Graduate Student Work
A collection of Graduate Student Work at the University of Northern Iowa.
Submissions from 1998
Bringing schools closer through distance learning, Shawna Paskert, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Bibliotherapy : a technique to meet the social and emotional needs of gifted adolescents, Carlotta Paul, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Integrating writing across the curriculum enables special needs students to become writers, Gretchen Peterson-Kobriger, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Elements of reflection for secondary principals : a reflective essay, Brian R. Phillips Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Estimating the potential available labor supply for mid-sized Iowa communities, Randal Robert Pilkington, Department of Geography, Open Access Thesis 2000 Award
Poetry for Young Adults: A Textual Analysis of Poems by Mel Glenn and Paul Janeczko, Lisa Pope, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
An investigation of cognitive-behavioral interventions for the treatment of bulimia nervosa in women, Adrienne E. Reed Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A kindergarten teacher's growth : creating an authentic writing program, Deborah Reicks, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
An evaluation of the AWS Entry Level Welder Training Program, John R. Rice Open Access Dissertation
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
A perspective of the position of an elementary principal : a reflective essay, Ed Rogers Open Access Graduate Research Paper
An Investigation of Women’s Motivational Factors to Run a Marathon, Michelle Roland, School of Health, Physical Education, and Leisure Services, Open Access Thesis
Parent as participant or outsider : establishing positive relations between schools and all families, Amy Keller Sandvold, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The Nature and Extent of Worksite Nonsmoking Policies of Selected Agencies and Organizations in the Cedar Falls/Waterloo, IA Metropolitan Area, Dawn Renee Schroeck, School of Health, Physical Education, and Leisure Services, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A perspective on leadership in technology and curriculum : a reflective essay, Lori J. Seawel Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Educational Resources on the Internet, Anna Sheets, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Designing and Implementing Successful Staff Development, Peggy A. Sheetz, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Intergenerational Education, Alison Sherer, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, 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
Comprehensive Risk Management Planning for the Nonprofit Agency, Leslie E. Smith, School of Health, Physical Education, and Leisure Services, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The Role of Prereading Instruction in Content Area Reading, Mary Carol Smith, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Acceleration policies and practices in central Iowa, Patricia Ann Smith, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Effective Recruiting Methods for Four-Year Baccalaureate Industrial Technology Programs, Steven C. Spicher Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Literacy Tutoring: A Qualitative Study on Tutor and Tutee Interactions, Kimberly R. Staebell, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
What Is Technology Planning?, Melva Ann Starr, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Looking toward the future for suicide prevention, Stacy L. Staton, Department of Educational Leadership and Postsecondary Education, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A Structural Analysis of the Information Problem Solving Strategies of Selected Home Schooled Students, Jacquelyn M. Stoakes, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Training Variables of Male and Female Collegiate Cross Country Runners, Kori J. Stoffregen, School of Health, Physical Education, and Leisure Services, Open Access Thesis
Making meaning from international educational experiences: Transforming inner landscapes, Sami Lyn Story Open Access Thesis
A preferred vision for administering elementary schools : a reflective essay, Randall W. Strabala, Department of Educational Leadership and Postsecondary Education, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Classroom Discussion: a Journey to Decentralizing the Classroom, Mike Suther, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The Use of Conflict Resolution to Reduce School Violence, Sabrina L. Taylor, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Cluster Grouping Elementary Gifted Students in the Regular Classroom: A Teacher's Perspective, Kevin Michael Teno, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Integrated Humanities: A Content Model for Senior High School Gifted, Jolene Kay Teske, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
An Analysis of Drafting Competencies in Iowa's High Schools, Rodrick A. Thompson Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Breaking Tradition: One Special Educator's Journey Towards a Meaning-Based Instructional Program, Crystal L. Thurn, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A Preferred Vision for Administering Elementary Schools: a Reflective Essay, Catherine A. Timmerman Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Psychological and Physiological Causes and Consequences of the Female Athlete Triad in Distance Runners, Patricia Sue Vincent, School of Health, Physical Education, and Leisure Services, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Issues in Distance Education, Cynthia Jo Warner, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Technology and the early childhood classroom, Donna Weinbrenner, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Technology in the Elementary Art Program, Michele Weisinger, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Experiencing Poetry Daily in the Classroom: Listening, Reading, and Writing, Carol Wenger, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The Adult Learner: Do Learning Models, Activities and Environment Impact Retention?, Mindy Westendorf, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, 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
Degree of Manufacturer Readiness for Skill-Based Pay Programs, Michael R. Willett Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Counseling Groups for High School Students, Rachel E. Williams Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The Power of Discussion: One Teacher's Strategies With Children in Content Classes, Larry J. Wolfe, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A Vision for Elementary Administration: a Reflective Essay, Beth Wright, Department of Educational Leadership and Postsecondary Education, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The Basics of Teaching Media Literacy, Jill Wurzer, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Dress for Success: Can Uniforms Enhance Learning for the Middle School Child?, Steven E. Wymore, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The Relationship Between Coping Strategies and Body Image Among Adolescent Females, Lisa Monae Yarrow, School of Health, Physical Education, and Leisure Services, Open Access Thesis
Native American Indian Female Students in Higher Education, Becky YoungBear, Department of Educational Leadership and Postsecondary Education, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Integration of Technology into Science Education, Paul Zahner, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Instructional Technology in the School System, Sherri Sue Zanotti, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Quality Schools for the Next Century: a Reflective Essay, Pam J. Zeigler, Department of Educational Leadership and Postsecondary Education, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Educational Technology and Language Teaching: Research on the Application of Videos and Computers, Lihua Zheng, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Submissions from 1997
A vision for administering elementary schools : a reflective essay, Denise R. Aalderks Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Meeting the needs of gifted students through teacher inservicing, Amy M. Akers, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Block scheduling : effects on the visual arts at the secondary level, Laura J. Angove, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Soil Catenas of Calcareous Tills, Whiskey Basin, Wyoming, Michael Todd Applegarth, Department of Geography, Open Access Thesis
The unit letter : a strategy for reconciling explicit instruction and whole language, Lucy Butin Ashby, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A preferred vision for administering elementary schools : a reflective essay, Floyd Athay Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Applying student development theories to intramural sports programming, Aaron L. Babcock Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Building and implementing a program review for gifted education in an urban school district, Anna Mae Bagby, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Parent/teacher communication in a middle school setting, Christine Joan Bailey, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Understanding of Wetlands as Expressed by Selected Community Leaders, Donald Nathan Bardole, Department of Biology, Open Access Thesis
A preferred vision for administering elementary schools : a reflective essay, John Adam Barker Jr. Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Total Quality Management : administrative applications in higher education, Samuel L. Barr Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Leading a middle school into the 21st century : a reflective essay, Jeffrey A. Barry Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Impact of a Six-Trait Character Education Program on Sixth-Grade Students’ Perceived Attitudes and Behaviors, Cindy S. Baumgartner, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Thesis
A preferred vision for administering secondary schools : a reflective essay, Joyce M. Bechtel Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Combining adventure therapy and reality therapy as a treatment approach with adolescents, Shawn C. Becker Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Qualitative assessment of the writing process, Laura L. Behrends, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Ecomorphology of Peromyscus in Iowa, Frederick Dramani Biga, Department of Biology, Open Access Thesis
Role of Calcium and Other Cations on Contractile Vacuole Activity of Tetrahymena thermophila, Robert William Bird, Department of Biology, Open Access Thesis
An Examination of Environmental Sensitivity Among Supporters of an Outdoor Recreation Area, Rodney James Blackman, School of Health, Physical Education, and Leisure Services, Open Access Thesis
A vision of leadership : a reflective essay, Mary Elizabeth Bladt (Klein) Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A preferred vision for administering elementary schools : a reflective essay, Mary L. Boehmer Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Full-day kindergarten : issues and planning for implementation, Nancy Jo Bolick, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The Development of Choice-Making in Infants and Toddlers with Down Syndrome, Amy Rebecca Bond Open Access Thesis
Demonstrating the Need for Health Educators on Short-Term Medical Missions: An Analysis of Intestinal Parasitic Infections in a Haitian Clinic Population, Janel Jo Brakke, School of Health, Physical Education, and Leisure Services, Open Access Thesis
Proponents and opponents for rewarding children, Shelly Bromwich, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Two treatment approaches for young children with autism : common ground?, Jodi Suzanne Bronson, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Anatomical Abnormalities in the Dominant Right Coronary Artery and Its Implications on Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty and Eventual Patient Outcome, Katherine E. Brown, School of Health, Physical Education, and Leisure Services, Open Access Thesis
Development of a Tire Pyrolysis Process and Apparatus Using Steam Displacement of the Combustible Atmosphere, Timothy Whitney Burrell Open Access Thesis
Using institutional financial aid to discount tuition, Jon D. Buse, Department of Educational Leadership and Postsecondary Education, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A preferred vision for administering elementary schools : a reflective essay, Elizabeth M. Calhoun Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Understanding and treating selective mutism in children : a guide for counselors, Chelsea R. Carter Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A Communication Plan for the National Program for Playground Safety, Cynthia A. Cechota, School of Health, Physical Education, and Leisure Services, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The Visegrád Group: A Case of Post-socialist Regional Cooperation in Central Europe, Grigori Chkalikov, Department of Political Science, Open Access Thesis
An analysis of student reaction to the use of interactive video and hypermedia to enhance post-secondary biological science education, Paulette A. Church, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A preferred vision for administering elementary/secondary schools : a reflective essay, James C. Cline Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Where am I going? Where have I been?, Teresa R. Coenen Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Motivational characteristics in distance education, Karis E. Collins, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Math problem solving in the classroom, Mary Jane Conrad, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Fat Storing Patterns of Migrating Sharp-Shinned Hawks, David John Conrads, Department of Biology, Open Access Thesis
Childhood physical or sexual abuse as a possible indicator of subsequent adult anxiety disorders, Lynn Merry Cornwell Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A Neuropsychological Assessment of Music Stimulation on Individuals With Dementia, Peter Leo Cuff, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
Attitudes Toward Aging Lesbians: An Exploratory Study, Karen E. Cunningham Open Access Thesis
The Influence of the Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti on Soviet Foreign Policy During the Cold War, Mark James Curran, Department of Political Science, Open Access Thesis