Graduate Student Research
A collection of Graduate Student Research by students in the College of Education.
Submissions from 1983
A study of gifted students: Relationship of intelligence and self-concept, Leah H. Lorber Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The Relative Effectiveness of Selected Pre-game Meals in Providing Substrates for Energy Production in a Competitive Setting, Michael Francis McGuire Open Access Thesis
Differences in gifted and nongifted students and their birth order, Linda Meyer Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The personal profile system: A psychographic tool for direct marketing of non-profit organizations, Barbara Miller Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Factors contributing to the preponderance of males in learning disabilities: A follow-up study, Julie Carol Olson Open Access Thesis
Developing and managing a media design and production facility, Clark Walter Petersen Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A plan for improving the curriculum and instruction for the lower secondary schools of Thailand, Pusaporn Phongboon Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Evaluation of the predictive ability of four screening measures used in pre-kindergarten screening: A follow-up study, Monica Marie Reichmuth Open Access Thesis
A Survey of Custodial Manager’s Perceptions of Employee Problems and Related Implications for the Training of Mentally Retarded Workers, Patricia Jo Slobojan Open Access Thesis
Exploring children's attitudes toward the elderly, Beverly Moore Smith Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Nonverbal communication in the elementary classroom, Jacqueline J. Smith Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Self-image psychology and its effects on human potential, Lila Porter Staff Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A study of the relationship between intelligence and creativity, Jill L. Weig Open Access Thesis
Teaching the written subtraction algorithm: Emphasizing language as the connecting link between manipulatives and processes, Carole Wilkinson Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Personality differences and computer assisted instruction, Jack Wolgamuth Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Some considerations of oral reading in a remedial reading program, Roberta K. Wright Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Submissions from 1982
A comparison of Piagetian and psychometric measures of intelligence, Kathryn Ann Berntson Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Parental perception of nursery school education, Ömür Bozkurt Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Media and youth: The potential influence of television on the behavior of children, Sandra Marie Brown Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A school follow-up questionnaire as a measure of post hospital success in residential treatment of children, John W. Carroll Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A school follow-up questionnaire as a measure of post hospital success in residential treatment of children, Merrill L. Carruthers Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Effectively developing a program within a producer-client relationship, Patrick Esser Open Access Graduate Research Paper
An explication of nine current central contentions regarding writing instruction, Dianne W. Hickerson Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Literature and the gifted kindergarten/primary child, Louise M. Huebner Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The changing role of the Black woman in media, Ursula J. Joyner Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The Rorschach inkblot test as an aid in the psychoeducational diagnoses of learning disabled latency-aged males, Kathryn Harder Lynch Open Access Thesis
A study of the teaching of literature and the place of the literature of Iowa in the secondary English curriculum, Carol B. McMullen Open Access Graduate Research Paper
An Investigation Into the Behaviors of Classroom Teachers During Scheduled Reading Instructional Periods, Judy Weseman Moser Open Access Thesis
The systems approach in personnel training, Paula A. Neuhaus Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The use of the learning contract as a method for managing individualized instruction, Janice Sayler Petheram Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The relationship between less able readers' inferential comprehension as opposed to their literal and applied comprehension, Stephanie Rae Stone Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The medical laboratory technician program, Joyce Timson Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The influence of spelling instruction of basal vocabulary words on the comprehension performances of third graders, Dawn M. Williams Open Access Graduate Research Paper
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
Factors Which Contribute to Tumbling Height in College Gymnasts, Mark Douglas Ball Open Access Thesis
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
Identification of learning disabled children and effects of resource room programs: A descriptive study, Michael Edwin Brown Open Access Thesis
A review of literature on the relationship between legibility standards for printed and projected type, Lawrence Cardamon Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A qualitative analysis of Bilalian children's error pattern on the PPVT-R, Carole Redfield Coffey Open Access Thesis
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
Intelligence, intelligence tests, and developmental characteristics of three to six year olds: A review and critique, Margreta Ellen Hartje Open Access Thesis
Selected Characteristics of the Iowa Elementary Principalship, 1980-81, Dennis A. Heth Open Access Thesis
Achievement, productivity, and participation as a function of task feedback among kindergarten students, Catherine M. Hill Open Access Thesis
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
The Staffing: A Naturalistic Study of the Educational Placement Process, Susan Laurene Law Open Access Thesis
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
The need for interpersonal communication and organizational communication in the preparatory course work of school administrators, Deborah Smith Lehman 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
A post-hoc analysis of factors contributing to the preponderance of males in learning disabilities, Roger Joseph Piwowarski Open Access Thesis
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 Correlation of SES and Children’s Performance on the WISC-R and R-CPM, Anne Carolyn Robb Open Access Thesis
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 Study of the Administrative and Instructional Usage of Electronic Data Processing in the Iowa Public Schools During 1979-1980, Gary B. Shontz Open Access Thesis
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
Evaluating the effect of a guided fantasy visualization on the figural and verbal originality of upper elementary students, David B. Windahl Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 1980
Efficacy of Transition Rooms: A Quantitative and Quasi-Qualitative Look, Nancie Moyer Andreasen Open Access Thesis
An Investigation into the Effects of Classroom Guidance Activities on Self-Concept and Arithmetic Achievement in Third Graders, Betty Elaine Barrick Open Access Thesis
Cognitive Patterns as a Basis for the Classification of Learning Disabled Children: A Follow-up Study, John Michael Carr Open Access Thesis
A Comparison of Formal Operational Thinking Ability With Reading Ability and Critical Thinking Ability for Tenth Grade Students, Theresa Jill Cecil Open Access Thesis
Self concept and its relationship to reading, Phyllis J. Demro Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Exploring the Relationship Between Moral and Friendship Development in Male Educable Mentally Retarded Students and Regular Class Students, Shirley Phillips Gill Open Access Thesis
A study of the relationships between measures of fluid and Piagetian intelligence, James Ray Hurley 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
A case study of inflationary pressures upon a selected Iowa school district, Dean W. Meier Open Access Thesis
A Study of Principals’ Opinions About Minimum Competency Testing in Their Schools, Thomas J. Renze Open Access Thesis
The effects of anxiety on oral reading miscues, Marlene Sprain Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Theses/Dissertations from 1979
The Effect of a Preoperational Puppet Show on Anxiety Levels of Hospitalized Children, Joyce Lee Bernard Open Access Thesis
School Administrators’ and Regular Classroom Teachers’ Attitudes and Perceptions on In-Service Training Related to Mainstreaming Mildly Handicapped Pupils, James L. Blietz Open Access Thesis
Prediction of Reading Achievement Using Conservation Performance, Jann Moser Bowlus Open Access Thesis
Fixed versus Random Scheduling of Classroom Activities in a Resource Room Setting, Joanne Marie Fegley Broadston Open Access Thesis
The Effects of Language Variables on the Reading Comprehension of Hearing-Impaired Children, Nancy L. Robbins Open Access Thesis
Attitudes of Elementary Principals and Kindergarten Teachers Toward Mandatory Kindergarten and Optional Pre-kindergarten Programs in Iowa, Janice E. Woods Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 1978
An Investigation of the Relationship between Seriation and Classification Skills in Young Children, R'Delle Marie Anderson Open Access Thesis
A Study of In-School Suspension Programs in Area 7 of Iowa, Stephen Darryl Glass Open Access Thesis
A Survey of the Selection Procedures and Practices Used in the Employment of Superintendents in Iowa Public Schools, Joseph Hrecz Open Access Thesis
Administrative Accountability in Special Education: A Survey of Area Middle-Management Personnel in Iowa, Arnold Ernie Lang Open Access Thesis
The Precision of Teacher Judgments in the Identification of Gifted Children, Ann Louise Neumann Open Access Thesis
Counselor Perception of the Need and Role of Guidance Consultants in Iowa’s Area Education Agencies, Lauren Simonson Open Access Thesis
A Comparative Study of the One-Handed and Two-Handed Backhand Strokes in Tennis, Deborah Kathleen Stetson Open Access Thesis
A Survey of Selected Iowa Colleges and Universities and Their Elementary Teacher Education Programs for Ige Training of Preservice Teachers, Leotis D. Swopes 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
The Benziger Early Learning Assessment Test: A Study of Predictive Validity, Marian Carol Sensor Open Access Thesis
Iowa High School Principals’ Perceptions of the Effect of Collective Bargaining on Selected Teacher Behaviors, Dennis L. Webner Open Access Thesis