Theses/Dissertations from 2024
The Relative Age Effect: Ensuring Student Success Regardless of Birth Month, Geoffrey E. Bruno
Middle and High School Teachers’ Perceptions of Data Literacy Concepts, Madeline Dougherty
Haiku and Human Anatomy: Investigating Students' Experience With Creative Writing to Learn Structure and Function in an Undergraduate Biology Course, Alexandra M. Ryan
Theses/Dissertations from 2023
An Investigation of the Instructional Norms of Mathematical Communication when Students Present Geometry Proofs at the Board, Bukola T. Ake
Conceptualization and Perceptions of Student Preparedness in Quantitative Reasoning Among Introductory Biology Faculty, Ann Cleveland
Theses/Dissertations from 2022
Investigating Student Science Identity in a Middle School Social Studies Classroom, Hazel Cashman
Middle School Science Teachers' Vulnerability in the Written Discourse of a Professional Learning Community, Eliza Jacobs
Agency of in-service Elementary Science Teachers During a Global Pandemic, Anica Miller-Rushing
Borderline Grading Decisions: The Factors that Influence the Choices of High School Physical Science Teachers, Kate Roberts
Teacher Growth in Knowledge of Conservation of Energy and in Self-Efficacy, Paul H. Wilson
Theses/Dissertations from 2021
An Investigation of Students' Use and Understanding of Evaluation Strategies, Abolaji R. Akinyemi
A Case Study into Middle School Students' Conceptualizations of Motion and Interpretations of Negative Velocities, Peter A. Colesworthy
The Impact of Project-Based Learning on Students in High School Chemistry in Rural Maine, Brianna DeGone
Assessing the Effectiveness of a Tool for Classifying and Assessing Student Energy Diagrams in Pre- and Post-COVID-19 Instruction, Michael Dudley
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
Understanding Social Factors in Small Group Work in Undergraduate Mathematics Classrooms, Jeremy R. Bernier
Work at the Boundary: A Research-Practice Partnership to Integrate Computer Science into Middle School Science, Amelia R. Callahan
Investigating Maine Secondary Science Teachers Conceptualization of Scientific Argumentation, Erin Doran
How Students Communicate Knowledge: Written Versus Drawn Responses to Formative Assessment Questions in an Introductory Undergraduate Marine Science Course, Christina Siddons
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
Pre-service Elementary Teachers' Use of Spatial Diagrams: Investigations of Unbounded Shearing on Solid Figures, Camden G. Bock
Using Question Variations to Access Alternate Student Thinking About the Same Physical Situations, Jeffrey Mathis Hawkins
Assessing Quantitative Reasoning in a Ninth Grade Science Class Using Interdisciplinary Data Story Assignments, Bryn W. Keenhold
Learning Science: Physical and Life Sciences in Curricula Across U.S. Schools of Nursing, Valerie C. Sauda
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
Assessing Student Understanding of Reasoning using Argument-based Contrast Matrices, Ethan Geheb
A Granular Account of Student's Understanding Reasoning within an Everyday and Scientific Contexts, Grace M. Gonnella
Echoes of the Past: The Effect of Background Experience on Far Transfer, Graham H. Hummel-Hall
Deciphering Climate-Driven Changes in Planktonic Diatom Communities in Lake Superior, Amy Kireta
Understanding Student Development Of Science Literacy Skills in an Undergraduate Environmental Science Course, Molly Picillo
Investigating Student Understanding of Vector Calculus in Upper-Division Electricity and Magnetism: Construction and Determination of Differential Element in Non-Cartesian Coordinate Systems, Benjamin Schermerhorn
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
SimStream: A Framework for Teaching Environmental and Computational Thinking to Elementary and Middle School Students, Timothy Baker
Examining Student Ability to Follow and Interact with Qualitative Inferential Reasoning Chains, William N. Ferm Jr.
Contrast Dependent Knowledge Development in Contrast Supported Scientific Observation, Maura B. Foley
Investigating the Assessment of Abstraction as a Key Component of the Nature of Models, Derek C. LaBarron Mr.
Investigating Student Mental Models at the Intersection of Mathematics and Physical Reasoning in Physics, Savannah E. Lodge-Scharff
Assessing Students' Understanding of Variability and Graph Interpretation Through an Authentic Science Investigation, William M. Schlager
Development of an Active-Learning Lesson that Targets Student Understanding of Population Growth in Ecology, Elizabeth Trenckmann
Investigating Student Learning of Analog Electronics, Kevin L. Van De Bogart
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
Inconsistent Conceptions of Acceleration Contributing to Formative Assessment Limitations, Gregory D. Kranich
Calculus Students' Reasoning About Slope and Derivative as Rates of Change, Jennifer G. Tyne
Evaluation of the Collaborative Design Process and Classroom Implementation of a Place-Relevant Lesson in Ninth Grade Earth Science Classrooms, Marina Van der Eb
Theses/Dissertations from 2015
College Student Difficulties with Applied Optimization Problems in Introductory Calculus, Sundance James Campbell
Analysis of Struggling Student Performance in Response to Academic Intervention, Jonathan E. Dumont
Thinking Beyond the Fried Egg Model: How Accurately Do Students Perceive Cells in a Living Context?, Milissa Knox
Investigating Teachers' Content Knowledge and Pedogogical Content Knowledge in a Middle School Physical Science Curriculum on Force and Motion, Daniel Patrick Laverty
Cross-Sectional Assessment of Student Content Knowledge in an Undergraduate Marine Science Program, Ryan A. Weatherbee
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
Student Application of the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus with Graphical Representations in Mathematics and Physics, Rabindra R. Bajracharya
Reaching Struggling Introductory Biology Students with a Targeted Peer Tutoring Program, Zachary Batz
University Students' Graph Interpretation and Comprehension Abilities, Daniel Bragdon
An Inventory of Student Recollections of Their Past Misconceptions as a Tool for Improved Classroom Astronomy Instruction, Andrej Favia
Correlations Between Students' Multiple Ways of Thinking About the Derivative and their Abilities to Solve Applied Derivative Problems, Shahram Shawn Firouzian
Graduate Students' Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching the Derivative and Applications of the Derivative, Shahram Shawn Firouzian
Proof Conceptions of College Calculus Students, Jon Janelle
Using Personal Response Devices as a Method to Study Visitor Experience at Informal Science Learning Environments, Kendra J. Michaud
The Effects of Conducting Authentic Field-Geology Research on High School Students' Understanding of the Nature of Science, and Their Views of Themselves as Research Scientists, Patricia M. Millette
Paying Attention to Theory in Science Classroom Argumentation, Kalee Reid Gwarjanski
Science Teachers' Perceptions of Google Earth for Inclusive Classroom Instruction, Emily J. Rice
Big Broadband: One Component of a Complex System, Gemma Scott
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
Students' Understanding of Recursion: When Do They Use It and Why?, Adi Levy Conlogue
Identifying Productive Resources in Secondary School Students' Discourse About Energy, Benedikt Walter Harrer
An Assessment of Ninth Graders' Use of Graphs and Explanations to Communicate Scientific Ideas, Mary Jean Jones
Student Understanding of Cardiovascular Physiology: The Relationship Between Pressure, Flow, and Resistance, Nitisha L. Mitchell
College students' understanding of geometric transformations, Sarah Rizzo
Assessing and enhancing student understanding of carbon cycling in organisms, Kara M. Soule
Teachers' Understandings of Inquiry and Reported Use of Scientific Practices: A Survey of NTSA Conference Attendees, Ashley M. Young
Theses/Dissertations from 2012
Student Understanding of Definite Integrals with Relevance to Physics Using Graphical Representations, Rabindra R. Bajracharya
The Astrobiology Project: Effects on Students' Science Aspirations and Achievement, and an Analysis of Self-Handicapping Behavior, Elizabeth Burroughs
A Phenomenological Approach to Understanding the Role of Bodily Activity in Chemical Imagining, Virginia J. Flood
Investigating the Nature of Third Grade Students' Experiences with Concept Maps to Support Learning of Science Concepts, Margaret L. Merrill
Theses/Dissertations from 2011
College Chemistry Students Understanding and Application of the Relationship between Algebra and Stoichiometry, Maggie Hutchinson
Answer-Seeking and Idea-Constructing During Collaborative Active-Learning Activities in a Physics Laboratory, Casey E. Murphy
Students' Qualitative Understanding of the Relationship between the Graph of a Function and the Graphs of Its Derivatives, John R. Stahley
Theses/Dissertations from 2010
Procedural Skills — The Missing Link in Ninth Graders' Comprehension of Geography's Influence on Climate, Erik Krentel daSilva
Language and Area: Influences on Student Understanding of Integration, William Lloyd Hall
Theses/Dissertations from 2009
Investigation into the Effectiveness of an Inquiry-Based Curriculum in an Introductory Biology Laboratory, Molly Ann Harris
Student Understanding of Error and Variability in Primary Science Communication, Megan McOsker
Assessing Impacts of the Aquatic Invaders in Maine (AIM) Workshop on Inquiry Pedagogy and Student Learning, Danielle Miniutti
Understanding the Greenhouse Effect Using a Computer Model, Lisa Schultz
Theses/Dissertations from 2008
Students' Understanding of Deriving Properties of a Function's Graph from the Sign Chart of the First Derivative, Karen Diane Abbey
Comparing Student Performance on Isomorphic Math and Physics Vector Representations, Joel Van Deventer
An Investigation into the Effectiveness of Web-Based College Algebra in Conceptual and Procedural Mathematics Knowledge, Ashley A. Graves
Student Understanding of Groundwater Concepts in Two Undergraduate Geology Courses, Danielle M. Martin
The Effects of Reasoning about Vector Components on Student Understanding of Two-Dimensional Acceleration, Bhupendra Singh Nagpure
Attitude and Learning at Upward Bound in the Field of Statistics, Adam Zukowski
Theses/Dissertations from 2007
Students' Epistemological Beliefs of Mathematics When Taught Using Traditional Versus Reform Curricula in Rural Maine High Schools, Glenn T. Colby
Identifying Student Concepts of Gravity, Roger Eastman Feeley
An Analysis of Variable Misconceptions before and after Various Collegiate Level Mathematics Courses, Zachary Scott McIntyre
A Comparative Study of How High School Students Understand Stem Cells, Jonathan Christian Rabe Moyer
Understanding Weather: Phase Changes of Water in the Atmosphere, Elliot D. Rappaport
Comparing the Effectiveness of Research-based Curricula for Teaching Introductory Mechanics, Trevor I. Smith