Graduate Research Papers
This collection contains Graduate Research Papers written by students in the Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, College of Education.
Submissions from 2000
A review of empirically based preference assessments' ability to identify reinforcers for individuals with disabilities, Jennifer A. Sellers, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Submissions from 1999
Bibliotherapy : background, application and research, Carla Marie Eich, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Helping children with difficulties learn : an overview, Sherry Marie Jack, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Sexuality education in the schools : the psycho-social development of relationships, intimacy, and sexuality in children and adolescents, Brian C. Poncy, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Alcohol Education for Elementary School Children, Pam R. Stamper, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Submissions from 1998
What do young children know about numerosity? : implications for teachers, Keely J. Beam, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A review of the research on social withdrawal in children and adolescents, Ryan Lee Channel, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Autism : a look into cause and treatment, Sarah Chase Ferguson, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Asperger's syndrome : a review of literature, Tracy L. Gappa, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
School-based primary prevention programs for eating disorders, Suzanne D. Holmes, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Effects of extrinsic reward conditions on students' intrinsic motivation : implications for teachers, Jennifer D. Jacobson, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Self-monitoring with preschoolers, Nicole Fay Kimball, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Assessing culturally and linguistically diverse stuents : a discussion for professionals in the schools, Candace Kist-Tahmasian, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Interventions for children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, Justin M. Larson, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Job Satisfaction Among Principals, Irene Tan Ai Lian, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Extrinsic rewards and their subsequent effects on student intrinsic motivation, Anne-Grete Kaldahl Miller, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Adolescent depression : a review of theoretical perspectives and considerations for assessment, Elizabeth Marie O'Neill, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Adolescent suicide : a review of contributing risk factors and issues of assessment, Joe S. Rich, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Childhood Sexual Abuse: Long Versus Short Term Effects, Joyce Skinner, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Historical Perspectives of Male Same-Sex-Sexual-Orientation and the Division into Contemporary Etiologies, Robert Emerson Willbee III, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Submissions from 1997
Two treatment approaches for young children with autism : common ground?, Jodi Suzanne Bronson, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Potential technology application in English instruction in the People's Republic of China, Ping Gao, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The role of phonemic awareness in the development of emergent literacy, Cheryl M. Geurts, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Self-monitoring : an efficient and effective intervention for academic and behavioral targets in the school, Stacy S. Huisinga, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Peer relations of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, Joan Elizabeth Licari, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Children of divorce : implication to teaching, Gloria Mao, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Teachers' positive and negative effects on student effort, Jeanne Turner, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A comprehensive review of treatment options for children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, Kristin Vanderah, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A comprehensive review of treatment options for children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, Kristin M. Vanderah, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Submissions from 1996
The necessity for an increased understanding of quality in early childhood practices by school psychologists, Tina L. Geiken, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Pre-Service Reading Teachers' Use of Curriculum-Based Measurement Data, Tina M. Schroeder, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Submissions from 1995
Student violence in the schools, Juan J. Barthelemy, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Long-term effects of social skills training on the social competence of children, Stephanie Lynn Schmitz, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Learning Strategy Instruction, Darla J. Stack, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Submissions from 1994
Questions, question asking, and the questioning environment for a novice teacher's classroom use, Timothy Burrell, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Adolescents and AIDS education: A role for school psychologists, Tanya I. Clausen, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Traumatic brain injury, Kris Marie Franzen, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Educator attitudes toward half-day and full-day kindergarten, Kathy S. Hayward, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Parent participation and partnership with professional educators, Beth Ann Thompson, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Childhood obesity, Denise Kay Volker, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A comparison and analysis of the academic profiles of only children in the Peoples' Republic of China and the United States, Jiyu Yang, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Submissions from 1993
Elementary keyboarding curriculum in a small public school setting, Sharon Lynn Keehner, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Submissions from 1992
The relationship among sex-role categories, self-esteem, and achievement: A preliminary study of Taiwanese youth, Chun-hwei Chang, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Listening comprehension analysis in a midwestern community college, Mary M. Conrad, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Learning disabilities: Educational considerations, Juana F. Domínguez, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The importance of teaching problem solving, Edward Dvorak, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
An examination of the six roles of the dental hygienist in relation to the field dependence-field independence construct, Melanie R. Hamer, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
An investigation into environmental attitudes of sixth grade earth science students, Richard J. Stout, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Submissions from 1991
A survey and analysis of potential uses of the computer in the social studies classroom, Mike Healy, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Health and safety practices in three art classrooms, George Wade Killian, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Andragogy and community college education: An analysis of the importance of enhancing self-concept/self-esteem in the nontraditional student, Nancy Billings Meyer, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Impact of cooperative learning strategies upon mathematics achievement: An application of STAD in seventh grade mathematics, Mary L. Scholtes, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Submissions from 1990
Family resources sought by Chinese student families in coping with stressful life events, Chun Dong, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Selected international higher education system: Student psychological concerns, Hiroko Okamura, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Assisting children of alcoholics in the educational setting, Carol J. Yager, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Submissions from 1989
Children of divorce: Educational interventions, Carolyn L. H. Stephenson, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Submissions from 1988
An investigation into the latchkey phenomenon and education's response, Barbara Dilges Anderson, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
An exploration of the home schooling alternative to public education, Brenda J. Anderson, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Empathy instruction in the effective practice of nursing, Jo L. Elberg, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The academic and social adjustment problems of Taiwan-Chinese students studying at Iowa regents higher educational institutions, Shu-Er Lee, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Underachievement: Some possible explanations and potential solutions, Clen A. Lincoln, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The effect of teaching method on spatial visualization, Diane Kimm Mitchell, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
An investigation of the influence of early school intervention on later school experiences, Terri Lynn Muehlenthaler-Holmes, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Stressors identified by RN/BSN adult learners returning to college to obtain a baccalaureate degree in nursing, Dorothy Nahnsen, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Use of a Dr. Madeline Hunter based evaluation instrument to assess and improve a teacher's ability to motivate students, Gordon L. Nordgren, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The effects of clinical experience at a rehabilitation unit on student nurses' attitudes toward the disabled, Marianne Brooks Reynolds, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Does sentence diagraming help seventh grade language art students understand sentence structure?, Bradeen Y. Short, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The effects of motor activity programs on the self-concept and movement confidence of schoolage students, Linda K. Squires, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Resource/team teacher: Service delivery option designed to help more effectively meet the needs of mildly handicapped students in the least restrictive environment, Carol M. Straka, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
An investigation into the problem-based learning model for the educational preparation of dental hygienists, Sarah Ann Turner, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
An analysis of research studies comparing self-contained to departmentalized classroom organizational plans for fifth and sixth graders, Dennie L. Webb, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Submissions from 1987
Potential for using environmental education and practices of K-5 teachers in Marshalltown, Iowa, Dennis John Eige, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The Potential for Using Environmental Education Field Trips Based on the Current Attitudes and Practices of K-5 Teachers in Marshalltown, Iowa, Dennis John Eige, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The relationship between Black student racial identity attitudes, self-expectancy, and academic performance at the college level, Primrose Simphiwe Mngadi, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Microteaching: Selected research and experience, Vickie Trent-Wilson, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The attitudes toward computers of the selected upper-elementary/middle school students, Lih-Jiun Tsuei, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Submissions from 1986
Nursing education in today's world: Recommendations for a program in Iowa, Betty Lou Huston, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
An intensive rehearsal technique for effecting retention in learning disabled students, Patrick J. Miller, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A comparison of the effects of the blocking-in and sketching methods of teaching drawing on the proportionality of human figure drawings by community college students, John Carol Rider, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A comparison of teaching methods with achievement scores in the home economics classroom, Denise Schares, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Submissions from 1985
An analysis of the Iowa Tests of Educational Development performance of participants and non-participants in a ninth grade contemporary science course, Ronald D. Millsap, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Submissions from 1984
The conversion of a recreational camp into a residential environment and educational learning center, Ellen Wells Ernst, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Speak up for oral communications, Janet Haar, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The role of empathetic communication in nursing education, Colleen Marie Jarosh, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The perceptions of teachers concerning three major causes of burnout, Linda Lee, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Effect of small group competition on seventh grade mathematics achievement, Biff Renner, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Submissions from 1983
Reading comprehension: Cloze procedure vs. sustained silent reading in the fourth grade, Deborah Jo Barkley, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Exploring children's attitudes toward the elderly, Beverly Moore Smith, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Teaching the written subtraction algorithm: Emphasizing language as the connecting link between manipulatives and processes, Carole Wilkinson, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Submissions from 1982
Parental perception of nursery school education, Ömür Bozkurt, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
An explication of nine current central contentions regarding writing instruction, Dianne W. Hickerson, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A study of the teaching of literature and the place of the literature of Iowa in the secondary English curriculum, Carol B. McMullen, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The influence of spelling instruction of basal vocabulary words on the comprehension performances of third graders, Dawn M. Williams, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Submissions from 1981
The need for interpersonal communication and organizational communication in the preparatory course work of school administrators, Deborah Smith Lehman, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Submissions from 1980
A study of the relationships between measures of fluid and Piagetian intelligence, James Ray Hurley, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The effects of anxiety on oral reading miscues, Marlene Sprain, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Submissions from 1975
Cognitive profiles of blind children: A survey of intra-child differences, Linda L. Royster, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
