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Author:: Meisinger, Amy Ann
Title:: The Influence of Small Schools High School Redesign on Teachers' Collective Efficacy Beliefs
Graduate Program:: Educational Leadership
Keywords:: small schools
collective teacher efficacy
high school redesign
File:: Download Meisinger_FINAL.pdf
Committee Members:: Nona Ann Prestine, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nona Ann Prestine, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Preston C Green, Committee Member
William Hartman, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

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Author:: Tekin, Ali Kemal
Title:: AN INVESTIGATION OF TURKISH PARENTS’ BELIEFS AND PERCEPTIONS FOR INVOLVEMENT IN THEIR YOUNG CHILDREN’S EDUCATION
Graduate Program:: Curriculum and Instruction
Keywords:: beliefs and perceptions
parent involvement
young children
Turkish
early childhood
child development
File:: Download Ali_Kemal_Tekin_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Thomas Daniel Yawkey, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Daniel Dean Hade, Committee Member
Hoi Kin Suen, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

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Author:: Deterding, Audrey L
Title:: YOUNG ADULT SIBLING GROUPS AND DISCLOSURE: IMPLICATIONS OF SHARING PRIVATE INFORMATION
Graduate Program:: Communication Arts and Sciences
Keywords:: sibling communication
secrets
disclosure
family communication
File:: Download Deterding_Thesis.2.pdf
Committee Members:: Michelle E Day, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jon F Nussbaum, Committee Member
Dennis Stephen Gouran, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

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Author:: Freeman, Amy Louise
Title:: Money, Math and Engineering: The Relationships Between Community Economics, Math Preparation and the Graduation of Racially Underrepresented Engineers
Graduate Program:: Workforce Education and Development
Keywords:: prediction
recruitment
math programs
minority engineering program
STEM
poverty
race
retention
money
precollege
underrepresented
minority engineering
minority
math preparation
summer bridge
high school funding
MEP
diversity
graduation
engineering
multicultural
funding
high school
engineering shortage
Penn State
File:: Download Final_Document2.pdf
Committee Members:: William J Rothwell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
William J Rothwell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Judith Ann Kolb, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member
Kenneth Carter Gray, Committee Member

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Author:: Parrillo III, Albert Louis
Title:: Parental attachment and involvement as predictors of high school students' career thoughts
Graduate Program:: Counselor Education
Keywords:: career thoughts
dysfuncitonal career thinking
parental attachment
parental involvement
decision making confusion
external conflict
commitment anxiety
academic high school students
career and technical high school students
disability
trust
alienation
communication
demanding
responsive
File:: Download Parrillo_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Spencer G Niles, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jerry G Trusty, Committee Member
James Taylor Herbert, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

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Author:: Searfoss, Annette Louise
Title:: Family and Center-Based Child Care Providers' Beliefs and Concerns About Professional Development Opportunities
Graduate Program:: Curriculum and Instruction
Keywords:: child care
early childhood education
beliefs
concerns
professional development
Concerns-Based Adoption Model
expectancy-value theory
File:: Download Annette_Searfoss_Dissertation_2011.pdf
Committee Members:: Dr James Johnson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Ewald Johnson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James F Nolan Jr., Committee Member
Andrea Vujan Mccloskey, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

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Author:: Limperos, Anthony Michael
Title:: ASSESSING THE VIABILITY OF MEDIATED EXERCISE COMPANIONS IN MOTIVATING FUTURE EXERCISE INTENTIONS: AN EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF TRADITIONAL AND ADVANCED FORMS OF EXERCISE MEDIA
Graduate Program:: Mass Communications
Keywords:: media
new communication technology
exercise
motivation
enjoyment
File:: Download Limperos_Dissertation_Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Mary Beth Oliver, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary Beth Oliver, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
S. Shyam Sundar, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael Grant Schmierbach, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

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Author:: Pane Whiteford, Anita
Title:: Measuring the Impact and Value of Training Programs: A Qualitative Study of Selected Programs in the Workforce and Economic Development Network in Pennsylvania (WEDnetPA)
Graduate Program:: Workforce Education and Development
Keywords:: training and development
WEDnetPA
workforce education
measurement and value
File:: Download Final_Dissertation_Anita_Pane.pdf
Committee Members:: William J Rothwell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
William J Rothwell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David Lynn Passmore, Committee Member
Wesley Edward Donahue, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

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Author:: Kesten, Alper
Title:: A Case Study: Social Studies Preservice Teachers' Perceptons and Attitudes Toward Computer Technologies
Graduate Program:: Curriculum and Instruction
Keywords:: Preservice teachers
social studies
computer technology
attitudes
perceptions
File:: Download ThesisMaster.pdf
Committee Members:: Murry R Nelson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Marily Page, Committee Member
Patrick Willard Shannon, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

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Author:: Ivrendi, Asiye
Title:: The influence of kindergarten teachers' and principals' supervisory association on curriculum and teaching
Graduate Program:: Curriculum and Instruction
Keywords:: kindergarten teacher-principal supervisory associa
early childhood curriculum
supervision of kindergarten teachers
Developmentally appropriate practices
File:: Download asiyeDiss_1_.pdf
Committee Members:: James Ewald Johnson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Daniel Marshall, Committee Member
James F Nolan Jr., Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

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