Graduate Student Research
A collection of Graduate Student Research by students in the College of Education.
Submissions from 1987
Policies and Opinions of Men’s College Basketball Coaches Regarding Drug/Alcohol Consumption by the Players, Bill Wiesbrook Open Access Graduate Research Paper
What benefits would Catholic schools derive from a Catholic media center?, Duane Robert Wince Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Reasons for a lack of understanding of geometric measurement concepts by the sixth grade student, Marylin Witt Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Submissions from 1986
Interactive video: A new technology in the field of training development, Joe Willie Anderson Jr. Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Writing, the process approach: A directed search from prewriting to publication, Diane D. Barkema Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The relationship between the WISC-R Digit Span and the K-ABC Sequential Processing Scale, and specific reading retardation, Joseph A. Bernard Open Access Thesis
Children's reading success and parental involvement, Karol J. Breffle Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Improving instructional design consultation through the use of nonverbal communication, Julia K. Smith Brooks Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The relationship between paternal characteristics and sons' achievement in reading, M. Christine Bruder Open Access Thesis
Elements in an educational preparation for middle school teachers, Cheryl Wogens Budlong Open Access Dissertation
Gifted females: An underachieving minority, Barbara Ann Buescher Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A second-grade student creates meaning through the composition process, Allene A. Byroad Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Beginning school age and academic achievement: Another look, Mary Bridget Cameron Open Access Thesis
Trends in the competencies desired by the corporate sector in training roles, William Cashman Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A selected cross-cultural study of Piaget's stage theory of cognitive development, Jie-Qi Chen Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Grade repetition: Analysis of literature, Donna J. Counsell Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The effects of reading out loud on students' attitudes toward reading, Rose Marie Klosterboer Evans Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The perceptions of gifted students on the adequacy of their school libraries for meeting their independent reading needs, Cheryl Rae Gullett Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Implementing a total communication program for language-delayed children, Kathy Gumm Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Possible reasons for the growth of peace studies in the 1980s, Joan Marie Phelan Haack Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Gifted females and underachievement in mathematics and science careers, Rebecca A. Hanlon Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The stability of WISC-R scores from students in learning disabilities and mental disabilities-educable programs, Richard Allen Heiniger Open Access Thesis
The effect of television viewing on children's attitudes about interpersonal conflict resolutions, Kathlean Hendricks Hill Open Access Thesis
Classroom writing: Incorporating it into the total curriculum, Curt S. Howard Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Nursing education in today's world: Recommendations for a program in Iowa, Betty Lou Huston Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The dance of the school psychologist, Steven John Iverson Open Access Thesis
The consequence of inequity in computer education and access and Blacks in the 21st century, Mary I. Jaycox Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Effects of learning strategy training on college students' attitude and academic performance, Lilia T. Magdamo Open Access Thesis
Utilizing the reading-writing connection with first grade students in a Chapter I reading program, Ruth A. Marrs Open Access Graduate Research Paper
An investigation of metacomprehension strategies for gifted adolescent readers, Frances P. Mauldin Open Access Graduate Research Paper
An intensive rehearsal technique for effecting retention in learning disabled students, Patrick J. Miller Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A Comparative Analysis of Three Maximal Exercise Protocols, Scott Mittelstadt Open Access Thesis
A comparison of the effects of the blocking-in and sketching methods of teaching drawing on the proportionality of human figure drawings by community college students, John Carol Rider Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A comparison of teaching methods with achievement scores in the home economics classroom, Denise Schares Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Extending visual language in the first grade classroom, Carol W. Shaw Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Propaganda in the German cinema, Lorraine Slover Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The development of a proposed formative evaluation instrument for the gifted and talented program in the Charles City Community School District, Janice Troutman Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Critical thinking: An elementary perspective, Anthony K. Voss Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Child care options: Impact on child development, Jane Frances Biga Wilson Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A creative dramatics program across the curriculum for kindergarten children, Ruth Yoder Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Submissions from 1985
The initiation of a literature-based composition program in a fifth-grade classroom, Lori J. Alexander Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Parental perceptions of the availability and usefulness of nine school psychological roles, Lisa Ellen Ball Open Access Thesis
The Development and Initial Validation of a Test of Students’ Use of Morphemic Analysis in Deriving Word Meaning, Maelou Kelly Baxter Open Access Thesis
The effects of constructivism and behaviorism on the development of autonomy in young children, Deborah I. Burk Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A Comparison of the Actual and Ideal Perceptions of the School Psychologist’s Role, David Arthur Curry Open Access Thesis
Use of computers in the early elementary classroom, Susan Barbara Freet Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Elementary social studies: The unit method and problem solving, Sue Guenther Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Visual literacy: Implications for corporate communications, Marion Hazzard Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A study for school media center program improvement, Glen W. Jordan Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Development of a communications guide to assist in the translation of hospital mergers, Mary N. Kainer Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Colonel Francis Parker and beginning reading instruction, Elinor Woods Kline Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Preschoolers' gender assignment to an androgynous storybook character, Mara C. Loeb Open Access Thesis
Differential diagnosis of learning disabled, behaviorally disabled, and mentally disabled preschool children using the Kaufman-assessment battery for children (K-ABC), Jackie Navara Loos Open Access Thesis
Comprehension elements in three kindergarten basals, Cynthia Ann Mathiesen Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Parent perceptions of familiarity and satisfaction with placement staffings, Teri Lynn Mayer Open Access Thesis
The effects of a study strategies course on college students' academic performance, Melanie L. McCalley Open Access Thesis
An analysis of the Iowa Tests of Educational Development performance of participants and non-participants in a ninth grade contemporary science course, Ronald D. Millsap Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Stability of WISC-R intelligence scores: Implications for 3-year reevaluations of learning disabled students, Susan Pagel Oakman Open Access Thesis
The effects of teacher behaviors on students' reading strategies, Karla Rekers Ostby Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Testing a direct mail offer in magazine subscription promotion, Mary L. Peet Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Learning strategies as an aid to graphical comprehension, Peggy Pruisner Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Strength Relationship Between the Anterior and Posterior Compartments of the Leg, David D. Regier Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 1984
The Concurrent Validity of the Concepts about Print Tests with the Metropolitan Readiness Test in Kindergarteners, Sarah Louise Anderson Open Access Thesis
The grass isn't always greener: A comparison of programs for the gifted and talented, MaryAnn Beattie Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Four major components of a behavioral objective and the advantage of using behavioral objectives, Jon Beringer Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Instructional usage of microcomputers in elementary mathematics curriculum, Stephen J. Bloom Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A self-concept improvement plan for institutionalized, emotionally disturbed adolescents, David Curtis Canaday Open Access Thesis
The conversion of a recreational camp into a residential environment and educational learning center, Ellen Wells Ernst Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Reading readiness: Definitions and assessment circa 1950 and 1980, Sharon Rae Erwin Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A comparison of the effects of middle school grade organization on student attitudes, Mary Estep Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Self-concept enhancement for the gifted, Connie L. Gaumon Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Speak up for oral communications, Janet Haar Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The role of empathetic communication in nursing education, Colleen Marie Jarosh Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Differences in Health Locus of Control Among Female Participants in Self-Directed Fitness Programs and Group-Directed Fitness Programs, Becky Jessen Lang Open Access Thesis
The language experience approach and its possible implications for the reading disabled, Pamela Mueller Leahy Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The perceptions of teachers concerning three major causes of burnout, Linda Lee Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Reading in the content areas: A review of in-service approaches and a personal experience, Marnell Keas Lyle Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A study of video services in Iowa public libraries, Robert Philip Moore Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A Comparison of Learning Disabled and Normal Children on a Selective Attention Task While Using a Verbal Rehearsal Strategy, Stephen A. Mullenberg Open Access Thesis
High-definition television as a future television system, Steven Daniel Muntz Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Effect of small group competition on seventh grade mathematics achievement, Biff Renner Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Art or propaganda? The films of Leni Riefenstahl during the Nazi regime, Nancy A. Snow Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A review of evidence on the effect of teaching content area reading on student achievement, Debra Takatsuka Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Exercises for promoting creativity for photographers, Charles Lee Tucker Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Decreasing debilitating test anxiety in elementary remedial readers, H. Marlene Watson Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Adolescent suicide: An investigation of causes and prevention measures, Pamela J. Wehrkamp Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Submissions from 1983
Reading comprehension: Cloze procedure vs. sustained silent reading in the fourth grade, Deborah Jo Barkley Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Attitudes of Secondary Teachers toward Mainstreaming Mildly Educationally Handicapped Students, Joan D. Barringer Open Access Thesis
The effects of sustained silent reading on low achieving second-grade readers' interaction with reading material, Margaret Rose Bartell Open Access Thesis
The Effects of Locus of Control and Agent Delivering Reinforcement on Performance Rates of Junior High Emotionally Disabled Students, Mary Jean Blaisdell Open Access Thesis
The effect of beginning school age on academic achievement, Carol Holcomb Dietz Open Access Thesis
A proposed course of instruction in resources for communications for Saint Ambrose College, Stephen Thomas Fehring Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Investigation of the effect of television on student achievement, Charlotte A. Fiser Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Model for kindergarten orientation, Lillian Mae Frantz Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A proposal for the secondary reading instruction unit to be incorporated into teacher education at the University of Fort Hare, South Africa, Chamberlain Zamuxolo Gebeda Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Comparison of WISC-R and WAIS-R scores for mentally disabled 16-year-olds and their correlation with adaptive behavior as measured by the SSSQ, Susan K. Gerken Open Access Thesis
An investigation into teaching behaviors with reading groups of different achieving levels, Sue Ann Gross Open Access Thesis
Behavioral tendencies of known catalog buyers, Sandra J. Hendrickson Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Writing the screenplay: An investigation into the craft, Thomas E. Leonard Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Positive social learning through television, Erin Lonergan Open Access Graduate Research Paper
