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
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
Library Service in Iowa Juvenile Correctional Institutions Compared with National Standards Prepared by the American Correctional Association, Ellen Youds 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 Ability of First-Grade Students to Demonstrate an Understanding of Linear Measurement Concepts, Sherri Muhlenbruck Delp Open Access Thesis
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 Development and Initial Validation of a Test of Students’ Use of Morphemic Analysis in Deriving Word Meaning, Maelou Kelly Baxter Open Access Thesis
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
Theses/Dissertations from 1984
The Concurrent Validity of the Concepts about Print Tests with the Metropolitan Readiness Test in Kindergarteners, Sarah Louise Anderson Open Access Thesis
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
The language experience approach and its possible implications for the reading disabled, Pamela Mueller Leahy Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Reading in the content areas: A review of in-service approaches and a personal experience, Marnell Keas Lyle Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A study of video services in Iowa public libraries, Robert Philip Moore Open Access Graduate Research Paper
High-definition television as a future television system, Steven Daniel Muntz Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Art or propaganda? The films of Leni Riefenstahl during the Nazi regime, Nancy A. Snow Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A review of evidence on the effect of teaching content area reading on student achievement, Debra Takatsuka Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Exercises for promoting creativity for photographers, Charles Lee Tucker Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Decreasing debilitating test anxiety in elementary remedial readers, H. Marlene Watson Open Access Graduate Research Paper
An Analysis of Six Months of Juvenile Book Reviewing by Four Major Reviewing Sources, Marilyn Weber Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Adolescent suicide: An investigation of causes and prevention measures, Pamela J. Wehrkamp 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 Open Access Thesis
A proposed course of instruction in resources for communications for Saint Ambrose College, Stephen Thomas Fehring Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Investigation of the effect of television on student achievement, Charlotte A. Fiser Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Model for kindergarten orientation, Lillian Mae Frantz 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 Open Access Graduate Research Paper
An investigation into teaching behaviors with reading groups of different achieving levels, Sue Ann Gross Open Access Thesis
Behavioral tendencies of known catalog buyers, Sandra J. Hendrickson Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Writing the screenplay: An investigation into the craft, Thomas E. Leonard Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Positive social learning through television, Erin Lonergan Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A study of gifted students: Relationship of intelligence and self-concept, Leah H. Lorber Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Differences in gifted and nongifted students and their birth order, Linda Meyer Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The personal profile system: A psychographic tool for direct marketing of non-profit organizations, Barbara Miller Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Developing and managing a media design and production facility, Clark Walter Petersen Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A plan for improving the curriculum and instruction for the lower secondary schools of Thailand, Pusaporn Phongboon Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Nonverbal communication in the elementary classroom, Jacqueline J. Smith Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Self-image psychology and its effects on human potential, Lila Porter Staff Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Personality differences and computer assisted instruction, Jack Wolgamuth Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Some considerations of oral reading in a remedial reading program, Roberta K. Wright Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Submissions from 1982
A comparison of Piagetian and psychometric measures of intelligence, Kathryn Ann Berntson Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Media and youth: The potential influence of television on the behavior of children, Sandra Marie Brown Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A school follow-up questionnaire as a measure of post hospital success in residential treatment of children, John W. Carroll Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A school follow-up questionnaire as a measure of post hospital success in residential treatment of children, Merrill L. Carruthers Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Effectively developing a program within a producer-client relationship, Patrick Esser Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Literature and the gifted kindergarten/primary child, Louise M. Huebner Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The changing role of the Black woman in media, Ursula J. Joyner Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The systems approach in personnel training, Paula A. Neuhaus Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The use of the learning contract as a method for managing individualized instruction, Janice Sayler Petheram Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The relationship between less able readers' inferential comprehension as opposed to their literal and applied comprehension, Stephanie Rae Stone Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The medical laboratory technician program, Joyce Timson Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A descriptive study of the use of audiovisual materials to motivate reading in the literature curriculum of the middle school years, Joyce Zarnik Open Access Graduate Research Paper
