This collection includes theses, dissertations, and professional papers from the University of Montana Department of Counselor Education, Department of Educational Leadership, and Department of Teaching and Learning. Theses, dissertations, and professional papers from all University of Montana departments and programs may be searched here.
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
POST-DISCHARGE OUTCOMES FOR YOUTH SERVED IN A RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT CENTER, Tara Lynne Smart
HYPERCONNECTED SCHOOL LEADERSHIP: SHARED EXPERIENCES, Elizabeth Sue Wargo
Theses/Dissertations from 2015
THE EFFECT OF COMMUNITY SERVICE PARTICIPATION ON TEAM COHESIVENESS IN NCAA DIVISION I WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL TEAMS, Cara Jo Cocchiarella
The Effects of Heart Math Training on Work Engagement in a Multi-National Company, Chance Eaton
PREDICATIBLITY OF TEACHER RETENTION IN MONTANA'S RURAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, Jilyn Oliveira
The Power of Critical Reflection: Exploring the Impact of Rhetorical Stories on Metacognition in First-Year Composition Courses, Amy Elizabeth Ratto Parks
Institutional Effectiveness in an Open System: A Case Study of Graduation Rates in the Montana University System, Anneliese A. Ripley
CLASSROOM MODIFICATIONS WITH IMPROVED ACOUSTICS MODELED FOR CEHIC, A SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF, IN KELANIYA, SRI LANKA, Polwatte Krishantha Silva
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
Evaluation of relationship between self-advocacy skills and college freshmen first semester grade point average for students with disabilities, Lee A. Barnett
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INTERGENERATIONAL EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES, SCHOOL CULTURE/CLIMATE, AND RACIAL IDENTITY AMONG AMERICAN INDIAN HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, Sandra Lee Boham
Effect of an Intensive Intervention on the Early Literacy Skills of Kindergarten Students Identified as Most at Risk for Future Reading Difficulties, Craig S. Buscher
The identity of upholding indigenous lifeways, Sean Falcon Chandler
A Quantitative Study with Online Collaborative Learning in a Computer Literacy Course, Kevin Engellant
Importance of leadership competencies in college and university staff athletic trainers: Perceptions of head athletic trainers, Janelle Lynn Handlos
THE EFFECTS OF INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP EDUCATION ON UNIVERSITY STUDENTS' ATTACHMENT SECURITY, Meredith Hood
The significance of administrative support for the state-wide innovation of Montana's Indian education for all, Chris Michael Olszewski
Effects of individual-oriented relationship education on university students' knowledge, beliefs, and attitudes, Sara Polanchek
Virtual collaboration: A Phenomenological Study of Remote Online Adjuncts Virtual Collaboration Lived Experiences, Lori Schieffer
DEVELOPMENT OF AN INSTRUMENT FOR ASSESSING CULTURALLY CONGRUENT SCIENCE TEACHING, Regina Christine Sievert
A Multiple-Case Study on How Fifth Grade Students Experience Reading, Tiffany Tate
A comparison of student achievement in rural schools with four and five day weeks, Timothy W. Tharp
A phenomenological study of leadership: Developmental pathways of leaders with disabilities, Mika Watanabe
Changing Participation in Guided Interactive Shared Reading: A Study of Early Childhood Teachers' Implementation and Children's Engagement, Nanci Lynn Waterhouse
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
Measuring Visual Literacy Ability in Graduate Level Pre-Service Teachers, Teresa Farrell
What high school principals do to develop, implement, and sustain a high functioning character education initiative, Jacob A. Francom
A study of the relationship between high school principal leadership style and the number of bullying behaviors in Montana public high schools, James Edward Fuller
The Impact of High School Principal's Technology Leadership on the Sustainability of Corporate Sponsored Information Communication Technology Curriculum, Bruce Ryan Gottwig
DUAL ENROLLMENT AS A FACTOR FOR WOMEN TRANSITIONING INTO STEM MAJORS IN MONTANA TWO-YEAR COLLEGES, Penny Jane Jakes
Working memory capacity training and the effect on reading comprehension, numerical reasoning, and vocational progress, David Evans Johnson
The Role of Dispositions in Teacher Candidate Education, William Alexander Kinderwater
Does Attainment of Piaget's Formal Operational Level of Cognitive Development Predict Student Understanding of Scientific Models?, Richard Dennis Lahti
The Relationship Between School Board Governance Behaviors and Student Achievement, Ivan J. Lorentzen
Information seeking sources of education policy makers, Shannon Louise O'Brien
Teacher and Principal Assessment Literacy, Michael Lee Perry
Alliance and Outcomes in Counseling Canadian Aboriginal Peoples, Sidney Shaw
GENERATIONAL PERSPECTIVE OF HIGHER EDUCATION ONLINE STUDENT LEARNING STYLES, Chad James Williams
Psychological adjustment and relational development in Ethiopian adoptees and their families, Waganesh Zeleke
Theses/Dissertations from 2012
The Effects of a Career Development Course on Career and College Major Decision-Making in College Students, Sidra Tabassum Ashraf Baig
Analysis of Special Education mediations in Texas, 2006-08, Diana Lane Davison
DEVELOPMENTAL MATHEMATICS IN TWO-YEAR COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND STUDENT SUCCESS, Brenda Catherine Frame
States' Investment in Human Capital: Higher Education Funding Effort, Elena Garrison
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PRINCIPAL SUPPORT AND TEACHER RETENTION IN HARD TO STAFF SCHOOLS, Amy Lee Hughes
An Analysis of Retention Factors In Undergraduate Degree Programs in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, Mike H. Johnson
Theses/Dissertations from 2011
The Statistical Relationship Among Number Sense, Computational Fluency, and Montana Comprehensive Assessment System, Amy Jo Burland
The Impact of NCLB Reforms in the Elementary Schools Comparing Perceptions/Practices from 2002 to 2011, Judith L. Gosnell-Lamb
Empowerment Through Voice: A Case Study in the Leadership of Restorative Justice, Kim Dalene Harding
A Model of Successful Adaptation to Online Learning for College-Bound Native American HIgh School Students, Collier Kaler
THE TRIBAL COLLEGE MOVEMENT: ENSURING THAT NATIVE AMERICAN STUDENTS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE AN ASSOCIATE DEGREE AND PERSIST TO EARN A FOUR-YEAR DEGREE, Cheri Lynn Kicking Woman
A STUDY OF THE PERCEPTIONS OF ENGLISH FACULTY AND STUDENTS OF EXIT ENGLISH EXAMINATIONS AT TAIWAN'S TECHNOLOGICAL AND VOCATIONAL HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS, Yirng-Hurng Emma Liauh
Different Challenges and Different Blessings: Life Experiences of Young Mothers of Children with Down Syndrome, Janice Driscoll Nugent
Comparison of Distance Education Leadership Styles and Future Investment in Two-Year Colleges, Ryan R. Schrenk
CHINESE NATIONAL POLICY REGARDING FOREIGN EXPERTS: PERCEPTIONS OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS DEANS, Jun Wang
Theses/Dissertations from 2010
EVALUATION OF TRANSIENT COGNITIVE CHANGES FROM MAXIMAL EXERTION AND RESPIRATOR WEAR, Sally Martinsen Bardsley
A Qualitative Study of Tribal Colleges and Universities that have Transitioned: From Two-Year Associate Degree Granting Institutions to Targeted Four-Year Bachelor Degree Granting Institutions, Lynette Kay Chandler
AN INVESTIGATION OF THE PHENOMENON OF SHORTAGES OF INDIAN TEACHERS AS DESCRIBED BY TRIBAL COLLEGE LEADERS IN TEACHER PREPARATION, Cynthia Gail O'Dell
Within a School System, How are the needs of the non-qualifying students for special education address, what supports are in place and what interventions are used?, Nancy Ann Terwilliger-Grube
VALUES CONGRUENCE: ITS EFFECT ON PERCEPTIONS OF MONTANA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPAL LEADERSHIP PRACTICES AND STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, Daniel Roy Zorn
Theses/Dissertations from 2009
Curriculum Improvement: The Teacher Perspective on Change in the Classroom, Heather C. Davis
Heritage Learners of Mexican Descent in Higher Education: A Qualitative Study of Past and Present Experiences, Alicia Gignoux
The Relationship between Positive Behavior Supports, Student Achievement, Severe Problem Behavior, and Administrative Stress, Jennifer Guthals
The Effects of Intimate Relationship Education on Relationship Optimism and Attitudes toward Marriage, Veronica Ida Johnson
TEACHER, LEADERSHIP, AND CURRICULUM FACTORS PREDICTIVE OF STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT IN INDIAN EDUCATION FOR ALL, Erin Robin Lipkind
Explorations in Leadership Education: The Role of Leadership Education in Higher Education Outcomes, Douglas G. McBroom
Rational Number Fluency: A Prerequisite for Success in High School Mathematics Courses?, Renae Walter Seegmiller
Moving Toward Development of a Chunghwa Postal Office Business Model of Sustainability, Perng Cheng Shih
American Indian Artist Angel DeCora: Aesthetics, Power, and Transcultural Pedagogy in the Progressive Era, Suzanne Alene Shope
EXPLORING A DEFINITION OF LEADERSHIP AND THE BIOGRAPHY OF DR. FRANK B. WYNN, David Clyde Walters
Cultural Characteristics of Western Educational Structures and Their Effects on Local Ways of Knowing, Cheryl L. Woolsey Des Jarlais
Ren Leadership: An Interpretive Biography of Bai Fangli, Jin Zhou
Theses/Dissertations from 2008
LEARNING COMMUNITIES, ACHIEVEMENT AND COMPLETION: EXPLORING RELATIONSHIPS IN SOUTHERN ALBERTA SECONDARY SCHOOLS, Corrienne Janet Beres
The Leadership Role in Online Support Programs for Beginning Teachers, Nancy K. Gagen Clouse
IMPACTS OF A TEACHER GEOSPATIAL TECHNOLOGIES PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT ON STUDENT SPATIAL LITERACY SKILLS AND INTERESTS IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN GRADE 5 – 12 CLASSROOMS ACROSS MONTANA, Jeffrey Willard Crews
Lifelong Learning: The Integration of Experiential Learning, Quality of Life Work in Communities and Higher Education, Ann Harwood
Teachers' Perceptions of First Nations, Metis and Inuit Students in Alberta Public School Classrooms, Wendell Blaine Hogg
The Rise of Alternative Teaching Certification in Relation to Students Who Are Impoverished, Ethnic Minorities and Change in Teacher Salary in United States Public Schools, Scott Richard Hohnstein
Second Language Instruction with Phonological Knowledge: Teaching Arabic to Speakers of English, Khalid Y. Huthaily
The Relationship Among Washington State County Commissioners Knowledge and Perceptions of Washington State University Extension and Their Willingness to Fund WSU Extension, James Hilmer Lindstrom
Enlightening Leadership: A Phenomenology, Kevin M. Mays
The Experience of Attrition: A Phenomenological Study of Freshmen in Academic Good Standing at The University of Montana, Cheryl L. Minnick
Understanding Parental Motivation To Home School: A Qualitative Case Study, Nolen Ben Olsen
STUDENT ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN SKILLS-BASED TECHNOLOGY COURSES DELIVERED THROUGH DIFFERENT SCHEDULING FORMATS, Shaun Eric Scott
AN ANALYSIS OF ALBERTA'S FIRST NATIONS, METIS, AND INUIT SCHOOL-COMMUNITY LEARNING ENVIRONMENT PROJECT, Kelly Burke Thomas
Theses/Dissertations from 2007
Teacher Efficacy in the Implementation of New Curriculum Supported by Professional Development, Douglas Shields Bennett
Implementation and Assessment of a Test Anxiety Reduction Program with 10th Graders and Their Subsequent Performance on the MontCAS Criterion Referenced Test, Nilda Soto Bishop
The Use of Mathematics Dialogues to Support Student Learning In High School Prealgebra Classes, Susann Meachelle Bradford
Change, Principal Trust and Enabling School Structures: An Analysis of Relationships in Southern Alberta Schools, Cheryl Anne Gilmore
The Impact of Peer Discussion Groups on the Recreational Reading of Seventh Grade Students, Dana Haring
The Leadership Triad: Identity-Integrity-Authenticity: A Case Study of the Inner Life and Leadership of Educational Leaders, David Ingram Henderson
Education Law Priorities and Need: A Comparitive Analysis, Michael Anson Magone
A STUDY OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE TYPE OF PARENT INVOLVEMENT AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT ENGAGEMENT, ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT, ATTENDANCE, AND ATTITUDE TOWARD SCHOOL, Carmen Philip Mombourquette
A Grounded Theory of Teacher Sensemaking Processes in a Climate of Change, Dorothea Reynolds Wood
Theses/Dissertations from 2006
Role of Islamic educational values in developing emotional intelligence skills, Abdullah A. Alghamdi
The relationship between attitudes and achievements in English integrated business courses, Lidia Pin Chou