Theses/Dissertations from 2009
Dissertation: An Evaluation of the Long-Term Effectiveness of a Women's Leadership Development Program, Kirsten S. Ericksen
Theses/Dissertations from 2007
Dissertation: The Impact of Intercultural Training on the Satisfaction and Achievement of Undergraduates Taught by International Teaching Assistants, Kirsten Jensen
Dissertation: Teachers' Education and Training Factors and Their Influence on Formative Assessment Processes, William Clark Reed
Dissertation: Preservice and K–12 Inservice Teachers' Perceptions of Appropriateness of Teacher Self-Disclosure and Its Teaching Effectiveness, Shaoan Zhang
Theses/Dissertations from 2006
Dissertation: Service With Friends: The Influence of Peer Interactions and Emotions in Community Service Experiences, Jennifer Jill Kidd
Dissertation: Perceptions and Factors Influencing Success in Professional Preparation Physical Therapy Education, Mira H. Mariano
Dissertation: A Study of Literacy Efficacy and Student Achievement Among Beginning Middle School Teachers in an Urban Context, Michael J. Mustain
Dissertation: Balanced Literacy Versus Basal Reading Instruction for Urban African-American, Title I Third-Grade Students, Julie Ann Perkins
Theses/Dissertations from 2005
Dissertation: An Exploratory Analysis of Post Strategic Plan Implementation Fidelity in Two Urban-Based, Nonprofit Health Education/Advocacy Organizations, Theodore N. Burke
Dissertation: Effect of Instructional Styles and the Duration of Class Time on the Sense of Classroom Community of Military Urban Graduate Students, William J. Davis Jr.
Dissertation: Cultural Competence and Curricula in Physical Therapist Professional Education, Beth Ernst Jamali
Dissertation: Factors Predicting Teacher Satisfaction and Retention in the Hampton City Schools Teacher Induction Program, Gale A. Lee
Dissertation: A Comparison of Anonymous E-Peer Review Versus Identifiable E-Peer Review on College Student Writing Performance and Learning Satisfaction, Ruiling Lu
Dissertation: A Conceptual Model for Determining Career Choice of CHROME Alumna Based on Farmer's Conceptual Models, Lisa Simmons Moore
Dissertation: Assessing the Relationship Between Adult Attention Deficit Disorder Symptoms and Freshman Survey Academic Probation Scores for Use in Developing Counseling Programs for Academically at Risk College Students, Douglas Joe Muller
Dissertation: The Interactive Question Protocol: Examining the Relationship Between Feedback, Cognitive Development and Student Achievement, G. Simon Richmond
Dissertation: The Effects of Breakthrough to Literacy on the Phonological Awareness Skills of Students in Early Elementary School, Amy W. Woodward
Theses/Dissertations from 2004
Dissertation: The Effects of an Autobiographical Dialogue Journaling Activity on Student Teachers' Levels of Cultural Sensitivity and Reflective Skills, Wanda G. Lastrapes
Dissertation: Synchronous Text-Based Chat Vis-à-Vis Asynchronous Threaded Discussion: An Instructional Strategy for Providing an Option in Two Course Delivery Schemes, Shin Yi Lin
Dissertation: Choice and Support: An Individualized Approach to Student Empowerment and Involvement in Combating Procrastination in the Internet Learning Environment, Han Liu
Dissertation: A Comparative Study of American-Born Chinese and Non American-Born Chinese Students' Language Learning Motivation, Language Acquisition, and Ethnic Identity Development in Chinese Language Schools, Sarah C. Tsai
Thesis: An Examination of Relationships of Reading and Writing Self-Efficacy Beliefs, Standardized Placement Test Scores, and Diverse Community College Students' Perceptions of Those Relationships, Ann Woolford-Singh
Theses/Dissertations from 2003
Dissertation: The Relationship Between Non-Completers' Decisions to Leave Certificate Programs Before Earning Certificates and Their Career Goals, Elizabeth M. Lohman
Dissertation: Privatize or Self-Operate: Decision-Making in Campus Services Management, Jeffrey Shelton Pittman
Dissertation: The Impact of Place of Residence on the Academic Achievement and Retention of First-Time-in-College Students at an Urban Commuter University, Tameria Lee Vickerson
Theses/Dissertations from 2002
Dissertation: An Examination of the Effects of the America Reads Tutoring Program and Tutor Training on the Attitude and Academic Achievement of Urban At-Risk Minority Students, Tami C. Al-Hazza
Dissertation: A Naturalistic Investigation Into the Processes and Themes of Recovery From Chemical Dependency, Mark Thomas Blagen
Dissertation: Variables Associated With a Sense of Classroom Community and Academic Persistence in an Urban Community College Online Setting, Cynthia P. Cadieux
Dissertation: They Did Not Teach: Veterans' Experiences in a Mid-Career Transition Program at an Urban University, Joseph Franklyn Shipes
Dissertation: Facility Administrator Perceptions of the External Environmental Constituencies Shaping Urban Advanced Technology Centers, Daniel Robert Smith
Dissertation: A Study of Professional Development School Program Graduates Through Their First Year as Urban School Teachers, Amy J. Vereen
Dissertation: The Effects of Technology on Urban High School Students' Sense of Classroom Community, Mervyn J. Wighting
Theses/Dissertations from 2001
Dissertation: A Study of the Effects of Constructivist Based vs. Traditional Direct Instruction on 8th Grade Science Comprehension, Clair T. Berube
Dissertation: The Effects of the Help One Student to Succeed (HOSTS) Program on the Reading Achievement of At-Risk 4th and 5th Grade Elementary Students, Kelvin L. Bradley
Dissertation: The Relationship Between Academic Self-Concept and the Achievement Expectancies on the Academic Achievement and Persistence Rate of African-American Freshmen Students, Ira Falls III
Dissertation: A History of Public Radio in an Urban Community: Its Impact Upon Education, Culture, Public Opinion and Policy, Barry K. Graham
Dissertation: Post Doi Moi Urban Higher Education in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: The Case of Hong Duc University, Jeanne Beth Natali
Dissertation: The Validation of a Detailed Strategic Planning Process Model for the Implementation of Distance Education in Higher Education, Kenneth Phillip Pisel Jr.
Dissertation: Evaluation of a Distance Learning Program for the Preparation of Special Education Teachers, Tami Seifert
Theses/Dissertations from 2000
Dissertation: Community Social Disorganization Theory Applied to Adolescent Academic Achievement, Spencer Ross Baker
Dissertation: Identification of Noncognitive Factors as Predictors of Freshman Academic Performance and Retention in a Community College Setting, Mark Fallon Freeze
Dissertation: Site-Based Dropout Identification and Prescription Process for Alternative Education in a Diverse School System, William P. Krupp
Dissertation: The Influence of Selected Noncognitive Variables on the Academic Success of Urban Black High School Males in an Enrichment Pre-College Program, Leon Rouson
Dissertation: A Power Structure Study of an Urban Superintendent's Tenure in the City of Virginia Beach, 1967–1986, Sophia V. Stubblefield
Theses/Dissertations from 1999
Dissertation: Program Practices in an Urban School District for Serving Students Identified as Emotionally Disturbed in the Least Restrictive Environment, Leigh L. Butler
Dissertation: The Effects of Inclusion of Students with Learning Disabilities on Urban Fourth-Grade General Education Students, Brenda E. Cox
Dissertation: Comparative Effects of Three Methods of Staff Development in Content Area Reading Instruction on Urban High School Teachers, Mark Alan Forget
Dissertation: Cognitive Complexity and Empathy as Predictors of Leadership Style in an Urban College Student Population, Scott B. Harrison
Dissertation: An Evaluation of the Accelerated Reader Program in Grades 3–5 on Reading Vocabulary, Comprehension, and Attitude in an Urban Southeastern School District in Virginia, Carol Ann Howard
Dissertation: Comparative Student Perception and Interactional Event Analysis in an Urban Computer-Based Distance Education Environment, Michael Shawn Ireland
Dissertation: A Comparison of Cognitive Development Between Whites and African Americans Based on William Perry's Scheme of Intellectual and Ethical Development, Joan Johnson
Dissertation: The Effects of School Uniforms on Student Behavior and Perceptions in an Urban Middle School, Jacqueline M. McCarty
Dissertation: A Meta-Analysis of the Effects of Multicultural Education on the Racial Attitudes of Pre-K Through Grade 12 Students: A Comparison of Curricular Intervention and Reinforcement Dimensions in Suburban and Urban Educational Settings, Ogochukwu Nkeiruka N. Okoye-Johnson
Dissertation: An Evaluation of an Urban Community College Single Parent and Displaced Homemaker Program, Linda Myers Rice
Dissertation: An Analysis of Practicum Student Attitudes in Urban Professional Development School and Urban Traditional School Programs, Ira Carroll Starling
Dissertation: Factors That Affect African-American Enrollment in Urban Agricultural Degree Programs in the Commonwealth of Virginia, Thomas Earl Tracy
Theses/Dissertations from 1998
Dissertation: Retracing Gender Bias and the Validity of Believed Differences Between Male and Female Coaches of Women's Basketball, Melissa Baile
Dissertation: Predicting Academic Success of Entering Freshmen at an Urban University Through the Assessment of Oral and Written Language Competency, Karen D. Cobbs
Dissertation: Urban University Adjunct Faculty Perceptions of Professional Development Needs, Merodie Anne Hancock
Dissertation: The Influence of an Early Childhood Program on the Academic Achievement, Attendance, and Attitudes of Urban At-Risk Students, Daisy McCray Murphy
Dissertation: Acute Blood Pressure Responses to Static and Dynamic Exercise: Racial Differences, Reuben Leon Wright
Theses/Dissertations from 1997
Dissertation: A Survey of Characteristics of Effective Alternative Education Teachers as Perceived by Alternative Education Teachers, Administrators, and Students, Barbara Jean Nicholson Anderson
Dissertation: Causal Attribution and Dimension Differences Between Sixth-Grade Urban Middle School Students Who Pass and Students Who Fail Reading on the Virginia Literacy Passport Test, Elsie Perry Daniels
Dissertation: A Comparison of White Male College Students Attending an Urban Black University and an Urban White University: White Racial Identity and Perceived Comfort With Blacks, Cheryl Lorraine Evans
Dissertation: The Effects of Applied Technology Instruction on Mathematics Achievement and Career Interests of Urban Seventh-Grade Students, Eric M. Fischer
Dissertation: A Study of the "Pride" Program: A Residential, Summer-School Program for At-Risk Middle-School Students in an Urban Community, Maria Teresa Amillategui Grimm
Dissertation: A Case Study of the Perceptions of Character Education in a Large Urban Community, Suzanne G. Houff
Dissertation: An Evaluation of the 2 + 2 for Teachers: Alternative Performance Appraisal Program in the Norfolk Public Schools PRIME Project, Alyce C. LeBlanc
Dissertation: The Influence of Reading Comprehension and Other Selected Factors on Student Dropouts in an Urban Southeastern School District in Virginia, Viola Garris Morgan
Dissertation: The Measurement of Mood Variation Over Time and Its Relation to Career Decision-Making Self-Efficacy in Young Adolescents, William Thomas Pinkston
Dissertation: Patterns of Giving to Urban Public Higher Education Among Corporate Foundations in Virginia and Select Others Which Have a Significant Presence in Virginia, Grace Aine Porter
Dissertation: The Relationship Between Job Satisfaction and Collegial Support to Retention of Nurse Educators in Baccalaureate and Higher Degree Nursing Programs in Virginia, Estella Mary Henry Reynolds
Theses/Dissertations from 1996
Dissertation: Computer Anxiety and Attitudes of Urban Teacher Education Students, Alfred P. Rovai
Dissertation: The Impact of Total Quality Management on Student Achievement and School Improvement Team Performance in an Urban Elementary Setting, Jennette Ann Straus
Dissertation: A Study to Determine the Effects of Marketing Occupational Experience on Urban Secondary Marketing Teachers' Perceptions of Curriculum Priorities, K. Denise Threlfall
Dissertation: An Evaluation of the Norfolk Interagency Consortium's Community-Based System of Care for At-Risk Youth, Melody Bingman Wilt
Theses/Dissertations from 1995
Dissertation: A Meta-Analysis of the Effect of Computer-Assisted Instruction on the Academic Achievement of Students in Grades 6 Through 12: A Comparison of Urban, Suburban, and Rural Educational Settings, Edwin Patrick Christmann
Dissertation: The Effect of Technology-Rich School Environments on Academic Achievement and Attitudes of Urban School Students, Charles R. Grimm
Dissertation: The Effects of Aerobic Exercise on State and Trait Body Image and Physical Fitness Among College Women, Sherri L. Hensley
Dissertation: A Model for Assessing the Quality of Learning in Distance Education, George C. Lassetter III
Dissertation: An Examination of the Role of the Assistant Principal in High schools in Virginia That Are Restructuring, Teresa K. Mizelle
Dissertation: Teacher Roles for the Twenty-First Century, James C. Onderdonk Jr.
Dissertation: The Effects of the Recommendations of the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission on State Funding for the School Divisions of Chesapeake, Norfolk, Portsmouth, and Virginia Beach, James T. Roberts
Dissertation: A Formative Analysis of the Full Integration of Students with Severe and Profound Disabilities in Age-Appropriate Elementary School Classrooms, Nancy Cheshire Rosenblatt
Dissertation: Effects of Direct Reading Instruction on Literacy Achievement in Urban, Literature Based Classrooms, Steven M. Scarcelli
Dissertation: Multiple Intelligences and the Gifted Identification of African-American Students, Oscar Scott Jr.
Theses/Dissertations from 1994
Dissertation: Building a Consensus for the Development of National Standards in History, Mary Vassilikou Bicouvaris
Dissertation: Linguistic Theory Applied to Teaching Practice: Looking Through Linguists' Eyes at an Urban ESL Classroom, Caroline Mary El-Kadi
Dissertation: The Effects of an Urban Middle School Dropout Prevention Program on the Academic Achievement, Attendance, Attitudes, and Conflict Resolution Skills of At-Risk Student, Patricia Hawkins Fisher
Dissertation: An Urban Education Study: Implementing Problem-Solving Strategies in Mathematics as a Function of Teacher's Learning Styles, Mary Lou Meinhold Fogarty
Dissertation: The Impact of Educational Interventions on Organizational Culture at an Urban Federal Agency, Janet Myrick McKenzie
Dissertation: The Effects of Athletic Participation on Self-Concept, Daily School Attendance, and Grade Point Average of Female Seventh-Grade Students in Urban Schools, David L. Olah
Theses/Dissertations from 1993
Dissertation: A Follow-Up Study Investigating the Relationships Between Holland's Personality Types and Selected Career Choice Variables, Kennard S. Brackney Sr.
Dissertation: A Comparison of Minority and Non-Minority Engineering Students on Selected Personality and Program Variables, Thomas Mercer Collier Jr.
Dissertation: The Effect of Noncognitive Variables on the Prediction of Academic Difficulty and Attrition of Freshman Student-Athletes, Bruce W. Cunningham
Dissertation: A Study of the Relative Effectiveness of Alternative Instructional Delivery Schedules for Adult Achievement, Wendy A. Gee
Dissertation: An Evaluation Model for Middle School Counseling and Guidance, Ann Salisbury Harrison
Dissertation: Attributions for Change in Attitude Among Urban Elementary Parochial School Teachers Toward Children Who Speak Nonstandard English, Charles A. Saglio Jr.
Dissertation: A Construct Validity Study of the Cynicism Scale of the MMPI-2, Jeffrey Shelton
Dissertation: A Meta-Analysis of the Relative Effectiveness of Two Cooperative Learning Models in Increasing Mathematics Achievement, Frances Burton Spuler