This calendar lists graduate thesis and dissertation events. Send all notices to the College of Graduate Studies at editor@ucf.edu

Wednesday, March 22, 2023

  • Dissertation Defense: An Examination of a Decade of K-5 Mathematics Standards in the United States

    Virtual

    The release of the Common Core State Standards in 2010 marked an unprecedented historic moment in education. Never before had states come together, regardless of political affiliations, to unite with a focus on advancing knowledge of all learners across the nation. Despite the initial bi-partisan support of the Common Core State Standards, numerous factors led to our current era of …

    Graduate Thesis and Dissertation
  • Dissertation Defense: Capturing and Scaffolding the Complexities of Self-Regulation During Game-based Learning

    UCF Research I: 101 Training Room and Virtual

    Game-based learning environments (GBLEs) can offer students with engaging interactive instructional materials while also providing a research platform to investigate the dynamics and intricacies of effective self-regulated learning (SRL). Past research has indicated learners are often unable to monitor and regulate their cognitive and metacognitive processes within GBLEs accurately and effectively on their own due mostly to the open-ended nature …

    Graduate Thesis and Dissertation
  • Dissertation Defense: The dynamical measurement and modeling of metacognition and engagement using self-report and multimodal data with advanced learning technologies

    UCF Research I: 101 Training Room and Virtual

    Interdisciplinary research has demonstrated that learning and problem solving with advanced learning technologies (ALTs) such as intelligent tutoring systems, simulations, hypermedia, serious games, and virtual reality can promote and foster the development of 21st century skills (e.g., collaboration, problem solving, self-regulated learning) by measuring and using the interactions between cognitive, affective, metacognitive, motivational, and social (CAMMS) processes. Interdisciplinary researchers focused …

    Graduate Thesis and Dissertation