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 1996
Literature-based language arts integrated into the social studies area: A unit on Japan for grade three, Sara L. Pershing Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Use of the Iowa Locator in School Library Media Classes, Debra A. Peterson Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Student created multimedia projects in the k-4 school: Effects on student learning, Nancy Sampson Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Rubric assessment of defensible qualitatively differentiated curriculum for gifted and talented learners, Mary Meineke Schmidt Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Perceptions of changes in gifted education by educators of the talented and gifted in Iowa, Jean Suchsland Schneider Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Writing portfolios across the curriculum in a fifth grade classroom, Barbara L. Schultz Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Literacy projects for a home-school partnership, Kristi B. Schumacher-Fink Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Technology planning in k-12 schools, Scott D. Seeger Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Is the Internet high performance technology?, John Semprini Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Teaching young parents about their influence on their children's emerging literacy, Anita E. Sieh Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Infusing a small school district with technology: A case study, Jerry Smith Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Enriching poetry experiences in a fourth grade classroom, Diane L. Stumme Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Parents nurturing literacy through literature experiences, Leslie K. Titler Open Access Graduate Research Paper
An interdisciplinary activity: Murder mystery, Deanne L. Ulrich Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Integrated science unit: Rain and water, Susan M. Van Woert Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Three delivery systems for middle school computer literacy curricula, Dale A. Wambold Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Teaching and learning at a distance via interactive television, Ai Wang Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The Effects of Flexible Versus Fixed Schedules on Circulation and Attendance in an Elementary School Library Media Program, Sandy Weldon Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Writing portfolios in a third grade classroom, Ann L. Wickenkamp Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The Role of the Elementary Library Media Specialist as Instructional Consultant, Sharon Willey Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Professional development: The literacy portfolio, Becky Woldan Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Submissions from 1995
The effects of the computer in the writing process, Wade S. Andersen Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Tillie’s Christmas: Exposition of a Children’s Book, Jeanne Anderson Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Influence of children's prior knowledge on reading and writing poetry, Sharon A. Beach Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Guidelines for implementing an effective part-time Title I reading program, Claudia Beecher Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Increasing metacognition in an attempt to improve comprehension, Lori B. Block Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Instruction-assessment connection of inference tasks for literacy-delayed students, Barbara Layfield Busch Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The effects of gender bias on instructional computing, Mei-Lin Chen Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Teacher-parent interactions and the effect on children's learning in school, Pi-o Bella Chiou Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Requirements for a successful full inclusion program, Amy Coombs-Lindsey Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The influence of creativity, family and teachers on the attainment of eminence, Mary Lynn Espenmiller Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Spelling: A consideration of one school's curriculum, Robert W. Follmuth Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Home and school partnership to nurture kindergarten children's writing ability, Jessielee Frieden Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Retelling experiences to strengthen comprehension abilities in a Chapter I reading program, Judy R. Gorder Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The gifted female: The endangered species, Sue Coleman Griswold Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Essential components of middle school advisory programs, Daniel F. Guinan Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Effects of teacher guidance activities on students' sense of belonging in the classroom, Ann Renee Jacobs Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The effect of lower case letter forms on beginning reading and writing: An action research, Beverly A. Johnson Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The Jewish gifted child: Family and educational considerations, Gail E. Kenkel Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The effects of prenatal cocaine exposure on learning, Denise R. Kennedy Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Abraham Tannenbaum's five factors of giftedness as reflected in the life of American Artist, Georgia O'Keefe, Randi Lou Dingman Kennedy Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Extending the science curriculum through children's literature, Barbara L. Kranz Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Learning centers to facilitate a multi-age, heterogeneous-grouped classroom, Kimberly Kvigne Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Science in a constructivist classroom: Progress in a five-year-old child's reasoning about water dynamics, Hyang-Lim Kwak Open Access Dissertation
Enhancing the language arts program in grade six through picture book experiences, Carrie R. Mayer Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Family reading and emerging literacy, Julie W. McClure Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Homeschooling: An educational alternative for Iowa's high ability students, Roberta J. McCurdy Open Access Graduate Research Paper
How computers should be used in early childhood programs, Deborah S. McQuigg Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Student questions: Can they lead to more active involvement in the learning process?, Marjorie L. Miller Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Reflectivity of preservice teachers' perceptions and practices in a novice instructional environment, Jeanne Delk Montenier Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Perceptions and Expectations of Rural and Urban Public School Principals Toward School Library Media Centers, Patricia Morin Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Student perceptions of curricular modifications for identified gifted students in rural Iowa, LeAnn S. Morris Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The gifted learning-disabled child: Inherent problems in the identification process, Kimberly M. Nunez Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Predictable pattern books with beginning readers in a Chapter 1 classroom, Susan E. O'Brien Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Writing in the middle school mathematics classroom, Vicki Oleson-Rich Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The effects of transformational curriculum on a second grade social sciences program, Lori A. Randall Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Person-to-Person Communication between Two Second Grade Classes via the Internet, Colane Recker Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Practices and procedures in the identification of gifted African-American secondary students, Mary A. Roach Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Improving reading comprehension through the formation of mental images, Betty A. Young Schmidt Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Promoting literacy during play by designing early childhood classroom environments, Marilyn E. Sensor Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The effects of parent involvement on student achievement, Melodie DeVon Sherer Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Phonemic awareness activities for first-grade students: A descriptive project, Karen Solomon Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The effectiveness of full inclusion of preschool children with disabilities into regular Early Childhood settings, Karen J. Spahn Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Developing talent in this century through curriculum differentiation: A timeline for professional development, Sharon D. Speckhard Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The motivation of the successful African-American adolescent male, LaVonne M. Spires Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Parent, teacher, and peer expectations: How they are perceived by academically gifted preadolescent males and females, Bobbe Sutton Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Spelling as part of the implementation of the whole language instructional concept, Jane M. Swyter Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Assessing children's emerging literacy through dialogue journals, Marynell Mullins Thoma Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Retellings to assess comprehension of expository text, Eileen M. Toillion Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Beyond The Broken Cord: Strategies for teaching children affected by fetal alcohol syndrome, Joy Ann Hodgin Tokheim Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Portfolio assessment of writing in the third grade, Linda S. Trader Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The effect of a time line technique to supplement the teaching of American history in fifth grade, Kay M. Treiber Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Preschool intervention, Brenda West Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Direct instruction in the implementation of the whole language concept, Pamela K. Will Open Access Graduate Research Paper
An investigation of changing concerns toward instructional computer use during student teaching, Roderick E. Winters Open Access Dissertation
Nonfiction Book Leisure Reading Interests of High School Juniors at Columbus High School, Waterloo, Iowa, Susan A. Witthoft Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Reading recovery - An early intervention program, Jonna Lyn Yearous Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Submissions from 1994
School-home partnership to promote literacy, Cheryl L. Adam Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Instructional materials to support an integrated social studies theme on families for primary students in a multi-age classroom, Deborah E. Allemang Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The Effectiveness of Two Organizational Strategies in Sixth Grade Social Studies, Liesa Brobst Bailey Open Access Thesis
Balanced reading instruction: Birth of a new movement, ElJean B. Bartelt Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The effectiveness of Discis Books when used to improve reading scores of kinesthetic, below grade-level learners, Michelle Bentler Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Writing portfolios: Descriptive assessment of children's writing, Barbara M. Bohach Open Access Graduate Research Paper
School entrance readiness and its effect on student performance, M. Susie Ford Brau Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A study of the students' attitudes toward the use of peer teaching in the educational media course at the University of Northern Iowa, Irene Leong Yoke Chu Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Expo High School students' leisure reading habits, Vicki Cox Cose Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The current staffing status of library media center personnel in Iowa public schools, Roberta Dennison Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The effects of computer inservice and training on the adoption of a computerized grading system, Kelli J. Diemer Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Personal values in advertisements found in magazines read by teenagers in Southeast Iowa, Joni S. Erland Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Developmentally appropriate practices: Strengths and weaknesses, Barbara Ford Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The portrayal of Iowa in fiction books for children and youth, Jeanette Gerrietts Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The development of conflict resolution skills in kindergarten, Pamela Goschke Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Personal Space and Territoriality of Users in an Academic and Public Library, Ruth A. Hamilton Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Planning a school technology in-service for kindergarten through secondary school teachers, ancillary staff, and administrators, Joan R. Hammelman Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A child's emerging writing abilities in first grade, Katherine L. Heck Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Computer-based technology in AEA 7 schools, 1994, Julie Heitland Open Access Graduate Research Paper
In-class and pull-out models of remedial reading instruction for fourth-grade students: A descriptive study, Elaine Hoke-Hoffman Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The Impact of School District Mergers on Library Media Programs in Selected Iowa School Districts, Sandra Huemann-Kelly Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A comparison of the symbol sets used for augmentative and adaptive communication, Clair J. Judas Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Cluster grouping gifted and talented students in the regular classroom, Faith Y. Jurs Open Access Graduate Research Paper
