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Theses/Dissertations from 2013
Using digital stories to improve writing skills of students With Autism Spectrum Disorder, Michelle Andreevski
Prevalence of secondary traumatic stress among disaster relief volunteers, Erica Ballard
Career and technical education faculty retention: a leadership study, Jennifer Bates
Parental support group member's views on inclusion, Kaitlyn Blasy
Mattering and marginality: students with disabilities at Rowan University, Andrew Blazie
Passive vs. active technologies in the classroom, John Borchert
The impact of a theater service learning course for underserved children through a mixed methodology, Fanny Chouinard
Diabetes Mellitus and Hypercholesterolemia are Risk Factors for Alzheimer’s Disease and Appear to Affect the Integrity of the Blood Brain Barrier, Jacqueline Dash
Are your parents to blame? Disentangling temperament, parenting style, and schemas in the development of depressive symptoms, Jenny DeLorme
The effect of Project Read on the reading fluency and comprehension of third grade students with special needs, Andrea Derringer
A comparison of Read 180 instruction in a small learning community versus a traditional model, Mary Beth Donohue
Academic advising: a study of the impact of academic advising on student satisfaction, Stephanie Easterday
The effect of using the iPad to enhance sight word acquisition of students with autism, Jeffrey Emerson
The use of virtual reality for teaching social skills to middle school students with autism, Cathleen Fargo
Parental involvement: a study of parents' and teachers' experiences and perceptions in an urban charter elementary school, Jacqueline Flemmings
Why do we just do it: a study of adolescents' influences for Nike sneakers, Kyle Gallagher
The commercial & artistic viability of the fringe movement, Charles Garrison
Using the Four Square strategy to enhance math problem-solving, Andrea Gerrard
Motivational orientations of RN-BSN students at Rowan University, Tywanna Hamilton-West
School psychologists involvement with response-to-intervention and students with social, emotional, and behavioral difficulties, Katelyn Hickman-Poloney
Character education and parental involvement: impact on academic achievement, Katie Hood
Effects of physical movement in rhythm instruction in early instrumentalist development, Jessica Horne-Greene
The main factors behind first generation college students' retention and dropout, Ahmed Hussein
Content analysis of cognitive distortions in pedophiles' online forum posts, Lyndsie Johnson