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

Tuesday, June 11, 2024

  • Dissertation Defense: An Analysis of the Relationship Between PBIS Model School Status and Middle School Student Discipline Outcomes

    CCIE ED: 306 (Conference Room)

    The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship, if any, between Florida Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) Project Model School status (e.g., Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum) and student discipline outcomes in traditional public Florida middle schools in the 2021-2022 school year. Additionally, this study analyzed how Model School status influenced in-school suspensions and out-of-school suspensions (i.e., disciplinary …

    Graduate Thesis and Dissertation
  • Dissertation Defense: Scalable Transactions in Decentralized Networks

    L3Harris Engineering Center: HEC 450

    The study of shared memory concurrency is extensive. There exist many state-of-the-art strategies for dealing with fundamental concurrency problems, such as race-conditions or deadlocks, to leverage massive performance boosts out of modern multiprocessors. With the introduction of blockchain technology as a popular financial tool, we observe many decades-old concurrency problems re-emerge within the context of decentralized networks. These challenges introduce …

    Graduate Thesis and Dissertation
  • Dissertation Defense: An Examination of the Effect of School District Budget Allocation on Student Achievement in the State of Florida

    ED 306

    The purpose of this study was to investigate the Florida school district funding allocations of Student Support Services, Curriculum and Instructional Development Services, and Instructional Staff Training Services and their effect on Florida school district grades. The analysis used post hoc school district financial and achievement data collected from the Florida DOE for 66 Florida public school districts from SY …

    Graduate Thesis and Dissertation