Graduate Student Research
A collection of Graduate Student Research by students in the College of Education.
Submissions from 1991
A Survey of Rural Adult Iowan’s Perceptions About the Healthiness of Their Community, Jean Willey Scallon, School of Health, Physical Education, and Leisure Services, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Designing an effective identification model for preschool gifted and talented students, Jeanne Schoeller, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Impact of cooperative learning strategies upon mathematics achievement: An application of STAD in seventh grade mathematics, Mary L. Scholtes, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A Comparison of Actual vs Reported Needlestick Injuries Among Nursing Staff in a Midwest Community Hospital, Nancy Kettman Schuler, School of Health, Physical Education, and Leisure Services, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The effects of curriculum content compacting upon student achievement in fourth grade mathematics, Christine Brunko Schultz, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Literature-based reading as a curricular option for the gifted reader, Sally Simdorn, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Exploring the Incidence and Predictability Problem of Dyscalculia in a School-Based Urban Population in a Rural State, Andrew Robert Smith, Department of Educational Psychology, Foundations, and Leadership Studies, Open Access Thesis
Relationship of Serum Low-Density Lipoproteins and Very Low-Density Lipoproteins to the Android Fat Pattern of Adult Males, Candace Jean Wilson Steele, School of Health, Physical Education, and Leisure Services, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Newspapers in the classroom: Why should educators use them?, Lisa M. Stone, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Beginning reading, Lora Swanson, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Performance of the Chapter 1 preschool children in the Waterloo School District, Deanna M. Wagner, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Thesis
Using interactive video in vocational training of mildly retarded students, L. Michael Wallace, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Teachers' sense of efficacy and their referral practices: An analysis of teacher preference for consultation versus referral support services, Robert C. Weires, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Thesis
An investigation of occupational stress as it applies to school band directors, Jane A. Whitehead, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Thesis
Curricular differentiation for students who are gifted in language arts, Colleen C. Wilber, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Creative drama in the elementary classroom: An integrated literature review, Linda Lorraine Withers, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The Relationship Between Locus of Control and Self-Concept as a Learner: Does a Relationship Exist?, David B. Wood, Department of Educational Psychology, Foundations, and Leadership Studies, Open Access Thesis
Cooperative learning: Is it the approach for the minorities, Helen E. Wright, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Reading Interests and Attitudes of the Iowa Governor’s Summer Institute Participants, 1991, Rosemary Cortright Zimmerman, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Theses/Dissertations from 1990
Assessment of the Implementation of Recommended Teaching Strategies at the College Level, Sandra Lee Baade, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Thesis
The Relationship between Verbal-Performance IQ and Locus of Control among Students with either a Learning Disability or a Behavior Disorder, Rick J. Bagnall, Department of Educational Psychology, Foundations, and Leadership Studies, Open Access Thesis
Comparison of Body Fat Percentages of Lean Athletes, Lean Non-athletic Students, and Body Builders as Determined by Bioelectrical Impedance and Hydrostatic Weighing, Troy E. Becker, School of Health, Physical Education, and Leisure Services, Open Access Thesis
The Nature and Extent of Health Promotion Programs in Bremer and Black Hawk Counties, Iowa, Barbara Nellis Bishop, School of Health, Physical Education, and Leisure Services, Open Access Thesis
Identifying Factors Related to Computer Anxiety, David J. Bohlke, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Thesis
Comparison of locus of control and WISC-R profiles of delinquent and pre-delinquent adolescent males, Barbara Lynn Brainard-Patterson, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Thesis
Role understanding between elementary counselors and school psychologists, Robert Lee Brookhart, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Thesis
Post-hoc Longitudinal Study of the Stability and Validity of Standardized Test Scores of Handicapped Children, Randal Dennis Brown, Department of Educational Psychology, Foundations, and Leadership Studies, Open Access Thesis
Teaching values through literature, Carla Jean Church, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The effect of calculator use on standardized test scores of eighth grade mathematics students, Jennifer M. Corkrean, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Integrating music with other content areas, Charlesetta Michelle Dawson, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Family resources sought by Chinese student families in coping with stressful life events, Chun Dong, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Incidence of adolescent depression in a parochial high school, Silvio R. Encinas, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Thesis
New assessment methods for a reformed mathematics education program, Trudy A. Evans, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A project involving cooperative learning pairs working with problem-solving computer software in a middle school setting, Timothy J. Feinup, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Nutrition Knowledge of Wait Staff in 24-Hour, Full Table Service Restaurants, Donna Jean Fischer, School of Health, Physical Education, and Leisure Services, Open Access Thesis
Creating instructional strategies which match individual learning styles, Stephanie Veronica Frisco, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A Comparison of Locus of Control Between High School Athletes Who Experienced Burnout and Those Who Did Not, Mary Elizabeth Smith Griffin, School of Health, Physical Education, and Leisure Services, Open Access Thesis
The effects of a cooperative group structure on low-achieving students in the area of reading, Lori A. Gross, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Self-evaluation of a whole-language classroom, Mary Salazar Guenther, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A Study to Identify Stress Factors of Early Childhood Special Education Teachers, Brenda Marie Hanken-Crawford, Department of Special Education, Open Access Thesis
A Descriptive Study of the Effect of Teacher Inservice Training on the Utilization of Computer Based Telecommunications, Anne Harken Hansen, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Thesis
A Foundation model for the practice of school psychology, George Michael Harper, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Dissertation 1991 Award
A Descriptive Study of Preparation for a Career in Health Club Management, Richard Emmett Hasty, School of Health, Physical Education, and Leisure Services, Open Access Thesis
An Investigation of the Relationship Between a Program for Teaching Thinking Skills and Science Test Scores, Craig M. Hemmen, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Thesis
The Prevalence of Atherogenic Risk Factors in Patients With Peripheral Arterial Disease of the Lower Extremities, Todd Donald Hixson, School of Health, Physical Education, and Leisure Services, Open Access Thesis
Assessment of the Process of Reading Through the Use of Think-Aloud Protocols With Elementary Students, Jacqueline F. Holdorf, Department of Educational Psychology, Foundations, and Leadership Studies, Open Access Thesis
A Survey of Substance Abuse Programs Among Private Four-Year Post-secondary Institutions, Samuel Justin Iverson, School of Health, Physical Education, and Leisure Services, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The Validity of the Caltrac Personal Activity Computer, Kimberly Lynn Jorgensen, School of Health, Physical Education, and Leisure Services, Open Access Thesis
Telecommunications: A comparison of transmission technologies used in distance education, John D. Kerber, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Chapter I teachers as reading facilitators through connecting the comprehension-composition processes, Elizabeth Ketter-Norton, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Parent and Teacher Reactions to the Referral Question Consultative Decision Making (RQC) Model for Triennial Re-Evaluations in a School Serving Students With Mental Retardation, Marilyn Lindholm Kinne, Department of Educational Psychology, Foundations, and Leadership Studies, Open Access Thesis
The use of microcomputers in language arts in elementary classrooms, Diane Lovstuen, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The effects of divorce and resulting single-parent family environment on the social and educational development of the gifted child, George E. Lowry, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Visual literacy extended through graphic codes in illustrations, Mary M. Mescher, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The Identification of Leadership Qualities of a Successful Woman Basketball Coach as Perceived by Players and Coaches, Elizabeth Anne O'Brien, School of Health, Physical Education, and Leisure Services, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Selected international higher education system: Student psychological concerns, Hiroko Okamura, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Developing a literature-based theme study to extend the whole language concept, Sue L. Pettit, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Positive effects of humor: No laughing matter in the education of students, Edward C. Poynar, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Factors Associated With Student Success in a University Tutorial Program: Does High School GPA, Act Scores or Time Spent With a Tutor Make a Difference, Lea Lynnette Roseberry, Department of Educational Psychology, Foundations, and Leadership Studies, Open Access Thesis
The Relationship Between the Constructs of Locus of Control and Learner Self-Concept, Noel N. Schmidt, Department of Educational Psychology, Foundations, and Leadership Studies, Open Access Thesis
Middle school science evaluation: What should it include? How does it affect students?, Margaret H. Schoentag, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Assessing children's involvement in the writing process, Karen Schwarz, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Principals' perceptions about regular education teachers' attitudes toward integration of students with handicaps, Susan Kay Posekany Sherwood, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Dissertation
The role of the media specialist in training and development, Michael J. Smith, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A study of teaching about religions in selected Iowa public high schools, Douglas W. Sprague, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Dissertation
The use of cooperative learning as a method of instruction for talented and gifted sixth-grade math students, Barbara Steele, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Exercise Habits of College-Age Students, Kevin Sullivan, School of Health, Physical Education, and Leisure Services, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The effects of a microteaching program upon the critical thinking skills of preservice teachers, Vickie Trent-Wilson, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Dissertation
The Nutritional Value of Selected Northeast Iowa School Lunch Programs, Sharon Kay Ubben, School of Health, Physical Education, and Leisure Services, Open Access Thesis
The development of sense of humor as a characteristic of giftedness in young children, Jill M. Uhlenberg, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, 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, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Assisting children of alcoholics in the educational setting, Carol J. Yager, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Facilitating transfer of training to the workplace, Mary Ann Yedlick, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Submissions from 1989
Facilitating language ability through a literature-based social studies program, Sharon Bahr, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The parallel forms reliability of curriculum based written expression measurement for first and fifth grade students, Tamara J. Beener, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Thesis
Professional status of talented and gifted education teachers/coordinators in the state of Iowa, 1988-89, Janice Elaine Blockhus, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Patterned and predictable materials in a beginning reading program, Phyllis Boeding, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Results of a Mass Cholesterol Screening in Black Hawk County, Iowa, Joann Kathy Buettell, School of Health, Physical Education, and Leisure Services, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
From creation to production of a printed piece, Tuan A. Dao, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Thematic extension of the basal reader series, Elizabeth J. Dumke, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Prereading strategies and activities to improve reading comprehension in elementary school-aged students, Paula Dunham, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A Description and Explanation of Teacher-Talk During Kindergarten Sharing Time, Debra Louise Semm Elliott, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Thesis
Roles and role perceptions of the school psychologist and elementary school counselor, Thora Gene Fisko, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Thesis
Writing process and program for second grade, Lorene Knutson Geiselhart, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Naturalistic assessment procedures versus informal assessment, Kathryn Goodwin, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Extending the literature base of a reading program through folk literature, Ellen M. Grady-Mans, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The relationship between language development and self-concept in selected junior high school students, Iwona Gradzka, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Thesis
Fostering children's comprehension abilities through story retelling, Beverly Graves, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Whole language and predictable materials for first grade readers, Marilyn Green, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, 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, School of Health, Physical Education, and Leisure Services, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Trait Competitiveness of Starters and Non-starters in N.C.A.A. Division I Basketball, Curtis Harold Gunnink, School of Health, Physical Education, and Leisure Services, Open Access Thesis
The role of environmental education in the elementary school, Lydia G. Hamm, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Instructional development of community improvement programs, Constance P. Hargrave, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Extending the literature base of a reading program through a thematic unit: Growing up, Kathy L. Hay, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Extending the literature base of a social studies unit through folk literature, Jerry Heck, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The role of communication in the organizational change process, Marilyn R. Hibbs, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Teacher beliefs and attitudes toward students at risk, Marlyce K. Holbach, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Dissertation
Professional training of library media personnel and the effect on students' library/research skills, Roger A. Hop, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Punishment to discipline: Evolution or an alternative method, Gwendolyn Johnson, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Extending the literature base of a basal reader program, Nancy M. Johnson, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
