National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (U.S.); Academic achievement--Kentucky; Teachers--Certification--Kentucky; Teacher effectiveness--Kentucky
This dissertation focused on the link between quality teaching and its potential impact on student achievement. National Board Certification is used to represent quality teaching and student achievement is measured by the Kentucky Core Content...
Freer, Charles Lang, 1856-1919; Freer Gallery of Art
This qualifying paper examines the contradiction of a public museum dedicated to one man's vision of art collecting. Charles Lang Freer established the Freer Gallery of Art in 1906, regarded as the first national public art museum on the National...
Feminism in art; Art, Mexican; Women in art; Art and society--Mexico
This dissertation outlines a theoretical model for contextualizing contemporary
women's art practice in Mexico within the profound socioeconomic and political events
that have taken place since 1968, characterized by the steady breakdown and...
Distributive justice; Social justice; United States Olympic Committee
The purpose of the study was to measure U.S. National Governing Body (NGB) administrators' perceptions of fairness of financial resource allocation within the U.S. Olympic Movement. The study was grounded in the organizational justice literature,...
Science teachers--Certification; Science--Study and teaching (Elementary)
The purpose of this study was to discern what differences exist between the science inquiry learning environments created by National Board Certified Teachers (NBCTs) and non-NBCTs. Four research questions organized the data collection and...
African American men--Mental health; Depression in men; Depression, Mental--Social aspects
Background: In any given year depression affects as many as 121 million people worldwide and 20 percent or 19 million people in the U.S. suffer from at least one episode of depression during their lifetime. In the U.S., depression has a substantial...
Child molesters; Child sexual abuse--Research; Child sexual abuse--Diagnosis
An exploratory cross national study was conducted to determine if factors identified in the existing literature predictive for CSA in developed countries were also valid and predictive CSA factors for females in Belize, a developing country. The...
This project examines the Conservation in Action series, twelve texts produced by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) from 1947-1957 and developed and written by Rachel Carson and other agency employees. She developed the series to...
Practical nursing--Examinations, questions, etc.; Practical nursing--Study and teaching; Nursing students; Prediction of scholastic success
Nursing is one of the most frequently chosen programs by those entering postsecondary institutions in preparation for a career. This is in part due to the job opportunities available, interest in healthcare, and a pending shortage of nurses in...
Cumberland Falls State Park (Ky.); Historic preservation--Kentucky
This thesis is an examination of Louisville Times editor Tom Wallace's fight to prevent the construction of a hydroelectric dam at Cumberland Falls, Kentucky between 1926 and 1931. By mining Wallace's recently cataloged personal papers, this study...
Lincoln Institute (Simpsonville, Ky.); Berea College--History; African Americans--Education--Kentucky
This dissertation examines the history of Berea College in Kentucky. Founded before the Civil War, it was a small, private southern college that educated blacks, whites, women and men equally, an early model of cooperation and social harmony. Its...
During the 2004-05 school year, over 10,000 international student-athletes competed for National Collegiate Athletic Association schools (NCAA, 2006b). Few researchers have examined how international student-athletes' college experiences compare to...
Smollett, T. (Tobias), 1721-1771. Travels through France and Italy.; Historiography--Great Britain--History--18th century; Nationalism--Great Britain--History--18th century; Great Britain--Social conditions--18th century
This thesis examines Tobias Smollett's Travels through France and Italy as a product of the dynamics influencing British identity in the eighteenth century. Specifically, it compares Smollett's Travels with recent trends in the historiography of...
Birth control--United States--History--20th century
This thesis is an examination of the tactics used by individuals in the development of the twentieth century birth control movement. It focuses on the creation of a national organization that directed the movement throughout the United States. The...
Louisville (Ky.)--History; Louisville (Ky.)--Social conditions; Cities and towns--Kentucky--History; Louisville (Ky.)--Economic conditions; Cities and towns--Growth--History--19th century
This thesis is a historical examination of the perception of Louisville as a southern city. The work begins with a discussion regarding Louisville's historical ties with the North and its acceptance as either a western or northern city. The thesis...
Children with disabilities--Education; African American children--Education
This dissertation is an examination of effective teaching of African American students who receive special education services by teachers who are either National Board Certified Teachers or Highly Qualified Master's Level teachers. It begins with...
African American women civil rights workers; African American women political activists
This thesis comparatively analyzes the experiences and roles of women in the United States and Caribbean Black Power Movements. Using the Black Panther Party and Trinidadian National Joint Action Committee as case studies, the researcher isolates...
Calculators--Study and teaching (Middle school); Functions--Study and teaching (Middle school); Algebra--Graphic methods; Computer-assisted instruction
The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of TI-Nspire graphing calculator use on student achievement and on teacher behavior variables of planning, teaching, and assessing. This study investigated the teaching of functions by teachers...
College cost--United States; Higher education and state--United States
The purpose of this study was to understand variance in state system performance in affordability using variables describing the state political environment and the higher education governance structure. Understanding how the political culture of...
