Dissertations
Dissertations Committee Chair
Newman, Sharon. Teacher perceptions of leadership styles in distinguished title 1 schools and the effect on teacher satisfaction and effort. Successful Defense: October 2014.
Levenue, William. Response to intervention: its effect on leadership and the relationship between regular education and special education. Successful Defense: October 2014.
Duncan, Bradley. A correlational study of bilingual programs to educate English language learners and their results on the fifth grade TAKS reading assessment. Successful Defense: October 2013.
Mathews, Lanny. Factors influencing the establishment and sustainability of professional learning communities: The teacher’s perspective. Successful Defense: February 2014.
Johnston, Jason. Impact of professional development expenditures on student achievement in Texas public schools. Successful Defense: September 2013
Helmer, Brad. Effect of principals’ communication on female elementary school teachers’ perception of morale and student learning. Successful Defense: October 2013
Groppel, Lance. Effect of tax ratification elections on student achievement. Successful Defense: October 2013
Dubus, Lyle. The role of the Texas superintendent in district technology planning. Successful Defense: June 2013
Brownlee, Steven. Identifying research-based teaching strategies in reading to close the achievement gap for low socio-economic children in Texas. Successful Defense: June 2013.
Niven, Scott. The relationship of the Texas school foundation program equity to student performance and socioeconomic status. Successful Defense: October 2012
Dissertations Committiees
Barnes, Dana. A Comparative study of The self-perceived effect on teacher efficacy of participation in a structured or non-structured professional learning community. Successful Defense: October 2014
Blanton, Amy. Motivating and inhibiting factors in assistant principals’ decisions to pursue the principalship. Successful Defense: May 2013
Baird, Michelle. The impact of teacher termination: A study of principals’ perspectives. Successful Defense: 2013
Davis, Stephen. The teacher hiring process: Examining the fit between a prospective hire and an open teaching position. Successful Defense: 2013
Helm, Maricela. The effects of Cscope on student achievement as measured by both TAKS and STAAR test results. Successful Defense: 2013
Williams, Patricia. A phenomenological investigation of secondary teachers who successfully integrated instructional technology into the curriculum. Successful Defense: March 2013
Miley, Jennifer. A quantitative comparative analysis of bilingual and English as a second language programs utilizing the Iowa test of basic skills. Successful Defense: 2013
Hammett, Jennifer. Examining teacher burnout using emotional intelligence quotients: A correlational Study. Successful Defense: 2013
Royle, Jonathan. Administrator perceptions of the achievement gap between African-American students and other subpopulations. Successful Defense: 2013
Delamar, Shawna. Supporting transition of at-risk students through a freshman orientation model. Successful Defense: 2013
Bourke, Katharine. Public secondary school perspectives on teacher hiring: What matters most? Successful Defense: 2012
Allen, Timothy. Predictors of student performance in Grades 7 and 8 mathematics: The correlation between benchmark tests and performance on the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) math tests. Successful Defense: October 2012
Barnes, Stephanie. Factors affecting graduation rates of high school continuers. Successful Defense: October 2012
Franklin, Treva. Do resources matter? An analysis of instructional spending on college readiness indicators in Texas. Successful Defense: September 2012.
Grover, Dennis. The impact of the Malcolm Baldridge Education Criteria for Performance Excellence on eighth grade mathematics TAKS scores for at-risk Students. Successful Defense: March 2012.
