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 1988
Teaching strategies for developing a positive self-concept in elementary school children, Judith Hostetter Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Dialogues with inner audiences: Support for improving low achievers' reading abilities, Linda Langin Hugh Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The effects of individualized instruction on the affective responses of fifth grade students toward mathematics, Diane McCarty Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Toward curricular congruence in classroom and remedial reading through strategies for transition, Linda Suttle McClure Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Classroom writing: Understanding the writing process, Mary Jane McCollum Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Implications for the design of a 2-way video distance learning facility, Daniel C. Moore Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Learned helplessness and reading: A review of the literature, Doug Murphy Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Environmental education: Developing an environmental ethic, Karen A. Neff Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The use of telecommunications in distance learning, J. Michael Noel Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Elements of effective instruction: An analysis of five models, Susan Wulf Osvald Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The effects of dialog online searching on high school senior students, Odell Overgaard Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Estimation: A principle component for the mathematics curriculum, Mary Carr Paasch Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Improving reading comprehension through text structure instruction, Betty J. Santema Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Attitudinal changes in teachers regarding hearing-impaired students in the regular classroom, Diana Schuler Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Educating for the future: An examination of global education, Jean K. Seeland Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Cognitive ability and mathematics instruction as factors in mathematical problem-solving achievement of fifth graders, Harriet Sharp Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Reporting pupil progress to parents of kindergarten students, Rose M. Sternberg Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Fostering the writing abilities of kindergarteners, Marcia A. Stirler Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Why parents are choosing to home school their children, Karen E. Suchy Open Access Graduate Research Paper
"What's wrong with this tree?": Integrating effective communication with tree care instruction, Rick Tagtow Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The elementary guidance counselor: An essential part of elementary education, Sharon L. Tessman Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Analog or digital, a comparison of two clock faces used for teaching students to tell time, Scott William Van Houten Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The visual element of television: Do some production practices inhibit the amount of information viewers can recall?, John L. Weih Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The teaching of elementary social studies: A classroom teacher's perspective, Kristi A. Wernimont Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A survey of interdisciplinary teaming in Iowa middle level public schools, Fred A. Willis Jr. Open Access Dissertation
The use of manipulatives in middle school mathematics classroom, Linda Zimmerman Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Submissions from 1987
Developing educational media centers for secondary schools in Malaysia, Ismail Haji Adnan Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Developing a literature-based reading program in the third grade, Janelle A. Bastian Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Nonliteral comprehension, Janice J. Bolger Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Will teachers read the newsletter: A design problem, David Booth Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Homework insights: Benefits, problems, and recommendations, Carol Plotz Bradfield Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Fostering higher level comprehension abilities among fifth-grade students, Douglas H. Brightman Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Developing a media center in a health care facility, Denise L. Buchan Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Interactive video a new tool for teaching, Belisario Laguado Bueno Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A comparison of reading instruction recommendations for good and poor readers, Mary Ellen Cagwin Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Recognizing characteristics of mathematics anxiety: Origins, symptoms, and teaching methodologies, Ruth Chittenden Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The effect of all day, every day kindergarten on the traditional half day, every day program, Rebecca Church Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Providing for exceptionally able mathematics students at the local school level, Linda M. Dober Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Suggestions and considerations for planning an in-house audiovisual department in business and industry, Audrey J. Gramstad Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Characteristics of the American middle school, Md. Idris Hamdan Open Access Graduate Research Paper
In support of multiethnic education, Janet L. Jensen Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Considerations and preplanning in the initial establishment of telemarketing training, Diana Johnson Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A content analysis of realistic fiction for bibliotherapy with gifted children, Myra Kay Hopper LaFrentz Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Supportive literature-based oral language experiences for young children in a Chapter I program, Beverly L. McCartney Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A comprehensive review and survey of elementary science and environmental education in Iowa, Mary L. Norton Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The study of book design to extend the understanding of a story, Natalie S. Passow Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Gifted early readers: A profile, Rebecca Sue Peterson Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Humor in advertising, Kimberly Recker Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Facilitating science understanding through children's literature, Michelle A. Sand Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Using the fused approach of computer-based instruction and distance learning as a pre-inservice technique in the job-related education of teachers, Tina Marie Anne Sherrill-Range Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The effects of integrating electronic media into composition processes of the English classroom in the eighties, Pollyanna Bosker Shoemaker Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Computer applications in management training programs, Alan A. St. John Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Brain/mind research: Optimizing your potential (Secondary level gifted education seminar design), Sharon E. Thomas Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Using standardized tests scores for better education of students, Linda W. Wackwitz Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Writing in the content areas: A review of current literature, Thomas H. Wiegand Open Access Graduate Research Paper
What benefits would Catholic schools derive from a Catholic media center?, Duane Robert Wince Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Reasons for a lack of understanding of geometric measurement concepts by the sixth grade student, Marylin Witt Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Submissions from 1986
Interactive video: A new technology in the field of training development, Joe Willie Anderson Jr. Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Writing, the process approach: A directed search from prewriting to publication, Diane D. Barkema Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Children's reading success and parental involvement, Karol J. Breffle Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Improving instructional design consultation through the use of nonverbal communication, Julia K. Smith Brooks Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Elements in an educational preparation for middle school teachers, Cheryl Wogens Budlong Open Access Dissertation
Gifted females: An underachieving minority, Barbara Ann Buescher Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A second-grade student creates meaning through the composition process, Allene A. Byroad Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Trends in the competencies desired by the corporate sector in training roles, William Cashman Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A selected cross-cultural study of Piaget's stage theory of cognitive development, Jie-Qi Chen Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Grade repetition: Analysis of literature, Donna J. Counsell Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The effects of reading out loud on students' attitudes toward reading, Rose Marie Klosterboer Evans Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The perceptions of gifted students on the adequacy of their school libraries for meeting their independent reading needs, Cheryl Rae Gullett Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Implementing a total communication program for language-delayed children, Kathy Gumm Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Possible reasons for the growth of peace studies in the 1980s, Joan Marie Phelan Haack Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Gifted females and underachievement in mathematics and science careers, Rebecca A. Hanlon Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Classroom writing: Incorporating it into the total curriculum, Curt S. Howard Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The consequence of inequity in computer education and access and Blacks in the 21st century, Mary I. Jaycox Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Utilizing the reading-writing connection with first grade students in a Chapter I reading program, Ruth A. Marrs Open Access Graduate Research Paper
An investigation of metacomprehension strategies for gifted adolescent readers, Frances P. Mauldin Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Extending visual language in the first grade classroom, Carol W. Shaw Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Propaganda in the German cinema, Lorraine Slover Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The development of a proposed formative evaluation instrument for the gifted and talented program in the Charles City Community School District, Janice Troutman Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Critical thinking: An elementary perspective, Anthony K. Voss Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Child care options: Impact on child development, Jane Frances Biga Wilson Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A creative dramatics program across the curriculum for kindergarten children, Ruth Yoder Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Submissions from 1985
The initiation of a literature-based composition program in a fifth-grade classroom, Lori J. Alexander Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The effects of constructivism and behaviorism on the development of autonomy in young children, Deborah I. Burk Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Use of computers in the early elementary classroom, Susan Barbara Freet Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Elementary social studies: The unit method and problem solving, Sue Guenther Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Visual literacy: Implications for corporate communications, Marion Hazzard Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A study for school media center program improvement, Glen W. Jordan Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Development of a communications guide to assist in the translation of hospital mergers, Mary N. Kainer Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Colonel Francis Parker and beginning reading instruction, Elinor Woods Kline Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Comprehension elements in three kindergarten basals, Cynthia Ann Mathiesen Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The effects of teacher behaviors on students' reading strategies, Karla Rekers Ostby Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Testing a direct mail offer in magazine subscription promotion, Mary L. Peet Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Learning strategies as an aid to graphical comprehension, Peggy Pruisner Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Submissions from 1984
The grass isn't always greener: A comparison of programs for the gifted and talented, MaryAnn Beattie Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Four major components of a behavioral objective and the advantage of using behavioral objectives, Jon Beringer Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Instructional usage of microcomputers in elementary mathematics curriculum, Stephen J. Bloom Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Reading readiness: Definitions and assessment circa 1950 and 1980, Sharon Rae Erwin Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A comparison of the effects of middle school grade organization on student attitudes, Mary Estep Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Self-concept enhancement for the gifted, Connie L. Gaumon Open Access Graduate Research Paper