Graduate Student Research
A collection of Graduate Student Research by students in the College of Education.
Theses/Dissertations from 1984
A Comparison of Learning Disabled and Normal Children on a Selective Attention Task While Using a Verbal Rehearsal Strategy, Stephen A. Mullenberg, Department of Educational Psychology, Foundations, and Leadership Studies, Open Access Thesis
High-definition television as a future television system, Steven Daniel Muntz, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Effect of small group competition on seventh grade mathematics achievement, Biff Renner, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Art or propaganda? The films of Leni Riefenstahl during the Nazi regime, Nancy A. Snow, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A review of evidence on the effect of teaching content area reading on student achievement, Debra Takatsuka, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Exercises for promoting creativity for photographers, Charles Lee Tucker, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Decreasing debilitating test anxiety in elementary remedial readers, H. Marlene Watson, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
An Analysis of Six Months of Juvenile Book Reviewing by Four Major Reviewing Sources, Marilyn Weber, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Adolescent suicide: An investigation of causes and prevention measures, Pamela J. Wehrkamp, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Submissions from 1983
Reading comprehension: Cloze procedure vs. sustained silent reading in the fourth grade, Deborah Jo Barkley, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Attitudes of Secondary Teachers toward Mainstreaming Mildly Educationally Handicapped Students, Joan D. Barringer, Department of Special Education, Open Access Thesis
The effects of sustained silent reading on low achieving second-grade readers' interaction with reading material, Margaret Rose Bartell, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, 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, Department of Special Education, Open Access Thesis
The effect of beginning school age on academic achievement, Carol Holcomb Dietz, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Thesis
The Effects of Different Modes of Warm-up on Oxygen Debt and Deficit in Trained Females, Barbara Ann Donovan, School of Health, Physical Education, and Leisure Services, Open Access Thesis
A proposed course of instruction in resources for communications for Saint Ambrose College, Stephen Thomas Fehring, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Investigation of the effect of television on student achievement, Charlotte A. Fiser, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Model for kindergarten orientation, Lillian Mae Frantz, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, 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, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, 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, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Thesis
An investigation into teaching behaviors with reading groups of different achieving levels, Sue Ann Gross, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Thesis
Behavioral tendencies of known catalog buyers, Sandra J. Hendrickson, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Writing the screenplay: An investigation into the craft, Thomas E. Leonard, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Positive social learning through television, Erin Lonergan, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A study of gifted students: Relationship of intelligence and self-concept, Leah H. Lorber, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, 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, School of Health, Physical Education, and Leisure Services, Open Access Thesis
Differences in gifted and nongifted students and their birth order, Linda Meyer, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The personal profile system: A psychographic tool for direct marketing of non-profit organizations, Barbara Miller, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Factors contributing to the preponderance of males in learning disabilities: A follow-up study, Julie Carol Olson, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Thesis
Developing and managing a media design and production facility, Clark Walter Petersen, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A plan for improving the curriculum and instruction for the lower secondary schools of Thailand, Pusaporn Phongboon, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, 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, Department of Educational Leadership and Postsecondary Education, 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, Department of Special Education, Open Access Thesis
Exploring children's attitudes toward the elderly, Beverly Moore Smith, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Nonverbal communication in the elementary classroom, Jacqueline J. Smith, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Self-image psychology and its effects on human potential, Lila Porter Staff, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A study of the relationship between intelligence and creativity, Jill L. Weig, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Thesis
Teaching the written subtraction algorithm: Emphasizing language as the connecting link between manipulatives and processes, Carole Wilkinson, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Personality differences and computer assisted instruction, Jack Wolgamuth, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Some considerations of oral reading in a remedial reading program, Roberta K. Wright, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Submissions from 1982
A comparison of Piagetian and psychometric measures of intelligence, Kathryn Ann Berntson, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Parental perception of nursery school education, Ömür Bozkurt, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Media and youth: The potential influence of television on the behavior of children, Sandra Marie Brown, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, 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, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, 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, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Effectively developing a program within a producer-client relationship, Patrick Esser, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
An explication of nine current central contentions regarding writing instruction, Dianne W. Hickerson, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Literature and the gifted kindergarten/primary child, Louise M. Huebner, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The changing role of the Black woman in media, Ursula J. Joyner, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, 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, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, 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, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
An Investigation Into the Behaviors of Classroom Teachers During Scheduled Reading Instructional Periods, Judy Weseman Moser, Department of Educational Psychology, Foundations, and Leadership Studies, Open Access Thesis
The systems approach in personnel training, Paula A. Neuhaus, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The use of the learning contract as a method for managing individualized instruction, Janice Sayler Petheram, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The relationship between less able readers' inferential comprehension as opposed to their literal and applied comprehension, Stephanie Rae Stone, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The medical laboratory technician program, Joyce Timson, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The influence of spelling instruction of basal vocabulary words on the comprehension performances of third graders, Dawn M. Williams, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, 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, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Submissions from 1981
The effect of teachers' expectations, attitudes, and managerial abilities on student achievement, Catherine Tremblay Allison, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Copyright, protector of photographers, Nancy J. Anders, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, 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, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Thesis
Using children's literature to stimulate children's writing, Lois Jane Auliff, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Factors Which Contribute to Tumbling Height in College Gymnasts, Mark Douglas Ball, School of Health, Physical Education, and Leisure Services, 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, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Thesis
Children, television, and school achievement, Gerald Bluhm, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The effect of using study guides to facilitate the comprehension of short stories, Roberta Ladd Bodensteiner, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Identification of learning disabled children and effects of resource room programs: A descriptive study, Michael Edwin Brown, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Thesis
A review of literature on the relationship between legibility standards for printed and projected type, Lawrence Cardamon, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A qualitative analysis of Bilalian children's error pattern on the PPVT-R, Carole Redfield Coffey, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Thesis
Effective continuing education programs using television and videocassettes, Matthew James Darbyshire, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The affects of traumatic situations on moral development: The children of Atlanta, Terry James Flowers, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Intelligence, intelligence tests, and developmental characteristics of three to six year olds: A review and critique, Margreta Ellen Hartje, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Thesis
Selected Characteristics of the Iowa Elementary Principalship, 1980-81, Dennis A. Heth, Department of Educational Leadership and Postsecondary Education, Open Access Thesis
Achievement, productivity, and participation as a function of task feedback among kindergarten students, Catherine M. Hill, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Thesis
Implications of intervention studies in the training of Piagetian conservation tasks, Karen S. Jensen, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A survey of the frequency of film utilization techniques employed by teachers in East Central Iowa, Jo Ellen Johnson, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, 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, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The Staffing: A Naturalistic Study of the Educational Placement Process, Susan Laurene Law, Department of Educational Psychology, Foundations, and Leadership Studies, 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, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The need for interpersonal communication and organizational communication in the preparatory course work of school administrators, Deborah Smith Lehman, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
CAI: The way to computer literacy through story problem solving on the microcomputer, Michael Clyde Merchant, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Helping primary-grade children cope with the divorce of their parents through literature, Lorraine Mirrielees, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Developing self-directed learners in secondary reading lab, Jane L. Olsen, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A post-hoc analysis of factors contributing to the preponderance of males in learning disabilities, Roger Joseph Piwowarski, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Thesis
Curriculum articulation in the Cedar Falls, Iowa, secondary schools, Elaine Linda Rasmussen, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Thesis
Chaplin, Nancy Reynolds, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Multi-Image: Summary and critical review of the research, Timothy M. Ritchhart, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The Correlation of SES and Children’s Performance on the WISC-R and R-CPM, Anne Carolyn Robb, Department of Educational Psychology, Foundations, and Leadership Studies, 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, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Thesis
The nature of oral reading and its role in the classroom, Paulette Schuessler, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, 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, Department of Educational Leadership and Postsecondary Education, 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, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The preparation of graphic illustrations for printed reproduction, Susan Thomas, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Hemispheric research and its implications for education, Christine Carolyn Thoren, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The development of word identification-recognition strategies with the language experience approach, Dawn Throlson, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The reading habits of Mesquakie parents, Linda Benson Tyon, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Graduate Research Paper
INFORMS Users and Subject Requests, 1974-1978, Millicent M. Williams, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, 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, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 1980
Efficacy of Transition Rooms: A Quantitative and Quasi-Qualitative Look, Nancie Moyer Andreasen, Department of Educational Psychology, Foundations, and Leadership Studies, Open Access Thesis
An Investigation into the Effects of Classroom Guidance Activities on Self-Concept and Arithmetic Achievement in Third Graders, Betty Elaine Barrick, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Open Access Thesis
