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Theses/Dissertations from 2014
An exploratory investigation on the effects of online social networking sites on college students, Alexis Sims
Using technology for communication with selective mutism, Kristin Skacel
Does mentoring cause a person to have learned optimism?, Kristine Smalls
Using ipads in teaching vocabulary for students with learning disabilities, Kellie Smith
Development of experiments involving pharmaceutical manufacturing principles, Alexander Struck Jannini
Using graphic organizers on ipads to teach reading comprehension skills to high school students with moderate and severe cognitive impairments, Christopher Suboleski
Students with disabilities: making IDEA transition services work, Rhonda Sutton
Towards an automated system for evaluation of visualizations, Douglas Taggart
Molecular Pap Biomarkers for Cervical Cancer Risk Assessment in ThinPrep® Clinical Specimens, Jennifer Taylor
A practical strategy to improve classroom behaviors and academic outcomes of elementary students who exhibit attention deficit/hyperactivity tendencies, Sandra Thurston
Bolshevik voices: radio broadcasting in the Soviet Union, 1917 - 1991, Bradley Trinkner
Using social stories and trained peer partners to teach perspective taking, Tziona Twersky
Vocabulary instruction: using the keyword approach with the interactive smart board in inclusive classrooms, Kelly Volpe
The Role of Mammalian Cyclin C in Stress Response and Thyroid Disease Progression, Kun Wang
Quality Control and Stress Response in Mammalian Ribosome Biogenesis, Minshi Wang
Using Random Forest in the field of metabolomics, Curtis White
Peer-assisted learning strategies and their impact on the math fluency and social skills of students with autism, Melissa Woodward
The Effects of Lipoxin A4 (LXA4) on Neutrophil Biology in Sepsis, Benedict Wu
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