Dissertation+Topics

=UMHB NEWS - May 2013=

University of Mary Hardin-Baylor graduates 26 students in the L.E.A.D. Doctor of Education Program. The following students have published dissertations on the following topics.

Dr. Amber Diaz - Effective teacher preparation for low socio-economic students. Dr. Keith Morgan - Parent Involvement for low socio-economic students Dr. Chris Everett - First year teachers lack the requisite skills necessary to build meaningful, appropriate relationships with their students. Dr. Ben King - Traditional instructional strategies in senior level English do not engage students. Dr. Michele Cox - Intervention programs and the relationship to student achievement for dyslexic students. Dr. Billy Harden - The effect the integration of technology has on the achievement levels of students assigned to a DAEP. Dr. Andrea Nelson - What qualities or characteristic of the principalship impact teacher performance and student achievement in a positive manner? Dr. Anna Fox - Generational differences Dr. Linda Flores - Fear of the E-book and the non-traditional student Dr. Brad Bolick Dr. Jack Welch - An Analysis of Texas School Finance: The Relationship of Per-Pupil Expenditures to Selected Variables of the Academic Excellence Indicator System Dr. Jimmy Shuck Dr. Jake Hollatz - Recruitment of Lutheran school teacher candidates Dr. Gail Mays Dr. Krista Coleman-Freeman - Teacher Quality/Improvement Dr. Beth Funk - teachers lack the confidence and competence to utilize the technologies that are available to them. Dr. Matt Pyeatt Dr. Karen Jackson--Barriers to implementing best practices in technology Dr. Jennifer Bittner Dr. Joanna Scott - Student advising regarding articulation agreements in community colleges is inadequate. Dr. Lakesha Whitfield Dr. Traci Yandell - commitment to district implemented curriculum standards and the impact of that commitment on test scores Dr. Donna Brady - Educators are not effectively implementing Professional Learning Communities at the campus level. Dr. Rosa Thompson Dr. Jason Smith -University liabilities when students violate student code of conduct policies that result in injury or death. Dr. Jason Mayo - Project-based learning