Theses and Dissertations from DePaul University
DePaul University theses and dissertations completed as part of a degree requirement since 2010 are available here in the DePaul Open Repository.
Print copies of most older dissertations (typically pre-2012) are held in Special Collections and Archives and can be found by searching LibrarySearch.
Theses and dissertations completed since 1969 are also indexed in ProQuest Theses and Dissertations Global.
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Theses/Dissertations from 2005
My Journey towards Culturally Relevant Teaching, Challa M. Holland
An Examination into a Year of Physics I: Community and Motivation, Deborah A. Koolbeck
Working My Way through College: Does Part-time work affect the Academic Success of Full-time Undergraduates?, J. D. Lambert
Portrait of Change: A Struggling Urban High School in Transition toward Improvement, Jerlyn W. Maloy
Measurement of Nursing Home Resident Satisfaction Using the Matuzak Quality of Life – Hierarchy of Needs Questionnaire: A Pilot Study, Denise M. Matuzak
Fitting into a New Model: Women’s Use of Physical Force, Ann E. Oorbeck
“A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words” Art Integration to Enhance Writing, Kristin O’Rourke Salamanca
Teacher Supervision: The Relationship between groups of Teachers and Reaction to Styles of Supervision, Kristen D. Ulery
Theses/Dissertations from 2004
The Relationship Between the Success Tendencies Indicator and Academic Achievement and Behavioral Adjustment, Ted Bartlett
Reflection on Discipline and Classroom Management Practices, Simon D. Gilbert
A Comparison of the School to Work Opportunities Act and the No Child Left behind Act; The Relationship Between School and Work, Tricia Hassan
The Relationship between Student-Athletes’’ Perceptions of Athletic Academic Advising Programs and the Attitudes of their Respective Coaches, Laure L. Kosey
Effects of Foreign Language Learning in Elementary School on Students’ Future Educational and Career Choices, Amy W. Narea
Bobbitt's window: Understanding turning points in reflective curriculum history and unmuffling reflective voice in adult learning: Doubt and identity, J. Warren Scheideman
Bobbitt’s Window: Understanding Turning Points in Reflective Curriculum History and Unmuffling Reflective Voice in Adult Learning- Doubt and Identity, J. Warren Scheideman
Effects of foreign language learning in elementary school on students' future educational and career choices, Amy Weiss Narea
Theses/Dissertations from 2003
Emotional intelligence and its relationship with sales success, George C. Chipain
Repetition of retention practices: Does retention improve academic achievement?, Brenda DeMar-Williams
Retention: The controversy continues, Beverly Gray Greene
School -to -home communication in high school: Effects on task engagement and homework completion, Daniel McDonnell
Factors correlating with teachers' use of computers in the classroom, Samia A. Wahab
Attributes of an exemplary curriculum in entry-level undergraduate athletic training education, Aric J. Warren
Theses/Dissertations from 2002
Reflection: Its influence on the psychological empowerment of non -management knowledge workers in the software industry, Leonard V. Cyboran
Voice, identity, and knowledge: Teaching and learning in an urban classroom, Colleen M. Reardon
Theses/Dissertations from 1999
Pentecostalism and Political Violent in Guatemala, Kristin Carnes
Theses/Dissertations from 1998
Within the Wrought-Iron Fence: the Hidden Heritage of McCormick Theological Seminary, 1864-1975, Elizabeth K. Ware