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 1983
Self-image psychology and its effects on human potential, Lila Porter Staff, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Personality differences and computer assisted instruction, Jack Wolgamuth, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Some considerations of oral reading in a remedial reading program, Roberta K. Wright, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Submissions from 1982
A comparison of Piagetian and psychometric measures of intelligence, Kathryn Ann Berntson, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Media and youth: The potential influence of television on the behavior of children, Sandra Marie Brown, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, 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, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, 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, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Effectively developing a program within a producer-client relationship, Patrick Esser, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Literature and the gifted kindergarten/primary child, Louise M. Huebner, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The Effect of Mood Induction on the Creativity of First-Grade Students, Rita Ann Jensen, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Thesis
The changing role of the Black woman in media, Ursula J. Joyner, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The systems approach in personnel training, Paula A. Neuhaus, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The use of the learning contract as a method for managing individualized instruction, Janice Sayler Petheram, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The relationship between less able readers' inferential comprehension as opposed to their literal and applied comprehension, Stephanie Rae Stone, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The medical laboratory technician program, Joyce Timson, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, 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, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Submissions from 1981
The effect of teachers' expectations, attitudes, and managerial abilities on student achievement, Catherine Tremblay Allison, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Copyright, protector of photographers, Nancy J. Anders, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A Survey of Science Instruction in Elementary Learning Disability Resource Rooms in Iowa Area Education Agency # 1, Kevin M. Anderson, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Thesis
Using children's literature to stimulate children's writing, Lois Jane Auliff, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Evaluation of the Cedar Falls, Iowa Title I reading program in grades two, three, four: With an emphasis on comprehension instruction, Katherine Dyke Beebe, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Thesis
Children, television, and school achievement, Gerald Bluhm, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The effect of using study guides to facilitate the comprehension of short stories, Roberta Ladd Bodensteiner, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A review of literature on the relationship between legibility standards for printed and projected type, Lawrence Cardamon, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Effective continuing education programs using television and videocassettes, Matthew James Darbyshire, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The affects of traumatic situations on moral development: The children of Atlanta, Terry James Flowers, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Implications of intervention studies in the training of Piagetian conservation tasks, Karen S. Jensen, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A survey of the frequency of film utilization techniques employed by teachers in East Central Iowa, Jo Ellen Johnson, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Overtly-reinforced cloze procedure versus conventional instruction in the teaching of selected science facts in the fourth grade, Mary Janis Johnson, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A review of special class placement vs. regular class placement and its relationship to academic achievement of the low IQ student, Aleta Mary Leavens, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
CAI: The way to computer literacy through story problem solving on the microcomputer, Michael Clyde Merchant, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Helping primary-grade children cope with the divorce of their parents through literature, Lorraine Mirrielees, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Developing self-directed learners in secondary reading lab, Jane L. Olsen, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Curriculum articulation in the Cedar Falls, Iowa, secondary schools, Elaine Linda Rasmussen, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Thesis
Chaplin, Nancy Reynolds, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Multi-Image: Summary and critical review of the research, Timothy M. Ritchhart, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The effects of a modified language experience cloze approach upon the comprehension scores of seventh grade developmental reading students, Nancy Dykstra Russell, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Thesis
The nature of oral reading and its role in the classroom, Paulette Schuessler, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A comprehensive study of the history of Black owned/operated radio stations and factors that influence their beginning and/or survival, Anthony Stevens, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The preparation of graphic illustrations for printed reproduction, Susan Thomas, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Hemispheric research and its implications for education, Christine Carolyn Thoren, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The development of word identification-recognition strategies with the language experience approach, Dawn Throlson, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The reading habits of Mesquakie parents, Linda Benson Tyon, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
INFORMS Users and Subject Requests, 1974-1978, Millicent M. Williams, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Theses/Dissertations from 1980
An Investigation into the Effects of Classroom Guidance Activities on Self-Concept and Arithmetic Achievement in Third Graders, Betty Elaine Barrick, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Thesis
Self concept and its relationship to reading, Phyllis J. Demro, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Identification of teacher concerns toward remediation of dialect-related reading difficulties and instructional techniques employed, Yvette C. Lewis, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Thesis
Fantasy Genre Books for Middle School Students: A Selected Annotated Bibliography, Loretta K. Talley, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The Development of an Annotated Bibliography of Historical Fiction for Use in an American History Course, Patricia Thayer, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Marshalltown’s Library Service: A History of the First Fifty Years, 1860-1910, Stephen R. Wiarda, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Theses/Dissertations from 1979
The Relationship Between Reading Levels and Self-Concept of Disabled Readers, Marilyn Ann Cox, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Thesis
The Effects of Language Variables on the Reading Comprehension of Hearing-Impaired Children, Nancy L. Robbins, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Thesis
Submissions from 1977
A history of the Department of Library Science at the University of Northern Iowa, 1948-1968, Myral A. S. Gilson, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Characterization of Asian Americans in Children’s Literature, June S. Talbott, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Theses/Dissertations from 1976
The Predictive Relationship of Tutorial Teaching Competencies on Group Instruction Performance for Prospective Special Education Teachers, Sarah Jane Frudden, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Thesis
Exposure adjustments for halftone reproductions using the Polaroid MP-4 system, Elaine L. Rasmussen, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Censorship in Iowa Schools, Janet Tibbets, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Submissions from 1975
A Slide-Tape Orientation to the Nevada High School Instructional Materials Center, Russell B. Carlson, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The Effects of a Performance-Based Training Program on Subsequent Teacher Effectiveness as Rated by School Principals, Joel Christian Ortéga, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Thesis
A Study of the Classification Systems for Curriculum Laboratories, Maxine M. Wegner, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The Readability Level of the Newberry Award Books and the National Book Awards for Children, 1969-1975, Marilyn R. Wood, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Submissions from 1972
Description of Background for the Children’s Book, Ice Cream Next Summer, Elaine Rose Govern, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A Survey of Reading Programs in Selected Junior High Schools in Six Iowa Counties, Daniel Charles Manning, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 1971
A Survey of Post Student Teacher Appraisal of the Course, Elementary School Methods and Materials, at the University of Northern Iowa, Mary Nan K. Aldridge, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Thesis
