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Author:

Kirby, Joshua Aaron

Title:

To Make Their Journey Better: Research-Focused Aspirations for Preparing Adult Volunteers for Facilitating Positive Youth Development

Graduate Program:

Instructional Systems

Keywords:

mentorship
out-of-school learning
instructional systems
nontraditional dissertation
qualitative research
SPN
scholarly personal narrative
training design
facilitation
adolescents
Scouting
programs
youth
nonformal learning
Boy Scouts of America
BSA
Venturing
training
volunteer
PYD
Positive Youth Development
mentor
crew advisor
teenage
nonparental adult
congruence
instructional design congruence
curricular design congruence
curricular congruence
basic interpretive qualitative research study
developmental assets
Venturer

File:

Download Joshua_Kirby-Penn_State-Final_Dissertation-040610.pdf

Committee Members:

Christopher M. Hoadley, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher M. Hoadley, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Priya Sharma, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
George Richard Vahoviak, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

Author:

Mao, Jin

Title:

THE EFFECTS OF ASSESSMENT STRATEGIES AND SELF-REGULATED LEARNING (SRL) SKILLS ON COLLEGE STUDENTS’ SKILL-BASED AND COGNITIVE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PERCEPTIONS OF ASSESSMENT FOR LEARNING

Graduate Program:

Instructional Systems

Keywords:

Assessment

File:

Download Thesis_JMao.pdf

Committee Members:

Kyle Leonard Peck, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Priya Sharma, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member
Jonathan P Mathews, Committee Member

Author:

Kim, Kyoungna

Title:

EXPLORING UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS’ ACTIVE LEARNING FOR ENHANCING THEIR CRITICAL THINKING AND LEARNING IN A LARGE CLASS

Graduate Program:

Instructional Systems

Keywords:

higher education
critical thinking
active learning

File:

Download eTD_Uploaded_06242009.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Susan Land, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan M Land, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Priya Sharma, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kevin Patrick Furlong, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

Author:

Chou, Pao-Nan

Title:

THE EFFECT OF VARIED CONCEPT MAPS AND SELF-DIRECTED LEARNING ABILITY ON STUDENTS’ HYPERMEDIA LEARNING

Graduate Program:

Instructional Systems

Keywords:

hypermedia learning
visualization
Concept maps
Self-directed learning

File:

Download chou.pdf

Committee Members:

Wei Chen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Wei Fan Chen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Priya Sharma, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Francis M Dwyer Jr., Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

Author:

YOO, SUHYUN

Title:

ENHANCING STUDENTS’ CRITICAL THINKING IN SCIENCE: A TWO-YEAR DESIGN BASED EXPLORATION IN A LARGE UNDERGRADUATE SCIENCE COURSE

Graduate Program:

Instructional Systems

Keywords:

Science Education
Design Experiment
Question Prompts
Peer Interaction
Authentic Task

File:

Download SuhyunYoo_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Priya Sharma, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Priya Sharma, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Heather A Zimmerman, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member
Kevin Patrick Furlong, Committee Member

Author:

Hsieh, Hsiu-wei

Title:

Practices and Strategies of Self-Initiated Language Learning in an Online Social Network Discussion Forum: A Descriptive Case Study

Graduate Program:

Instructional Systems

Keywords:

self-initiated learning
online social network
language discussion forum
affinity space
knowledge building
learning strategy

File:

Download 20121115DissertationFINAL_HsiuweiHSIEH.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Susan M Land, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Priya Sharma, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member
Wei Chen, Committee Member