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Theses/Dissertations from 2024
An Examination of Early Childhood Leadership in Public Elementary Schools: A Mixed Methods Study, Wesam Alshahrani
Theses/Dissertations from 2023
Perceptions of Primary Caregivers About Managing Their Child’s Transition to Kindergarten: A Mixed-Methods Study, Kristy Lynn Castanon
Building Resilience: A Mixed Methods Exploration of Head Start Teachers Coping During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Ehichoya Edokhamhen
Exploration of Privilege and Preschool Teachers’ Demographics Associated with Teachers’ Self-Efficacy in Culturally Responsive Classroom Management, Katherine Madison
Examining Teachers' Referral and Placement Decisions of Hispanic Children for Gifted and Talented Programs, Guillermo I. Mendoza
Childhood Trauma in Early Care and Education: Understanding School Administrators’ Perceptions, Olawale Olubowale
Sound and Music Opportunities in Toddler Learning Environments, Sonia Akiko Yoshizawa
Theses/Dissertations from 2022
Early Detection of Atypical Motor and Neurobehavior of Infants at Risk Secondary to Opioid Exposure: A Prospective Study, Kara Boynewicz
Theses/Dissertations from 2021
Student Collaboration: Early Childhood Teachers' Roles and Perspectives, Kimberly Ballantyne
The Impact of Natural Playscapes on Toddler Play, Laura J. Pearce
Familial Regulation of Young Children's TV Viewing in Ghana, Clara Puni-Nyamesem
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
Determining if Classroom Pets as part of an Empathy-Based Intervention Affect Public Elementary School Students’ Empathy, Randa Dunlap
Head Start Preschool Teachers’ Perceptions of Reggio Emilia Principles Practiced Within Their Own Setting: A Case Study, Tara Terry Voit
A Study of Empathy and Teacher Self-Efficacy Among Preservice Early Childhood Educators, Amy Wilson
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
Arab-American Parents’ Views on the Use of Technology, Smartphones, and Touchscreen Devices with Infants, Toddlers and Preschoolers, Abidah Abutaleb
Seeing the World Differently. An Exploration of a Professional Development Model Bridging Science and Lay Cultures, Michael D. Garrett
Second-Grade Students’ Perceptions of Their Classrooms’ Physical Learning Environment, Tsitsi Nyabando
A Mixed Methods Exploration of East Tennessee Early Childhood Teachers’ Perceptions, Knowledge, Practices, and Resources of Critical Literacy, Rebekah Taylor
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
The State of Outdoor Education in Northeast Tennessee: Preschool Teacher Attitudes Toward Outdoor Education, Cathy Landy
Teachers and Their Perceptions About Adaptive Skill Training Within an Early Childhood Comprehensive Development Classroom for Students with Intellectual Disabilities, Jennifer R. Lynberg
Preschool Teachers' Perceptions of Children Prenatally Exposed to Drugs, Brandie D. Maness
Gender Differences in Spatial Language During Preschool Small Group Geometry Activities, Winona Shue
Teachers’ Response to Infants’ Nonverbal Communication and Use of Response to Facilitate a Dialogue, Stephanie Stephens
The Effects of an Observation and Interpretation Intervention (COI/PALS) on Teachers’ Productive and Nonproductive Conversations with Preschool Children, Gina Joe Wohlford
Examining Contributors to Preschoolers’ Classroom Engagement using Structural Equation Modeling, Hongxia Zhao
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
Parental Perceptions of Preschool-Age Children’s Literacy Development in a Rural Appalachian Community, Kimberly Austin
Levels of Feedback Observed in Kindergarten Classrooms: Perceptions and Reality, Jacqueline Johnson
Design and Validation of a Scale for Preschoolers: Measuring Nutrition Knowledge, Beliefs, and Behaviors, Michelle E. Johnson
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
The Effects of Environmental Modifications and Visual Supports in the Home on Engagement and Challenging Behaviors in Children with Autism, Teresa L. Boggs
Teachers’ Perceptions of Intensive Professional Development on the Daily Five™ in Literacy Instruction: A Multiple Case Study Exploration, Lori A. Hamilton
Exploring Gesturing as a Natural Approach to Impact Stages of Second Language Development: A Multiple Baseline, Single Case Study of a Head Start Child, Guillermo I. Mendoza
Theses/Dissertations from 2015
Determining if Custodial Grandparents of Pre-K - Third Grade Students Perceive Delivery of Information and Services Offered as Effective in Decreasing Early Chronic Absence, Kimberly S. Cassidy
Use of the Physical Classroom Environment as a Teaching and Learning Tool Including the Impact of the CCSSI in Kindergarten Through Third Grade Classrooms in Northeast Tennessee, Charity Hensley-Pipkin
Professional Learning Communities as a Professional Development Model Focusing on Instructional Practices Used to Teach Writing in Early Childhood, Jill T. Leonard
The Relationship Between an Affective Instructional Design, Children’s Attitudes Toward Mathematics, and Math Learning for Kindergarten-Age Children, Wendee B. White Mrs
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
An Exploratory Critical Study of Questioning Strategies Posed by Early Childhood Teachers During Literacy Blocks, Angela H. Baker Ms.
Developing Mastery in Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, and Morphemic Awareness: A Multiple Case Study of Preservice Early Childhood Educators, Ruth Facun-Granadozo
Theses/Dissertations from 2012
The Influences of Caregiver-Child Interactions and Temperament on Cortisol Concentrations of Toddlers in Full-Day Childcare, Helen Morris Lane
Theses/Dissertations from 2010
Project 3rd Grade Environment: Descriptive Phenomenological Study of the Physical and Learning Environment in a Transformed 3rd Grade Classroom., Charity Gail Hensley
Theses/Dissertations from 2008
Inquire Within: The Connection between Teacher Training in Inquiry Learning Methodology and Classroom Practice., Ariel Sky Ashe
Relationships between Primary Teacher Beliefs and Practice in the Primary Classrooms of a Small Urban School in East Tennessee., Lindsay Collins Moore
Theses/Dissertations from 2007
The Effects of Movement on Literacy., Kathy S. Luppe
Theses/Dissertations from 2006
Perceived Teacher Self-Efficacy in Early Childhood Settings: Differences between Early Childhood and Elementary Education Candidates., Bradley Carroll Billheimer
Theses/Dissertations from 2004
The Use of Rotation Model Sunday School., Heather Renee Jones
Theses/Dissertations from 2003
The Curricular Practices of Early Childhood Teachers Working in Public Sschool Primary Grades., Elizabeth Ely Brading
Journaling as a Tool to Improve Story Comprehension for Kindergarten Students., Carisa L. Carr
The Effects of Adult Interaction on Toddler Behavior in the Classroom., Sarah Webb Hackney