Theses and Dissertations
TELS students in MS and PhD concentrations conduct education research in educational equity and psychology, learning technology, and select content areas (elementary science and math, literacy and English language arts, and social studies). Recently published theses and dissertations are linked below in reverse chronological order from the university's Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETD) repository:
- Scripting the Narrative: A Critical Content Analysis of EL Education’s Middle School English Language Arts Curriculum. Jacobs, Laura Emily (2022-06-29)
- Infusing Global Perspectives through Inquiry in Social Studies Classrooms around the World: A Narrative Inquiry. Wafa, Nada (2022-06-15)
- Investigating the Creation of Online Courses: A Multi-case Study of Development Team Discussions. Lindsay, Waylon Keith (2022-05-07)
- The Preservice Teacher Approach: An Exploratory Case Study of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and Assistive Technology in Elementary Science Instruction. Romeo, Laura Marie (2022-05-05)
- The Impact of Metacognition and Design Thinking on Creative Problem-Solving in a Teacher Preparation Course. Calderon Lima, Rebeca Aurora (2022-05-03)
- Metacognition of Academic Speech for International Multilingual Graduate Students. Wagemaker, Marina (2022-04-08)
- Teachers’ Aesthetic Practices: A Comparative Case Study of Arts Integration in ELA Classrooms across North Carolina. Schoonover, Nina Radakovic (2022-03-23)
- Exploring Outdoor Educators’ Positional Identities: Survey Development and Validation Using Structural Equation Modeling in a Mixed Methods Study Blending Quantitative Results with Phenomenological Analysis. Fraulo, Aimee (2022-03-10)
- Collaborative Programming Practices in Elementary Classrooms: Exploring the Roles of Gender, Motivation, and Collaborative Discourse. Zakaria, Zarifa (2021-11-03)
- Intercultural Competence in English Language Education: Redefining the International Profile of Nonnative English Language Teachers from an Intercultural Competence-focused MOOC. Nguyen, Ha Thi Thanh (2021-11-01)
- Exploring Early Mathematics through Book Reading: An Inquiry Centering on Head Start Participants’ Experiences, Practices, and Sayings. Yova, Frederique Cecile (2021-05-12)
- “I didn’t sign up for this”: Four English Language Arts Teachers’ Perceptions, Implementations, and Reflections of Trauma Care in the Midst of COVID-19. Atkinson, Ashley Ann (2021-05-11)
- Exploring Adolescents’ Sense of Presence with Educational Content in Immersive Virtual Reality: A Mixed Methods Study. Davis, Rebekah Sacco (2021-04-30)
- “Your Generation is Going to Do This Right”: A Qualitative Case Study of Critical Citizenship Education in an Eighth Grade Social Studies Classroom. Holmes, Casey (2021-03-29)
- Using Growth Patterns to Simultaneously Promote Elementary Students’ Multiplicative Reasoning and Early Algebraic Thinking: An Examination of Children’s Thinking, Teachers’ Perspectives, and Curriculum. West, Heather Mary (2021-03-24)
- Profiles of Communal Socialization: African American Students’ Perceptions of the Communal Values Taught in Mathematics Classrooms. McElveen, Tamika LaShaye (2021-03-23)
- Design, Validation, and Application of An Upper Elementary Computer Science Attitudes Survey: A Mixed Methods Approach. Vandenberg, Jessica (2021-03-22)
- Trends and Patterns in Mathematics Motivation during Elementary School: Combining Variable-centered and Person-centered Approaches. Karamarkovich, Sarah Marina Kessler (2021-03-15)
- Rural Elementary Teachers’ Perceptions and Enactments of Dialogic ELA Comprehension Instruction Amidst Pandemic-Induced Remote Learning. Outlaw, Janet Kim (2021-03-12)
- A Community Classroom as “Our Home” for Children and Youth Resettled as Refugees and Tutors: Three Essays on Language and Literacy Practices in a Transcultural and Translingual Space. Vehabovic, Nermin (2020-04-27)
- Black Girls Accepting the Grand Challenge: A Qualitative Exploration of a Summer Engineering Program’s Influence on Black Girls’ Racial Identity, Engineering Identity, and STEM Self-Efficacy. McCoy, Whitney (2020-03-25)
- Understanding Elementary Teachers’ Mathematics-focused Professional Development Opportunities: A Mixed Methods Study. Kates, Amanda Jane (2020-03-12)