Programs included in this collection and when they started submitting digitally is listed below. (See years of coverage in parentheses):
- Doctor of Ministry (2015 - present)
- Education Doctorate (2015 - present)
- Education K-12 (2017 - present)
- Nurse-Midwifery (2016 - present)
- Nurse Educator (2016 - 2020)
- Physician Assistant (2015 - present)
- Special Education (2017 - present)
- Teaching (2017 - present)
- Athletic Training (2020)
- Athletic Training Leadership (2020)
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
The Effectiveness of Non-pharmacological Touch Therapies in Labor, Heather Rice
Background/Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to critically analyze literature in order to determine the effectiveness of non-pharmacological touch therapies during labor. The touch therapies included in this literature review are acupun...
Student Achievement Outcomes, Classroom Engagement, and Perceptions of the Flipped Classroom, Laura M. Sandberg
The purpose of this thesis was to review the literature surrounding the flipped classroom in K-12 and post-secondary education levels. The literature review highlighted the effects of the flipped classroom on student achievement outcomes an...
Factors Impacting Mathematically Literate Students, Erika Schmieg
The question analyzed within this literature review is: what are common traits of mathematics learners and how can we utilize this information to promote mathematical literacy in the classroom? Mathematical literacy is a large factor in thi...
How Childhood Trauma Directly Affects the Mental Health and Life-long Learning of K-12 Students, Tara Jean Schubring
During the time as a federal setting III EBD teacher in a self-contained elementary-aged program, there have been two critical elements in this field that have provided the passion to tackle this topic of effective classroom management stra...
Servant Leadership and Teacher Retention, Ryan Siegle
The purpose of this quantitative study was to examine the relationship between teachers’ perceptions of principals’ servant leadership and teacher intent to turnover for public middle school teachers in Minnesota. This study specifically ex...
Methods of Creating an Effective Self-guided Mathematics Classroom, Jody Jean Sielski
There are a variety of ways to offer student-centered learning, self-guided is the one this literature review examined. Through research, a classroom with a self-guided system should include a way for students to access new content without ...
Impact of art education on student development and achievement, Shanna Marie Slice
The significance of art education as a part of public education in America has been greatly debated since public education’s inception. While the most recently passed education bill includes art as a part of a well-rounded education, there ...
A Phenomenological Study of an African American Church-Public School Partnership: In Search of Social and Emotional Support, Lisa Samantha Smith
The purpose of this phenomenological study was to explore the lived experience of an African American church-public school partnership to determine the types of social and emotional support provided in the mentoring program. A group of 21 s...
Awana Together: Empowering Parents as Spiritual Mentors for Their Children, Sara-Jane Heacox Sosa
The post-Christian culture in the United States presents a significant challenge to the spiritual growth of adults and children. At Plymouth Covenant Church, ministry leaders recognized that young parents often lacked a biblical foundation....
Research-based Effective Classroom Management Techniques: A Review of the Literature, Alison A. Stueber
This study examined the impact of Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports-based and evidence-based interventions to improve classroom and behavior management in schools all over the world. Additionally, this study also examined the fac...
The Relationship Between Cultural Background, Gender, Physical Activity, and the Resilience and Well-Being Levels of Adolescents, Joshua G. Symes
The incidence of mental health disorders continues to rise, and it is predicted that depression will be the second highest cause of disability, behind ischemic heart disease, for all ages and genders over the next decade (WHO, 2017). Mental...
A Phenomenology of Authentic Leadership, Joshua J. Tilley
This thesis asks a question about what if feels like to experience authentic leadership. The purpose is to grasp the essence of authentic leadership as experienced through the lives of those who have served under and/or over those they perc...
Nursing Strategies to Meet the Communication Needs of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Elizabeth A. Voss
Background: Parents reported their children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) needs are unmet or delayed in health care settings. Health care providers stated they were not comfortable caring for children with ASD. Since communication imp...
The Implications of Childhood Trauma for Education Professionals, Travis William Walls
Students in all areas of the world have experienced trauma that has impacted both their educational and social development; this epidemic has become clear over the last 20 years. The Adverse Childhood Experiences Study recognized seven nega...
Mitigating Depression In Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Patients: A Review of the Literature, Heidi L. Wiertzema
Background: Many patients who become critically ill spend an extended period of time in the intensive care unit (ICU). Oftentimes, patients experience depression as they navigate the healing process. Experiencing these symptoms may influenc...
Association Between Study Abroad Experiences and Ethnocultural Empathy, Julia Jean Crumrine Winn
The ability to interact and interrelate with people from other cultures and ethnicities has great value in a world becoming increasingly more global in its orientation. Not only have institutions invested time and resources to this end, stu...
Mindfulness Training and Its Effects on Behavior and Achievement, Amber L. Woeltge
Mindfulness is a concept that has been around for hundreds of years dating back to 3000B.C. However, as of recent it has reached our youth and adolescents in education and elsewhere. Mindfulness–Based Training involving young children and a...
Teacher-Student Relationships and Their Impact on Student Achievement in School, Cassandra Ann Woodis
This literature review addresses teacher-student relationships (TSRs) and their impact on student achievement in school. Research was collected from peer-reviewed articles and journals on the importance of TSRs, barriers that can make it di...
Impacts of Inclusion on the Academic and Social-emotional Skills of Students With Special Education Needs, Tara L. Wood
This literature review examined studies focusing on how students with disabilities are benefited by receiving services in the general education classroom, or least restrictive environment. It also aims to determine the negative impacts of s...
Level of Postoperative Pain as it Relates to Patients Undergoing Robotic and Open Thyroidectomy Surgery, Lucinda E. Zeilinger
Background: With the growing popularity of robotic surgery, more research should be performed to compare the outcomes with the conventional, open approaches. In particular, comparison of postoperative pain is needed as it has significant im...
Current Best Practices, Evidence, Safety, and Efficacy Regarding Hormone Therapy Use for Menopausal and Postmenopausal Women, Kelly Lynn Zschoche
Background: Every woman will experience menopause, however each woman’s experience is individual and has varying degrees of symptoms. As a woman ages estrogen production declines and eventually ceases. Hormone replacement therapy has been u...
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
Parent Teacher Cross-cultural Collaboration in Special Education, Elvera O. Agboka
Classrooms today are so diverse that it cannot go unnoticed. Diversity ranging from academic levels, religion, culture, etc. The focus for this thesis is how to create a collaborative environment with parents of students from different cult...
Content and Instructional Strategies in Learning Arabic as a Second Language:The Impact of a Five Cs Designed Unit on Learners’ Speaking Motivation, Ghada Ali Al-Sadoon
The Arabic language is one of the significant world languages; it is the official language of 21 countries. Over three million people speak Arabic as a first language in the United States and almost all of them are native-born Americans (Se...
Project Based Learning Instructional Design and the Benefits If Brings to Modern Classrooms Specifically in Special Education, Maylynn E. Arntzen
This thesis explores and defines what project based learning instruction is, and focuses on the impact it has on both traditional and special education classroom environments. The research examines the issues that schools face in the 21st C...
Anxiety Reduction Among Washington County Jail Inmates: a Community Service Project, Tyler J. Back, Laura Bakke, and Daniel Cuppy
The general principle of anxiety has been thoroughly studied in many populations and shown to have variable underlying etiology, partially related to abnormalities in brain chemistry as well as unfamiliar or uncomfortable social situations....
Reducing Stereotypic Behaviors in Children With Autism, Sianna Banham
I’d like to take this time to thank my fiancé, family, peers and friends who supported me throughout this process. I have many people to thank who have pushed me to stay one task and get this thesis done, as I am a huge procrastinator. Thom...
Barriers to Initial Implemenation and Sustained Positive Behavior Intervention Systems in High Schools, Kathleen L. Barnhart
Schoolwide Positive Behavior Intervention Systems (SWPBIS) has increasingly become a popular method to working with students at all school levels. While more attention has been given to elementary and middle schools than high schools, the r...
Teaching Social Skills or Play: the Importance of Foundational Skills, Elizabeth Ann Bauman
The purpose of this study is to conduct a thorough examination of the current literature related to the background, benefit and implementation of play in teaching social skills to children with autism spectrum disorders. The ability to demo...
In Humility: Developing Intercultural Competence Among Leaders of a Reconciliation Organization in Israel-palestine, Debra J. Bayes
The purpose of this research was to explore the need for intercultural competence development among leaders of a Christian reconciliation organization (Musalaha) in Israel-Palestine. Success in reconciliation work depends on many factors of...
The Relationship Between Childhood Trauma and Special Education: a Literature Review, Andrea E. Becker
Each year as many as ten million children witness or experience domestic violence in the United States (Winder, 2015) and have shown to experience greater struggles in school. This type of trauma has no boundaries, it can occur in all socio...
Menstrual Cycle as a Vital Sign, Lauren Elizabeth Bennett and Lisa M. Brown
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine and explore which factors affect the menstrual cycle and how the menstrual cycle has a significant health impact on women’s lives. Theoretical framework: Dorothea Orem, with the Orem Model of...
Math Self-efficacy Effects on Prisoners' Academic Achievement, Randall Peder Bergman
This study examined three hypothesized math-self efficacy (MSE) sources that inhibit adult basic education male prisoner mathematics achievement. Previous correctional studies indicated that United States prisoners tend to have low self-eff...
The Acquisition of Slang by ELL/EFL Learners, Mandi Berndt
This thesis investigated the use and acquisition of slang by ELL/EFL learners. Additionally, it sought to better understand if slang is being taught in ELL/EFL classrooms, what are effective methods to teach slang, and if learning environme...
Physician Assisted Suicide: Attitudes of the Minnesota General Population, Jennifer M. Bretscher and Tammy J. Estrem
Having the choice to hasten death via physician assisted suicide (PAS) is becoming increasingly more popular in the United States. The majority of states do not yet have laws that legalize PAS, but many, including Minnesota, are currently e...
The Prevalence of Cigarette Smoking Among Registered Nurses and Certified Nursing Assistants, Ana R. Brown, Taylor Paulson, and Kathryn A. Peterson
Cigarette smoking is a dangerous addiction that affects over 45 million Americans. Smoking has been proven to cause a variety of diseases that result in about 480,000 U. S. deaths per year. Healthcare workers have the ability and responsibi...
An Overview of Perinatal Health and Childhood Development in Honduras, Rose Margaret Carlson, Abigail D. Conrad, Alexandra Nicole Lothe, Caitlin M. O'Donnell, and Cameron Svihla
Honduras is a country with great healthcare needs. Within health care, the largest percentage of mortality is due to conditions occurring in the perinatal period, including prenatal and maternal health, delivery and postnatal care (PAHO, 20...
Personal Health Habits of PAs and the Effect These Habits Have on Preventive Health Counseling Practices, Emily A. Carstens and Megan L. Englund
Chronic disease is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States. The burden of chronic disease can be largely prevented by following a healthy lifestyle. Individuals often receive their knowledge about preventive health...
Information and Communication Technology in Kindergarten, Ruchi Marwaha Chalak
Information and communication technology (ICT) is an integral part of the present world and is also making a huge impact in the field of education, including kindergarten. This literature review comprises a brief overview of different inter...
Attitudes Regarding Physician-assisted Suicide Among Minnesota Family Medicine Physicians, Lauren M. Cooke, Lindsay Emmerich, and Sam Feyder
An affinity for bioethics lead researchers to investigate the attitudes of physicians toward physician-assisted suicide amidst growing conversation regarding patient liberties. Physician-assisted suicide (PAS) refers to the prescription of ...
Rice to Biscuits: an In-depth Look at China-born Chinese Teachers’ Experiences in American Classrooms, Xiaoman Cook
Schools in America need Chinese teachers with experience and cross-cultural aptitude. The increasing rate of globalization and the rapid increase in the number of Chinese guest teachers teaching in the United States points to the need for c...
The Importance of Calming Strategies: Teaching Children With Autism, Jennifer Ann Crnobrna
The purpose of this study is to explore the different types of calming strategies that can be used to help children with autism spectrum disorders. There are many different types of calming strategies reviewed because individuals with autis...
Anxiety and Depression in College Students and How Colleges Can Help, Sunny L. Crowder
The focus of this research is to better understand causes of anxiety and depression among college students and how colleges can better assist these students. For various reasons, social anxiety is linked to excessive drinking and binge eati...
Youth Participatory Action Research and Diet Decolonization to Improve Student Learning and Community Health: a Literature Review, Lyle S. Dandridge Jr.
The present study reviews the current literature related to culturally relevant nutrition education and its applicability to student learning within a secondary school setting. Specifically, this study examines how a youth participatory act...
Identifying Barriers to Long-acting Reversible Contraceptive Usage Among Adolescents, Emily Kathleen Davis and Viktoryia Petrusevich
Although LARC methods including IUDs and implants are highly effective in preventing pregnancies and both the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommend it for adolescen...
Paraprofessional Training Need, Models, and Effectiveness, Philip R. Day
This thesis reviews current literature regarding the training of paraprofessionals working in the field of special education. The questions guiding the review centered on whether a need for paraprofessional training exists, what are the cur...
Benefits of Animal Assisted Therapy With Children in Special Education, Erica Ann Dolesy Bugenhagen
Animal-assisted therapy (AAT) is used to improve the overall mental, physical, emotional, and social functioning of a patient. The use of animals in therapy practice is becoming more common, yet it is still not entirely integrated in to the...
Disciple-making: Key Ingredients for Building God’s Kingdom, Sid Emory
The first century Church was founded in response to the disciple-making processes of Jesus. His disciples were transformed by following Jesus in a way that obedience, transformation, community, education, worship, and the expansion of God’s...
The Link Between Professional Burnout and Personality Disposition in Special Education Teachers, Brittany Elaine Enslin
Burnout is physical and emotional exhaustion caused by unmanaged and prolonged stress. The objective of this study was to determine how personality traits affect burnout likelihood among special education teachers. This involved investigati...
A Community Outreach Project Assisting Evergreen Elementary School With Students’ Nutritional Needs, Robin C. Erickson, Nicole Roach, and Megan Smith
Nine months out of the year, students within the United States attend elementary school to be educated on English, mathematics, history, and other topics. The Anoka- Hennepin School District’s philosophy of an elementary education highlight...
Pediatric Normothermia During Surgery, Shayna Marie Fleming
Abstract: Background: The World Health Organization estimated the number of surgical procedures for 2012 to be 312.9 million around the world (Weiser et al., 2016). Children may be at an elevated risk of hypothermia in the perioperative env...
The Inclusion of Students With Significant Disabilities and Their Access to the General Education, Megan E. Freeman
Students with significant disabilities are continually placed in restrictive settings with a focus on functional and life skills becoming more excluded from their peers in the general education setting. This limits their access to the gener...
Culturally Appropriate Breastfeeding Education for African American Mothers, Alicia Marie Freppert
Background: Exclusive breastfeeding is globally recognized as the best possible source of nutrition for infants due to breastmilk’s extensive health benefits. Significant disparities in breastfeeding initiation and duration exist among demo...
The Impact of Movement Integration on Academic Performance, Engagement and Classroom Behavior, Nicholas Stephen Fuerst
The purpose of this paper is to identify how movement affects a student’s academics and behavior within the academic setting. Through research, it was identified that the four main types of movement integration are movement breaks, active l...
Barriers to Preventive Care for the Immigrant Population in Minnesota, Andrew Kenneth Gernand, Dustin Wayne Kingsley, and Daleso Yadetta
Immigrants in Minnesota face several barriers regarding access and use of preventive healthcare services. Current literature indicates a high area of need exists within the immigrant population for the prevention of chronic illness. Languag...
The Relationship of Work Stressors and Perceived Organizational Support on Nurse Manager Work Engagement in Geriatric Care, Jacob Michael Goering
This study examined the relationship of work stressors and perceived organizational support on work engagement for nurse managers in geriatric care practice settings. A non-experimental descriptive, cross sectional design examined the relat...
Autism Spectrum Disorder and Family Impact, Angela J. Goodwin
Primary caregivers of children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) face various specific challenges no matter the severity of their child’s ASD. Children with autism experience difficulty with social interaction and communication and exper...
Assessment of Financial Literacy Education Importance and Practices, Matthew Goodwin
The topic of financial literacy has attracted many researchers to study the various aspects regarding this issue. The importance of being financially literate has been shown by statistics throughout multiple studies. However, financial lite...
Student Engagement and Text Choice in the High School English Classroom, Emily M. Hagerman
Student book choice in the high school English classroom is often limited by curricular constraints, the pressure of statewide and national tests, and the personal reading preferences of the teacher or department, with a bias towards an est...
The Relationship of Underrepresented Minority Status With Choice Process When Considering the Physician Assistant Profession, Christina Hanson
Representation of African Americans, Latinos, Hispanics, Native Americans, and Alaskan Natives in the Physician Assistant (PA) profession is not growing at the same rate as in the general population, leaving these groups underrepresented in...
The Impact of National History Day Curriculum on Mathematics and Reading Achievement of Middle School Students, Cory Reed Hanson
The National History Day program has been utilized in a Southeastern Minnesota school on and off since Minnesota began participating in the program in the 1980s. This secondary data analysis sought to determine the impact that embedding Nat...
Building Understanding Among Students of Many Cultures: Story and Cultural Competence, Stephanie L. Hanson
Current events demonstrate a need for global society members who have understanding across cultural borders. Storytelling has long been considered universally human with the ability to build understanding in complex situations. This thesis ...
Examining the Effects of Caffeine, Sleep and Exercise on the Academic Performance of PA Students, Saira Haq and Katelyn M. Walsh
Caffeine is the most widely consumed stimulant drug in the world and is consumed by nearly ninety percent of North Americans (Mednick, Cai, Kanady, & Drummond, 2008). Since caffeine is a highly consumed drug amongst a wide variety of demogr...
FACTORS INFLUENCING PROVIDER ANTIBIOTIC PRESCRIBING BEHAVIORS: A QUALITATIVE STUDY, Patrick Kevin Hayden and Emily Palmer
The prevalence of antibiotic resistance has grown steadily over the past few decades. Hundreds of thousands of people are dying each year due to the unavailability of previously effective antibiotic regimens. A major influence in the contin...
Effective Discipline Methods, John George Hayes
School systems have the main responsibility of educating students, and to help achieve this goal, schools need standards of behavior that promote safety, order, and discipline methods to address unacceptable behavior. This paper set out to ...
The Need to Equip Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ Church Planters for Spiritual Warfare, David John Heinrich
The goal of this research project was to address the need for spiritual warfare training and equipping for church planters to be more efficient in mission within the Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ (LCMC) movement. The research...
The Contributions of Spiritual Formation Questions to Redeeming the Shadow Side of Pastoral Identity, Natalie Hendrickson
There is a well-documented problem of shadow side issues, hidden sin or dysfunction, derailing many pastoral leaders and devastating families, congregations, and whole communities. In response to this problem, this Doctor of Ministry thesis...
Connections Between Students With Emotional and Behavioral Disorders and Gang Affiliated Youth: How Educators Can Play a Role in Prevention, Meghan K. Herlofsky
This paper identifies the risk factors shared by students who receive special education services under the category of emotional and behavioral disorders and gang affiliated youth. It also recognizes the role an educator can play in the ide...
Adverse Childhood Experiences: the Impact of Toxic Stress and Complex Trauma on the Developing Child, Rebecca J. Holman
Adverse childhood experiences have been found to increase the likelihood of immediate and long-term negative impacts on children. Adverse childhood experiences are complex traumatic events that can produce a powerful stress response in a ch...
The Effects of Poverty Academically and Behaviorally on Students in Urban Communities, William Kyle Holmes
One of the biggest travesties that is present globally across all nations is poverty. Despite being the wealthiest country in the world, “in 2015 there were 43.1 million people in poverty.” (Proctor, Bernadette D. 2015). Additionally, milli...
Key Components in the Financial Literacy of College Students, Michel B. Humphrey
There appears to be a severe lack of financial literacy education for young people today. This problem is compounded by the increasing complexity of adult’s financial lives. This is a literature review to analyze current design of financial...
Finding the Gold Standard Intervention for Social Skills Deficits in Autism Spectrum Disorders, Molly Delia Hunholz
This literature review focuses on finding research supported techniques to teach social skills to students with autism and to compare each curriculum in terms of generalization of skills, acquisition of new skills, ease of parent use, and s...
The Effect of Unfunded Tuition Discount on the Financial Health of Very Small Colleges, Andrea L. Ide
Very small colleges, under 750 students, are valuable and yet vulnerable institutions in American higher education. Without financial stability, very small colleges are more susceptible to failure in the face of economic challenges. Very sm...
Teacher Practices and Behaviors That Increase Student Achievement When Implementing 1:1 Technology in the Classroom, Jared P. Jacobs
This paper examines the research related to the impact of 1:1 technology initiatives on student achievement. There are studies that show students using 1:1 technology have improved test scores in a variety of subjects, and there is literatu...
Participative Decision-making and Informing as Antecedents of Trust Through a Hierarchical Layer of Leadership, Ross J. Jahnke
This study investigated a potential path to foster trust in two levels of college and university leadership (direct leaders and senior leadership). Two direct leader empowering leadership behaviors (participative decision-making and informi...
How Effective General Education Management Strategies and Awareness of Cultural Environment Could Decrease the Need for Initial Special Education Services, Jennafer Roxas Jechorek
During my time as a federal setting III EBD teacher in a self-contained elementary-aged program, there have been two critical elements in this field that have provided me the passion to tackle this topic of effective classroom management st...
The Benefits of Unstructured Time for Students With Special Education Needs, Maggie P. Jensen/Kregness
This research was completed with the goal of contributing to the discussion of unstructured time in the school day. Specifically, it looked at the question; what are the benefits of unstructured time for students with special education need...
Prevention and Education of Sexually Transmitted Diseases Within Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Adolescents, Kalie S. Johnson and Hayden Middleton
Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are becoming an increasingly significant issue faced by high school adolescents in the United States. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), adolescents 15 to 21 years of age ...
Health Clinics and Adults With Physical Disabilities: an Inclusive Approach, Teresa Elizabeth Jones
There is evidence for health and education communities that call for disability curricula in care provider education. The purpose of this study was to explore what adults with physical disabilities (AWPD) experience in health clinics regard...
How the Increase of Students With Autism Has Impacted the General Education Classroom, Jennifer Elaine Jonland
There has been a significant increase of students with autism in the general education classroom over the past few years. The education system is moving towards inclusion based of the Individuals with Disability Education Act (IDEA), which ...
Literacy Support Through Visual Art for English Language Learners, Claire E. Kiewel
There are many academic, emotional, and social benefits that Visual arts curriculum has on K-12 students. Among those students, English Language Learners (ELL) have very specific language needs that may prevent them from being able to stay ...
Learning to Fail: Using a Growth Mindset in the K-12 Classroom, Colleen Kopp
As more and more research is being conducted on learning, the education system is forced to change with it. The approach to creating the right space and culture, lesson planning, instructional methods, and ultimate goal for learning all nee...
Attitudes Towards Vaccinations in the Minnesota Slavic Community, Maksim Kozak, Hannah Margaret Roy, and Rachel Van Heest
The incidence of vaccine preventable illnesses is increasing in the United States. Negative attitudes towards vaccinations, or vaccine hesitancy is fueling the decreasing vaccination rates. Ascertaining the level of vaccine hesitancy in sus...
Unrecognized Talent: Guiding Secondary Students with Autism Towards Careers in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, Torry Robert Kraftson
Individuals with Autism have strengths and abilities that are often overlooked in light of their disability. With strengths in the area of systemizing, individuals with autism have the opportunity to excel in educational and career opportun...
An Application of Collaborative and Proactive Solutions in a High School Special Education Program, Jesse David Kwakenat
By examining the foundational concepts of learned helplessness, motivation, and a child’s self-perception of control, this thesis examines why students who appear to lack motivation or self-regulation behave in the manner in which they do, ...
The Pros and Cons of Inclusion for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in the Mainstream Classroom, Benjamin Kwofie
General education placement are believed to offer innumerable benefits for students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), however, decisions about including students with ASD remain controversial. This thesis highlights the benefits and chal...
Poverty and Special Education: Disproportionality and Unmet Student Needs, Andrea Crystal Lahti
In recent years, policy concerns have regarded over-representation of minority students in special education as a problem in schools across the United States. While over-representation may be an issue for some racial groups, there is a lurk...
Vocabulary Language Strategies: Training for Use in Second Language Acquisition, Amy C. Leafblad
This paper examines vocabulary language strategies for use in second language acquisition. Research on particular strategies such as the keyword method is discussed, as well as the positive effects strategy training has had on students’ voc...
Parental Involvement Within The Special Education System, Lauren E. Lehman
Parental involvement of children with special needs in schools and the IEP process have both been a topic of interest for decades. Research shows that parental involvement produces a number of benefits for children. However, studies have al...
Factors Contributing to Physician Assistant Burnout, Sarah F. Leonard, Tiffany J. Mellang, and Connor Sacks
Workplace burnout is known to be extremely prevalent among employees in the medical professions. For other health care professions such as physicians or nurses there is a plethora of existing literature on workplace burnout, but there is a ...
Diversity Ideology in the CCCU: A Critical Discourse Analysis, Desiree Libengood
As American demographics shift, it is necessary for institutions of higher education to adapt to the needs of an increasingly diverse student population. Christian colleges and universities have often been criticized for their lack of diver...
The Best Ways to Increase Reading Comprehension Skills for Middle School English Language Learners, Taylor J. Lindeman
This paper inspects the role of storyboards and graphic organizers, vocabulary, cultural relevancy/responsiveness, reading fluency and reading engagement, as each relates to reading comprehension growth in middle school English Language Lea...
The Art of Reading, Laura Rose Lindquist
The product of this literature review with application emphasis is an Art of Reading class which addresses reading comprehension and the role that art teachers can play in contributing to achievement. The class is based on research findings...
Continuous Practices During Kindergarten Transitions, Nikole Lajuan Turner Logan
Although children’s development may be continuous, their early learning experience may not be. Absent from the field is literature describing actual teacher practices that are continued from early learning settings to kindergarten. This qua...
Commonly Used Practices in Hosting International Students by Faith-based Universities in Minnesota, Kalia Sayaovong Lo
The process of hosting of international students in America started in 1946. Since then, there has been a steady increase of international students attending universities in America. In order to be competitive in the global market for inter...
A Review of Choice and Preference Interventions and Their Impact on Students With Disabilities, Corinne Marie Lozinski
This empirical research literature review was conducted in order to better understand the effects that students' choice and preference have on increasing academic performance rates and decreasing disruptive behaviors within classroom and re...
An Evaluation of Co-teaching Models and Best Practices to Meet the Needs of Providing Equitable Educational Opportunities for English Language Learners, Sophie M. Ly
The purpose of this thesis is to investigate and evaluate best practices in a co-teaching setting between two licensed educators, one being the content teacher and the other an English Language Learner (ELL) specialist. The focus is on main...
Benefits of Art as Therapy in a K-5 Inclusive Classroom, Kristina K. Makousky
The present literature review is guided by the question: What benefits would the inclusion of art as therapy techniques in a k-5 classroom setting bring to all students, regardless of their mental health status, including students who are t...
Positive School Culture: Facilitating Changes to Cultivate Learning and Change Perceptions, Melinda J. Mallinger
There are a variety of things to consider when facilitating changes to a school culture. First of all, it is important to understand the differences and nuances between school culture and climate. It is also imperative to understand the rol...
Effects of Palliative Care on Quality of Life for People With Dementia and Their Informal Caregivers, Sara S. Martin
Background: Dementia is a leading cause of debility and dependence and its incidence is increasing exponentially as the global population ages. Despite the terminal nature of dementia, the end-of-life process is often poorly recognized due ...
Effective Learning and Behavioral Strategies and Supports for Low Functioning Students with Autism, Brennan O'Brien McKeag
This thesis set out to research current literature and research regarding various aspects of working with low functioning students with autism. It contains information regarding learning styles for typically functioning students, as well as...