Welcome to the SUNY Cortland Master's Theses @ Digital Commons. You will find here electronic versions of Master's Theses from the Departments of English, History, Kinesiology, Physical Education, Recreation, Parks and Leisure Studies and Sport Management.
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Theses/Dissertations from 2024
Gender stereotypes in the elementary classroom, McKenna Gill
Implementing music to increase elementary student focus, Kathryn Garceau
Increasing weekly assignment performance with student self-evaluation and teacher feedback, Benjamin Fovel
Key benefits of small group instruction for diverse learners, Lydia McEvoy
Reliability and validity of the MetricVBT© compared to the Tendo Sport© during the hexagonal bar deadlift in trained young adults, Kenneth Macumber
The effects of implementing movement breaks in elementary classrooms, Laura Ford
The effects of student choice on motivation and writing skills, Laura Annunziata
The impact of online tools on student writing, Rebekah Probst
The relationship between social cognition and team cohesion in collegiate athletes, Jessica Pegg
Theses/Dissertations from 2023
A Talk With Time, Samanatha Kuban
Finding the Middle Zone; Redefining Spirituality Through Contemporary American Literature, Mickey McPoland
I’ll be goldenrod and you’ll be aster: the case for revolutionizing Western methods of teaching using Indigenous ontologies, Joanna LoGerfo
Theses/Dissertations from 2022
An exploration of postural control in young adults, Paul Franzese
Ankle dorsiflexion range of motion, dynamic balance, and static balance in Division III collegiate gymnasts, Emily Sabo
A pandemic of greed and a disease of poverty in Edgar Allan Poe's "The Masque of the Red Death", Benjamin Herrick
Body dissatisfaction in Division III collegiate male athletes: an exploratory study, Andria Merrill
Exploring the benefits of peer tutoring on elementary students' academic outcomes, Jacqueline Gardner
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s homme épuisé: usurping the “madwoman” in Tender is the Night (1934) [2022], Emma Hill
How a Book Changed a Nation [2022], Teodora Buzea
Impact of movement breaks on student focus, Marissa Malyszek
Social emotional learning in an elementary school, Abigail Cook
The effects of incorporating kinesthetic learning on learning outcomes and on-task behavior, Katherine Sauro
The impact of peer tutoring on elementary students’ mathematical education, Kristen Clapp