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 1987
Interactive video a new tool for teaching, Belisario Laguado Bueno, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A comparison of reading instruction recommendations for good and poor readers, Mary Ellen Cagwin, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Metacognition as a Theoretical Construct: Its Nature, Origins, and Application in the Secondary Reading Program, Karen Collinge Carroll, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Thesis
Relationships Among Tasks Designed to Elicit Causal Understanding in Reading, Mary Monica Cassidy, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Thesis
Recognizing characteristics of mathematics anxiety: Origins, symptoms, and teaching methodologies, Ruth Chittenden, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The effect of all day, every day kindergarten on the traditional half day, every day program, Rebecca Church, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Providing for exceptionally able mathematics students at the local school level, Linda M. Dober, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Suggestions and considerations for planning an in-house audiovisual department in business and industry, Audrey J. Gramstad, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Characteristics of the American middle school, Md. Idris Hamdan, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
In support of multiethnic education, Janet L. Jensen, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Considerations and preplanning in the initial establishment of telemarketing training, Diana Johnson, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A content analysis of realistic fiction for bibliotherapy with gifted children, Myra Kay Hopper LaFrentz, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Supportive literature-based oral language experiences for young children in a Chapter I program, Beverly L. McCartney, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A comprehensive review and survey of elementary science and environmental education in Iowa, Mary L. Norton, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The study of book design to extend the understanding of a story, Natalie S. Passow, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Gifted early readers: A profile, Rebecca Sue Peterson, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Humor in advertising, Kimberly Recker, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Facilitating science understanding through children's literature, Michelle A. Sand, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, 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, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The effects of integrating electronic media into composition processes of the English classroom in the eighties, Pollyanna Bosker Shoemaker, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Computer applications in management training programs, Alan A. St. John, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Brain/mind research: Optimizing your potential (Secondary level gifted education seminar design), Sharon E. Thomas, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Using standardized tests scores for better education of students, Linda W. Wackwitz, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Writing in the content areas: A review of current literature, Thomas H. Wiegand, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
What benefits would Catholic schools derive from a Catholic media center?, Duane Robert Wince, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Reasons for a lack of understanding of geometric measurement concepts by the sixth grade student, Marylin Witt, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Library Service in Iowa Juvenile Correctional Institutions Compared with National Standards Prepared by the American Correctional Association, Ellen Youds, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Submissions from 1986
Interactive video: A new technology in the field of training development, Joe Willie Anderson Jr., Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Writing, the process approach: A directed search from prewriting to publication, Diane D. Barkema, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Children's reading success and parental involvement, Karol J. Breffle, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Improving instructional design consultation through the use of nonverbal communication, Julia K. Smith Brooks, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Elements in an educational preparation for middle school teachers, Cheryl Wogens Budlong, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Dissertation
Gifted females: An underachieving minority, Barbara Ann Buescher, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A second-grade student creates meaning through the composition process, Allene A. Byroad, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Trends in the competencies desired by the corporate sector in training roles, William Cashman, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A selected cross-cultural study of Piaget's stage theory of cognitive development, Jie-Qi Chen, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Grade repetition: Analysis of literature, Donna J. Counsell, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The Ability of First-Grade Students to Demonstrate an Understanding of Linear Measurement Concepts, Sherri Muhlenbruck Delp, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Thesis
The effects of reading out loud on students' attitudes toward reading, Rose Marie Klosterboer Evans, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, 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, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Implementing a total communication program for language-delayed children, Kathy Gumm, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Possible reasons for the growth of peace studies in the 1980s, Joan Marie Phelan Haack, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Gifted females and underachievement in mathematics and science careers, Rebecca A. Hanlon, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Developing Reading Strategies: Teachers’ Responses to Miscues, Valori Dawn Hansen, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Thesis
Classroom writing: Incorporating it into the total curriculum, Curt S. Howard, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The consequence of inequity in computer education and access and Blacks in the 21st century, Mary I. Jaycox, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Utilizing the reading-writing connection with first grade students in a Chapter I reading program, Ruth A. Marrs, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
An investigation of metacomprehension strategies for gifted adolescent readers, Frances P. Mauldin, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Extending visual language in the first grade classroom, Carol W. Shaw, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Propaganda in the German cinema, Lorraine Slover, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, 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, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Critical thinking: An elementary perspective, Anthony K. Voss, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Child care options: Impact on child development, Jane Frances Biga Wilson, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A creative dramatics program across the curriculum for kindergarten children, Ruth Yoder, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Submissions from 1985
The initiation of a literature-based composition program in a fifth-grade classroom, Lori J. Alexander, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The Development and Initial Validation of a Test of Students’ Use of Morphemic Analysis in Deriving Word Meaning, Maelou Kelly Baxter, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Thesis
The effects of constructivism and behaviorism on the development of autonomy in young children, Deborah I. Burk, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Use of computers in the early elementary classroom, Susan Barbara Freet, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Written Communication as a Variable in the Relationship Between Classroom Teachers and Reading Specialists, Judy Lynn Gronemeyer, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Thesis
Elementary social studies: The unit method and problem solving, Sue Guenther, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Visual literacy: Implications for corporate communications, Marion Hazzard, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A study for school media center program improvement, Glen W. Jordan, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Development of a communications guide to assist in the translation of hospital mergers, Mary N. Kainer, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Colonel Francis Parker and beginning reading instruction, Elinor Woods Kline, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Comprehension elements in three kindergarten basals, Cynthia Ann Mathiesen, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The effects of teacher behaviors on students' reading strategies, Karla Rekers Ostby, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Testing a direct mail offer in magazine subscription promotion, Mary L. Peet, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Learning strategies as an aid to graphical comprehension, Peggy Pruisner, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Theses/Dissertations from 1984
The Concurrent Validity of the Concepts about Print Tests with the Metropolitan Readiness Test in Kindergarteners, Sarah Louise Anderson, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Thesis
The grass isn't always greener: A comparison of programs for the gifted and talented, MaryAnn Beattie, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Four major components of a behavioral objective and the advantage of using behavioral objectives, Jon Beringer, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Instructional usage of microcomputers in elementary mathematics curriculum, Stephen J. Bloom, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Reading readiness: Definitions and assessment circa 1950 and 1980, Sharon Rae Erwin, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A comparison of the effects of middle school grade organization on student attitudes, Mary Estep, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Self-concept enhancement for the gifted, Connie L. Gaumon, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The language experience approach and its possible implications for the reading disabled, Pamela Mueller Leahy, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Reading in the content areas: A review of in-service approaches and a personal experience, Marnell Keas Lyle, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A study of video services in Iowa public libraries, Robert Philip Moore, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
High-definition television as a future television system, Steven Daniel Muntz, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Art or propaganda? The films of Leni Riefenstahl during the Nazi regime, Nancy A. Snow, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A review of evidence on the effect of teaching content area reading on student achievement, Debra Takatsuka, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Exercises for promoting creativity for photographers, Charles Lee Tucker, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Decreasing debilitating test anxiety in elementary remedial readers, H. Marlene Watson, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
An Analysis of Six Months of Juvenile Book Reviewing by Four Major Reviewing Sources, Marilyn Weber, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Adolescent suicide: An investigation of causes and prevention measures, Pamela J. Wehrkamp, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Theses/Dissertations from 1983
The effects of sustained silent reading on low achieving second-grade readers' interaction with reading material, Margaret Rose Bartell, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Thesis
A proposed course of instruction in resources for communications for Saint Ambrose College, Stephen Thomas Fehring, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Investigation of the effect of television on student achievement, Charlotte A. Fiser, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Model for kindergarten orientation, Lillian Mae Frantz, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A proposal for the secondary reading instruction unit to be incorporated into teacher education at the University of Fort Hare, South Africa, Chamberlain Zamuxolo Gebeda, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
An investigation into teaching behaviors with reading groups of different achieving levels, Sue Ann Gross, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Thesis
Behavioral tendencies of known catalog buyers, Sandra J. Hendrickson, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Writing the screenplay: An investigation into the craft, Thomas E. Leonard, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Positive social learning through television, Erin Lonergan, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A study of gifted students: Relationship of intelligence and self-concept, Leah H. Lorber, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Differences in gifted and nongifted students and their birth order, Linda Meyer, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The personal profile system: A psychographic tool for direct marketing of non-profit organizations, Barbara Miller, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Developing and managing a media design and production facility, Clark Walter Petersen, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A plan for improving the curriculum and instruction for the lower secondary schools of Thailand, Pusaporn Phongboon, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Nonverbal communication in the elementary classroom, Jacqueline J. Smith, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
