Theses and dissertations published by graduate students in the Department of Teaching and Learning, College of Education, Old Dominion University, since Fall 2016 are available in this collection. Backfiles of all dissertations (and some theses) have also been added.
In late Fall 2025, all theses will be digitized and available here. In the meantime, consult the Library Catalog to find older items in print.
Theses/Dissertations from 2024
Dissertation: Navigating Foreign Language Anxiety in Saudi Classrooms: Examining Classroom Environment, Teacher Strategies, and Learner Perspectives, Amal Obaid Alnefaie
Theses/Dissertations from 2023
Dissertation: Using Ozobots to Learn Character Traits, Kimberly Dawn Eure
Dissertation: The Influence of Mentorship on K-5 General Education Teachers: A Study of Southeastern Schools in Virginia, Katherine Ryan Goldburg
Thesis: An Autoethnography on Teaching Antiracism in the Current Sociopolitical Environment, Taylor M. Jacobson
Dissertation: Dismantling Anti-Blackness in Teacher Education: Centering Black Epistemologies to (Re)Construct Elementary Language Arts Education for Linguistic and Racial Justice, Jasmyn Kymberly Jones
Dissertation: Exploring Culturally Responsive Equitable Problem-Solving Pedagogy: Theorizing, Developing & Teaching, Tisha Newton Jones
Dissertation: Visual Literacies and Young Children’s Writing: Creating Spaces for Young Children’s Voices and Engaging in Authentic Writing Experiences, Elizabeth Presto
Dissertation: Assessing the Effectiveness of a Transdisciplinary Culturally Relevant STEM Curriculum Intervention on High School Chemistry Students’ and Teachers’ Learning Experiences, Rachel Sparks White
Theses/Dissertations from 2022
Thesis: How Does Parental Involvement Shape Kindergarten Readiness in One Title 1 Classroom?, Kiristen Moriah Boles
Dissertation: Family Writer's Workshop: A Case Study, Alisa Innes
Dissertation: The Narratives of Teacher Candidates in Clinical Practice Within a Teacher Residency: The Shaping of Professional Teacher Identities, Lauren Marie Laughlin
Dissertation: Teacher Perspectives on Formative Assessment within a Primary Classroom, Dawn M. MacDonald
Thesis: Teacher's Self-Efficacy for Data Driven Decision Making, Bettie Fisher Perry
Dissertation: Creating More Equitable Opportunities in Early Childhood by Highlighting Parent Voice: A Qualitative Case Study, Julie Dawn Sill
Dissertation: Examining the Culturally Responsive Teaching Self-Efficacy of Teacher Candidates in Urban Immersive Residency Programs, Latanya M. Sutphin
Theses/Dissertations from 2021
Dissertation: “I’m Just a Middleman": A Phenomenological Study of Specialized Literacy Professionals' Experiences During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Michelle L. Arnold
Dissertation: COVID-19, Technology, and the Math Classroom: Changes, Obstacles, and Victories Integrating Digitally, Lauren Fifield Bellamy
Dissertation: Elementary Classroom Teachers’ Perceptions of Redesigned Classroom Space: A Qualitative Case Study, Kristin Lee Pender
Dissertation: Growing Up Rural: A Sensory Ethnography of Rural Children’s Perspectives on Time, Space, and Place, Rebecca Tilhou
Dissertation: Does a Schoolwide Silent Reading Initiative Make a Difference in the Reading Habits of High School Freshmen: A Mixed Methods Study, Stephanie Trzeciakiewicz
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
Dissertation: Black Teachers’ Collective Wisdom as Social Justice Pedagogy: A Black Feminist Narrative Analysis, Jacqueline Cora Boone
Dissertation: A Case Study Exploring the Nature of How Prekindergarten Teachers’ Mathematics Instruction Decisions Relate to Their Mathematics Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Raleta Summers Dawkins
Dissertation: "Meet Me at the 50": A Critical Discourse Analysis of How Higher Education Curriculum Is Meeting the Needs of Black, Male Student-Athletes, Julia Diane Morris
Dissertation: Black Girls in 3D Disruptive, Defiant, and Disrespectful: Case Studies of Culturally Responsive and Sustaining Classroom Management Practices in an Urban Middle School, Janeen Perry-Campbell
Dissertation: Service Learning and the Experiential Learning Cycle in Elementary School, Brittney D. Rose
Dissertation: Impact of School Librarians on Elementary Student Achievement, Lois D. Wine
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
Dissertation: I Had to Do the Reading: A Phenomenological Case Study of College English Students, Jennifer Eleanor Frank
Dissertation: Mothers’ Voices in Early Childhood Education: A Dual Case Study of Resettled Refugee Mothers’ Perspectives, Rebecca John
Dissertation: The Impact of a Teacher’s Implementation of the Readworks Digital Reading Program on Second Graders’ Reading Fluency and Comprehension Test Scores, Cynthia Molina
Dissertation: Science in the School Library Inquiry Model (SSLIM): A Mixed-Methods Case Study of the Implementation of a Science and Information Inquiry Curriculum in an Elementary Library, Bree L. Ruzzi
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
Dissertation: Understanding Technological, Pedagogical, and Content Knowledge in an Educational Technology Course: A Case Study of Social Studies Preservice Teacher's Beliefs and Dispositions, Mark M. Diacopoulos
Dissertation: The Effects of Metacognitive Training on Algebra Students’ Calibration Accuracy, Achievement, and Mathematical Literacy, Deana J. Ford
Dissertation: A Multi Case Study of Community College Discipline Faculty’s Participation in a Disciplinary Literacy Professional Learning Community, Kristen Howell Gregory
Dissertation: A Continuum of Care: School Librarian Interventions for New Teacher Resilience, Rita Reinsel Soulen
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
Dissertation: When it is Troublesome to Do Right: A Narrative Analysis of the Continual Censorship and “Sivilizing” of Huckleberry Finn, Angela P. Branyon
Dissertation: A Delphi Study of Aviation Maintenance Experts' Recommendations for a Model School Curriculum, Fred D. Dyen
Dissertation: Using Pre-Calculus and Calculus Student Work to Examine Student Problem Solving Abilities in Online and Face-to-Face Mathematics Courses, Sarah Catherine Ferguson
Dissertation: Improving Second Language Lexical Acquisition Through Personalization and Contextualization: A Look at Intrinsic Cognitive Load Reduction Strategies, Curtis Kleinman
Dissertation: Multimodal Literacy: Journey Through the Collaborative Transmediation of Wordless Picturebooks, Catherine Todd Thomson
Dissertation: The Effect of Device When Using Smartphones and Computers to Answer Multiple-Choice and Open-Response Questions in Distance Education, Thomas Royce Wilson
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
Dissertation: Alternative Assessment and Accountability: A Case Study of Policy Reform and Teacher Practice at the District Level, Amy Lynn Abbott
Dissertation: Self-Regulation and Cognitive Load as Mediating Factors for Tailored Interactive Multimedia Instruction, Tammy Ann Bankus
Dissertation: The Impact of Dual Identities of College Student-Athletes on Academic Performance, Stephen E. Knott
Dissertation: Elementary Physical Education Teachers’ Content Knowledge and Pedagogical Content Knowledge Of Overhand Throwing, James Allen Parrott
Dissertation: Investigating an Intervention Used to Address Underachievement in Gifted and Non-Gifted High School Students: A Mixed Methodological Study, Melissa (Missy) C. Sullivan
Theses/Dissertations from 2015
Dissertation: Implementing Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Strategies Using Children's Literature in the Urban Multicultural Preschool: Examining Teachers' Language Dialect Beliefs and Practices, Nicole Victoria Bailey Austin
Dissertation: Effect of an Adaptive Thinking Training Methodology on Critical Thinking Disposition Using Human Patient Simulators: A Catalyst for Preparing Advanced Nursing Students, Robert Joseph Fitkin Jr.
Dissertation: The Impact of Design-Based Modeling Instruction on Seventh Graders' Spatial Abilities and Model-Based Argumentation, William J. McConnell
Dissertation: The Impact of the C. L. E. A. R. (Challenge Leading to Engagement, Achievement, and Results) Curriculum Model on Reading Achievement at the Third Grade Level, Robin Gale Puryear
Dissertation: A Phenomenological Case Study Concerning Science Teacher Educators' Beliefs and Teaching Practices About Culturally Relevant Pedagogy and Preparing K-12 Science Teachers to Engage African American Students in K-12 Science, Janice Bell Underwood
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
Dissertation: School Library Advocacy: Perceptions of Building Influence, Elizabeth A. Burns
Dissertation: "The Poor Kid Finds the Pirate Treasure": Depictions of Social Class in Newbery Medal and Honor Books 2004-2013, Danielle Eileen Forest
Dissertation: Professional Identity and Pedagogical Discontentment in High School Science Teachers Participating in a Professional Development Institute, Stephanie J. Hathcock
Dissertation: Global and Criteria Based Judgments of an Undergraduate Exit Writing Examination, Katrice Alexandria Hawthorne
Dissertation: Autism Assessment Scale for Children (AASC): The Development of a DSM-V AIigned Questionnaire to Screen School-Aged Children for High Functioning Autism, Christine Hebert
Dissertation: At the College Gates: A Phenomenological Study of STEM Identity Formation at a STEM Program at a Historical Black University, Maria O'Hearn
Dissertation: The Effects of Cooperative Grouping Strategies and a Three-Level Evaluation Tool on Student Soft Skills Achievement and Satisfaction Within a Problem-Based Instructional Model in the Soft Sciences, Kelly Stoneman Rippard
Dissertation: An Appreciative Look: Examining the Development of Urban Youths' Civic Identity In and Out of the Social Studies Classroom, Wendy Elaine Scott
Dissertation: Perspectives of International Students Performing Service-Learning in the United States: A Case study With Amizade, Suzanne Beth Unger
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
Dissertation: Addressing the Needs of Students With Color Vision Deficiencies in the Elementary School Library, Karla Bame Collins
Theses/Dissertations from 2012
Dissertation: Preservice Teachers' Epistemological Beliefs: A Study of Student and Course Characteristics, Peter B. Baker
Dissertation: A Mixed Methods Study of Special Education Teachers' Knowledge of Reading Instruction and Perceptions Concerning Their Preparation to Teach Reading, Cynthia Darden Blakeslee
Dissertation: The Nature and Role of Physical Models in Enhancing Sixth Grade Students' Mental Models of Groundwater and Groundwater Processes, Debra Lynne Foster Duffy
Dissertation: “This Intense Desire to Know the World”: Factors Influencing the Selection of Multicultural Children's Literature, Kasey L. Garrison
Dissertation: Creating a Predictor Model for High School Non-Completers, Alicia A. Pruitt
Dissertation: The Influence of Teacher Preparation Programs' Field Experiences on Pre-Service Teacher Candidates' Sense of Teaching Efficacy, Alison Marie Reddy
Dissertation: Can Practice Calibrating by Test Topic Improve Public School Students' Calibration Accuracy and Performance on Tests?, Rose M. Riggs
Dissertation: Teacher Beliefs, Knowledge, and Practice of Metacognition and Self-Regulated Learning, Robin S. Spruce
Dissertation: The Impact of an Intensive Experience on Prospective Teachers' Perception of the Uses of Digital, Interactive Text Among K-12 Students, Francis W. Stonier
Dissertation: The Impact of Developmental Mathematics Courses and Age, Gender, and Race and Ethnicity on Persistence and Academic Performance in Virginia Community Colleges, James Dael Wolfle
Theses/Dissertations from 2011
Dissertation: Effect of a Mindfulness Intervention on Community College Students' Writing Apprehension and Writing Performance, Megan E. Britt
Dissertation: Understanding Fourth Graders' Decline in Reading Motivation from Students' and Teachers' Perspectives, Christine A. Hebert
Dissertation: Elementary Teachers' Views of Environmental Education, Rose M. Hotchkiss
Dissertation: How “Struggling” Readers Engage in Literacy Events in Middle School Science: An Analysis of Interactions in Literacy Events, Kristin Cartwright Palmer
Theses/Dissertations from 2010
Dissertation: Elementary Principals' Literacy Practices and Their Relationship to Student Achievement in Reading, Sandra Carper Cox
Dissertation: Where is the Learning in Smaller Learning Communities? Academic Press, Social Support for Learning, and Academic Engagement in Smaller Learning Community Classrooms, Christopher Michael Fischer
Dissertation: Adjustment Experiences and Ethnic Identity Attitudes Among High School Students in Advanced Academic Programs, Tiffany Michelle Hall
Dissertation: Urban Elementary Students' Views of Environmental Scientists, Environmental Caretakers and Environmentally Responsible Behaviors, Patricia Lynne Horne
Dissertation: An Examination of the Reading First Program at a Southeastern Virginia Elementary School and the Impact on K–2 Student Reading Achievement, Leslie Ford Lippard
Dissertation: Secondary English Teachers' Attitudes Toward disciplinary and Literacy Learning Implications for Pedagogical Praxis and Reform, Stephanie Kay Sugioka
Dissertation: The Experiences of Secondary Social Studies Teachers With Historical Thinking Skills, Denise Lorraine Trombino
Dissertation: The Effect of Individual or Group Guidelines on the Calibration Accuracy of High School Biology Students, Camilla C. Walck
Dissertation: The Effects of Training in Peer Assessment on University Students' Writing Performance and Peer Assessment Quality in an Online Environment, Yun Xiao
Theses/Dissertations from 2009
Dissertation: The Effects of Elaborative Interrogation and Summarization on Student Comprehension, Retention, and Satisfaction in Online, Self-Paced Instruction, Heather M. Brown
Dissertation: A Meta-Analysis of Supplemental Educational Services (SES) Provider Effects on Student Achievement, Shanan L. Chappell
Dissertation: Exploratory Study of the Relationship Between State Fiscal Effort and Academic Achievement, Timothy A. Goodale