Graduate Student Research
A collection of Graduate Student Research by students in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction including electronic theses and dissertations, graduate research papers, and presentations given at the Annual Graduate Student Symposium.
Submissions from 1999
Integrating technology into the science curriculum : environmental studies grade 5, Lois Diane Enger Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The future of educational technology, Barbara F. Erlandson Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Establishing genuine parent/teacher partnerships : a home visit approach, Kimberly Jo Foy Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Expending the content of curriculum : implementation of the World Wide Web into foreign language teaching, Ping Gao Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Character education in the schools, Holly McLeod Gilliland Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Parents and schools : making the literacy connection, Patricia A. Greguras Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Emergent literacy : school to home connection, Barbara Grell Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A Narrative poem of Iowa’s immigrants, Ann Gumz Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Defining readiness : for, against, and an appropriate view, Linda Harris Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Delaying kindergarten entrance, Nancy Hayes Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A literature-based extension of a basal reading unit, Julie J. Holdsworth-Nagal Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Integrating literature-based language arts and mathematics, Lora L. Irvine Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Literature-based language arts extended to the science area : backyard unit, grade 2, Suzanne Jensen Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Literature-based language arts extended to mathematics, Carrie L. Johnson Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Exploring social justice with third graders through the works of Mildred D. Taylor, Elaine M. Johnson Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Parental and community involvement in reading education, Rhonda S. Johnstone Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Children's perceptions of older adults : past and present, Mary Kathryn Hatcher Jones Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Developing literacy through symbolic play, Lisa Kaiser Open Access Graduate Research Paper
An instructional development project in grade two : the theme of friendship, Trudy L. Lainson Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Home schooling, Julie L. Lange Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Development of the Iowa Communications Network and Current Patterns of Use, Stacey Lang Open Access Graduate Research Paper
School-to-work : What does this mean for our schools?, Amy K. Leonhart Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Creating a web page for the Professional and Scientific Council at the University of Northern Iowa, Rochelle Lee Gehrke Loonan Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The need for technology in homeschooling, Jonathan Luttenegger Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Literature circles, Diane MacLennan Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A Content Analysis of Information Process Models, Aileen C. Meyer Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Phonemic awareness : an action research study, Pamela Miller Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Creating a purposeful, powerful web site for the Cedar Falls Historical Society, Douglas B. Moore Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Value of self-talk in an early childhood setting, Althea Murphy Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Winter : a literature-based unit for kindergarten, Amy L. Murray Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Reading Recovery and its issues, Carole L. Neary Open Access Graduate Research Paper
State-wide training sessions for county office personnel using the Blue Ribbon data management system, Rebecca L. Nibe Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Helping students learn to spell : a look inside a second grade classroom, Carolyn J. Nuss Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Integrated science unit : ponds and water, Evelyn K. Oliver Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Creating a registration database using Microsoft Access 97, Darren A. Otte Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A history of the development and implementation of a whole language curriculum in a rural Iowa middle school, Anthony M. Pieper Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The teaching of digital vs. traditional photography, Carolyn Prins Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Reading in the kindergarten, Christine E. Resch Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Perspectives on early literacy : the Monroe School, Mona S. Rosdail Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Student satisfaction of Educational Media Reference Guide for courses 240:020 and 240:031 at University of Northern Iowa, Velma M. Sallis Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Nurturing at-risk students' writing abilities, Carol A. Schmidt Open Access Graduate Research Paper
School Violence and Its Implications for Gifted Children, Nancy Schuldt Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Using the Internet to Increase Student Motivation and Improve Communication Skills: Creating an Unusual Jobs Web Site, Deanna Schultz Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Writing portfolios in a second grade classroom, Cheryl R. Schwery Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Computer Use in K-12 Classrooms, Terry J. Shaw Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Integrating Spelling Instruction in a First-Grade Balanced Literacy Classroom, Michele Smith Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Integrating Technology Into a 1st Grade Classroom, Kimberly Swartz Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Impact of Fatherlessness on a Child's needs based on Abraham Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, Ivy S. Thompkins Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Spelling: A Review of Literature, Tammy Uhlenhopp Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The Technology Coordinators' Web Site Project, Jason Allen Vetter Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A qualitative analysis of the Dakota in histories of the late nineteenth century written for middle school students, Mary Lou Weber Graduate Research Paper (UNI Access Only)
Student Perceptions of Distance Learning using WebCT, Nicole M. Weber Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Internet Project Involving Elementary Students and Pre-Service Teachers, Helen Westcott Open Access Graduate Research Paper
An Extended Literature Base for an Integrated Unit: Forest Regions of the United States, Barbara R. Wild Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Educating Parents on the Reading Recovery Program, Amy Colette Williams Sorenson Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The Development of a Bilingual Program in the Heart of Iowa, Lisa Wymore Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Submissions from 1998
Looking at children looking at art : teacher response to aesthetic journals in art, Julie A. Alden Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Electronic job searching : suggestions for educators, Jan Andreesen Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The effects of an individualized reading program on recreational reading, Kim Aneweer Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Ability grouping in the elementary school, Ellen M. Azinger Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Androgogy and K-12 technology staff development : towards effective practice, Craig Barnum Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Retention in the schools, Sandy Barry Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Inclusion of an autistic child into a self-contained third grade classroom, Arlene M. Belt Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A phenomenological analysis of an instructional systems design creative project, Daniel M. Benson Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Coordinating general classroom reading instruction with Reading Recovery instruction, Jane E. Bentley-Gadow Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Looping : an alternative to grade level promotions, Michelle Block Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Promotion of student learning by small, rural school districts as they design and integrate technology plans, Randall A. Bohman Open Access Graduate Research Paper
John Deere foundry, Waterloo, Melt Operations Department : induction furnace safety operational procedures, Edwina J. Boston Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Portfolios : an implementation report, Anna Burnham Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Developing industrial suppliers in Mexico, Abe Camacho Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Integrating children's literature and mathematics in the early childhood classroom, Jamie M. Christensen Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Copyright issues for the technological classroom : what is permissible under current copyright law and guidelines for educators in the design and use of multimedia, disance learning, and other recent technological advances?, Anthony Kenneth Clark Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The movement toward authentic assessment and the role of technology, Brenda L. Clark Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Fostering acceptance of disabled persons by appreciating individual differences, Allison R. Clausen Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Does Technology Reform Education?, Connie Courbat Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Design, development and delivery of Web-based instruction, Isabelle Cowden Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Reading workshop and vocabulary knowledge : allies in comprehension, Ellen Cutting Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Success at last : one teacher's growth in understanding of writer's workshop, Cindy L. Davis Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Nurturing reading comprehension of attention deficit students by improving their inferential skills, Paula Decker Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Technology, at-risk intervention & the music classroom, Kurt M.J. DeVore Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Technology and its impact on language arts, Tresa Ann Dietrich Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Technology staff development : key to technology integration, Joanne G. Dorhout Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Multiage education, Wendy Edwards Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The Internet and education : uses and issues, Ronald William Fitch Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Promoting inference-making in a first grade classroom, Susan E. Flater Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Using interactive writing with reluctant writers, Candis Frieden Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Computer-based training and its impact on training and education, Carla Gahwiler Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Class size in the primary school years (Kindergarten - Grade three), Tracy L. Goebel-Kelley Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Emotional quotient : predicting and teaching for future success of students, Denise A. Hale Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Meeting the needs of gifted adolescent girls, Marcia Schrader Hoffman Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Developing more efficient readers : a guided reading, making words, and sentence writing practice, Nancy Hohanshelt Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The integration of CALL in EFL/ESL learning environment, Kuei-chin Huang Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The integration of an ICN classroom into a rural school curriculum, Kathleen C. Jacobs Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Reading Recovery : the teacher's perspective, Nancy A. Johnson Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Perceptions of writing in a community college composition course, Rebecca Ann Kamm Open Access Dissertation
Differentiated educational programming and educational strategies for the highly gifted in the elementary schools of Malaysia, Norridah Katun Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Creation of a web site for the Cedar Falls Historical Society, William W. Kay Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Inclusion and inclusive classrooms at the preschool level, Michele Keefer Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Extended learning program evaluation, Linda S. Keegan Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A project approach using integration and collaboration to study ancient civilizatons in sixth grade, Kim Marie Nadermann Kerian Open Access Graduate Research Paper
