Graduate Student Research
A collection of Graduate Student Research by students in the College of Education.
Submissions from 1990
Middle school science evaluation: What should it include? How does it affect students?, Margaret H. Schoentag Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Assessing children's involvement in the writing process, Karen Schwarz Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Principals' perceptions about regular education teachers' attitudes toward integration of students with handicaps, Susan Kay Posekany Sherwood Open Access Dissertation
The role of the media specialist in training and development, Michael J. Smith Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A study of teaching about religions in selected Iowa public high schools, Douglas W. Sprague Open Access Dissertation
The use of cooperative learning as a method of instruction for talented and gifted sixth-grade math students, Barbara Steele Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Exercise Habits of College-Age Students, Kevin Sullivan Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The effects of a microteaching program upon the critical thinking skills of preservice teachers, Vickie Trent-Wilson Open Access Dissertation
The Nutritional Value of Selected Northeast Iowa School Lunch Programs, Sharon Kay Ubben Open Access Thesis
The development of sense of humor as a characteristic of giftedness in young children, Jill M. Uhlenberg Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A survey of acceleration programs and selection criteria for intellectually gifted elementary children in selected Iowa school districts, 1989-1990, Christy A. VanDeventer Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Assisting children of alcoholics in the educational setting, Carol J. Yager Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Facilitating transfer of training to the workplace, Mary Ann Yedlick Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Submissions from 1989
Facilitating language ability through a literature-based social studies program, Sharon Bahr Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The parallel forms reliability of curriculum based written expression measurement for first and fifth grade students, Tamara J. Beener Open Access Thesis
Professional status of talented and gifted education teachers/coordinators in the state of Iowa, 1988-89, Janice Elaine Blockhus Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Patterned and predictable materials in a beginning reading program, Phyllis Boeding Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Results of a Mass Cholesterol Screening in Black Hawk County, Iowa, Joann Kathy Buettell Open Access Graduate Research Paper
From creation to production of a printed piece, Tuan A. Dao Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Thematic extension of the basal reader series, Elizabeth J. Dumke Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Prereading strategies and activities to improve reading comprehension in elementary school-aged students, Paula Dunham Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Roles and role perceptions of the school psychologist and elementary school counselor, Thora Gene Fisko Open Access Thesis
Writing process and program for second grade, Lorene Knutson Geiselhart Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Naturalistic assessment procedures versus informal assessment, Kathryn Goodwin Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Extending the literature base of a reading program through folk literature, Ellen M. Grady-Mans Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The relationship between language development and self-concept in selected junior high school students, Iwona Gradzka Open Access Thesis
Fostering children's comprehension abilities through story retelling, Beverly Graves Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Whole language and predictable materials for first grade readers, Marilyn Green Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The Effect of a Public Cholesteral Screening Program on Health Behaviors of Clients with Elevated Cholesterol Levels, Kathleen Marie Gulick Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Trait Competitiveness of Starters and Non-starters in N.C.A.A. Division I Basketball, Curtis Harold Gunnink Open Access Thesis
The role of environmental education in the elementary school, Lydia G. Hamm Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Instructional development of community improvement programs, Constance P. Hargrave Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Extending the literature base of a reading program through a thematic unit: Growing up, Kathy L. Hay Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Extending the literature base of a social studies unit through folk literature, Jerry Heck Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The role of communication in the organizational change process, Marilyn R. Hibbs Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Teacher beliefs and attitudes toward students at risk, Marlyce K. Holbach Open Access Dissertation
Professional training of library media personnel and the effect on students' library/research skills, Roger A. Hop Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Punishment to discipline: Evolution or an alternative method, Gwendolyn Johnson Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Extending the literature base of a basal reader program, Nancy M. Johnson Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Exploring conflict and resolve through quality children's literature, Frances D. Kennedy Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Toward a whole language approach in a middle school classroom, Shirley A. Kirby Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Peer editing in upper elementary classrooms, Janice Kittelson Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The impact of a model inservice program on the components of comprehensive school health education, Susan J. Koch Open Access Dissertation
Phase III Cardiac Rehabilitation in the Federal Republic of Germany: A Survey of Self-Founded and Sports Club Sponsored Coronary Groups, Ute Koester Open Access Thesis
Reading aloud at home: Supporting Chapter I students' reading development, Joann Kruckenberg Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Oxygen Consumption and Heart Rate During Arm Actions Typically Performed in Low-Impact Aerobic Dance, Katherine Marie Leggett Open Access Thesis
Supporting the comprehension-composition connection in a Chapter I reading program, Linda Long Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Teacher-initiated whole language reading instruction in a skills-based school district: A self-report case study, Vicky Mashek-Smith Open Access Dissertation
Literature-based social studies unit: Pioneers, Pamela J. Masmar Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The influence of instructional television on learning, Terri Lynn McDonald Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Ku-band satellite telecommunications and its implications for education, Constance J. Miller Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The Physiologic Responses of College-Age Women to Hand-Weighted Walking, Mark M. Muehl Open Access Thesis
Little people learn numbers, Nancy A. Murphy Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Interacting with inner audience in search of meaning: Finding a story through a dialogue with my background of experiences, Holly Natvig Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Bibliotherapy: A plan for Starmont Elementary School, A. J. Nelson Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The Effectiveness of Response Interruption, Differential Reinforcement of Other Behavior, and a Visual Cue, in the Treatment of Self-Injurious Stereotypic Behavior, Clark Gunnell Porter Open Access Thesis
An assessment of selected public school teachers and pre-service teachers knowledge and opinions about AIDS and AIDS education, Grace Louise Powell Open Access Thesis
The Relationship Between Locus of Control and Learner Self-Concept: A Construct Validity Study, Tracy A. Randall Open Access Thesis
An analysis of computational errors in the use of the division algorithm in the fourth grade, Teri Sue Rokusek Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The factors relating to loneliness in intellectually gifted adolescents, Linda S. Rosulek Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Culture and communication in China, Wu Rui Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The conflict between instruction that characterizes Chapter 1 programs and instruction that results from the whole language philosophy, Barbara J. Sabin Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Brain laterality and education, Jean L. Schryver Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Writing in kindergarten, Patrice M. Schulte Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The use of video technology in health care, Shari L. Scoggin Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Home schooling: Why some parents of gifted children are choosing it as an alternative to the public school, Patricia C. Seamans Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A description and explanation of teacher-talk during kindergarten sharing time, Debra Louise Semm Elliott Open Access Thesis
The element of predictability in whole language instruction, Janice E. Siefken Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Extending a sense of story through retelling experiences in a unit on historical fiction, Wendy Snitker Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A Survey of Influences on Nonsmoking Behavior Among Traditional Age College Students, Arthur Mark Stelken Open Access Thesis
Children of divorce: Educational interventions, Carolyn L. H. Stephenson Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The negative effects of labeling on intellectually identified gifted children and suggested strategies for alleviation, Paula A. Swalla Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Reduction of self-injurious behavior: A positive approach, David E. Teeter Open Access Graduate Research Paper
An analysis of two instruments for measuring divergent thinking in young children, Jill M. Uhlenberg Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Extending the literature base of a social studies unit: Pioneers, Melodie Wagner Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Subject-Generated Verbalized Strategy and Error Estimation During Skill Acquisition, Kent Darby Wagoner Open Access Thesis
Personality style and newly amplified hearing-impaired adults, Teresa A. Walker Open Access Thesis
Acceleration as a qualitatively differentiated educational program for the highly gifted learner: Its positive and negative effects, Jann Weitzel Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Developmental Relationships Between Students’ Attitudes Toward Reading and Reading Achievement in Grades 1 Through 8, Nancy White Open Access Thesis
Submissions from 1988
An investigation into the latchkey phenomenon and education's response, Barbara Dilges Anderson Open Access Graduate Research Paper
An exploration of the home schooling alternative to public education, Brenda J. Anderson Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Invented spelling in a first-grade classroom, Jean Lynn Bellis Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Effect of Selected Cognitive Factors and Cognitive Restructuring on Weight Control, Jeanne A. Brassfield Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Variables affecting the deaf student's achievement in reading, Rebecca A. Budensiek Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The characteristics of elementary teachers perceived and identified as curricular leaders, Celia R. Burger Open Access Dissertation
The application of the computer to writing and reading in the classroom, Ronette Carnall Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A Survey of NCAA Division III Athletic Training Programs, John Michael Chandler Open Access Thesis
Mathematics and the young child, Colleen Christiansen Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Motivational Strategies for Employee Participation in Corporate Health Promotion, Laura Eileen Cook Open Access Thesis
The middle school: A review of current literature, Lindy K. Daters Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Direct instruction in the writing process with an emphasis on planning: An action research project, Renee J. DeBerg Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The relations among students' performance on phonic tasks, Phyllis Dedrick Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Problems encountered with the readability of social studies books, Peggy Drinovsky Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Parent involvement in a public preschool: Proposed guidelines for an effective program, Bonnie Dunham Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Empathy instruction in the effective practice of nursing, Jo L. Elberg Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Hansen elementary writers' workshop project W.I.N.G.S.: Writing Involvement Now Generates Spirit, Mary Sue Ellinger Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Cerebral dominance and its implications for education: A look at hemisphericity, Judith Fossell Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Adolescent stress and its implications for middle school educators, Nancy L. George Open Access Graduate Research Paper
VBAC: Review and Synthesis of the Literature, Linda Lea Terry Godson Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Cooperative learning: An alternative instructional system, Colleen V. Goodenbour Open Access Graduate Research Paper
