Graduate Research Papers
This collection contains graduate research papers by students in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction.
The Graduate Research Paper is a non-thesis paper or project, which can be considered the capstone of the graduate program. For the paper, students synthesize information they have learned throughout the program and apply it to the field experience. To view the Award Winners, click here.
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Submissions from 1992
Intergenerational education, Ellen Johnson Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Student-teacher conferences, Karen K. Johnson Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Portfolio-based assessment in the language arts curriculum, Lonni Hanson Johnson Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A review of the issue of elitism as a perceived negative characteristic of gifted programs, Scott A. Jones Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Influences of the home environment upon intellectual giftedness in young children, M. Lynn Keller Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Recent research on appropriate strategies to facilitate and enhance reading comprehension instruction primary level, Linda Kennedy Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Writing workshop for eighth-grade students: A descriptive study, Jann Thompson Knight Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A review of the financial issues facing child care in the United States, Carol L. Kringle Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Literacy assessment with portfolios, Susan J. Kroesche Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Experiences with predictable text in a Chapter I reading program, Rona R. Loss Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Factors associated with teacher education faculty employing the use of computers/CAI in their teaching, Winston Mayers Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Promoting children's oral language development through story retelling, Kathy M. Meyer Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Cooperative learning: Its many effective uses in the mathematics classroom, David H. Michels Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Gender and cultural influences upon career choices in science and mathematics, Rhonda M. Michels Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The Portrayal of Interracial Families in Children’s and Young Adult Fiction Books, Judy Mitchell Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Learning styles: Assessing our student needs, Joanna Oppenheimer Morgan Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The effects of using calculators in the elementary grades on mathematics achievement levels, Mary K. Morrison Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Extending the literature base of a middle school reading program through thematic units, Marjorie M. Nelson Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Extending the literature base of a science program, Deborah A. Newton Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Extending the whole language concept through a thematic unit, Susan Carlson Nothwehr Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Developing literacy programs for the gifted reader in first grade, Judith Olson Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The role of the elementary media specialist in a literature-based school program, Julie R. Parker Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The Portrayal of Characters with Behavior Disorders in Fiction Books for Upper Elementary Children, Sue Pedersen Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Nurturing student responses through read aloud experiences, Linda A. Pitt Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The use of music in facilitating learning in the elementary content classroom, Melodee Weisbrod Reineke Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Facilitating science understandings through whole language, Shirleen Larson Reinhardt Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Strategies for parental identification and effective parenting of the gifted child, Randy Richardson Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Time of day effects on achievement, Peggy Rick Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Extending the literature base of a language arts classroom using the theme of survival, Mary A. Rosburg Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Religious and Spiritual Elements in Young Adult Literature: A Content Analysis, Patricia C. Rosenberg Open Access Graduate Research Paper
What planning methods should be incorporated when using a computer aided medium for training: A practical paper, Chuck Sengstock Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Reading in the preschool, Mary C. Simons Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Methods for the teaching of science in grades k-8: A case for the constructivist model and the Science Technology Society (STS) approach, Gary Sitter Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Communicating teacher expectations to students, Susan A.H. Smith Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Portfolio assessment in the classroom, Ronda D. Steenblock Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Portfolios and self-evaluation, Leslie L. Stewart Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Multimedia and its effects on different cognitive styles in the mathematics classroom, Richard G. Strike Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Extending the literature base of a Basal reading program, Jo Ellen Sturm Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Presenting quality literature to enhance children's writing abilities, Barbara J. Sweat Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Teacher-home communication: Fostering emergent writing abilities of preschool and kindergarten children, Roxanne F. Tjaden Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A program teachers can establish to help persuade parents to read frequently to their children, Maureen Gilhooley Walker Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A Status Survey of the Reading Habits of Starmont High School Graduates, Linda Wallace Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The Portrayal of Obesity in Young Adult Fiction, Janice E. Weber Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Media ethics: How far has the media gone?, Jacqueline I. Wilson Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The teaching of higher order thinking skills to middle level students, Jo Ann Young Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A search for common beliefs and goals: Homogeneous grouping of the intellectually gifted in the middle school, Sara J. Youngkin Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Submissions from 1991
The effects of book location on the selection of paperback books by patrons, Jeffrey C. Barker Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Computer-assisted cooperative learning, Terence C. Barschow Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Educating educators in the selection, design, and utilization of educational media, Sara B. Baumhover Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The blue and the gray in young adult fiction: A selected annotated bibliography, Kent Brewer Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Talented and gifted language arts/reading curriculum for a rural school, grades K-4: Goals, objectives, and suggested implementation, Susan L. Cathcart Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Handwriting: Past to present, Carol Collins Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Using cooperative learning to meet the diverse needs of the mainstreamed classroom, Keith W. Feldmann Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The role of public schools in the education of 4-year-olds, Cheryl Lynnette Cavanaugh Grosvenor Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Development of a seminar for women starting a business as instructional development consultants in the audiovisual industry, Denae E. Harder Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The effects of sustained silent reading on the reading attitude of primary students, Dena Marie Higginbotham Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Cooperative learning and the implications for gifted students, Pamela J. Hilgenberg Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Using children's literature to develop decision making skills, Marsha Koenig Open Access Graduate Research Paper
An analysis of research in approaches to instruction, modes of instruction, and foci of instruction in the teaching of writing at the community college, Karen Swenson Lee Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A talented and gifted language arts/reading curriculum for a rural school, grades 5-8: Goals, objectives, and suggested implementation, N. Patricia Long Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Reading comprehension: Strategies for intermediate whole language teachers, Elaine Madsen Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Computers in post-secondary vocational business education, Carole Margery Maske Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Gifted underachievement: Causes and curriculum implications, Carol Mattox Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Literature-based reading program for grade one, Lyn K. Nebel Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Alternative teaching strategies for the at-risk student, Christin M. Nugent Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Gifted identification practices in five Southwest Iowa public elementary schools: Their impact on the gifted underachiever, Lauren E. O'Bradovich Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Improving curriculum: An interdisciplinar approach to meeting the developmental needs of children, Connie Olson Osler Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and young children: A review of literature, Jenny A. Parkin-Werth Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The whole language approach to reading instruction: Strategies that enhance comprehension, Frances J. Pleak Open Access Graduate Research Paper
An overview of possible applications and the status of calculators in the public schools, David A. Podendorf Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Differentiating the curriculum for lower elementary talented and gifted students in the regular classroom, Sue Riggs Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Designing an effective identification model for preschool gifted and talented students, Jeanne Schoeller Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The effects of curriculum content compacting upon student achievement in fourth grade mathematics, Christine Brunko Schultz Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Literature-based reading as a curricular option for the gifted reader, Sally Simdorn Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Newspapers in the classroom: Why should educators use them?, Lisa M. Stone Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Beginning reading, Lora Swanson Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Using interactive video in vocational training of mildly retarded students, L. Michael Wallace Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Curricular differentiation for students who are gifted in language arts, Colleen C. Wilber Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Creative drama in the elementary classroom: An integrated literature review, Linda Lorraine Withers Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Cooperative learning: Is it the approach for the minorities, Helen E. Wright Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Reading Interests and Attitudes of the Iowa Governor’s Summer Institute Participants, 1991, Rosemary Cortright Zimmerman Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Submissions from 1990
Teaching values through literature, Carla Jean Church Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The effect of calculator use on standardized test scores of eighth grade mathematics students, Jennifer M. Corkrean Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Integrating music with other content areas, Charlesetta Michelle Dawson Open Access Graduate Research Paper
New assessment methods for a reformed mathematics education program, Trudy A. Evans Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A project involving cooperative learning pairs working with problem-solving computer software in a middle school setting, Timothy J. Feinup Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Creating instructional strategies which match individual learning styles, Stephanie Veronica Frisco Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The effects of a cooperative group structure on low-achieving students in the area of reading, Lori A. Gross Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Self-evaluation of a whole-language classroom, Mary Salazar Guenther Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Telecommunications: A comparison of transmission technologies used in distance education, John D. Kerber Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Chapter I teachers as reading facilitators through connecting the comprehension-composition processes, Elizabeth Ketter-Norton Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The use of microcomputers in language arts in elementary classrooms, Diane Lovstuen Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The effects of divorce and resulting single-parent family environment on the social and educational development of the gifted child, George E. Lowry Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Visual literacy extended through graphic codes in illustrations, Mary M. Mescher Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Developing a literature-based theme study to extend the whole language concept, Sue L. Pettit Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Positive effects of humor: No laughing matter in the education of students, Edward C. Poynar Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Middle school science evaluation: What should it include? How does it affect students?, Margaret H. Schoentag Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Assessing children's involvement in the writing process, Karen Schwarz Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The role of the media specialist in training and development, Michael J. Smith Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The use of cooperative learning as a method of instruction for talented and gifted sixth-grade math students, Barbara Steele Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The development of sense of humor as a characteristic of giftedness in young children, Jill M. Uhlenberg Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A survey of acceleration programs and selection criteria for intellectually gifted elementary children in selected Iowa school districts, 1989-1990, Christy A. VanDeventer Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Facilitating transfer of training to the workplace, Mary Ann Yedlick Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Submissions from 1989
Facilitating language ability through a literature-based social studies program, Sharon Bahr Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Professional status of talented and gifted education teachers/coordinators in the state of Iowa, 1988-89, Janice Elaine Blockhus Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Patterned and predictable materials in a beginning reading program, Phyllis Boeding Open Access Graduate Research Paper
From creation to production of a printed piece, Tuan A. Dao Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Thematic extension of the basal reader series, Elizabeth J. Dumke Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Prereading strategies and activities to improve reading comprehension in elementary school-aged students, Paula Dunham Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Writing process and program for second grade, Lorene Knutson Geiselhart Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Naturalistic assessment procedures versus informal assessment, Kathryn Goodwin Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Extending the literature base of a reading program through folk literature, Ellen M. Grady-Mans Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Fostering children's comprehension abilities through story retelling, Beverly Graves Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Whole language and predictable materials for first grade readers, Marilyn Green Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The role of environmental education in the elementary school, Lydia G. Hamm Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Instructional development of community improvement programs, Constance P. Hargrave Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Extending the literature base of a reading program through a thematic unit: Growing up, Kathy L. Hay Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Extending the literature base of a social studies unit through folk literature, Jerry Heck Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The role of communication in the organizational change process, Marilyn R. Hibbs Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Professional training of library media personnel and the effect on students' library/research skills, Roger A. Hop Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Punishment to discipline: Evolution or an alternative method, Gwendolyn Johnson Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Extending the literature base of a basal reader program, Nancy M. Johnson Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Exploring conflict and resolve through quality children's literature, Frances D. Kennedy Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Toward a whole language approach in a middle school classroom, Shirley A. Kirby Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Peer editing in upper elementary classrooms, Janice Kittelson Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Reading aloud at home: Supporting Chapter I students' reading development, Joann Kruckenberg Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Supporting the comprehension-composition connection in a Chapter I reading program, Linda Long Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Literature-based social studies unit: Pioneers, Pamela J. Masmar Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The influence of instructional television on learning, Terri Lynn McDonald Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Ku-band satellite telecommunications and its implications for education, Constance J. Miller Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Little people learn numbers, Nancy A. Murphy Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Interacting with inner audience in search of meaning: Finding a story through a dialogue with my background of experiences, Holly Natvig Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Bibliotherapy: A plan for Starmont Elementary School, A. J. Nelson Open Access Graduate Research Paper
An analysis of computational errors in the use of the division algorithm in the fourth grade, Teri Sue Rokusek Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The factors relating to loneliness in intellectually gifted adolescents, Linda S. Rosulek Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Culture and communication in China, Wu Rui Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The conflict between instruction that characterizes Chapter 1 programs and instruction that results from the whole language philosophy, Barbara J. Sabin Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Brain laterality and education, Jean L. Schryver Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Writing in kindergarten, Patrice M. Schulte Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The use of video technology in health care, Shari L. Scoggin Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Home schooling: Why some parents of gifted children are choosing it as an alternative to the public school, Patricia C. Seamans Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The element of predictability in whole language instruction, Janice E. Siefken Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Extending a sense of story through retelling experiences in a unit on historical fiction, Wendy Snitker Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The negative effects of labeling on intellectually identified gifted children and suggested strategies for alleviation, Paula A. Swalla Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Reduction of self-injurious behavior: A positive approach, David E. Teeter Open Access Graduate Research Paper
An analysis of two instruments for measuring divergent thinking in young children, Jill M. Uhlenberg Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Extending the literature base of a social studies unit: Pioneers, Melodie Wagner Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Acceleration as a qualitatively differentiated educational program for the highly gifted learner: Its positive and negative effects, Jann Weitzel Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Submissions from 1988
Invented spelling in a first-grade classroom, Jean Lynn Bellis Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Variables affecting the deaf student's achievement in reading, Rebecca A. Budensiek Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The application of the computer to writing and reading in the classroom, Ronette Carnall Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Mathematics and the young child, Colleen Christiansen Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The middle school: A review of current literature, Lindy K. Daters Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Direct instruction in the writing process with an emphasis on planning: An action research project, Renee J. DeBerg Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The relations among students' performance on phonic tasks, Phyllis Dedrick Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Problems encountered with the readability of social studies books, Peggy Drinovsky Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Parent involvement in a public preschool: Proposed guidelines for an effective program, Bonnie Dunham Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Hansen elementary writers' workshop project W.I.N.G.S.: Writing Involvement Now Generates Spirit, Mary Sue Ellinger Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Cerebral dominance and its implications for education: A look at hemisphericity, Judith Fossell Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Adolescent stress and its implications for middle school educators, Nancy L. George Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Cooperative learning: An alternative instructional system, Colleen V. Goodenbour Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Performance technology: The role of the training professional, Marie L. Grabenbauer Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Listening games versus listening worksheets in the kindergarten classroom, Alice A. Hager Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Principles associated with the theory of whole language and barriers which affect its use, Sara Elizabeth Hegg Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Early writing in the kindergarten classroom, Agnes Grevstad Hjelle Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Teaching strategies for developing a positive self-concept in elementary school children, Judith Hostetter Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Dialogues with inner audiences: Support for improving low achievers' reading abilities, Linda Langin Hugh Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The effects of individualized instruction on the affective responses of fifth grade students toward mathematics, Diane McCarty Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Toward curricular congruence in classroom and remedial reading through strategies for transition, Linda Suttle McClure Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Classroom writing: Understanding the writing process, Mary Jane McCollum Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Implications for the design of a 2-way video distance learning facility, Daniel C. Moore Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Learned helplessness and reading: A review of the literature, Doug Murphy Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Environmental education: Developing an environmental ethic, Karen A. Neff Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The use of telecommunications in distance learning, J. Michael Noel Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Elements of effective instruction: An analysis of five models, Susan Wulf Osvald Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The effects of dialog online searching on high school senior students, Odell Overgaard Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Estimation: A principle component for the mathematics curriculum, Mary Carr Paasch Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Improving reading comprehension through text structure instruction, Betty J. Santema Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Attitudinal changes in teachers regarding hearing-impaired students in the regular classroom, Diana Schuler Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Educating for the future: An examination of global education, Jean K. Seeland Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Cognitive ability and mathematics instruction as factors in mathematical problem-solving achievement of fifth graders, Harriet Sharp Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Reporting pupil progress to parents of kindergarten students, Rose M. Sternberg Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Fostering the writing abilities of kindergarteners, Marcia A. Stirler Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Why parents are choosing to home school their children, Karen E. Suchy Open Access Graduate Research Paper
"What's wrong with this tree?": Integrating effective communication with tree care instruction, Rick Tagtow Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The elementary guidance counselor: An essential part of elementary education, Sharon L. Tessman Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Analog or digital, a comparison of two clock faces used for teaching students to tell time, Scott William Van Houten Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The visual element of television: Do some production practices inhibit the amount of information viewers can recall?, John L. Weih Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The teaching of elementary social studies: A classroom teacher's perspective, Kristi A. Wernimont Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The use of manipulatives in middle school mathematics classroom, Linda Zimmerman Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Submissions from 1987
Developing educational media centers for secondary schools in Malaysia, Ismail Haji Adnan Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Developing a literature-based reading program in the third grade, Janelle A. Bastian Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Nonliteral comprehension, Janice J. Bolger Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Will teachers read the newsletter: A design problem, David Booth Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Homework insights: Benefits, problems, and recommendations, Carol Plotz Bradfield Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Fostering higher level comprehension abilities among fifth-grade students, Douglas H. Brightman Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Developing a media center in a health care facility, Denise L. Buchan Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Interactive video a new tool for teaching, Belisario Laguado Bueno Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A comparison of reading instruction recommendations for good and poor readers, Mary Ellen Cagwin Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Recognizing characteristics of mathematics anxiety: Origins, symptoms, and teaching methodologies, Ruth Chittenden Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The effect of all day, every day kindergarten on the traditional half day, every day program, Rebecca Church Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Providing for exceptionally able mathematics students at the local school level, Linda M. Dober Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Suggestions and considerations for planning an in-house audiovisual department in business and industry, Audrey J. Gramstad Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Characteristics of the American middle school, Md. Idris Hamdan Open Access Graduate Research Paper
In support of multiethnic education, Janet L. Jensen Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Considerations and preplanning in the initial establishment of telemarketing training, Diana Johnson Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A content analysis of realistic fiction for bibliotherapy with gifted children, Myra Kay Hopper LaFrentz Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Supportive literature-based oral language experiences for young children in a Chapter I program, Beverly L. McCartney Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A comprehensive review and survey of elementary science and environmental education in Iowa, Mary L. Norton Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The study of book design to extend the understanding of a story, Natalie S. Passow Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Gifted early readers: A profile, Rebecca Sue Peterson Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Humor in advertising, Kimberly Recker Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Facilitating science understanding through children's literature, Michelle A. Sand Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Using the fused approach of computer-based instruction and distance learning as a pre-inservice technique in the job-related education of teachers, Tina Marie Anne Sherrill-Range Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The effects of integrating electronic media into composition processes of the English classroom in the eighties, Pollyanna Bosker Shoemaker Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Computer applications in management training programs, Alan A. St. John Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Brain/mind research: Optimizing your potential (Secondary level gifted education seminar design), Sharon E. Thomas Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Using standardized tests scores for better education of students, Linda W. Wackwitz Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Writing in the content areas: A review of current literature, Thomas H. Wiegand Open Access Graduate Research Paper
What benefits would Catholic schools derive from a Catholic media center?, Duane Robert Wince Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Reasons for a lack of understanding of geometric measurement concepts by the sixth grade student, Marylin Witt Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Submissions from 1986
Interactive video: A new technology in the field of training development, Joe Willie Anderson Jr. Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Writing, the process approach: A directed search from prewriting to publication, Diane D. Barkema Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Children's reading success and parental involvement, Karol J. Breffle Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Improving instructional design consultation through the use of nonverbal communication, Julia K. Smith Brooks Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Gifted females: An underachieving minority, Barbara Ann Buescher Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A second-grade student creates meaning through the composition process, Allene A. Byroad Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Trends in the competencies desired by the corporate sector in training roles, William Cashman Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A selected cross-cultural study of Piaget's stage theory of cognitive development, Jie-Qi Chen Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Grade repetition: Analysis of literature, Donna J. Counsell Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The effects of reading out loud on students' attitudes toward reading, Rose Marie Klosterboer Evans Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The perceptions of gifted students on the adequacy of their school libraries for meeting their independent reading needs, Cheryl Rae Gullett Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Implementing a total communication program for language-delayed children, Kathy Gumm Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Possible reasons for the growth of peace studies in the 1980s, Joan Marie Phelan Haack Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Gifted females and underachievement in mathematics and science careers, Rebecca A. Hanlon Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Classroom writing: Incorporating it into the total curriculum, Curt S. Howard Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The consequence of inequity in computer education and access and Blacks in the 21st century, Mary I. Jaycox Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Utilizing the reading-writing connection with first grade students in a Chapter I reading program, Ruth A. Marrs Open Access Graduate Research Paper
An investigation of metacomprehension strategies for gifted adolescent readers, Frances P. Mauldin Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Extending visual language in the first grade classroom, Carol W. Shaw Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Propaganda in the German cinema, Lorraine Slover Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The development of a proposed formative evaluation instrument for the gifted and talented program in the Charles City Community School District, Janice Troutman Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Critical thinking: An elementary perspective, Anthony K. Voss Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Child care options: Impact on child development, Jane Frances Biga Wilson Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A creative dramatics program across the curriculum for kindergarten children, Ruth Yoder Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Submissions from 1985
Use of computers in the early elementary classroom, Susan Barbara Freet Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The initiation of a literature-based composition program in a fifth-grade classroom, Lori J. Alexander Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The effects of constructivism and behaviorism on the development of autonomy in young children, Deborah I. Burk Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Elementary social studies: The unit method and problem solving, Sue Guenther Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Visual literacy: Implications for corporate communications, Marion Hazzard Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A study for school media center program improvement, Glen W. Jordan Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Development of a communications guide to assist in the translation of hospital mergers, Mary N. Kainer Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Colonel Francis Parker and beginning reading instruction, Elinor Woods Kline Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Comprehension elements in three kindergarten basals, Cynthia Ann Mathiesen Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The effects of teacher behaviors on students' reading strategies, Karla Rekers Ostby Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Testing a direct mail offer in magazine subscription promotion, Mary L. Peet Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Learning strategies as an aid to graphical comprehension, Peggy Pruisner Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Submissions from 1984
The grass isn't always greener: A comparison of programs for the gifted and talented, MaryAnn Beattie Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Four major components of a behavioral objective and the advantage of using behavioral objectives, Jon Beringer Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Instructional usage of microcomputers in elementary mathematics curriculum, Stephen J. Bloom Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Reading readiness: Definitions and assessment circa 1950 and 1980, Sharon Rae Erwin Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A comparison of the effects of middle school grade organization on student attitudes, Mary Estep Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Self-concept enhancement for the gifted, Connie L. Gaumon Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The language experience approach and its possible implications for the reading disabled, Pamela Mueller Leahy Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Reading in the content areas: A review of in-service approaches and a personal experience, Marnell Keas Lyle Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A study of video services in Iowa public libraries, Robert Philip Moore Open Access Graduate Research Paper
High-definition television as a future television system, Steven Daniel Muntz Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Art or propaganda? The films of Leni Riefenstahl during the Nazi regime, Nancy A. Snow Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A review of evidence on the effect of teaching content area reading on student achievement, Debra Takatsuka Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Exercises for promoting creativity for photographers, Charles Lee Tucker Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Decreasing debilitating test anxiety in elementary remedial readers, H. Marlene Watson Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Adolescent suicide: An investigation of causes and prevention measures, Pamela J. Wehrkamp Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Submissions from 1983
A proposed course of instruction in resources for communications for Saint Ambrose College, Stephen Thomas Fehring Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Investigation of the effect of television on student achievement, Charlotte A. Fiser Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Model for kindergarten orientation, Lillian Mae Frantz Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A proposal for the secondary reading instruction unit to be incorporated into teacher education at the University of Fort Hare, South Africa, Chamberlain Zamuxolo Gebeda Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Behavioral tendencies of known catalog buyers, Sandra J. Hendrickson Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Writing the screenplay: An investigation into the craft, Thomas E. Leonard Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Positive social learning through television, Erin Lonergan Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A study of gifted students: Relationship of intelligence and self-concept, Leah H. Lorber Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Differences in gifted and nongifted students and their birth order, Linda Meyer Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The personal profile system: A psychographic tool for direct marketing of non-profit organizations, Barbara Miller Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Developing and managing a media design and production facility, Clark Walter Petersen Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A plan for improving the curriculum and instruction for the lower secondary schools of Thailand, Pusaporn Phongboon Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Nonverbal communication in the elementary classroom, Jacqueline J. Smith Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Self-image psychology and its effects on human potential, Lila Porter Staff Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Personality differences and computer assisted instruction, Jack Wolgamuth Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Some considerations of oral reading in a remedial reading program, Roberta K. Wright Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Submissions from 1982
A comparison of Piagetian and psychometric measures of intelligence, Kathryn Ann Berntson Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Media and youth: The potential influence of television on the behavior of children, Sandra Marie Brown Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A school follow-up questionnaire as a measure of post hospital success in residential treatment of children, John W. Carroll Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A school follow-up questionnaire as a measure of post hospital success in residential treatment of children, Merrill L. Carruthers Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Effectively developing a program within a producer-client relationship, Patrick Esser Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Literature and the gifted kindergarten/primary child, Louise M. Huebner Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The changing role of the Black woman in media, Ursula J. Joyner Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The systems approach in personnel training, Paula A. Neuhaus Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The use of the learning contract as a method for managing individualized instruction, Janice Sayler Petheram Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The relationship between less able readers' inferential comprehension as opposed to their literal and applied comprehension, Stephanie Rae Stone Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The medical laboratory technician program, Joyce Timson Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A descriptive study of the use of audiovisual materials to motivate reading in the literature curriculum of the middle school years, Joyce Zarnik Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Submissions from 1981
The effect of teachers' expectations, attitudes, and managerial abilities on student achievement, Catherine Tremblay Allison Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Copyright, protector of photographers, Nancy J. Anders Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Using children's literature to stimulate children's writing, Lois Jane Auliff Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Children, television, and school achievement, Gerald Bluhm Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The effect of using study guides to facilitate the comprehension of short stories, Roberta Ladd Bodensteiner Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A review of literature on the relationship between legibility standards for printed and projected type, Lawrence Cardamon Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Effective continuing education programs using television and videocassettes, Matthew James Darbyshire Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The affects of traumatic situations on moral development: The children of Atlanta, Terry James Flowers Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Implications of intervention studies in the training of Piagetian conservation tasks, Karen S. Jensen Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A survey of the frequency of film utilization techniques employed by teachers in East Central Iowa, Jo Ellen Johnson Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Overtly-reinforced cloze procedure versus conventional instruction in the teaching of selected science facts in the fourth grade, Mary Janis Johnson Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A review of special class placement vs. regular class placement and its relationship to academic achievement of the low IQ student, Aleta Mary Leavens Open Access Graduate Research Paper
CAI: The way to computer literacy through story problem solving on the microcomputer, Michael Clyde Merchant Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Helping primary-grade children cope with the divorce of their parents through literature, Lorraine Mirrielees Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Developing self-directed learners in secondary reading lab, Jane L. Olsen Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Chaplin, Nancy Reynolds Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Multi-Image: Summary and critical review of the research, Timothy M. Ritchhart Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The nature of oral reading and its role in the classroom, Paulette Schuessler Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A comprehensive study of the history of Black owned/operated radio stations and factors that influence their beginning and/or survival, Anthony Stevens Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The preparation of graphic illustrations for printed reproduction, Susan Thomas Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Hemispheric research and its implications for education, Christine Carolyn Thoren Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The development of word identification-recognition strategies with the language experience approach, Dawn Throlson Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The reading habits of Mesquakie parents, Linda Benson Tyon Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Submissions from 1980
Self concept and its relationship to reading, Phyllis J. Demro Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Submissions from 1977
A history of the Department of Library Science at the University of Northern Iowa, 1948-1968, Myral A. S. Gilson Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Submissions from 1976
Exposure adjustments for halftone reproductions using the Polaroid MP-4 system, Elaine L. Rasmussen Open Access Graduate Research Paper
