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 1982
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
Submissions from 1981
The effect of teachers' expectations, attitudes, and managerial abilities on student achievement, Catherine Tremblay Allison Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Copyright, protector of photographers, Nancy J. Anders 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 Open Access Thesis
Using children's literature to stimulate children's writing, Lois Jane Auliff 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 Open Access Thesis
Children, television, and school achievement, Gerald Bluhm Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The effect of using study guides to facilitate the comprehension of short stories, Roberta Ladd Bodensteiner Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A review of literature on the relationship between legibility standards for printed and projected type, Lawrence Cardamon Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Effective continuing education programs using television and videocassettes, Matthew James Darbyshire Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The affects of traumatic situations on moral development: The children of Atlanta, Terry James Flowers Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Implications of intervention studies in the training of Piagetian conservation tasks, Karen S. Jensen Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A survey of the frequency of film utilization techniques employed by teachers in East Central Iowa, Jo Ellen Johnson 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 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 Open Access Graduate Research Paper
CAI: The way to computer literacy through story problem solving on the microcomputer, Michael Clyde Merchant Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Helping primary-grade children cope with the divorce of their parents through literature, Lorraine Mirrielees Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Developing self-directed learners in secondary reading lab, Jane L. Olsen Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Chaplin, Nancy Reynolds Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Multi-Image: Summary and critical review of the research, Timothy M. Ritchhart 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 Open Access Thesis
The nature of oral reading and its role in the classroom, Paulette Schuessler 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 Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The preparation of graphic illustrations for printed reproduction, Susan Thomas Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Hemispheric research and its implications for education, Christine Carolyn Thoren Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The development of word identification-recognition strategies with the language experience approach, Dawn Throlson Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The reading habits of Mesquakie parents, Linda Benson Tyon Open Access Graduate Research Paper
INFORMS Users and Subject Requests, 1974-1978, Millicent M. Williams 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 Open Access Thesis
Self concept and its relationship to reading, Phyllis J. Demro Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Identification of teacher concerns toward remediation of dialect-related reading difficulties and instructional techniques employed, Yvette C. Lewis Open Access Thesis
Fantasy Genre Books for Middle School Students: A Selected Annotated Bibliography, Loretta K. Talley Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The Development of an Annotated Bibliography of Historical Fiction for Use in an American History Course, Patricia Thayer Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Marshalltown’s Library Service: A History of the First Fifty Years, 1860-1910, Stephen R. Wiarda Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Theses/Dissertations from 1979
The Relationship Between Reading Levels and Self-Concept of Disabled Readers, Marilyn Ann Cox Open Access Thesis
The Effects of Language Variables on the Reading Comprehension of Hearing-Impaired Children, Nancy L. Robbins 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 Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Characterization of Asian Americans in Children’s Literature, June S. Talbott 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 Open Access Thesis
Exposure adjustments for halftone reproductions using the Polaroid MP-4 system, Elaine L. Rasmussen Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Censorship in Iowa Schools, Janet Tibbets Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Submissions from 1975
A Slide-Tape Orientation to the Nevada High School Instructional Materials Center, Russell B. Carlson 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 Open Access Thesis
A Study of the Classification Systems for Curriculum Laboratories, Maxine M. Wegner 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 Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Submissions from 1972
Description of Background for the Children’s Book, Ice Cream Next Summer, Elaine Rose Govern Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A Survey of Reading Programs in Selected Junior High Schools in Six Iowa Counties, Daniel Charles Manning 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 Open Access Thesis
