Theses and dissertations produced by graduate students affiliated with Mississippi State University's College of Education.
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Theses/Dissertations from 2014
Degree Attainment of Students from a Land-Grant University who Matriculated from the Mississippi Public Community College System, Susan Johnson
The Likelihood of Use of Social Power Bases in School Consultation: A Comparison of School Psychologists and School Counselors, Ayesha Khurshid
An Evaluation of the Relationship Between Function of Behavior and a Modified Check-In, Check-Out Intervention using a Daily Behavior Report Card, Christopher John Klein
Metabolic Health and Academic Achievement in At Risk Youth Participating in Studio Based Summer Camp, Mallory Anne Kvasnicka
Students' Perceptions of the Adult Basic Education General Educational Development Program at a Rural Mississippi Community College, Trena Starlene Lee
Teachers' Experiences with Literacy Coaching: Instructional Spaces to Teach Third and Fourth Grade Reading Comprehension, Peggie Joice Liddell
Data Driven Decision-Making and Principals' Perceptions, Melissa F. McCray
Teacher Ratings of a Daily Behavior Report Card with or without a Treatment Integrity Measure, Meagan Boyd Medley
A Comparison of the Success of Community College Graduates Who Entered College with a GED, a High School Diploma, or an Alternative Diploma, April Danielle Miles
The Utility of Immediate and Delayed Feedback within the Math to Mastery Intervention Package in a School Setting, Marylyn Woods Miller
Impact of Middle School Student Participation in the Whole Schools Initiative Arts Program, Glenda D. Nickson
Achievement in Online Versus Face-To-Face Keyboarding Classes, Kathy Louise Wallace
Efficacy of Social Stories that Teach Prosocial Behavior and Applaud Accomplishments using Best Practices, Meghan Anna Wall
Factors that Influence a High School Student's College Choice in a Rural Area in Mississippi, Amanda Lanier Walton
A Descriptive Review of Successful Transfer Grade Point Average at Meridian Community College 2004-2009, Amy Aniece Wolgamott
Faculty Perceptions of Instructional Satisfaction and Support When Teaching Distance Education, Jeng-Yang Wu
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
The Impact of an Academic Integrity Module and Turnitin on Similarity Index Scores of Undergraduate Student Papers, Iva B. Ballard
The Status of Planned Giving Programs in Community and Junior Colleges in the State of Mississippi, W Vance (William Vance) Bristow
Relationships between a Social-emotional Learning Program and Emotional Intelligence in Middle School Students, Katherine M. Brown
Perceptions of Older Veterans with Visual Impairments Regarding Computer Access Training and Quality of Life, Richard Stanborough DuBosque
The Evaluation of Relationship of Club Selection on Measures of Golf Performance, James Riley Galloway
Physical Fitness in College Students, Indi Maria Grimme
A Study of First Grade Class Size Reduction Classes and Common Core State Standards Implementation in a Rural Mississippi School District, Toya Vatrina Harrell
Perceptions of Students at a Rural Mississippi Community College Regarding Employability, Cortney R. Harris
The Effect of National Board Certified Teachers on Mathematics Achievement for Students in a Title I School, Watress Lashun Harris
Using a Comprehensive Model to Test and Predict the Factors of Online Learning Effectiveness, Minyan He
Self-Contained to Departmentalization: A Case Study of Academic Achievement in Fifth Grade Classes at an Urban Elementary School, Lynn Antoinette Horton
The Effects of Public School Prekindergarten Attendance on Academic Achievement in Language Arts and Mathematics, Susan Newell Johnson
The Role of Sporting Event Attendance in the Adjustment of International Students, Young-Ha Kim
Professional Learning Communities and Poverty, Paul Ervin Lawrence
Teachers' Perspectives on Alternative School Strategies in One School, Linda Darnell Laws
Physiological Effects of Monocular Display Augmented, Articulated Arm-Based Laser Digitizing, William Neil Littell
Gender Characteristics and Barriers to Community College Leadership, Joanna McClellan
The Impact of Childhood Obesity on Levels of Self-Esteem, Anxiety, Social Stress, Interpersonal Relationship Satisfaction, and Academic Performance among Students in the 5th, 6th, and 7th Grades, Robika Modak Mylroie
The Community College Baccalaureate: Assessing Student Perceptions at One Rural Mississippi Community College, Edana Leigh Nail
The Impact of Student Motivation on Participation and Academic Performance in Distance Learning, Candice Nicole Pittman
Gender Grouping and its Initial Effect on a Title I Upper Elementary School during the Pilot Year of Implementation, Pamela Reed Simon
The Educational Attainment of Minority Learners who Attended 2-Year Colleges Compared to Caucasian Students, Angel N. Skinner
A Case Study: Motivational Attributes of 4-H participants engaged in Robotics, Mariah Lea Smith
A Study of Variables that Influence Teacher Turnover in the Little Municipal School District, Paula H. Stokes
Instructional Approaches in Social Studies: A Comparison of the Impact on Student Achievement and Attitude, Carolyn Gaye Tucker
An Examination of a Relationship between Reading Attitudes and Reading Achievement for a Group of Sixth Grade Students, Susan Lynette Ward
Inflated Expectations: An Investigation into College Students' Academic Entitlement Beliefs, Shane Tyler Warren
The Effect of the Flipped Classroom Model on Achievement in an Introductory College Physics Course, Joshua Brian Winter
Comparison of Phonological Awareness Instruction with and without Reading to Read and Effects on Reading Skills, Heather Michelle Wolf
Theses/Dissertations from 2012
Comparing Recreational Amenities Of University Towns And Non-University Towns, Timothy Allen Bisantz
An Assessment of Campus Police Departments across Mississippi's Public Community and Junior Colleges, Brad D. Boggs
The Role of a Community College Writing Center in Preparing an Educated Workforce: A Case Study of the Itawamba Community College Writing Center, Stephen Kyle Brandon
Managing 16th Section Lands and Expending Revenue Generated from 16th Section Lands, William Lundy Brantley
Students' Perceptions of Entrepreneurship at a Historically Black University in Central Mississippi, Mercidee Curry
Perceptions of Title IX's impact on Gender Equity within Intercollegiate Athletics: the Mississippi Public Community and Junior Colleges, Roderick Van Daniel
Principals' Perceptions of Factors Associated with the Implementation of School Wellness Policies, Melissa Davis
A Study of K-12 Teacher Interns' Incorporation of Multicultural Content and Theory into their Teaching Practices, Edith Mechelle Dzoole
An Investigation of the Perception of Professional Development among Mississippi's Secondary Welding Teachers, Douglas Ferguson
The Prediction of Wellness Factors on Alcohol Consumption and Behaviors Related to Alcohol among College Students, Angela Cole Golson
Case Study of East Mississippi Community College's plan to assist the Sara Lee Corporation employees due to plant closing, Bruce J. Hanson
Student Perceptions of the Alternative School, Tina Sabrina Herrington
Effects of Glycine-Arginine-Alpha-Ketoisocaproic Acid Calcium (Gakic) on Maximal Strength and Multiple Bouts of Resistance Exercise, Laura Anne Hilton
Using Mathematics-Curriculum Based Measures to Predict Outcomes on the Mathematics Portion of the Mississippi Curriculum Test, Second Edition., Eutrophia Lenora Hogan-Samuel
Cognitive Dispersion across the Lifespan: Woodcock-Johnson Normative Update and Theories of Intelligence, Daniel Joseph Krenzer
A Study of the Gauge Middle School Reading Intervention Program, Karen Shen Letson
Perceptions of Mississippi State University Faculty towards the Use of Course Management Systems, Kimberley LaSha Logan
Effects of Supplemental Citrulline Malate during a Resistance Training Protocol, William Kinnard Luckett
An Empirical Analysis of Factors that Affect Student Non-Attendance at Mississippi State Volleyball, Kurt Charles Mayer
The Role of Community Colleges in the Global Knowledge-Based Economy: Urban and Rural Differences in Workforce Outcomes, Mike J. McGrevey
Online Teacher Candidates' Experiences in a Virtual World for the Preparation to Teach Middle School, Nicole C. Miller
The Effects of National Board Certified Teachers on Student Achievement in Mississippi High Schools, Raymond C. Morgigno
The Effects of Sheltered Instruction on Struggling Readers, Stephanie Deneen Norwood
The Effect of Regular Participation in an After-School Program on Student Achievement, Attendance, and Behavior, Andrea Sheree Pastchal-Temple
The Economic Contributions of a Mississippi Rural Community College Utilizing a Cost-Benefit Analysis of a Remedial Education Program., Curtis Ray Poole
The First-Year Principal: An Autoethnography, Michael Burt Ray
Perceptions of Teachers and Administrators of the Effectiveness of Block Scheduling in Mississippi High Schools, Debra Ann Rush
Response to Intervention (Rti) Self-Efficacy among Elementary and Middle School General Education Teachers, Tory Swearingen Shirley
An Assessment of Student Performance in Career and Technical Education Programs and On Core Academic Subject Areas, Annie Jeanette Snow
The Effects of Prison Program Participation on Recidivism of Ex-Offenders in Mississippi, Chad Lamar Stocks
Civic Education in the Preservice Classroom: A Study of Gaming, Sarah Elizabeth Sumners
Effects of Accreditation Regulations of Full-time Faculty on Community College Graduation Rates, Lynn Tincheradner
Holistic Wellness Factors of Traditional and Non-Traditional Community College Students, Patricia Diane Williams
Theses/Dissertations from 2011
Success rates of GED credential recipients and high school graduates: a comparative study of Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College students, James Victor Adams
The Relationship Between DIBELS Oral Reading Fluency Scores and Reading Scores on High-Stakes Assessments, Alicia Lenise Curry
Assessing the Impact of Reading First Programs on Student Achievement in K-3 Classrooms in Selected Mississippi schools, Angel LaKease Day-Meeks
The Impact of Various Teaching Methods on Students' Academic Achievement and Self-Regulatory Cognitive Processes, Christy Michelle Derby
The Relationship Between First-Generation Students' Grade Point Averages And Social And Academic Integration, Darron La'Monte Edwards
National Board Certification and student achievement: do they relate in Louisiana?, Barbara Ann Foster
Growing Up Lesbian in the Rural Deep South: "I Only Knew I was Different", Lorraine Kay Gaddis
Academic and Non-Academic Variables that Contribute to Persistence and Academic Success in a Graduate Level Distance Learning Program for Educators in the Geosciences, Douglas Matthew Gillham
Student worker satisfaction and retention in campus recreation, Michael G. Grimes
The condition of referral of intellectually gifted children for appropriate educational placement in one elementary school, Gail Pahl Hammond
The effects of glycine-arginine-alpha-ketoisocaporic acid calcium on maximum strength and muscular endurance, Mareio Cortez Harris
Toward the implementation of preventive law in community college administration, Michael Joseph Heindl
Instructional and organizational effectiveness in selected PREPS-identified value added and PREPS-identified value subtracted elementary schools in Mississippi, Jimmy Dale Henderson
An Investigation of Students' Satisfaction with Academic Advising and Students' Impressions of Academic Advisors at a Rural Community College, Vanessa Massalyn Johnson Dedeaux
The Impact of Afterschool Tutoring on Reading Achievement of Elementary Students in a Mississippi Rural School Setting, Sharone Sanders Lacy
Exploring Math Anxiety as It Relates to Math Achievement, Gender, and Race, Wanda Denise Pittman Merritt
Examining the Praxis II for Initial Licensure in French, German, and Spanish: Perspectives of Foreign Language Faculty Members and Teacher Candidates, Kelly Marie Moser
