Theses/Dissertations from 2011
Foreign Language Teaching in U.S. Higher Education Classrooms: An Investigation of the Relationship between Teacher Pedagogical Beliefs and Classroom Teaching, Shaojuan Lin (Dissertation)
"Outing" Queer Issues in Teacher Preparation Programs: How Pre-Service Teachers Experience Sexual and Gender Diversity in Their Field Placements, Olivia Jo Murray (Dissertation)
Sustainable Event Management of Music Festivals: An Event Organizer Perspective, Stephanie L. Stettler (Thesis)
Pedagogical Catalysts of Civic Competence: The Development of a Critical Epistemological Model for Community-Based Learning, Stephanie Taylor Stokamer (Dissertation)
Early Childhood Inclusion: Teacher Perception of the Supports Needed to Fully Include Children with Special Needs, Meredith Villines (Thesis)
Theses/Dissertations from 2010
Negotiating Meaning with Educational Practice: Alignment of Preservice Teachers' Mission, Identity, and Beliefs with the Practice of Collaborative Action Research, Jan Marie Carpenter (Dissertation)
Hombres en Accion (Men in Action): A Community Defined Domestic Violence Intervention with Mexican, Immigrant, Men, Rosemary Carmela Celaya-Alston (Dissertation)
Achieving Congruence: Building a Case for Implementing a District-Wide Interim Benchmark Assessment that is Aligned with a Balanced Literacy Framework, Theodore Feller (Dissertation)
Transformative Teacher Evaluation: Self Evaluation for High Performing Teachers, Carla Ann Sosanya-Tellez (Dissertation)
La Palabra es Salud: A Comparative Study of the Effectiveness of Popular Education vs. Traditional Education for Enhancing Health Knowledge and Skills and Increasing Empowerment Among Parish-Based Community Health Workers (CHWs), Noelle Wiggins (Dissertation)
Theses/Dissertations from 2009
Education as Sustainability : an Action Research Study of the Burns Model of Sustainability Pedagogy, Heather L. Burns (Dissertation)
The Nature of People's Perceptions of Wolves, Laura Briana Nobel (Thesis)
Being an "Other": the Significance of Teachers' Lived Experiences in Working with Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students, Yumiko Otsuki (Dissertation)
Theses/Dissertations from 2008
Head Start Parents' Perceptions of Parental Involvement During their children's transition to Kindergarten : a Phenomenological Study, Dawn Angela Barberis (Dissertation)
The Use and Interpretation of the Batería III With U.S. Bilinguals, Julie Esparza Brown (Dissertation)
Traumatic Experience Scale for Jurors (TESJ), Michael James Krummel (Dissertation)
The Oregon University System's Proficiency-Admission Standards System as a Predictor of College Student Persistence-Related Outcomes, Tanya Leigh Ostrogorsky (Dissertation)
The Impact of the Swingshift Options School Alternative Educational Pathway on at-risk Middle School Students' Transition to High school, Carol Rutan Smith (Dissertation)
Theses/Dissertations from 2006
Nesting Like Birds, Teaching Like Spiders: Emerging Visions in U.S. Higher Education for Biocultural Sustainability and Ecological Literacy Education, Ariana Marta Francesca Kramer (Thesis)
The Challenges International Students Face in Adjusting to Their New Status as Graduate Students: An Exploratory Case Study, Vincent Womujuni (Dissertation)
Theses/Dissertations from 2005
Teacher Learning: Documentation, Collaboration, and Reflection, William A. Parnell (Dissertation)
Theses/Dissertations from 2004
Nurturing the Development of Teacher Change Agents Within a Teacher Education Program, Barbara Ruben (Dissertation)
Successful Online Course Retention at Marylhurst University Constructing a Model for Online Course Retention Using Grounded Theory, Vincent Schreck (Dissertation)
Theses/Dissertations from 2003
Not For the Faint of Heart: The Social Construction of Oregon Charter Schools, Anthony Dean Valley (Dissertation)
Theses/Dissertations from 2002
Comprehensive School Reform Influence on Teacher Practice: Listening in the Classroom, an Examination of Powerful Learning Labs within the Accelerated Schools Project, Amy Daggett Petti (Dissertation)
Teaching Mathematical Problem Solving in the Context of Oregon's Educational Reform, Nicole R. Rigelman (Dissertation)
Theses/Dissertations from 2000
Interrupting Generational Poverty: Experiences Affecting Successful Completion of a Bachelor's Degree, Donna Marie Beegle (Dissertation)
Theses/Dissertations from 1998
Intuition in the Undergraduate Nursing Curriculum: Faculty Attitudes, Practices and Preparation, Beverly Jean Epeneter (Dissertation)
A Descriptive Study of First-Year Students of Color at Portland State University : The Student’s Perspective, Dorothy Claire Oliveros (Thesis)
Theses/Dissertations from 1996
Understanding Ki in the Daily Experience of Advanced Practitioners of Aikido: A Phenomenological Study, Steven C. Andress (Thesis)
The Role and Perception of Risk in High-risk Sports Participants: A Grounded Theory Study of Rock Climbers, Ronald E. Baglien (Thesis)
Family Coping and Adaptation to Traumatic Brain Injury, Richard Francis Burton (Thesis)
Creating Collaborative Learning Environments: A Curriculum Proposal for Instructors, Carol Rae Chislett (Thesis)
Student Perceptions of Riots and Boycotts in Secondary Schools in Kenya's Kirinyaga District, Margaret Wangeci Gatimu (Dissertation)
Factors Occurring in Youth Suicide Behavior in Oregon, Kathy Goss (Dissertation)
The Leadership of African American Women Constructing Realities, Shifting Paradigms, Gloria Murphy Gostnell (Dissertation)
A Comparative Study of Perceptions of High School Department Chairs and High School Teachers on the Role of the High School Academic Department Chair: the Voice of the Teacher-department Chair, Rachel Mae Korach (Dissertation)
A Comparative Study of Perceptions of Superintendents, High School Principals, and High School Department Chairs on the Role of the High School Academic Department Chair: the Voice of the Administrator, William Anthony Korach (Thesis)
Connection, Service and Community: an Examination of Factors that Contribute to Student and Staff Success, Robert Vieira (Dissertation)
An Integrated Approach to Theories of Loss and Adaptation to Disability, Marjorie Anne White (Thesis)
Theses/Dissertations from 1995
The Predictive Validity of the Admission Criteria for the Counselor Education Program at Portland State University, Malachy Liam Bishop (Thesis)
Reliability and Validity of Pedometers in a Free-living Environment, Ernest Leroy Brown (Thesis)
Spiritual Health: Association for the Advancement of Health Education Instructors' Attitudes, Practices and Training, Susanne Meyer Christopher (Dissertation)
Being an Assistant Principal, Becoming an Administrator: an Organizational Socialization Study, Connie Dickman (Dissertation)
A Case Study of the Development of Oregon's 1985 Public Policy in Youth Substance Abuse, Sonja Carol Grove (Dissertation)
Treatment Approaches for Pathological Gambling: Review of Literature and Development of New Program, Karen Lee Hafner (Thesis)
A Study of the Success of School College Partnerships Created to Improve Minority and Disadvantaged Student Enrollment and Success in Postsecondary Education, Armando Reinaldo Laguardia (Dissertation)
An Investigation of the Relationship Between Turnover of Incumbent Board Members and Turnover of the District's Superintendent, Frederick James Loomis (Dissertation)
An Assessment of the Adequacy of the Services of an Urban Public University for International and U.S. Students: a Comparative Study, Alfonso Hernandez Pioquinto (Dissertation)
We are the Vanguard, Not the Norm: Stories of Successful Minority Students in Predominantly White Graduate Teacher Education Programs, Leslie Rennie-Hill (Dissertation)
A Study of Special Preparation and Training Needs of Middle School Teachers, Marilyn Seger (Dissertation)
Identifying Factors that Influence Perceptions of Teacher Efficacy as a Means of Building Capacity for Restructuring Schools: a Case Study Approach, Deborah Sommer (Dissertation)
Theses/Dissertations from 1994
A Study of Personal Attributes Associated with Marginality and Failure of Preservice Teachers in the Terminal Field Experience, Sharon Irene Bancroft (Dissertation)
An Investigation of the Prevalence of Severe Visual Impairment Among Handicapped Children: Implications for Educators, James Bickford (Dissertation)
An Experimental Study of Scotopic Sensitivity/Irlen Syndrome in Learning Disabled Students, Kathleen Hickam Farber (Dissertation)
A Study of Community College Instructional Stakeholder Attitudes Toward Student Outcome Goals, Linda Ann Gerber (Dissertation)
A Music Therapy Model for Counseling Corrections Clients, Karen Lee Kahle (Thesis)
Case Studies of the Structure, Dynamics, and Outcomes of Interdisciplinary Team Organization in Oregon Middle Schools, Gail Lyon (Dissertation)
Persistence Influences on the Minority Student Attending a Predominantly White Postsecondary Urban Institution: the Student Perspective, Annmarie O'Brien (Dissertation)
Characteristics of Marginally Achieving Secondary Students and the Nature of their School Experience, Aeylin Summers (Dissertation)
Women who Select Naturopathic Health Care During the Menopausal Transition: A Study in Grounded Theory, Dorothy S. Tibbetts (Thesis)
The Schooling of Vietnamese-American High School Students in Oregon: Their Perspectives, Minh Van Tran (Dissertation)
Theses/Dissertations from 1993
Perceived Administrative Support for Teachers of Urban At-risk Students, Betsy Bennet-Costi (Dissertation)
An Exploratory Study of Student Retention in Kindergarten and Grade One and the Associated Decision Making Processes as Perceived by Principals and Teachers, Doris Cameron-Minard (Dissertation)
The Culture of an Alternative Education Program: A Participant Observational Study, Dian Dee Connett (Dissertation)
A Validation Study of Components Necessary for the Professional Development of School Business Officials, William Henry Dierdorff III (Dissertation)
An Analysis of the Involvement of Ten High Schools in Scholastic Aptitude Testing Student Preparation, Elaine Drakulich (Dissertation)
Environmental and Institutional Characteristics and Academic Strategic Action Variables in Small Private Colleges, and their Relationship to Enrollment Changes in the 1980s, Johnnie Ray Driessner (Thesis)
Friendship Patterns of Chinese Students and Their Adjustment in the United States, Changhua Wang (Dissertation)
Vision, Interpersonal Orientation and Personal Values in Elementary School Principals, Allan Leslie Weston (Dissertation)
Theses/Dissertations from 1992
Teacher Adjustments to Multiple and Continuous Change, Cheryll Brounstein (Dissertation)
People, Programs, and Politics: Two Case Studies of Adult Literacy Classes, Rita Collins (Dissertation)
International Education in the Public Community Colleges of Oregon and Washington, Stephan Ernest Cragg (Dissertation)
Student attitudes and feelings about standardized tests and parent observations of behavior during testing : a survey of third grade students and their parents, Candace Ann Iseminger (Thesis)
Perception of stressors by 9th and 12th grade students utilizing the Youth adaptation rating scale, Michael James Krummel (Thesis)
Monitoring and management of psychiatric symptomatology in conditionally released insanity acquittees, Jo Mariah Mahler (Thesis)
A Diagnostic Analysis of Elementary Principal' Practices Which Serve Youth At-Risk of School Failure, Rikki Kenneth Patrick (Dissertation)
A Descriptive Study of the Implementation of an Integrated Whole Language Approach at the Fifth Grade Level, Ardyth Shapiro (Dissertation)
Effective Middle School Teaching: Factors that Promote and Maintain It, Judith Ann Smith (Dissertation)
A Classroom Preferences Questionnaire Based on the Theory of Multiple Intelligences, Allyn Snider (Thesis)
Assessment: Authentic Strategies for Early Childhood Education, Gail Ann Hathaway Tupper (Thesis)
Theses/Dissertations from 1991
The Effect of Visual Memory Training on Spelling Achievement in the Classroom, Linda M. Baker (Thesis)
Identity formation : a comparison of adolescents adopted through agency versus private placements, Judith Kay Bentley (Thesis)
A Study of Qualitative Miscue Analysis Scoring Systems for Identification of Instructional Reading Levels, Sylvia Estelle Dean (Dissertation)
Creative Drama as an Instructional Strategy in Adult Christian Education, Darlene Richards Graves (Dissertation)
An Examination of the Long-Term Effects of Authorized Training Programs on Injured Workers in the State of Oregon, Grace Alice Han (Thesis)
Principal Vision, Environmental Robustness, and Teacher Sense of Autonomy in High Schools, Daniel Nordwall Johnson (Dissertation)
The Small Business Development Center Program: From a Small Business Growth Stage and Adult Learning Perspective, Roy Otis Kruger (Dissertation)
The Meaning of Controversial Policy to School Superintendents, Barbara Jean Nicoletti (Dissertation)
A Descriptive Study of the Oregon Mentorship Program, Gaynelle Louise Nolf (Dissertation)
Therapeutic group approaches for issues related to suicide, Ardis Sherwood (Thesis)
Telling Stories (Out of School) of Mother Tongue, God's Tongue, and the Queen's Tongue: An Ethnography in Canada, Joan Ratzlaff Swinney (Dissertation)
Resolving the Evaluator/Nurturer Role Conflict of the Elementary School Principal, Judith Elizabeth Drummond Taccogna (Dissertation)
The influence of the transition plan in developing communication programs, Yuki Tanaka (Thesis)
Portfolios as developmentally appropriate assessment in early childhood education, Deborah Thompson (Thesis)
Early Identification of At-Risk Children in a Rural School District Using Multiple Predictor Variables, Richard Wayne Wilde (Dissertation)
Programs for At-Risk Students in the Washington County (Oregon) Schools: A Policy Study, John Young (Dissertation)
Perceptions of Psycho-social Factors that Affect Retirement Decision-making, Darlene Zickefoose (Dissertation)
Theses/Dissertations from 1990
The Overage Student: Candidate for School Failure, Virginia Homeier Anderson (Dissertation)
An Investigation of the Relationship Between Training in Cooperative Learning and Teacher Job Satisfaction, Margaret Maloy Dutton (Dissertation)