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Events
Doctoral Dissertations
2010
- The Long-Term Effects of a K-5 Dual Language Program in Middle School Student Academic Achievement and Biculturalism. Christy Baralis
- Student Belongingness: Teacher Practices that Foster Belongingness in the Inclusion Setting. Christine Schroder Nichols
- Understanding Student Experiences in an Alternative School Environment. Kathy Bedka-Strain
- How Teachers Talk to Students About Tests: Teachers' Perceptions of Motivational Messages in High-Stakes Testing Josephine Serrano Potucek
- You're Hired - A Study Investigating Selection Practices for High School Teachers and the High School Principal's Role in Decision-Making.. Vincent K. Mulieri
- Teachers and Bullying. Christine Zerillo
2009
- African American Boys Perspectives on Factors to Their Achievement. Alicia Davis
- Women in School Administration: Educational Leaders Who are Mothers: The Negotiation of Their Roles as School Leader and Mother. Stephanie Boldur
- Late to School: A Study of the Phenomenon of Chronic Student Lateness in One Middle School. Meredith R. Kaye-Tierney
- Investigating Teacher Attitudes About Action Research as a Professional Development Tool. Katherine Byrnes
- Narrative Inquiry of the Expressions of Black Male Students in the Ninth Grade. Anthony Bridgeman
- First-Year Students' Expectations of Conduct and Consequence: A Case Study. Gina-Lyn Crance Gutmann
2008
- What do Black high school students say about their academic success in a high-needs, suburban school district?: A case study of 11 Black, high-achieving seniors. Jacquelyne M. Cody
- Honoring the learner: One teacher's experience implementing the Let Me Learn Process. Bonnie Dawkins
- Parent and adolescent internet use, perception, and regulation: A dyadic analysis. Timothy Eagan
- The secret lives of art therapists: An exploratory study about the nature of the work that art therapists do in schools. Elizabeth Gonzalez-Dolginko
- The usual suspects: Cultivating a sense of belonging in at-risk boys. Christopher Griffin
- Learning from two first year teachers: Reflections of a teacher educator. Jan Harting-McChesney
- Deliberative civic education and student civic engagement. Eric Sundberg
2007
- The First-Year Student Experience: Intention to Persist at a Small, Private Business University. Cathleen Avolin
- The effect of student perceptions of belonging and academic press on academic. Maria A. Bonich
- Social Aggression: A Study of Internet Harassment. Barbara Lacey
- Rules of Engagement: Teacher Practices That Address the Psychological Needs of Students with Disabilities in an Inclusion Science Classroom. Debra LoVerde
- An Historical Case Study of the Intersection between Policy and Practice in One School District: Untangling the Disproportionate Representation of Students of Color in Special Education. Kathleen Mooney
- What Does it Mean to Integrate Technology in Education? A Grounded Theory Study. Jennifer Morrison Hart
- Toward an Understanding of Teacher Retention: Examining the Preparation and Workplace Experiences of Special Education Teachers. Lynn Stucchio
- Leading and Learning Together: A Practitioner Case Study of a Professional Learning Community. Mark Wiener
- Leading difference: Multiple case studies of leaders of technologically innovative schools. Rachelle R. Wolosoff
2006
- Gaining Control in Their Quest for Success: A Grounded Theory Study of the Select Scholars Academy. Jeff Woodberry
- They Count Also: The Experiences of African American Girls in Elementary School with Mathematics. Sheilah Marie Jefferson-Isaac
- Student Mobility & Mandates Imposed by NYS Via NCLB: A Study of 8 Nassau County Districts. Valerie C. D’Aguanno
- Relatedness: The Foundation for the Engagement of Middle School Students during the Transitional Year of Sixth Grade. Virginia Fitzsimmons
- Parental Influence on Kids’ Extraordinary Achievements: A Grounded Theory. Victoria Nesnick
- Changes in Teacher and Leadership Pedagogies as a Result of a Professional Development Intervention in the Sixth Grade Literacy Classroom. Stephanie Clagnaz
2005
- Exploring the School Experience of Students Who Bully: A Look Inside The Classroom. Janet Schwamb
- Early Elementary Students’ Perception of Teachers in Relation to Teachers’ Titles of Address. Brezetta Griffith-Bullock
- Factors Influencing Teaching Style in Block-Scheduled Science Classrooms Linda Schoen Giddings
- Grade 8 Teachers’ Perceptions of the Effects of the New York State Intermediate Level Assessments on Instructional Practice. Ellen Stegman
- A Snapshot of School Information Support Systems in Nassau and Suffolk Counties of New York State: To What Degree are Information Support Systems in Place in These School Districts? Barbara A. Donnellan
- Merging Cognitive & Instructional Theories: Implementation of an Advanced Learning System in Secondary Mathematics. Rose T. McSweeny
- A Case Study of One School District’s Use of Root Cause Analysis. Vicki Lynn Mingin
2004
- Implementing the TEACCH Program for Kindergarteners With Autism: An Examination of How the Principal, Staff and Parents Experienced the First Year, Marilyn Johnson
- Quest for a Better Life: The Educational Experiences of Salvadorian Immigrant Middle School Students in the United States, Lynda Costello-Herrera
- I Didn't Die, I Just Can't Hear. A Grounded Theory Study of Acquired Deafness, Jane Schlau
- Looking at School Change: A Story of Leadership, Joseph V. Rella
- A Historical Documentation On the Origin and Establishment of Faculty Collective Bargaining at Hofstra University, Christopher J. Adams
- Program Factors that Affect Doctoral Student Retention and Attrition: The Development and Initial Validation of a Program Assessment Instrument, Alla Sorokosh
2003
- Operationalizing IDEA: The Effect of Power on the Decision of the Committee on Special Education(CSE), Jane Albert
- Teacher Beliefs as a Lever for Change and the Construction of Teaching Practice in a High-Stakes Science Environment, Diane Youngblood
- Girls Just Wanna Have Fun: From Barbie to Grrl Power, Maxine Fisher
- Third and Fourth Year Elementary Teachers: Impact of Pre-Service Preparation, Induction Programs, and Professional Development Opportunities on Teaching Practice, Sue Caryl Fleischmann
- The Virtual Enterprise Simulation: Students' Perceptions of an Experiential, Active Learning Strategy for Business and Career Education, Richard Graziano
- District-Wide Curriculum Directors: One District’s Experience Implementing This Position, Roseanne Campo Melucci
- Through the Eyes of Children: Understanding Violence from the Perpetrators' Perspective, Dianne Picone
- At-Risk Students and State Exams: A RX for Student Success, Robert Tyman
- The Efficacy of the New York State Standards and Assessments from the Perspective of High School Seniors, Benedict Baglio
2002
- The Effect of an After-School Academic Intervention Service on a New York State Eighth Grade English Language Arts Assessment: A Case Study, John C. Gentilcore
- The Absence of African American Male Superintendents in White Suburban School Districts, Jerry L. Jackson
- Home Schoolers and Loss of Trust: The Role Trust Plays in the Decision to Leave Public Schools, Suzanne E. McLeod
- From Marginalization to Relational Space: A Descriptive Phenomenological Study of Teachers Who Changed Their Assumptions and Beliefs About Problematic Students, Ruth P. Silverberg
- The Assistant Principal Educational Leader NOT Administrative Lackey: An Examination of Leadership in the Role of the Assistant Principal through a Cognitive Perspective, Thalia K. Venditti
2001
- The Ties that Bind: Choices, Decisions and Dilemmas of Women and the Superintendency, Lydia M. Begley
- Program Outcomes of a Professional Development Initiative Instructional Technology: A Case Study, Dolores Burton
- Computer Technology and the Secondary School Counselor: A National Examination, Susan Eichenholtz
- Policy Implications for Implementation of the Schoolwide Enrichment Model, Nora G. Friedman
- Transfer Shock: A Study of Community College Transfer Students During Their First Semester of Transfer to a Private Four-Year University, Patricia E. Green
- An Examination of District Personnel Policies and Practices And Their Perceived Effect on Substitute Teachers, Gerardine M. Johnson-Carpenter
- Learning to Become a Team: A Case Study of Action Research in a Graduate Business Management Course, Patricia Ann Marcellino
- Utilizing Action Research to Enhance Self-Efficacy Beliefs of Elementary School Students, Joyce Montalbano
- Fielding Testing the Inclusive Teaching Rubric (ITR): Assessing the Effectiveness of the ITR in the Development of the Knowledge, Skills, and Values of Inclusive Education in Pre-Service Teachers, Darra Pace
- Alleviating Bullying and Victimization in the Classroom: An Action Research Study, Karen Siris
2000
- International Assistance to Educational Development of Kazakhstan: Donor-Recipient Interactions, Jazira Asanova
- Experiential Learning by Teachers: Tales from an Outward Bound Educators Course, John Michael Caldwell
- Decisions of the Commissioner of Education of New York State on Residency 1958 to 1997, Thomas Dolan
- Crossing Over: The Roles and Rules of the Teacher-Administrator Relationship, Susan Joan Fishbein
- Out of the Classroom Closet: A Qualitative Study of the Social Construction of Professional Identity Among Sexually Marginalized Educators, Clare N. Lowell
- Implementing a Policy of Foreign Languages at the Elementary School Level, Elaine Margarita
- A Meta-Analysis of Parenting and School Success: The Role of Parents in Promoting Students' Academic Performance, Charlotte Rosenzweig
1999
- Effects of Notecards on Achievement and Motivation, Gregory Flynn
- Is Teacher Caring Related to Student Engagement in High School, Stephanie Freese
- Parent Involvement: The Relationship between Parent Beliefs and Parent Practices, Stuart Grossman
- How Middle and High School Students Perceive the Role of School Personnel in Addressing Peer Sexual Harassment, MaryAnn Hergenrother
- A Comparison of the Cost and Educational Outcomes of Three Models of Service Delivery for Special-Needs Students: The Full Inclusion Model, The Conservationist Model, The Conciliatory Model, John Pruslow
- Elementary School Mathematics: Factors Affecting Teachers' Strategies and Materials for Instruction, James Riley
- The Unspecified Curriculum of Values: A Case Study of the Messages Embedded in Public School Kindergarten Routines, Katherine Salomone
- Staff Development in the Context of the Teacher Center: An Exploratory Study of Three New York State-Funded Teacher Centers, Suzanne Weinstein
- The Relationship of Early Intervention to Later Inclusion in Elementary School, Ellen Woodward