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Author:

Persaud, Anita

Title:

FACTORS AFFECTING CLASSROOM INVOLVEMENT OF WOMEN ENGINEERING STUDENTS

Graduate Program:

Counselor Education

Keywords:

classroom involvement
chilly classroom climate
classroom environment
gender identity
gender interconnection
learning styles

File:

Download APersaud.pdf

Committee Members:

Daniel W Salter, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James B Stewart, Committee Member
Catharina Johanna Cunning, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member
Robert B Slaney, Committee Member

Author:

Traister, Catherine Ann

Title:

The Perceptions of Student Teachers, Cooperating Teachers, and University Supervisors Regarding the Assessment of Student Teacher Performance

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Student Teaching Assessment

File:

Download thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

James F Nolan Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dr Debra Freedman, Committee Member
Iris M Striedieck, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

Author:

Heineman, Dale Lewis

Title:

An Analysis of the Relationship between Zero Tolerance Attitude and Pupil Control Ideology

Graduate Program:

Educational Administration

Keywords:

Pupil Control Ideology
Zero Tolerance

File:

Download DaleHeineman.pdf

Committee Members:

Roger C Shouse, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jacqueline A Stefkovich, Committee Member
William Boyd, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

Author:

Williams, F. Christopher

Title:

HUMOR AND THE RETENTION OF LECTURE MATERIAL BY STUDENT-ATHLETES IN A MENTOR INFORMATION SESSION

Graduate Program:

Counselor Education

Keywords:

SESSION
HUMOR
MATERIAL

File:

Download Disertation32.pdf

Committee Members:

Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member
Judith J Goetz, Committee Member
Dan Salter, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Keith B Wilson, Committee Member

Author:

White, George E

Title:

Estimating the Cost of "No Child Left Behind" at the Local School Level

Graduate Program:

Educational Administration

Keywords:

No Child Left Behind
local school cost

File:

Download Cost_of_NCLB.2006.pdf

Committee Members:

William Hartman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James F Nolan Jr., Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member
Roger C Shouse, Committee Member

Author:

Liang, Jr-Shiuan

Title:

Motivations for older adults' participation in distance education: A study at the National Open University of Taiwan

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

Learning motivation
Older adult learning
Distance education learning environment

File:

Download Thesis_Liang_010606.pdf

Committee Members:

Derek C Mulenga, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Gary Kuhne, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member
Rayne Audrey Sperling, Committee Member

Author:

Butterfield, Jay Vance

Title:

THE PERCEIVED EFFICACY BY EDUCATIONAL STAKEHOLDERS OF THE MOVE TO SMALLER LEARNING COMMUNITIES FROM LARGER COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOLS

Graduate Program:

Educational Leadership

Keywords:

SCHOOL SIZE REFORM
STAKEHOLDER PERCEPTIONS
CHANGE
REFORM
COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOL REFORM
SMALLER LEARNING COMMUNITIES
SWAS
SWS
LEADERSHIP

File:

Download jvb115_dissertation4.pdf

Committee Members:

Nona Ann Prestine, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jacqueline A Stefkovich, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member
Iris M Striedieck, Committee Member

Author:

REITZ, MATTHEW

Title:

THE COST OF PROFICIENCY: ASSESSING THE FINANCIAL IMPACT OF NCLB AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL

Graduate Program:

Educational Leadership

Keywords:

Ingredients Model
School Finance
Accountability
NCLB

File:

Download Final_Dissertation_-_Reitz_11-11-07.pdf

Committee Members:

William Hartman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Emily Boyd, Committee Member
James F Nolan Jr., Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

Author:

Cheng, Mei-Fang

Title:

TAIWANESE YOUNG CHILDREN'S PLAY IN ECE SETTINGS: A STUDY OF TEACHER AND CHILD BEHAVIORS AFFECTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF SELF-REGULATION

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

socio-cultural perspective
children's play
self-regulation
executive function
theory of mind
early childhood education

File:

Download Dissertation--Mei-Fang_Cheng_eTD_Final_version.pdf

Committee Members:

James Ewald Johnson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Ewald Johnson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert Lee Burgess, Committee Member
Vivian Yenika Agbaw, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member
Rama B Radhakrishna, Committee Member

Author:

Hatten, Jr., Norman E.

Title:

Responses by Small, Rural, Low Income School Districts to Fiscal Pressures

Graduate Program:

Educational Leadership

Keywords:

fiscal pressure
school finance
revenues
expenditures
rural schools
small schools

File:

Download Norman_Hatten_Dissertation_11.11.11.pdf

Committee Members:

William Hartman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
William Hartman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kai Arthur Schafft, Committee Member
Roger C Shouse, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

Author:

Grove, Randall Allen

Title:

EFFECT OF BLOCK SCHEDULING ON STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT SCORES ON THE PENNSYLVANIA SYSTEM OF ASSESSMENT ELEVENTH GRADE MATH AND READING EXAMS

Graduate Program:

Educational Administration

Keywords:

quantitative
HLM
state testing
block scheduling
student achievement
PSSA

File:

Download Grove_Dissertation_PDF.pdf

Committee Members:

Boyd, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Roger C Shouse, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member
James F Nolan Jr., Committee Member
Bernard Joel Badiali, Committee Member

Author:

Foley, Shawn Thomas

Title:

THE EFFECT OF A LEARNING ENVIRONMENT USING AN ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD (EHR) ON UNDERGRADUATE NURSING STUDENTS’ BEHAVIORIAL INTENTION TO USE AN EHR

Graduate Program:

Instructional Systems

Keywords:

nursing
ehr
BEHAVIORIAL intention
nursing
learning environment
education
adoption

File:

Download foleyDissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Susan Land, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan M Land, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Wei Fan Chen, Committee Member
Dee Mc Gonigle, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

Author:

Anderson, William George

Title:

Interaction and control in asynchronous computer-mediated communication in a distance education context.

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

asynchronous
control
computer-medicated communication
interaction
distance education
higher education
teacher edcuation

File:

Download diss.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael Grahame Moore, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Gary Kuhne, Committee Member
Steve L Thorne, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

Author:

Hsieh, Wen-Lan

Title:

THE EFFECTS AND PROCESS OF USING DIFFERENT STORY-INDEXING STRATEGIES WITHIN A CASE LIBRARY ON COLLEGE STUDENTS' ABILITY TO SOLVE ILL-STRUCTURED PROBLEMS

Graduate Program:

Instructional Systems

Keywords:

story telling
problem solving
story index
case library
experts and novices
Case-based reasoning

File:

Download Thesis_WenlanHsieh.pdf

Committee Members:

Brian K Smith, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Francis M Dwyer Jr., Committee Member
Susan M Land, Committee Member
Spiro E Stefanou, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

Author:

Chu, Yun-Fen

Title:

RETELLING THE STORY OF HUA MU-LAN: MILITARY EXPERIENCES OF UNIFORMED WOMEN FROM ONE TAIWANESE SERVICE ACADEMY

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

gender performance
the gendered division of labor
Taiwanese servicewomen
nationalism
Confucianism
subjective experiences
subject positions

File:

Download Dissertation_fianl1.pdf

Committee Members:

Marnina Gonick, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Lorraine Dowler, Committee Member
Jamie Myers, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

Author:

Miller, Norman Jacob

Title:

The Perceptions of District Leaders of Cyber Charter Schools in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

Educational Leadership

Keywords:

cyber school
virtual learning
charter school
21st century learning
technology in the classrom
cyber charter school
school district leaders' perceptions on cyber charters
cyber charter case study
cyber charter challenge

File:

Download N_MillerFINALDISSERTATION.pdf

Committee Members:

Nona Ann Prestine, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
William Hartman, Committee Member
Dr Susan Faircloth, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member
Dr Preston Green, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Karnes, Sandra Lee

Title:

Surviving Job Loss: Motivation Among Second Year Trade Adjustment Assistance(taa)students

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

TAA program
Adult Education
Second Year College Students

File:

Download DISSERTATION_FINAL_COPY.pdf

Committee Members:

Fred Michael Schied, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Fred Michael Schied, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Melody M Thompson, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Special Member

Author:

Stout, Wilbur L

Title:

School Level Factors Associated With Pennsylvania High Schools That Exceed PVAAS Growth Projections In Reading

Graduate Program:

Educational Leadership

Keywords:

PVAAS
Pennsylvania Value-Added Assessment
Value-Added
Reading Growth

File:

Download W_Stout_Final_Dissertaton_.pdf

Committee Members:

Roger C Shouse, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Roger C Shouse, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward J Fuller, Committee Member
William Hartman, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

Author:

Griffith, Brian Keith

Title:

The Financial Impact of Charter Schools' Enrollment on Traditional Public School Expenditures, Resource Allocation and Programming

Graduate Program:

Educational Leadership

Keywords:

charter school
tuition
enrollment
public school programming
fiscal impact
special education
public school finance

File:

Download 070214_Dissertation_Griffith_BK.pdf

Committee Members:

William Hartman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
William Hartman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jacqueline A Stefkovich, Committee Member
Erica Frankenberg, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

Author:

Brion, Sarah Anne

Title:

Teacher Morale

Graduate Program:

Educational Leadership

Keywords:

teacher morale
education
measurement

File:

Download BrionDissertationFinal.pdf

Committee Members:

Roger C Shouse, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Roger C Shouse, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
William Hartman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Nona Ann Prestine, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

Author:

Perrin, Jason Christom

Title:

Pennsylvania Public Schools: The Fiscal Landscape A Descriptive Analysis 2008-2013

Graduate Program:

Educational Leadership

Keywords:

Pennsylvania Public School Finance
Revenues
Expenditures
Fund Balance
Average District Wealth

File:

Download Perrin_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

William Hartman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
William Hartman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward J Fuller, Committee Member
Ronald Robert Musoleno, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member