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Theses/Dissertations from 2024

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Experiences of Recent Nebraska STEM Teachers Who Have Left Teaching, Courtney N. Matulka

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A STUDY OF MATH ANXIETY IN TEACHERS, Laura K. Rademacher

Theses/Dissertations from 2023

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MATHEMATICS CAPITAL IN MATHEMATICS EDUCATION, Frances E. Anderson

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GRADUATE STUDENT PERCEPTIONS OF COURSE DESIGN AND MATERIALS, TEACHER PRESENCE, AND PEER ENGAGEMENT IN SYNCHRONOUS AND ASYNCHRONOUS ONLINE COURSES, Sara Caniglia Schulte

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Math Course Taking Patterns of Nebraska High School Students, Jennifer Coltvet

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THE NEBRASKA TEACHER PIPELINE: TRENDS IN PERCEPTIONS OF PREPAREDNESS OF NOVICE TEACHERS, Cassandra A. DeStefano

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THE EXPLORATION OF THE DEVELOPMENTAL IMPACT OF FIRST LANGUAGE MAINTENANCE OF ENGLISH LEARNERS IN DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAMS: A MODIFIED META-ANALYSIS, Emma Dobson

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WEATHERING THE STORM: VETERAN ELEMENTARY PRINCIPALS NAVIGATING HYPERSTRESS THROUGH THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, Matt Hilderbrand

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MOTIVATORS THAT INFLUENCE MIDWEST PUBLIC SCHOOL PRINCIPALS’ CAREER PLANS, Decua Jean-Baptiste

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TEACHING PHONOLOGICAL AWARENESS TO CHILDREN IN EARLY LITERACY ACQUISITION: AN ANALYSIS OF A DISTRICT’S KINDERGARTEN CORE LANGUAGE ARTS CURRICULUM MATERIAL, Valerie Jensen

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EVALUATION OF A LOCAL ADULT GENERAL EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT (GED) PROGRAM, DérNecia A. Phillips

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TEACHER DIGNITY IN THE UNITED STATES: A HISTORICAL DOCUMENT ANALYSIS, Diana Schergin

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RESEARCH PRACTICE PARTNERSHIP: TEACHER TURNOVER PATTERNS IN THE STATE OF NEBRASKA, Brian W. Stevens

Theses/Dissertations from 2022

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DOCUMENT ANALYSIS OF CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT TEXTS UTILIZED BY NOVICE TEACHERS, Ashley N. Christensen

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PRINCIPALS’ AND SCHOOL COUNSELORS’ PERCEPTIONS OF SCHOOL COUNSELOR LEADERSHIP ROLES, Donald R. Ferree Jr.

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A Lived Experience of Opening a New High School: A Descriptive Case Study, Luke Ford

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THE DISTRIBUTION OF EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE IN SUPERINTENDENT LEADERSHIP IN NEBRASKA SCHOOL DISTRICTS OF LESS THAN 3,000 STUDENTS, Chester Kay

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THE PROCEDURAL AND PERCEPTUAL DIFFERENCES IN HOW STUDENTS FROM MARGINALIZED POPULATIONS ARE IDENTIFIED, SELECTED, AND SUPPORTED FOR HIGH ABILITY LEARNING, Adam Larson

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SCHOOL LIBRARY LEADER BEHAVIOR AND SCHOOL BOARD SELECTION POLICY, Cynthia M. Stogdill

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AN ETHNOHISTORICAL EXPLORATION OF EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY IMPLEMENTATION IN METROPOLITAN OMAHA AREA PUBLIC SCHOOLS: ONE LEADERSHIP PERSPECTIVE, Linda M. Ward

Theses/Dissertations from 2021

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The Perceptions of Benefits and Drawbacks of Private, Corporate, and Local Funds on American High School Athletic and Activity Programs, James Abueg

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A Phenomenological Study of the Lived Experiences of Parents Choosing Remote Learning for Their High School Students During the COVID-10 Pandemic, Aaron J. Bearinger

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Program Improvement Through Graduate Student Leadership Development Plans, LaKresha P. Clark

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Hope in the Time of Crisis: Interpretation of School Psychologists during Remote Learning and Reliability of a New Measure, Alysha Collins

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Stakeholder Perceptions of Success Within a STEM Ecosystem, Heather L. Daubert

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A Study on the Relationship Between Elementary Teacher Engagement and Collective Teacher Efficacy, Amy L. Falcone

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An Exploratory Study of the Trends Emerging from a Forced Shift to a Digital Interface on University Faculty's Instructional Design, Ann E. Feldmann

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Family Engagement by Learning Together: A Program Evaluation of Webinar Series Targeted to Serve Title I Families, Jaclyn Couch Gibbons

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Discovering Necessary Administrative Supports for Co-Teaching in Secondary Schools from Core & Special Education Teacher Perspectives, Jeff Govier

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The Impact of Financial Literacy Education in a Secondary Education Setting by Assessing College Students' Knowledge and Understanding of Financial Literacy Concepts, DeLayne Havlovic

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A Comparison of Student Hope and Social-Emotional Competence Between General Education and Special Education Settings, Whitley R. Hettenbaugh

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Determining Stakeholder Perspectives Within a Local Multi-Stakeholder Collaborative Network, Garret Higginbotham

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Preparing Teacher Candidates to Support English Learners in the Grade Level Classroom: A Perspective of the Opportunity to Learn and Demonstrate El Instructional Strategies, Andrea Karpf

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Leading Through Educational Distress: An Autoethnography of the Journey of a School Administrator, Michelle M. Klug

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An Exploration of the Relationship Between Graduate Admission Criteria and Academic/Clinical Student Outcomes for Speech-Language Pathology Graduate Students, Jill Kumke

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Principals' Empowering Leadership Behaviors and Collective Teacher Efficacy, What's the Relationship, Jennifer Langfeldt

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Identity and Image: The Process of Cultivating Perceptions of Secondary Schools, Kathryn McWilliams

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The Self-Efficacy of First-Year Elementary Principals: A Case Study, Meredith Mohanty

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Mental Health Support: Through the Early Development Networks Team's Perspective, Heather Post

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Middle School Parent Opinions of Social Emotional Learning Competencies, Jason T. Sutton

Theses/Dissertations from 2020

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The Effects of ELL Instructional Strategies on Low Socioeconomic Students' Acquisition of Semantic and Sentence Syntax in Academic Vocabulary, Amanda A. Ault

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Experience of Burnout Among Educational Leadership Doctoral Candidates, Ron M. Azoulay

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Midwestern School District Support Service Providers' Wraparound Services, Heather Baker

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Teacher Beliefs and Adverse Childhood Experiences, Jennifer Lynn Barnett

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Teacher Knowledge, Beliefs, and Instructional Practices in Early Literacy: A Comparison Study, Brittney Bills

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The Influence of an Early Childhood Endorsement Program on Early Childhood Leadership Competencies, Kanyon N. Chism

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Educators’ Experiences Implementing Social-Emotional Learning Curriculum in a Suburban Elementary School, Danielle N. Elsasser

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Educational Professionals’ Perceptions of their Role in Moving Toward Trauma-Sensitive Practices in Schools, Lisa M. Epp

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What Makes you so Good? Highly Effective General Education Teachers Serving Students with Special Education Needs, Paige Gill

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Elementary Teachers' Self Perceptions of Professional Quality of Life, Kelly Gomez

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Factors Influencing the Self-Efficacy of Novice School Librarians, Christine Haeffner

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Supporting Innovation, Honoring Stability, and Achieving Coherence While Implementing Multi-Tiered Systems of Support for Behavior at the Middle Level, Chelsea S. Krebs

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Primary Teachers’ Decisions for Selecting Multicultural Classroom Read Alouds, Jennifer Lemke

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An Analysis of Science Teachers’ Perceptions of Graphical Literacy within the Context of the Secondary Science Classroom, Pete Marsh

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What Makes an Efficacious Elementary Principal? A Qualitative Study, Rebecca C. Meyers

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An Exploration of the Alignment of Actual and Desired Roles for School Psychologists, Tessa Petereit

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Teacher Leadership for Flexibility in Grading: an Exploration and Analysis of Grading Practices in One Urban High School, Ryan Pivonka

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Influences on the Implementation of Guidedplay Practices in Kindergarten: A Grounded Theory Study, Amy Schmidtke

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Implementation of a New Assessment System: a Look at Year Two of a Three Year Professional Development Plan, Janet A. Zahm

Theses/Dissertations from 2019

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Teacher Perceptions During the Candidacy Phase of the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme, Nicole M. Beins

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Teacher Perceptions on Advisory Model at the Middle Level Through the Lens of Conflict and Connection, Emili L. Brosnan

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Implementing A Multi-Tiered Behavioral Framework System In Seven K-4 Element Aries, Brad J. Dahl

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The Effect of Caregiver Self-Efficacy on Health and Nutrition Outcomes in Young Children Enrolled in Head Start, Kristy Feden

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Elementary School Administrators’ Perspectives of Expanded School Mental Health Systems and Implications for Further Training, Melissa M. Petersen

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The Search for Coherence: an Exploration of Strategic Change in one Midwestern School District, Ashley Tomjack

Theses/Dissertations from 2018

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Summer Camp and Experiential Learning – A Qualitative Study Exploring the Perspectives of Selected Participants, Living in Poverty, While Attending a Sleep-Away Summer Camp in Northern Minnesota, Mary Hill Achelpohl

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Exploratory Study of a School-Based Refugee Mental Health Project, Anne Marie Boose

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A Multiple Case Study of Long-Term Success for At-Risk High School Students, Emily DuPree Christensen

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An Exploration of Teacher Perceptions of Mental Health Indicators within the Construct of School Connectedness, Stephanie Jean Drodge

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Family Engagement: Finding Parents’ Perspectives, Melissa Frans

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Agentic and Communal Confidence in Relationship to Transactional, Transformational, and Transformative Leadership Styles of Educational Administrators in Nebraska By Amy Catherine Hansen Rauch Himes, Amy Catherine Hansen Rauch Himes

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The Relationship Between Career and Technical Education Intensity and College and Career Readiness of High School Seniors, Kelly Means

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Nebraska Educator Perceptions on the Quality of Instructional Feedback in a Secondary Science Classroom, Megan Myers

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Perceptions of School District Curriculum Administrators Regarding K-12 Engineering Education, Derrick A. Nero

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The Nebraska Assessment and Accountability System from 1998 – 2017, Melanie L. Olson

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Preparing New Teachers to Engage Families in Early Childhood: Strengths and Areas of Growth in the Development of Early Childhood, Preservice Teachers, Jackie Proctor

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Exploring the Nature of Resources and Relationships in a Multi-Stakeholder Collaborative Network, Tracie Evans Reding

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Creating and Sustaining Vision, Mission, and Culture in a Time of Significant Growth and Complexity, Teri Lynn Schrag

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A Phenomenological Approach: Perceptions of Teacher Evaluation and Future Implications of Practice, Elizabeth Tonniges

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Teacher Perceptions of Quality Student-Teacher Relationships, Cecilia Wilken

Theses/Dissertations from 2017

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An Analysis of Empathy as Leadership Attributes and Action in Educational Administrators and Teacher Leaders, Jill K. Bruckner

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The Social Justice Role Of School Librarians, Stephanie A. Burdic

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Middle School Common Grading Expectations and Teacher Perceptions of Grading Pedagogy, Jennifer Carson

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Left to Chance: Gifted Students and Recreational Reading, Sara J. Churchill

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The Impact of a Professional Development Initiative on Technology Integration within Instruction, Angela M. Daigle

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The Development of Step up to Quality: What it Means for Families, Patricia A. Drewes-Hynek

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The Experiences of Female High School Students and Interest in STEM: Factors Leading to the Selection of an Engineering or Computer Science Major, Sharon K. Genoways

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Elementary Administrators’ Mathematics Supervision & Self-Efficacy Development, Kelly M. Gomez Johnson

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Local Implementation Effectiveness of a Multi-Tier System of Support in Elementary School Settings, Terry P. Houlton

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Empathy: Do Levels Vary by Years of Service, Age or Gender?, Josh Jessen

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The Influence of Language Choice in Acceptable Use Polices On Students’ Locus of Control, Stacy L. Lickteig

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A Comparative Analysis of 6th Grade Academic and Nonacademic Outcomes in two Different School Configurations, Anne M. MacFarland

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Elementary and Secondary Teachers’ Attitudes And Efficacy for Teaching English Language Learners in the Mainstream Classroom, Dawn L. Mathis

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The Delivery of Professional Developemnt in the Middle School: Exploring Optimal Settings, Times, and Participants, Carrie A. Mohr

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Factors that Influence the Reading Motivation of Fourth and Fifth Grade Students in a Midwest Urban Elementary School, Jo A. O'Garro

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Nebraska Collegiate Methods Professors’ Perceptions of the Next Generation Science Standards: A Semi-Structured Interview Approach, Ashley B. Rasmussen

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Factors that Influence Middle School Mathematics Teachers’ Willingness to Collaborate with School Librarians, Stephanie L. Schnabel

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Examining Teacher Experiences: A Qualitative Study on Inclusion in the Elementary Classroom, Jennifer L. Sinclair

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Instrucational Coaching: A Multiple Case Study Investigation of a Pre-Service Teacher’s Self Efficacy Through Supportive and Reflective Dialogue, Amanda Steiner

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Becoming Independent: Employer Practices that Enhance Success for Employees with an Autism Spectrum Disorder, Stuart P. Stofferahn