Graduate Student Work
A collection of Graduate Student Work at the University of Northern Iowa.
Theses/Dissertations from 2007
High school dropout : educators' knowledge of and perceived role in dropout prevention, Dustin Reese Open Access Thesis
The importance of building classroom community, Sara A. Retallick Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Psychological barriers to white counselors' racial identity development, Kathleen Rice Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A preferred vision for administering elementary schools : a reflective essay, Christopher J. Robertson Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A reflective practitioner as a leader of learning, change and service : a reflective essay, LeShane O. Saddler Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Geometric Reasoning in Four-Year-Old Children, Christina Eyres Sales Open Access Dissertation
Differences in Junior High, High School, and College Coaches’ Self-Perceptions of Behavior, Scott D. Salthun Open Access Thesis
Contesting the Social Borderlands: Portraits of Three Young People With Significant Disabilities and Their Struggle for Positive Relationships, Janet Story Sauer Open Access Dissertation
The role of the school counselor and Internet predators, Julie A. Schmidt Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Investigating the effects of an elective abortion on women's mental health, Marilyn Schneiderman Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Why students in the Hispanic culture dropout of school?, Lori A. Schoenauer Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The advantages and challenge of fluency instruction, Jennifer Schroeder-Van Cleve Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The Effects of an Educational Intervention Lesson on Fourth and Fifth Grade Students’ Ability to Sustain Effort (Pace) During a Modified 1-Mile Run Test, Rick Schupbach Open Access Thesis
The impact of Readers' Workshop in a first grade classroom, Tara Lynn Seery Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Children with developmental disabilities : considering positive impact on the family system, Tracie L. Self Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Readers' workshop: Giving students time, choice, and flexibility in the classroom, Jennifer Lynn Shaffer Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The effects of using music and movement to enhance learning, Lisa L. Snitker Open Access Graduate Research Paper
What I Believe About Leadership and Education: A Reflective Essay, Douglas M. Spahn Open Access Graduate Research Paper
An Evidence Base of Vocabulary Development: Theory and Instruction, Susan L. Stark Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Inventive spelling in the early childhood classroom, Denielle J. Stuntz Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Cedar Falls Civil War, Cynthia Rae Huffman Sweet Open Access Thesis
Ready or not, here they come : a look at kindergarten readiness, Sara J. Swyter Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A reflective administrator to lead in learning : a reflective essay, Garrick Teckenburg Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Full inclusion and collaborative teaching : the new wave in education, Mindy Underwood Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Tree species identification in an urban environment using a data fusion approach, Matthew A. Voss Open Access Thesis 2008 Award
Counseling children of alcoholics in schools, Melinda Voss Open Access Graduate Research Paper
An Analysis of Intuitive Eating Among College Students, Danielle Marie Vsetecka Open Access Thesis
Instructional recommendations for the teaching of writing, Bridgette Wagoner Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Identity exploration in the secondary ESL setting, Sarah Wait Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Attention-deficit/Hyperactivity disorder in children, Jessica A. Weber Open Access Graduate Research Paper
An examination of group agreement among functional ankle instability participant inclusion criteria, Shantelle A. Howe Weichers Open Access Thesis 2008 Award
Sexual minority youth in the research literature : what kind of coverage is the field of school psychology providing?, Jill Hayes White Open Access Thesis
Utilizing Heart Rate Monitors as a Program Assessment Tool in a Fifth Grade Physical Education Curriculum, Kelly Wieser Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Mental Imagery Use During Rehabilitation From Athletic Injuries, Kristin P. Williams Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Effective technology integration strategies in an elementary classroom, Karen M. Worden Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Self-injury and the school counselor, Carla J. Wosoba Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Using technology to assist in the teaching of reading instruction, Hallie M. Wyatt Open Access Graduate Research Paper
What I believe about leadership and education: a reflective essay, Mary Yamoah Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Judgmental Heuristics in Nonprofit Organizations’ Web Sites, Jennifer Sue Yarrow Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Using distance education to deliver English instruction in Indonesia, Muhammad Yaumi Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A study of elementary instructors' teaching of forearm passing as a part of volleyball instruction, Tsui-Feng Tiffany Yeh Open Access Dissertation
Considerations for the Diagnosis of Personality Disorders in Adolescents, Katherine J. Young-Kent Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Spelling Instruction in the Primary Grades, Kathleen Ziegler Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Submissions from 2006
The effects of divorce in a society with ever-changing family structures, Rebecca L. Ahlstrom Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Trends in family-centered early intervention, Jody Lee Albertson Open Access Thesis
Reflective practitioner as the leader of learning : a reflective essay, Julie A. Amendt Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Nebbe's Nature Nest : a summary of an animal assisted therapy camp, Trisha L. Ames Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Optimal characteristics for happy and satisfying marriages, Britni J. Anderson Open Access Graduate Research Paper
School-wide positive behavior supports : an evaluation of an elementary school program, Lisa Andreasen Open Access Thesis
What happened to Dad: A portrayal of teenage fathers in young adult literature, Becky R. Schafer Andrews Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Reaching older less proficient readers with books suggested in a standard bibliography, Sandra E. Antons Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The Authority of Traditional Islamic Leaders: A Sociological Study of Kyai's Authority in Pesantren, Achmad Zainal Arifin Open Access Thesis
A preferred way for leading secondary schools : a reflective essay, Travis M. Axeen Open Access Graduate Research Paper
An introduction to body dysmorphic disorder for mental health counselors, Teresa M. Barrett Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A preferred vision for educational leadership : a reflective essay, Amy M. Beach Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The Americans with Disabilities Act and how it affects post-secondary education, Annette Louise Beck Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A Qualitative Study: Does Anger Elicit Gender Normative Aggressive Reactions?, Austin Beer Open Access Thesis
The effects of emotional intelligence in everyday life : what counselors can do to reinforce E.I. in couples counselings, Bridget M. Bencke Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Intuition, reflection, and theory: Student and teacher learning through multigenre memoir, Angela A. Benham Graduate Research Paper (UNI Access Only)
An investigation of the elderly in fiction for young people, Deborah Louise Berthelsen Graduate Research Paper (UNI Access Only)
Managing and Analyzing Data : A Case Study Demonstrating the Use of Computer Software to Improve a School’s Management and Analysis of Intervention Data, John R. Bethke Open Access Thesis
Relationship Between Playing Ability and Selected Performance and Physical Measures in High School Football Players, Timothy Scott Birkey Open Access Thesis
Emergent literacy learning, Tera Bockenstedt Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The effects of including peers in social skills training for students with autism, Cortney Boulden Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The relationship of the co-curriculum with student faith development: Challenge and support at a college of the church, Eric Bradley Braun Open Access Dissertation
Will Your Money Tree Be Tainted?: The Standard Ethical Guidelines for College Foundations and the Importance of Institutional Compliance, Heather Lynae Bremer-Miller Open Access Thesis
Differences in Enjoyment, Motivation, and Perceived Athletic Competence Between Sport and Fitness Physical Activity Participants, Andy Briggs Open Access Thesis
The effects of bullying on elementary students, Renee E. Bullerman Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The corporate university : effective strategies used to create a productive corporate training program, Eduardo Calderon Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Adding species diversity to a reconstructed prairie using an incremental approach, Amy L. Carolan Open Access Thesis
IEP meetings: What are the strategies that make an IEP meeting successful?, Maria T. Cashman Open Access Dissertation
Antibiotic Resistance and Multi-Drug Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Bacteria in Athletics, Chad Cerullo Open Access Graduate Research Paper
An investigation of the general population's understanding of forgiveness, Wen-Chuan Rita Chang Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Attachment disorders in residential treatment, John Church Open Access Graduate Research Paper
What I believe about leadership in education : a reflective essay, James R. Cook Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Developing writers, Ann Craig Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Understanding the mind-body connection for optimal health and healing, Molly M. Cretsinger Open Access Graduate Research Paper
What I believe about leadership and education : a reflective essay, Valerie J. Daily Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Reflections on culture, change, and service in educational leadership, Jonathan J. Dennis Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Students at a Chinese radio and television university: Reasons for participation, and perceptions of their status as students and the quality of their learning, Huiping Ding Open Access Dissertation
A preferred vision for leading secondary schools : a reflective essay, Brian J. Downing Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Posttraumatic stress disorder in children and adolescents, Mary R. Driscoll Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Linking Interventions to Functional Behavior Assessment Results, Andrea Jo Duncan Open Access Thesis
A preferred vision for leading elementary schools : a reflective essay, Melinda S. Dunlap Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Implementing bibliotherapy: Noah & friends, Ryan Ealy Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The relationship of undergraduate cognitive development and academic advising preference at two small, private, liberal arts colleges, Vicki Van Vark Edelnant Open Access Dissertation
Harry Potter: A comparison of the characters, themes, setting and plot with the Arthurian legend, Diane L. Engbretson Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Augmentation of reading across the curriculum, student exploration of literature, and library collection development through the compilation of a comprehensive annotated bibliography of high school content area literature, Patricia J. ErkenBrack Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Key components in an online class, Renae Darlene Farrell Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Suggested core materials for early childhood programs, Erin Feingold Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Biomonitoring organochlorine and cholinesterase inhibiting insecticide in eastern Iowa streams, Matthew Thomas Fisher Open Access Thesis 2007 Award
The phenomenon of math anxiety, Mary S. Fliehler Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The Value of Black and White in an Era of Color: A Textual Analysis of Black and White Illustrations in Picture Books, Theresa Forret Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Strategies for bridging the gender gap in technology use : from education to the workplace, Martha Frazier Open Access Graduate Research Paper
An Investigation of the Under-Representation of African American Athletic Directors in Division IA Intercollegiate Athletics, William T. Freeney Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Working with children suffering from abuse and neglect, Shalon L. Frye Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The In Utero Transfer of Cytomegalovirus (CMV), Mark Edward Gamble Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A textual analysis of the role of women in historical fiction for young people, Jennifer Youngblut Gassman Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Twins in the Kindergarten Classroom : What Factors Do Parents Consider When Deciding Whether to Place Their Same-Gendered Twins in Separate or Joint Classrooms?, Tammy Marie Gehling Open Access Thesis
Constraint on Leisure: An Autoethnography of Constraining Factors in My Leisure Experience, Leila Ghayoor-Rod Open Access Graduate Research Paper
