Dissertations completed by doctoral students at the University of Northern Colorado. Older dissertations can be found using the library catalog.

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Dissertations from 2011

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A qualitative analysis of variables that contribute to the academic success of freshman student-athletes at a football championship subdivision university, Lori L. Braa

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Baccalaureate nursing student civic engagement study, Lori A. Brown

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Multi-language education for indigenous children in Taiwan, Cheng-Kan Chen

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Vocabulary acquisition in learning English as a second language: examining the involvement load hypothesis and language anxiety with Taiwanese college students, Hsin-Chia Cheng

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The relationship between parent involvement and preschool children's social competence and learning behaviors, Amanda DeWar

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Consumer attitudes toward naming-rights sponsorships in college athletics, Terence Eddy

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Transition to adulthood for students with significant disabilities: culturally diverse parent perspectives, Kara Francine Halley

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"I think of myself as a talented writer:" understanding fifth and sixth grade students' self-concepts in writing, Bonita L. Hamilton

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Cultural competence and racist attitudes of direct patient care registered nurses in a midwestern state, Linda K. Hardy

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General fan perceptions of rival teams in intercollegiate athletics, Cody T. Havard

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Experimental infection of Jamaican fruit bats (Artibeus jamaicensis) with Tacaribe virus, Ann C. Hawkinson

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An analysis of fringed myotis (Myotis thysanodes), with a focus on Colorado distribution, maternity roost selection, and preliminary modeling of population dynamics, Mark Andrew Hayes

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Do our children add up? A meta-analysis of the longitudinal effects of kindergarten schedule and mathematic achievement, Anita Hill

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Instructor-initiated questions and student participation in college classroom discussion, Christopher Hill

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A theoretical approach to legitimizing collaboratively constructed knowledge: a content analysis of Wikipedia science articles based on accidental collaboration, James Patrick Hutchinson

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The impact of military deployment on college adjustment, Ann Marie Ingala

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Effects of transforming growth factor beta1 on Hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome, Stephanie Flynn James

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The effect of exercise on cardiac function and doxorubicin accumulation in left ventricular tissue of rats, Brock Thomas Jensen

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A comparison of levels of empowerment and clinical decision-making in senior bachelor of science nursing students enrolled in a curriculum based on a caring nurse theorist and a curriculum not based on a caring nurse theorist, Karen M. Johnson

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Nursing educator's experiences in implementing the American Association of Colleges of Nursing's accreditation standards related to cultural diversity education, Molly Kuhle

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Attitudes toward multimedia (karaoke) and popular culture when learning English as a foreign language in Taiwan, Chen-Yin Lee

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Self-efficacy and retention among ethnically diverse nursing students, Jacqueline Carol Lewis

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Stories of anti-racist white feminist activists: "a conversation with myself", Christina Linder

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Beyond sentiment: a descriptive case study of elementary school teachers' experiences selecting children's literature for read-alouds, Stacy Mae Loyd

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Interest-based instructional strategies secondary teachers use to promote student engagement and how administrators support their work, Dawn Marie Macy

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An ethnography of early childhood temperament and goodness of fit in the classroom, Tiffani Sue Martin

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The effect of teacher collaboration and co-teaching on the response to reading intervention of elementary-aged students with learning disabilities, Jennifer Brinker McCammon

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Evaluation of the performance of a random coefficient regression model cumulative summation control chart under varying model conditions: with human services applications, Christopher John McKinney

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Media portrayals of athletes in televised sports: a content analysis of ice hockey broadcasts during the 2010 Winter Olympic Games, Heather A. Muir

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The wisdom of the counselor and the counselor's perception of the therapeutic working alliance, Linda Carlyn Osterlund

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Camouflage: the experiences of low-income business college students, Scarlett Ponton de Dutton

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Power dynamics and questioning in elementary science lessons, Lori Ann Reinsvold

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Diagnostic capability of school psychologists in the identification of autism, Jennifer Dawn Ries

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A comparison of multivariate methods for measuring change from pretest to posttest, Justin Leslie Rogers

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Students' experiences of seeing the whole of a clinical situation, Mary Kay Rolloff

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The experiences of senior administrators in creating performance excellence in Thailand's private universities, Sarun Saifah

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Response to intervention: teachers' needs for implementation in gifted and talented programs, Stephen Matthew Seedorf

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The evolution and development of wing form, body size and flight in large- and small-bodied fruit bats (Artibeus jamaicensis and Carollia perspiciillata), Jason B. Shaw

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Preservice teachers' self efficacy and knowledge of emotional and behavioral disorders, Shani Shillingford

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Examining The Relationships Among Efficacy, Burnout, And The Teaching Pyramid Model, Becky Jean Steensen

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Evaluating the role of perceived access to support and school safety in adolescent exposure to trauma: a mixed methods study, Amanda H. Stoeckel

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Transformational learning for organizational change: exploring employee experiences with a student affairs workplace professional development program, Katherine Erin Vahey

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An analysis of selected choral works of David Conte utilizing ensemble accompaniment, Marlen Dee Wilkins

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Direct and indirect effects of social class on career expectations and likelihood of compromise in an adolescent sample, Sarah Wilson

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A qualitative comparison of the perceptions of victims and school authorities on early adolescent female bullying, Chaitra Elizabeth Wirta-Leiker

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An exploration of concise redundancy in online multimedia learning, Yu-Feng Wu

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The establishment of western music in Thailand, Jittapim Yamprai

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Qualitative study: people with disabilities and internal barriers to work, Patricia Ann Yeager

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Transcriptions of renaissance and baroque polyphony for high school band, Laura E. Zamzow

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Transformation of Arabidopsis thaliana with heat stress-related genes from a Copaifera officinalis expressed sequence tag library, Samuel R. Zwenger

Dissertations from 2010

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Measuring University Students' Perceptions of Characteristics of Ideal University Instructor in Saudi Arabia and the United States: An Application of Nonparametric Item Response Theory Study, Hesham Yahya Aljubaily

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The mathematics self-efficacy and calibration of students in a secondary mathematics teacher preparation program, Joseph Champion

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First-Generation Faculty: A Phenomenological Exploration of Their Motivations for Mentoring First-Generation Students, Sarah M. Chase

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The first-again generation: a qualititative study of first-generation college student siblings whose grandparents attended college, Rene Couture

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Qualitative and quantitative inquiry into the affective domain of preservice teachers enrolled in children's literature courses, Jennifer Augusta Davis-Duerr

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Principals' perceptions of distributed leadership in an elementary school setting, David Dwain Eggen

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The cognitive load impacts of assistive technology devices used by sighted teachers in training during literary Braille instruction, Charles Redden Farnsworth

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Critical multicultural education for social action, Jan Ricketts Ferrari

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Meaningful parental involvement in the migrant education program: a view through the lens of six migrant parents, Mary Ellen Good

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An investigation into the relationship between critical thinking skills and clinical judgment in the nurse practitioner student, Karen L. Gorton

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Perceived parenting style and its relationship to hopefulness, happiness, and optimism in a college student sample, Sarah Griess

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`You know I hate it when people half ass things': a case study of a high school science student and the role of pre-instructional activities, goal orientation, and self-efficacy in learning with simulations, Samuel Arthur Helms

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Comparison of teaching strategies on teaching drug dosage calculation skills in fundamental nursing students, Jaclynn Suzanne Huse

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Meaningful learning development in student nurses: the traditional nursing care plan versus the concept map care plan approach, Deborah Sue Karns

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Parental involvement and expectations of children's academic achievement goals in Botswana: parent's perceptions, Keinyatse Kgosidialwa

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Current practices in leadership development for front-line nurse managers, Bret Lyman

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Factors that promote success in large enrollment general chemistry courses taught with clickers, James Richard MacArthur

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Implementing a new curriculum: reflections of a physical education teacher, Matthew Daniel Madden

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School principals: illuminating the behaviors and practices of effective school principals in challenging public school contexts, Sophia Deborah Marsh Masewicz

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A paradigm for effective pre-college classical guitar methodology: a case study of two models of effective instruction, Renthungo Merry

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Process, perspectives, and benefits of animal assisted therapy, Laurie Christine Paquette

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Proportional signs in the works of Heinrich Schutz, Jang Woo Park

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Unitive/mystical experiences and life changes, Susan F. Schneeberger

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Professionials' perceived qualities for collaborative parent and professional partnerships, Shawn R. Sweet Piantoni

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A validation study of the planning, attention, simultaneous, and successive (PASS) theory and its relationship to reading achievement in adults, Justin Moore Walker

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Organic chemistry preconceptions and their correlation to student success, Jodie T. Wasacz

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A comprehensive model for vicarious traumatization: examining the effect of therapist, work, and supportive factors on vicarious traumatization, Amy Marie Williams

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Voices of well doctoral students: a case study exploration into the possibilities of academic and personal success, Patricia Anne Witkowsky

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The culture care meaning of comfort for ethnically diverse pre-licensure baccalaureate nursing students in the educational setting, Lynne K. Zajac

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The impact of debriefing sessions following viewing of recorded high fidelity simulation scenarios on knowledge acquisition, self-confidence, and satisfaction: a quasi-experimental study, Kristen D. Zulkosky

Dissertations from 2009

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The Use of Performance Based Funding In A Sport Organization: A Case Study Of The United States Olympic Committee, James Thomas Binns

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A joint model of a longitudinal process and informative time schedule data, Michael Bronsert

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The effectiveness of stepwise discriminant analysis as a follow up procedure to a significant MANOVA using both the F-statistic and partial R-square criterion, Raj K. Chandran

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Exploring challenge by choice in an adventure setting, Daniel Lyons Chase

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Preschoolers' understanding of the relationship between perceptual access and accuracy of knowledge: a study of 4- and 5-year-olds' judgments about model peers, Kathryn Ann Cooper

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The functioning of global fit statistics in latent growth curve modeling, Kathryn K. DeRoche

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Fantasy sport consumer behavior: an analysis of participant attitudes and behavioral intentions, Brendan Dwyer

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Sensitivity comparisons and average run lengths of the MEWMS and MEWMV control charts using individual observations with singular mean shifts and variance changes, Chad Edgar Eshelman

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The existence of implicit racial bias in nursing faculty, Kathleen A. Fitzsimmons

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The relationship between multiple indicators of wellness and parental stress in foster parents, Sarah Gillingham

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An educational intervention to develop characteristics of transformational leadership in novice nurse managers, Mary Catherine Goetter

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A postmodern story of meaning making in a residence life organization: a transformational change process, Pamela Graglia

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Assessing recall, conceptualization, and transfer capabilities of novice biochemistry students' across learning style preferences as revealed by self-explanations, Jacqueline Hilsenbeck-Farjardo

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A conceptual integration analysis of multiple instructional metaphors, Robert Johnson

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Exploring how resident advisors create meaning of their paraprofessional fall training and its transfer: a constructivist case study, Dean F. Kennedy

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A comparison study of sponsorship effectiveness between on-site and web-based sponsorship activities, Issadee Kutintara

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A mixed method study of factors associated with the academic achievement of Latina/o college students from predominantly Mexican American backgrounds: a strengths-based approach, Laura Lara

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The expanded core curriculum and its relationship to postschool outcomes for youth who are visually impaired, Martin R. Monson

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A comparison of three computational procedures for solving the number of factors problem in exploratory factor analysis, Adam Vincent Piccone

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The effect of music education on early adolescents' adaptive skills, health-enhancing behaviors, and self-efficacy, Kimberly Ann Root Wilson