Graduate Student Research
A collection of Graduate Student Research by students in the College of Education.
Submissions from 1995
The effect of lower case letter forms on beginning reading and writing: An action research, Beverly A. Johnson Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The Jewish gifted child: Family and educational considerations, Gail E. Kenkel Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The effects of prenatal cocaine exposure on learning, Denise R. Kennedy Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Abraham Tannenbaum's five factors of giftedness as reflected in the life of American Artist, Georgia O'Keefe, Randi Lou Dingman Kennedy Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Utility of the MMPI-A in predicting suicidal behavior in adolescent inpatients, Kimberly Juhl King Open Access Thesis
Extending the science curriculum through children's literature, Barbara L. Kranz Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Learning centers to facilitate a multi-age, heterogeneous-grouped classroom, Kimberly Kvigne Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Science in a constructivist classroom: Progress in a five-year-old child's reasoning about water dynamics, Hyang-Lim Kwak Open Access Dissertation
Single Parent Ministries, Sindy Mason Open Access Thesis
Enhancing the language arts program in grade six through picture book experiences, Carrie R. Mayer Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Family reading and emerging literacy, Julie W. McClure Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Homeschooling: An educational alternative for Iowa's high ability students, Roberta J. McCurdy Open Access Graduate Research Paper
How computers should be used in early childhood programs, Deborah S. McQuigg Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Student questions: Can they lead to more active involvement in the learning process?, Marjorie L. Miller Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Justifications of Intentional Aggression in Sport, Joseph Kwame Mintah Open Access Thesis
Reflectivity of preservice teachers' perceptions and practices in a novice instructional environment, Jeanne Delk Montenier Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Perceptions and Expectations of Rural and Urban Public School Principals Toward School Library Media Centers, Patricia Morin Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Student perceptions of curricular modifications for identified gifted students in rural Iowa, LeAnn S. Morris Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The Social and Cultural Matrix of Adolescent Substance Abuse, Donald R. Murra Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Promoting Attitude and Amount of Leisure Reading by Selected Fourth Grade Students, Barbara Navin Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The gifted learning-disabled child: Inherent problems in the identification process, Kimberly M. Nunez Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Predictable pattern books with beginning readers in a Chapter 1 classroom, Susan E. O'Brien Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Writing in the middle school mathematics classroom, Vicki Oleson-Rich Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The effects of transformational curriculum on a second grade social sciences program, Lori A. Randall Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Person-to-Person Communication between Two Second Grade Classes via the Internet, Colane Recker Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Code-Switching and Sentence Imitation by African-American Students, Aaron Richardson Open Access Thesis
Practices and procedures in the identification of gifted African-American secondary students, Mary A. Roach Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Improving reading comprehension through the formation of mental images, Betty A. Young Schmidt Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Long-term effects of social skills training on the social competence of children, Stephanie Lynn Schmitz Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Promoting literacy during play by designing early childhood classroom environments, Marilyn E. Sensor Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The effects of parent involvement on student achievement, Melodie DeVon Sherer Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Phonemic awareness activities for first-grade students: A descriptive project, Karen Solomon Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The effectiveness of full inclusion of preschool children with disabilities into regular Early Childhood settings, Karen J. Spahn Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Developing talent in this century through curriculum differentiation: A timeline for professional development, Sharon D. Speckhard Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The motivation of the successful African-American adolescent male, LaVonne M. Spires Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Learning Strategy Instruction, Darla J. Stack Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Parent, teacher, and peer expectations: How they are perceived by academically gifted preadolescent males and females, Bobbe Sutton Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Spelling as part of the implementation of the whole language instructional concept, Jane M. Swyter Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Participative leadership: A study of faculty and administrators in a Lutheran liberal arts college, Tekeste Teclu Open Access Dissertation
Assessing children's emerging literacy through dialogue journals, Marynell Mullins Thoma Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Perceptions of Children, Parents, and Teachers Regarding Low Academic Progress During Pre-referral Intervention, Beth Ann Thompson Open Access Thesis
Retellings to assess comprehension of expository text, Eileen M. Toillion Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Beyond The Broken Cord: Strategies for teaching children affected by fetal alcohol syndrome, Joy Ann Hodgin Tokheim Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Portfolio assessment of writing in the third grade, Linda S. Trader Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The effect of a time line technique to supplement the teaching of American history in fifth grade, Kay M. Treiber Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The Effect of High-Dose Ephedrine Hydrochloride on High-Intensity Treadmill Performance, John T. Voelz Open Access Thesis
Childhood obesity, Denise Kay Volker Open Access Thesis
The Role of the Family and Adolescent Delinquency, Doris Kriener Weigel Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Preschool intervention, Brenda West Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Direct instruction in the implementation of the whole language concept, Pamela K. Will Open Access Graduate Research Paper
An investigation of changing concerns toward instructional computer use during student teaching, Roderick E. Winters Open Access Dissertation
Nonfiction Book Leisure Reading Interests of High School Juniors at Columbus High School, Waterloo, Iowa, Susan A. Witthoft Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Reading recovery - An early intervention program, Jonna Lyn Yearous Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Submissions from 1994
School-home partnership to promote literacy, Cheryl L. Adam Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Aids Knowledge and Homophobia in Community Active Elderly, Lydia Heyel Adams Open Access Thesis
Instructional materials to support an integrated social studies theme on families for primary students in a multi-age classroom, Deborah E. Allemang Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The Effectiveness of Two Organizational Strategies in Sixth Grade Social Studies, Liesa Brobst Bailey Open Access Thesis
Balanced reading instruction: Birth of a new movement, ElJean B. Bartelt Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The effectiveness of Discis Books when used to improve reading scores of kinesthetic, below grade-level learners, Michelle Bentler Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Writing portfolios: Descriptive assessment of children's writing, Barbara M. Bohach Open Access Graduate Research Paper
School entrance readiness and its effect on student performance, M. Susie Ford Brau Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Factors Effecting Personal Responsibility and Pregnancy Prevention, Anne M. Brenneman Open Access Thesis
Questions, question asking, and the questioning environment for a novice teacher's classroom use, Timothy Burrell Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A study of the students' attitudes toward the use of peer teaching in the educational media course at the University of Northern Iowa, Irene Leong Yoke Chu Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Adolescents and AIDS education: A role for school psychologists, Tanya I. Clausen Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Expo High School students' leisure reading habits, Vicki Cox Cose Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Participation Motivation: Stable vs. Transient Youth Populations, Christopher Berne Denison Open Access Thesis
The current staffing status of library media center personnel in Iowa public schools, Roberta Dennison Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The effects of computer inservice and training on the adoption of a computerized grading system, Kelli J. Diemer Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Proposition 48 Football Players in the Gateway Football Conference: 1986-1991, Todd D. Eagen Open Access Thesis
Concurrent validity of the multiple stressor attribution inventory, Heidi Minette Endelman Open Access Thesis
Personal values in advertisements found in magazines read by teenagers in Southeast Iowa, Joni S. Erland Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Developmentally appropriate practices: Strengths and weaknesses, Barbara Ford Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Traumatic brain injury, Kris Marie Franzen Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The Social and Addictive Implications of Crack Cocaine and the Effects on the Mother, Fetus, and Infant: A Case Study, Raul R. Garza Open Access Thesis
The portrayal of Iowa in fiction books for children and youth, Jeanette Gerrietts Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The Relationship Between Flexibility, Vertical Jump, and Skill in Female High School Volleyball Players, Julia Ann Gerstenberger Open Access Thesis
The development of conflict resolution skills in kindergarten, Pamela Goschke Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Use of the Experiential Learning Model With Adolescent County 4-H Council Members, Vanette M. Grover Open Access Thesis
Conceptual representation of the Newtonian model of motion in university physics students, Yannis Hadzigeorgiou Open Access Dissertation
Personal Space and Territoriality of Users in an Academic and Public Library, Ruth A. Hamilton Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Planning a school technology in-service for kindergarten through secondary school teachers, ancillary staff, and administrators, Joan R. Hammelman Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Perceptions of special education adolescent students toward mainstreamed classrooms, Linda L. Hansen Open Access Thesis
A Descriptive Study Identifying Job Satisfaction, Tenure, and Professional Identification Among Nonschool Youth Professionals, Susan L. Hanzelka Open Access Thesis
Educator attitudes toward half-day and full-day kindergarten, Kathy S. Hayward Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A child's emerging writing abilities in first grade, Katherine L. Heck Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Computer-based technology in AEA 7 schools, 1994, Julie Heitland Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A Descriptive Study of Delinquent Youth Treatment Programs in Iowa, Patrick J. Henry Open Access Thesis
In-class and pull-out models of remedial reading instruction for fourth-grade students: A descriptive study, Elaine Hoke-Hoffman Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The Impact of School District Mergers on Library Media Programs in Selected Iowa School Districts, Sandra Huemann-Kelly Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Benefits of Formal Mentoring, Kimberly Hein Hutzell Open Access Thesis
The Relationship Between Parental Involvement and Adolescents’ Alcohol Use, Chad A. Jensen Open Access Thesis
A comparison of the symbol sets used for augmentative and adaptive communication, Clair J. Judas Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Cluster grouping gifted and talented students in the regular classroom, Faith Y. Jurs Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Advantages and disadvantages of three types of kindergarten schedules, Marcele Kaduce Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A study of the relationship between the Waetjen Self-concept as a Learner Scale, the Iowa Tests of Educational Development, and cumulative grade point average, Heather Williams Kaufman Open Access Thesis
A Cross-cultural Anthology of Mythological Flood Stories, Gayle R. Kelley Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Perceptions Which Influence Participation Among At-Risk Youth in Extracurricular Activities, Herbert King Open Access Thesis
Silky Ears and Secret Letters, Denise LaRae Kuethe-Strudthoff Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The Effectiveness of a HyperCard Library Tour for Middle School Students, Kathryn R. Kunzman Open Access Graduate Research Paper
