondary Trade and Industrial Education Programs, Beno Rubin

Theses/Dissertations from 2014

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Dissertation: Reducing Intrinsic Cognitive Load in Complex Learning Such as Flight Training That Involves Both Cognitive and Psychomotor Tasks, Adil Aslan

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Dissertation: Analysis of Student Perceptions of the Psychosocial Learning Environment in Online and Face-to-Face Career and Technical Education Courses, Diane L. Carver

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Dissertation: Improving Argumentation Through Goal Instructions in Asynchronous Online Discussions, Yekaterina Prudchenko

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Dissertation: High School Engineering/Technology Education Course Impact on Georgia Standardized Achievement Scores, Rodney N. Ragsdale

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Dissertation: Impact of Transformational Leadership on Job Satisfaction and Organizational Commitment and the Re-Enlistment Intention of Virginia Army National Guard Soldiers, Kervin Gregory Sider

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Dissertation: The Effects of Student Engagement on Retention: Comparing Male Undergraduate STEM Majors to Non-STEM Majors, Tourgee D. Simpson Jr.

Dissertation: High School Students' Perceptions of Career and Technical Education, Regina Lorraine Stafford

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Dissertation: Engineering Design: A Cognitive Process Approach, Greg Joseph Strimel

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Dissertation: A Mixed Methods Case Study of the Levels of Interactive Whiteboard Use by K-12 Teachers, Jo Ann Thomas

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Dissertation: The Effect of Self-Regulated Learning Strategy Training and Question Generation on Metacognitive Awareness and Achievement Among College Students Enrolled in Science Courses, Derrick L. Wilkins

Theses/Dissertations from 2013

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Dissertation: Five for Life: Evaluating the Effect of an Activity-Based Fitness and Health Curricula Program on Physical Fitness, Physical Activity, Health-Related Knowledge, and Attitudinal Outcomes, Kimberly Grimes Baskette

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Dissertation: Employability Advantages of Marketing Education Industry Certification Examinations, Devon Ashley Elmore

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Dissertation: An eLearning Narration Modality Study: In Pursuit of Faster, Cheaper, and Almost the Same, Richard David Horner

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Dissertation: Worked Examples in Teaching Queries for Searching Academic Databases, Mary Kickham-Samy

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Dissertation: Project Management Professional Training Needs for Defense Industry Projects, Cole Jerome Kupec II

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Dissertation: The Effects of Generative Strategies in Instructional Simulations on Learning, Cognitive Load, and Calibration Accuracy, Jennifer R. Morrison

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Dissertation: Effects of an Interprofessional Simulation Activity to Improve Students' Perceptions of Other Healthcare Professions, Chase Raymond Poulsen

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Dissertation: Improving Metacomprehension and Calibration Accuracy Through Embedded Cognitive and Metacognitive Strategy Prompts, Alan J. Reid