Curriculum and Instruction Dissertation Titles, 1979-2012
(Major Professors in Parentheses)
UK students, staff and faculty may read the dissertations from 1996 to the present.
Employment of Graduates

YEAR GRADUATE DISSERTATION TITLE
2012 Susan Hart
(Almasi)

LiteracyGrows.org Cultivating Literacy Teaching Professionals: A Formative Experiment Exploring the Effectiveness, Efficiency, and Appeal of a Co-constructed Online Professional Community of Practice
2012 Kimberly Nettleton
(Mazur)
 Instructional Technology in Appalachian Kentucky 1929-2011: Countering the Pervasive Narrative of Innovation Diffusion
2012 Wanda Maeux Wilson (Mazur/Sandidge)
 An Exploration of Preservice Teachers and Culturally Responsive Pedagogy: A Case Study
2011 Amy Barton Smith
(Almasi)
 A case study of teacher responsivity in one-on-one and small group lessons conducted by teachers trained in reading recovery Academic Department
2011 Derek C. Eggers
(Mazur)
  		Instructional narratives and change in behavioral intention:  a mixed method inquiry of a participatory public health communication initiative among Africian peer educators
2011 Nellie Jane May Arrington
(Levstik) 
Culturally responsive teaching:  perceptions of preservice teachers in Appalachia
2010 G.C. Fair 
(Shake)		 Reading in a Middle School Social Studies classroom
2010 Angie Madden
(Almasi)
 A descriptive study of literacy identity development in an elementary writing workshop
2009 Lisa  Ann Bosley
(Almasi)		 Preparing adult education students for college reading 
2009 Su-yun Chang
(Shake/Goldstein)		 Teachers' implementation of Mandarin literacy instruction in a Taiwan elementary school post-1998 reforms
2009 Robert M. Hall
(Hausman)		 Parental choice of nondenominational Christian education reasons for choice, exit, and the types and sources of information used
2009 Paula Jones
(Mazur)		 Secondary teachers perceptions and use of a course management system:  a case study of limitations on implementation in the context of a high school information ecology
2009 Lee Alan Hanawalt Roher
(Smith)		 The relationship between the degree of participation in online embedded professional development communities for high school mathematics teachers and student achievement gains in college algebra
2009 Elizabeth Anne Edwards Roland
(Stevens)		 An exploratory study of high school students' conceptions of atomic and cellular structure and the relationship between atoms and cells
2008 Patricia Birch Callaway
(Almasi/Goldstein)		 "Don't you fall":  resilient [sic] and academically successful African Americans' literacy and family involvement practices
2008 Elizabeth Stephanie Cramer
(Szekely/Anglin)		 Practice makes teachers:  affordances and constraints of an art education field experience program
2008 Cheryll Elizabeth Crowe
(Xin Ma)		 Profiling student use of calculators in the learning of high school mathematics through classification and regression trees
2008 Judith Conant Steinbach
(Shake/Almasi)		 The effect of metacognitive strategy instruction on writing
2008 Stephen N. Weissmueller
(Anglin)		 Relative efficiency and learner performance of backward-faded worked examples versus margin annotated backward-faded worked examples in beginning accounting instruction
2008 Sonja Heer Yow
(Levstik)		 Making sense of human/environmental interaction: student dialogue focused on visual representations of environmental change over time
2007 Jeffrey J. Cain
(Smith)		 An instructional design treatment of online, asynchronous threaded discussions to increase moral reasoning skills
2007 Patricia Birch Calloway
(Almasi)		 Don't You Fall. Resilent and Academically Successful African Americans Literacy and Family Involvement Practices
2007 Rebecca Marie Combs
(Mazur)		 High School Students' Learn to Construct Virtual 3d Models: Observed processes, tool use and external factors
2007 Marcie K. Davis
(Mazur)		 A Study of the Relationship Between Instructors' Beliefs About Mathmatics, Teaching, and Learning and Their Implementation of the World-Wide-Web as an Instructional Tool in the Undergraduate Mathmatics Classroom
2007 Judith Conant Steinbach
(Almasi)		 The Effect of Metacognitive Strategy Instruction on Writing
2007 Elizabeth Stephanie Cramer
(Szekely)		 Practice Makes Teachers: Examining an Art Education Field Experience Program
2007 Cindy Hui Lio
(Mazur)		 Using an Expert Modeling Strategy to Scaffold Students' Interpretations in An Immersive Virtual Environment
2007 Andrea Lynn Milam
(Smith)		 A Comparison of Q Sorting and Guided Small Group Discussion to Improve First Year Medical Students' Self -Assessment of Moral Reasoning
2007 Sarah W.Murray
(Ma)		 The Effects of Peer Coaching on Teachers' Collaborative Interactions and Student Achievement
2007 Darin Craig Schroeder
( Mohr)
(Stevens)		 Abstract for a look at attitude and achievement as a result of self-regulated learning in the Algebra I classroom
2007 Sonja Heer Yow
(Levstik)		 Making Sense of Human/Environmental Interaction: The Impact of Student Dialogie Focused on Visual Representations of Environmental Change Over Time
2006 Angela Jo Cox
(Jones)		 Barriers, Challenges and Adaptations: An Investigation of the Cultural Responsiveness of three Elementary Teachers
2006 Chrisdtine C. Mariani-Petroze
(Levstik)		 The influence of adolescent Literature on Young Women's Gender Identity Development
2006 Kathleen D. Wagner
(Mazur)		 An Inquiry into the Use of Case Method Instruction to Support Nursing Student's Learning Transfer from Classroom Instruction to Clinical Practice
2004 Retta Haley Guy
(Anglin)		 The Effects of Peer Coaching on Teachers' Collaborative Interactions and Student Achievement
2004 Emma G. Perkins
(Levstik/ Szekely)		 Enacting “Creative” Instruction: A Comparative Study of Two Art Educators
2004 Christopher Thomas Miller
(Mazur)		 A Case Study of a Person-centered Instructional Approach: An Application of Carl Rogers’ Learning Theory in a Web-based Course
2004 Irene Villarreal-Stewart
(Anglin)		 Students’ Experiences with Interactivity and Learning in a High School Physics Multimedia Distance Learning Course
2004 Paul Naah Yemeh
(Jones)		 The Instructional Literacy Experiences of Two Reading Recovery Children
2003 Melissa R. Gibson
(Mazur)		 A Qualitative Investigation for Designing Intermediate (Grades 4-6) Information Literacy Instruction
2003 Tim Larry Ross, Jr
(Sandidge/Tulloch)		 A Comparison of Accredited Industrial Technology Programs
2002 Melissa Ruth Gibson
(Mazur)		 A qualitative investigation for designing intermediate (grades 4-6) information literacy instruction integrating inquiry, mentoring, and on-line resources
2002 Claude Winston Christian
(Jones)		 An Examination of the Effects of Status Treatments on Engagement of Diverse Students and Low Status Issues for Cooperative Groups in the Middle School Classroom 
2001
 Salih Ates
(Stevens)
 The Effects of Computer Applications on Line-Graphing Skills of Tenth Grade Students Having Different Cognitive Developmental Levels
2001
 Nancye McCrary
(Mazur/Levstik)
 The Use of Narrative in a Web-based Multimedia Simulation to Affect Biased Beliefs and Attitudes about Differences
2001
 Yao Augustine Quashigah
(Wilson)
 How do Social Studies Pre-service Teachers Construct Theory and Practice in Teaching From Global and Multicultural Perspectives
2001 Mary F. Ransdell
(Shake)		 Are Pairs Cooperative?  Local Fourth and Fifth Grade Teachers' Concepts and Practices of Cooperative Learning with Their Students
2000
 Christopher Hail
(Bush)
 The Effects of Using Multiple Forms of Representation on Students' Understanding of Basic Algebraic Concepts
2000
 Rachel Latz
(Anglin)
 Positioning Instructive Captions to Improve Learning From Process Diagrams in Unfamiliar Environments
2000
 Margaret F. Rintamaa
(Shake)
 The Kentucky Teacher Internship Program:  Analyses of the Observation Instrument, Interns' Perceptions and Committee Member Markings
2000
 Donald Snead
(Stevens)
 Concept Mapping and Science Achievement of Middle Grade Students'
2000
 Hossein Vaez
(Anglin)
 Effects of Narrated Computer Animation Versus Pure Computer Animation on Understanding of the Operation of an Internal Combustion Engine
2000
 David O. Woolverton
(Cole)
 Learning and Retention of an Algorithm in Public Relations Undergraduate Education: A Comparison of Simulation and Lecture Instruction
1999
 Linda R. Esser
(Levstik)
 In Each Other's Memory:  Stories of Teacher-Librarians and Their Work

1999
 Mary Louise Meyer
(Levstik)
 Conflict Between Two Worlds: Teacher and student Constructions of Sixth Grade Conflict
1999
 Janet L. Miller
(Bush)
 The Mathematics Preparation of Preservice Elementary Teachers
1999
 Kevin C. Moore
(Anglin)
 Effects of Knowledge of Cognition Cues and Regulation of Cognition Cues on Learner Performance When Embedded Within an Internet-Based Learning Module
1999
 Sherry Powers
(Jones)
 The Examination of Teacher Discourse with Four eastern Kentucky fourth-Graders During Writing Conferences
1998
 Julie Alsip Bucknam
(Levstik/Szekely)
 You Must Remember I Don't Even Have an Art Room: How Elementary Visual Art Teachers Construct Their Art Programs Within the Constraints of Public Schooling
1998
 Margaret Compton
Hall
(Bridge/Jones)
 Learning From the Experts: A Qualitative Look at Two Dual-Age Primary Teachers
1998
 John English
(Smith)
 Improvement in Drafting Instruction: Using Graphic Organizers and Paired Problem Solving to Enhance Critical Thinking and Content Knowledge
1998
 Carolyn J. Hoover
(Anglin)
 Effect of System-Model Diagrams with Scientific Text on Explanative Recall and Problem Solving Performance of Community College Students
1998
 Lora L. Tyson
(Wilson)
 teaching Style as Evidenced in Early Elementary Student Teachers
1998
 Constance L. Wolfe
(Levstik)
 Daring Compassion:  A Case Study of Culturally Responsive Pedagogy on a Women's College Campus
1984 Banker, Bonita J.   
(Bridge/Hiebert)		 Teachers' decisions about basal reading lessons
1984 Chesky, John    (Hiebert) The effects of prior knowledge and audience on writing
1984 Cohen, Sheila G. Spreiregen    (Bridge/Winograd) The effect of textual moves and dialogue on the reading comprehension of first grade children
1984 Springate, Kay Wright (Bridge) Developmental trends and interrelationships among preprimary children's knowledge of writing and reading readiness skills
1983 Banks, Ivan Winslow    (Atwood) The beginning teacher evaluation instrument and its relationship to the National teacher examination
1983 Brautigam, Anne Hall   
 The task of the day care center as seen by directors, teachers and parents
1983 Coffey, Betsy Bramlett (Barnard/Atwood) The effectiveness of vocational education in Kentucky's correctional institutions; as measured by employment status and recidivism
1983 Crume, Charles T.    (Stevens) A study of the effect of group outdoor activities on the self-concept of physical education and recreation majors
1983 Scott, Brett Dorse   
(Barnard/Bickel)		 The education of females in Kentucky prisons
1982 Speck, Royce Allen    (Atwood) A laboratory activities textbook versus traditional general mathematics textbooks; for teaching computational skills to tenth grade low achievers
1982 Brennan, Alison Diane House    (Bridge) Children's story recall as an effect of structural variation of text
1982 Dodd, Julie Em  (Barnard) High school principals' and newspaper advisers' evaluations of the important characteristics for newspaper advisers
1982 Francis, Adrianna Hayes    An analysis of the effect of modules for mainstreaming, field experiences and student teaching on the knowledge and attitude of prospective elementary teachers towards exceptional children
1981 Payne, Ada Mary Wilson    (Nacke/ Bridge) The contribution of prior knowledge, vividness of imagery, academic ability and colorfulness of passage to students' free recall of literal and constructive information
1980 Christensen, Evelyn   
(Atwood) 		Reality versus fantasy in algebra word problems: an investigation of the context preferences of students
1980 Nelli, Elizabeth Rolf   
(Atwood) 		Measuring the influence of conative level on the receptivity of primary grade teachers to an inservice training session
1980 Smith, Mary Lev    (Nacke) The effect of written dialogue and the location of the deep subject on the reading comprehension of seven- and nine-year-old children
1980 Evers, Linda M.    (Nacke) Reliability and validity of the cloze procedure as a braille reading comprehension measurement technique
1980 Helm, Phoebe Knight    (Rankin) The effects of practice and coaching on first year college students' acceptance of cloze tests, test anxiety and cloze test performance
1980 Nutter, Norma    (Peters) The effects of "consciousness of correctness" on selected measurements of speech production in adolescents
1980 Thomas, Susan    (Rankin) Contextual constraints and the construct validity of the cloze procedure
1980 Tillett, Billy G.    Factors associated with success and nonsuccess in a criminal justice graduate program
1979 Amburgey, Betty Smathers (Peters)   Verbal reactions in classroom environments created by teachers who score high on the Co scale of the OPI and teachers who score low on the Co scale of the OPI

 
 
updated 05-09-2012 by Bill Stilwell
University of Kentucky College of Education