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Author:

Dreon, Oliver

Title:

New Teachers' Experiences Enacting Inquiry Pedagogy

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

inquiry science pedagogy
professional teacher identity
new teachers
science education

File:

Download Dissertation_complete.pdf

Committee Members:

Scott Mc Donald, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Gregory John Kelly, Committee Member
Allison Carr Chellman, Committee Member
Chris Hoadley, Committee Member

Author:

Friedrichsen, Patricia Jean

Title:

A Substantive-Level Theory of Highly-Regarded Secondary Biology Teachers' Science Teaching Orientations

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

science teaching orientations
grounded theory
pedagogical content knowledge

File:

Download etd.pdf

Committee Members:

Vincent Norman Lunetta, Committee Member
Carla Zembal Saul, Committee Member
Thomas M Dana, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Heidi Appel, Committee Member

Author:

Dean, Patricia Kay

Title:

A KINDERGARTEN TEACHER’S LITERACY IN PLAY BELIEFS AND PRACTICES IN RELATION TO PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES BASED ON NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

full day kindergarten
play and literacy
emergent literacy
early c hildhood education
writing
play

File:

Download dean.pdf

Committee Members:

James Ewald Johnson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dr Miryam Espinosa Dulanto, Committee Member
Daniel Dean Hade, Committee Member
Dr John Tippeconnic, Committee Member

Author:

Poehner, Priya Maria

Title:

DRAFTING A NEW CHAPTER ON CRITICAL FRIENDS GROUPS: EXPLORING TEACHER LEARNING FROM A VYGOTSKIAN PERSPECTIVE

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

teacher professional development
Critical Friends Groups
Sociocultural Theory
teacher learning

File:

Download final_dissertation_format.pdf

Committee Members:

James F Nolan Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Karen E Johnson, Committee Member
Bernard Joel Badiali, Committee Member
Patrick Willard Shannon, Committee Member

Author:

Gounari, Panagiota

Title:

CONTESTING COMMON SENSE DISCOURSE: LANGUAGE, POLITICS AND DEMOCRACY

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

critical pedagogy
language and common sense
language and democracy
sociolinguistics
critical discourse analysis

File:

Download Gounari_etd.pdf

Committee Members:

Henry A Giroux, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Patrick Willard Shannon, Committee Member
Paul Youngquist, Committee Member
Jacqueline Edmondson, Committee Member

Author:

Kim, Pyeong-gook

Title:

SHARING DECISIONS, TEACHING IN TEAMS, AND MULTI-AGING: INDIVIDUALLY GUIDED EDUCATION, 1965-1981

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

elementary secondary education
comprehensive school reform
educational change
organizational change
school culture
change strategies
change agents
organizational development
teacher role
staff development
decision making
team teaching
individu

File:

Download thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Patrick Willard Shannon, Committee Member
Robert F Nicely Jr., Committee Member
Murry R Nelson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Daniel Marshall, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David P Baker, Committee Member

Author:

Li, Pen Fen

Title:

Exploring the Use of Unsolicited Email in EFL Education in Taiwan: Authentic and Critical Literacy in Context

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Electronic Advertising
Course Design
EFL Education
Curriculum and Instruction
Internet

File:

Download final_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Ladislaus M Semali, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jamie Myers, Committee Member
Miryam Espinosa Dulanto, Committee Member
Steve L Thorne, Committee Member

Author:

Roman-Perez, Rosa Iris

Title:

Lessons for everyone from the basic skills classroom: A critical discourse analysis of basic writing syllabi

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

curriculum development
and sanctions
punishment
warnings
medical model
professional development
teaching assistant training
ideology
developmental
remedial
syllabi
basic writing
critical discourse analysis
pronouns
power and authority
history of remediation in US universities

File:

Download Rosa_Roman_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Patricia M Hinchey, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Daniel Marshall, Committee Member
Peggy Noel Van Meter, Committee Member
Miryam Espinosa Dulanto, Committee Member

Author:

Williams, Robert L

Title:

A Case Study in Clinical Supervision: Moving from an Evaluation to a Supervision Mode

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

supervision
teacher supervision
clinical supervision

File:

Download Dissertation-Format_Approval.pdf

Committee Members:

James F Nolan Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Gerald K Letendre, Committee Member
Iris M Striedieck, Committee Member
Dr John Tippeconnic, Committee Member

Author:

Fillman, Robin M

Title:

THE ROLE OF A READING FIRST READING COACH IN A RURAL PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL DISTRICT AS PERCEIVED BY THE TEACHERS AND THE ADMINISTRATORS

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

literacy coach
reading first
rural schools

File:

Download fillman.pdf

Committee Members:

James Ewald Johnson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jacqueline Edmondson, Committee Member
Daniel Dean Hade, Committee Member
John W Tippeconnic, Iii, Committee Member

Author:

Barreto-Espino, Reizelie

Title:

Teaching Science as Argument:Prospective elementary teachers' knowledge

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

science education
preservice elementary teachers
teaching science as argument
argumentation

File:

Download Barreto_Dissertation_071809.pdf

Committee Members:

Carla Zembal Saul, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Carla Zembal Saul, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Scott Mc Donald, Committee Member
Leigh Ann Haefner, Committee Member
Robert Allen Kimel, Committee Member

Author:

Ulker, Riza

Title:

A Study of Turkish Kindergarten Teachers’ Attitudes Toward Two Instructional Models: Direct Instruction and Child-Initiated Instruction

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

child-initiated instruction
direct instruction
classroom social behavior
kindergarten

File:

Download Riza_Ulker.pdf

Committee Members:

Thomas Daniel Yawkey, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Daniel Dean Hade, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member
Rayne Audrey Sperling, Committee Member
Patrick Willard Shannon, Committee Member

Author:

Abdel Kader, Shereen Adel Ibrahim

Title:

ENHANCING CREATIVE BEHAVIORAL EXPRESSIONS IN SCHOOL SYSTEMS: THE NEED FOR EDUCATIONAL REFORM AND A CENTER FOR CREATIVITY

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Creative Product
Descriptor Behavior
Achievement
Creativity
Classroom
Early Childhood
Children
Recognition
Teacher
Center for Creativity
Education Reform
School System
Behavior Expression
Creative Behavior
Creative Process
Identification
Curriculum
Instruction
Assessment
Indicator
Factor
Misconception

File:

Download Final_Thesis_04-17-08.pdf

Committee Members:

Thomas Daniel Yawkey, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member
Jamie Myers, Committee Member
Daniel Dean Hade, Committee Member

Author:

Peters, Susan A.

Title:

DEVELOPING AN UNDERSTANDING OF VARIATION: AP STATISTICS TEACHERS’ PERCEPTIONS AND RECOLLECTIONS OF CRITICAL MOMENTS

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

understanding variation
conceptions of variation
teacher knowledge
statistics education
SOLO
transformation theory

File:

Download Peters_Final_Dissertation_090610.pdf

Committee Members:

Rose Mary Zbiek, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rose Mary Zbiek, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Glendon Wilbur Blume, Committee Member
Mary Kathleen Heid, Committee Member
Thomas P Hettmansperger, Committee Member
Laura Simon, Committee Member

Author:

Kerlin, Steven Charles

Title:

Global Learning Communities: Science classrooms without walls

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

science education
argumentation
online
learning communities

File:

Download KerlinDissertation7-16-09.pdf

Committee Members:

William Carlsen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
William Carlsen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Gregory John Kelly, Committee Member
Scott P Mcdonald, Committee Member
Charles Raymond Fisher Jr., Committee Member

Author:

Preston, Stephanie Danette

Title:

INVESTIGATING MINORITY STUDENT PARTICIPATION IN AN AUTHENTIC SCIENCE RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

learning as cultural practice
underrepresented groups in science
discourse in science
authentic science research experience
authentic practice
sociocultural perspective in science

File:

Download Preston_PhD_8-10-09.pdf

Committee Members:

Carla Zembal Saul, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Carla Zembal Saul, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Gregory John Kelly, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dr Scott Mc Donald, Committee Member
John Daniel Marshall, Committee Member

Author:

Babu, Sudha G.

Title:

Mothers' Work in Schooling Children: Perspectives from Immigrant Asian-Indian Mothers

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

immigrant mothers
Asian-Indian
mothering
schooling
cultural differences
family/school (dis)connections

File:

Download Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

James Ewald Johnson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Marnina K Gonick, Committee Member
Debra M Freedman, Committee Member
Madhu Suri Prakash, Committee Member

Author:

MacKenzie, Sarah Kate

Title:

Ambiguous Presence: (Re)searching the Negotiations of Be(com)ing Teacher

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

a/r/tography
pre-service teachers
teacher identity
narrative
arts-based research
spirituality
pedagogy
teacher education

File:

Download MacKenzie_Dissertation_Submission_June_2006.pdf

Committee Members:

Miryam Espinosa Dulanto, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Marnina Gonick, Committee Member
Patrick Willard Shannon, Committee Member
Yvonne Madelaine Gaudelius, Committee Member

Author:

Graves, Shanna L

Title:

Influences on Preservice Teachers' Beliefs about Family Involvement and Cultural Diversity: An Exploration of Mentoring Relationships

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

mentoring
teacher preparation
teacher beliefs

File:

Download Graves_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

James Ewald Johnson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James F Nolan Jr., Committee Member
John Daniel Marshall, Committee Member
Esther Susana Prins, Committee Member

Author:

Clark, Shanetia Pertrelle

Title:

TEACHERS AND TECHNOLOGY: UNPACKING ILLUSIONS OF A ONE-TO-ONE COMPUTER INITIATIVE

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

secondary teachers
computer technology
sucessful teaching
one-to-one laptop computer ratio
pedagogy

File:

Download SPClark_Dissertation1pdf.pdf

Committee Members:

Jacqueline Edmondson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Patricia M Hinchey, Committee Member
James Ewald Johnson, Committee Member
John David Popp, Committee Member

Author:

Troutman, Stephanie

Title:

CONSIDERING CURRICULUM IN POST-9/11 CULTURAL CONTEXTS: THE STORY OF MOVIES AND THE POLITICIZATION OF THE AMERICAN CITIZEN

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

curriculum
citizenship
female representation
racial identity
post-9/11 culture

File:

Download Troutman_final_dissertation_7-27.pdf

Committee Members:

Gail Louise Boldt, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gail Louise Boldt, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jeanine M Staples, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Irina Aristarkhova, Committee Member
Marie Hardin, Committee Member
Lindah Mhando, Committee Member

Author:

Huang, Shou-Chi

Title:

CHILDREN’S BEHAVIORAL AND LEARNING SELF-REGULATION IN TRANSITION PERIOD: A STUDY OF FIRST GRADE STUDENTS IN TAIWAN

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

CHILDREN
FIRST GRADE
SELF-REGULATION

File:

Download Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Thomas Daniel Yawkey, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas Daniel Yawkey, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Peggy Noel Van Meter, Committee Member
Ladislaus M Semali, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

Author:

Song, Seung-Min

Title:

Korean mothers' beliefs and practices on early English education in ESL and EFL contexts

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

File:

Download SeungMinThesis1.pdf

Committee Members:

James Ewald Johnson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Susan Mary Land, Committee Member
Jamie Myers, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

Author:

Park, Sunyoung

Title:

PEDAGOGICAL CHALLENGES AND POSSIBILITIES: ADAPTING CRITICAL LITERACY IN EFL COLLEGE WRITING USING A VIDEO-AUTHORING PROJECT

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

video-authoring project
EFL college writing
critical literacy

File:

Download Dissertation_final_version_1.pdf

Committee Members:

Jamie Myers, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jamie Myers, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Roger C Shouse, Committee Member
Bernard Joel Badiali, Committee Member
Ladislaus M Semali, Committee Member

Author:

Santiago, Teresita

Title:

Children’s Perception of the Learning of English as a Second Language and the Textbooks Used in the Classroom in the Colonial/Postcolonial Context of Puerto Rico

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

literacy
critical pedagogy
bilingual education
postcolonialism colonial

File:

Download Teresita_Santiago_Dissertation_1_.pdf

Committee Members:

Daniel Dean Hade, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Miryam Espinosa Dulanto, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Madhu Suri Prakash, Committee Member
Steven Herb, Committee Member

Author:

Chuang, Tsung-Yen

Title:

THE EFFECTS OF COMPUTER AND VIDEO GAMING AS PLAY EFFECTS ON ELEMENTARY STUDENTS' COGNITIVE PROCESSES AND LEARNING ACHIEVEMENTS IN TAIWAN

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Child's Play
Computer Games
Instructional Technology
MANOVA
Taiwan

File:

Download Tsung-Yen_Chuang_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Thomas Daniel Yawkey, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert F Nicely Jr., Committee Member
Brian K Smith, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

Author:

Meidl, Tynisha Denea

Title:

Teachers' Dissonance With Curriculum Planning for Linguistically and Culturally Diverse Students

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

linguistically and culturally diverse students
curriculum
dissonance

File:

Download Final_Copy_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Ladislaus M Semali, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ladislaus M Semali, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jamie Myers, Committee Member
Esther Susana Prins, Committee Member
Patrick Willard Shannon, Committee Member

Author:

Youngbauer, Vincent W.

Title:

The Implementation of Media Literacy in the Social Studies Curriculum

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Media Literacy
Social Studies Education
Teacher Training
History and Media
Media Technology

File:

Download Youngbauer_dissertation_2.0_2011.pdf

Committee Members:

Patrick Willard Shannon, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patrick Willard Shannon, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James F Nolan Jr., Committee Member
Scott Alan Metzger, Committee Member
Jeanne Lynn Hall, Committee Member

Author:

Chou, Wan-Hsiang

Title:

The Strange Case of Disconnection: Co-sleeping, Attachment, and the Imported Picture Books about Bedtime in Taiwan

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Taiwan
childrearing practices
fear
transitional objects
children's literature
picture books
attachment theory
parent child relations
sleep

File:

Download wan_hsiang_chou_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Daniel Dean Hade, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Ewald Johnson, Committee Member
Steven Herb, Committee Member
Karen Treat Keifer Boyd, Committee Member
Dr Mary Galbraith, Committee Member

Author:

Chen, Wen-ling

Title:

An Investigation into the Perceptions of Nursery School Directors and Teachers Towards Use of An Assessment Instrument in Early Childhood Education/Care Evaluations of Nursery School Quality in Taiwan

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Government Regulations
Three Systems Models
Assessment Instruments
Early Childhood Curriculum
High-quality Nursery Schools
Early Childhood Education

File:

Download Thesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Thomas Daniel Yawkey, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jamie Myers, Committee Member
Roger C Shouse, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

Author:

Gu, Wei

Title:

Teachers' Attitudes Toward Parental Involvement in Selected Government Kindergartens in China

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

China
parental involvement
attitudes

File:

Download WeiGu_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Thomas Daniel Yawkey, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ladislaus M Semali, Committee Member
Roger C Shouse, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

Author:

Tsai, Yi-Wen

Title:

The Impact of Dialogic Reading: Facilitating Language Acquisition of Young Children with Hearing Impairments in Taiwan

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Dialogic Reading
Hearing-Impairemed Children
Language Acquisition

File:

Download eTD_Yi-Wen_Tsai.pdf

Committee Members:

Thomas Daniel Yawkey, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas Daniel Yawkey, Committee Member
Ladislaus M Semali, Committee Member
Pamela S Wolfe, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

Author:

Cai, Yihuai

Title:

Contested Space, Conflicting Desires: "Becoming" "Girls" in Urbanizing Rural China

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

girlhood studies
feminist ethnography
poststructuralism
subjectivity
rural urbanization
privatized vocational schooling

File:

Download Yihuai_Cai_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Patrick Willard Shannon, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Marnina Gonick, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Patrick Willard Shannon, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jacqueline Edmondson, Committee Member
Jacqueline J A Reid Walsh, Committee Member
Dr Mrinalini Sinha, Committee Member

Author:

Kim, Yang Eun

Title:

SELF-EFFICACY WITH REGARD TO THE TEACHING OF SCIENCE OF EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION TEACHERS IN KOREA

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Self-Efficacy. Early Childhood Education. Early Ch

File:

Download Total_Dissertation-YangEun_Kim.pdf

Committee Members:

Thomas Daniel Yawkey, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Carla Zembal Saul, Committee Member
Scott P Mcdonald, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

Author:

Lin, Yen-Chun

Title:

Parents' Perceptions of Child's Play and the Relation to Children's Development of Social Competence and Creativity

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

child play
social competence
creativity

File:

Download Yen-Chun_Lin_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Tomas Yawkey, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas Daniel Yawkey, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Daniel Dean Hade, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member
Robert Lee Burgess, Committee Member

Author:

Huang, Yu-Chuan

Title:

Private Kindergarten Scorecard

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

performance management
self-evaluation

File:

Download Final_Defense_4-30-2007_-stakeholer_internal_organizaion_process.pdf

Committee Members:

Thomas Daniel Yawkey, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jamie Myers, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member
William Hartman, Committee Member

Author:

TSAO, YA-LUN

Title:

The Impact of Social Play Activities on Promoting Social Interactions of High-Functioning Autistic Children in Taiwan

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

social play activities
high-functioning autistic children
pivotal response training (PRT)

File:

Download 911361854_Ya-Lun_Tsao.pdf

Committee Members:

Thomas Daniel Yawkey, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas Daniel Yawkey, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Pamela S Wolfe, Committee Member
Ladislaus M Semali, Committee Member
Rama B Radhakrishna, Committee Member

Author:

Burns, Rebecca West

Title:

Conceptualizing Supervision in the Professional Development School Context: A Case Analysis

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Professional Development Schools (PDS)
Supervision
Hybrid Educator
Field Experiences
Clinical Faculty
University Liaison

File:

Download Burns_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Bernard Joel Badiali, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James F Nolan Jr., Committee Member
Dr Kimberly Powell, Committee Member
Stephanie L Knight, Special Member

Author:

Olan, Elsie L

Title:

Stories of the past and present:what preservice secondary English teachers draw on when learning to teach writing

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

writing
preservice secondary English teachers
teacher education
stories
pedagogical tools
inquiry assignment
SCT
SCAT

File:

Download E._Olan_Diss.The_Pennsylvania_State_University.pdf

Committee Members:

Angiline Louisa Whitney, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Angiline Louisa Whitney, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Patrick Willard Shannon, Committee Member
James F Nolan Jr., Committee Member
Roger C Shouse, Committee Member

Author:

Fuentes, David Andres

Title:

Exploring Pre-service teachers' historical thinking through the Cooperative Biography: A Design-based Research Study

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Historical thinking
Historical understanding
pre-service teachers' perceptions of history
design-based research
history education

File:

Download D._Fuentes_Final_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Stephanie Cayot Serriere, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephanie Cayot Serriere, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Scott Alan Metzger, Committee Member
Patrick Willard Shannon, Committee Member
Esther Susana Prins, Committee Member

Author:

D'Urso, Alexandra

Title:

Life stories and sociological imagination: Understanding identity in France and Sweden vis-à-vis the life works of Faudel and Adam Tensta

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

life stories
public pedagogy
Adam Tensta
Faudel
living biography
sociological imagination

File:

Download DissertationFINAL-withFrontMatter.pdf

Committee Members:

Jacqueline Edmondson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patrick Willard Shannon, Committee Member
Meredith Christine Doran, Committee Member
Gail Louise Boldt, Committee Member

Author:

Boyer, Elisebeth Connolly

Title:

Preservice Elementary Teachers’ use of a Discursive Model of Meaning Making in the Co-construction of Science Understanding

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

elementary
science
preservice
discourse
argument

File:

Download Boyer_Dissertation_7-16-12.pdf

Committee Members:

Carla Zembal Saul, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Carla Zembal Saul, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Scott Mc Donald, Committee Member
Kimberly Anne Powell, Committee Member
Susan G Strauss, Committee Member
Glendon Wilbur Blume, Special Member

Author:

Wu, Ying-Chi

Title:

A story of the past makes its way to the present: Mobility in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Alice in Wonderland
media adaptations
mobility
picturebook
pop-up book
e-book

File:

Download Wu_Dissertation.pdfDownload permissions_for_image_use.pdf

Committee Members:

Daniel Dean Hade, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jacqueline J A Reid Walsh, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daniel Dean Hade, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jacqueline J A Reid Walsh, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Steven Herb, Committee Member
Esther Susana Prins, Committee Member

Author:

Griess, Carolyn Jean

Title:

Educating Early Educators: Voices of Early Childhood Educators Participating in Formal Education as Part of a Statewide Quality Rating Improvement System

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

teacher preparation
QRIS
early childhood

File:

Download GriessDissertation2012a.pdf

Committee Members:

Kathleen Mary Collins, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Ewald Johnson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stephanie L Knight, Committee Member
Jane B Keat, Committee Member

Author:

Connelly, Kimberly Ann

Title:

The Primary Practices Questionnaire (PPQ): The Development and Validation of an Instrument Measuring Teachers' Perceptions of their Implementation of 'Developmentally Appropriate' Responsive Practices in the Primary Grades

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

elementary education
early childhood education
primary grades
survey development
teacher practices
developmentally appropriate practices

File:

Download Connelly_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

James F Nolan Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Ewald Johnson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephanie L Knight, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

Author:

Schappe, Julie Frear

Title:

Ethnography of Adolescent Literacy: Sociocultural Understandings of Literacies, Places, Materials, and Social Relationships

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

adolescent literacy
literacies
place
mapping
multimodal literacies
multisituated literacies
ethnography
journey

File:

Download Schappe_Ethnography_of_Adolescent_Literacy_Dissertation_2013_.pdf

Committee Members:

Jeanine M Staples, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jeanine M Staples, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kimberly Anne Powell, Committee Member
Scott Mc Donald, Committee Member
Booker Stephen Carpenter Ii, Committee Member

Author:

Sullivan, Patrick

Title:

Characterizing the Nature of Students' Feature Noticing-and-using With Respect to Mathematical Symbols Across Different Levels of Algebra Exposure

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Noticing
Features
Algebra
Algebraic Symbols
Symbolic Representations
Student Learning

File:

Download Sullivan_Dissertation_14_130328.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary Kathleen Heid, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary Kathleen Heid, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Glendon Wilbur Blume, Committee Member
Rose Mary Zbiek, Committee Member
Mark Levi, Committee Member

Author:

Blahus, Rebecca Anne

Title:

Perceptions of Primary Teachers Using Responsive Classroom in the Era of No Child Left Behind

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Responsive Classroom
No Child Left Behind
teachers response to change

File:

Download R._Blahus_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

James F Nolan Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James F Nolan Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Iris M Striedieck, Committee Member
Bernard Joel Badiali, Committee Member
Robert James Stevens, Committee Member

Author:

Ngomba-Westbrook, Nalova

Title:

Tensions of Teaching Media Literacy in Teacher Education

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

literacy studies
media literacy
media studies
teacher education
survey research
case study

File:

Download WestbrookDissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Jeanine M Staples, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patrick Willard Shannon, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stephanie L Knight, Committee Member
Ladislaus M Semali, Committee Member

Author:

Mason, Lance Ernest

Title:

Cultivating Democratic Habits of Communication in the Social Studies

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

John Dewey
habits
communication
social studies
philosophy of education

File:

Download MASON_Dissertation_-_Cultivating_Democratic_Habits_of_Communication_-_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Scott Alan Metzger, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Patrick Willard Shannon, Committee Member
Murry R Nelson, Committee Member
Alan M Sica, Committee Member
Shannon Wimberley Sullivan, Committee Member

Author:

Johnson, Kim Helene

Title:

understanding proportional reasoning of pre-service teachers

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

proportional reasoning
pre-service teachers
ratio
problem solving

File:

Download Johnson_Dissertation_072413.pdf

Committee Members:

Rose Mary Zbiek, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrea Vujan Mccloskey, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary Kathleen Heid, Committee Member
Nona Ann Prestine, Special Member

Author:

Grady, Maureen M

Title:

Students’ conceptions of mathematics as sensible (SCOMAS) framework

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

conceptions of mathematics
mathematics education
productive disposition

File:

Download MaureenGrady_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Edith Frances Arbaugh, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Glendon Wilbur Blume, Committee Member
Gwendolyn Monica Lloyd, Committee Member
Andrea Vujan Mccloskey, Committee Member
Kai Arthur Schafft, Committee Member

Author:

Jin, Seunghee

Title:

The Use Of Facebook To Promote Korean EFL Learners' Intercultural Competence

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Web 2.0
Social networking
Facebook
EFL
ESL
Intercultural communication
Intercultural competence
telecollaboration

File:

Download Dissertation_FINAL_Seunghee_Jin_0715.pdf

Committee Members:

Matthew Edward Poehner, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jamie Myers, Committee Member
Mark Thomas Kissling, Committee Member
Xiaofei Lu, Committee Member

Author:

Cone Hernbloom, Lisa Ann

Title:

Negotiating Race To The Top: An Intervention Teacher's Story

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

positioning
Race to the Top
intervention
autoethnography
critical policy analysis
agency

File:

Download Lisa_Ann_Cone_Hernbloom_Dissertation_The_Pennsylvania_State_University.pdf

Committee Members:

Kathleen Mary Collins, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patrick Willard Shannon, Committee Member
Jacqueline Edmondson, Committee Member
Dorothy H Evensen, Special Member

Author:

Feeley, Susan Jane

Title:

Assessing Understanding of the Concept of Function: A Study Comparing Prospective Secondary Mathematics Teachers' Responses to Multiple-choice and Constructed-response Items

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Understanding
Function
Secondary Mathematics Teachers
Assessment
Multiple-Choice Items
Constructed-Response Items
Sierpinska
Indicators of Understanding
Certification

File:

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Committee Members:

Glendon Wilbur Blume, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary Kathleen Heid, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Nigel David Higson, Committee Member
Rose Mary Zbiek, Special Member

Author:

Xu, Xu

Title:

The Nation's Child: Childhood, Children's Literature and National Identity in Modern China

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Childhood
Children's Literature
National Identity
Modern China

File:

Download Xu_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Gail Louise Boldt, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gail Louise Boldt, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Daniel Dean Hade, Committee Member
Jacqueline J A Reid Walsh, Committee Member
Shuang Shen, Committee Member

Author:

Slivka, Julie Anne

Title:

Exploring adolescents' productions of affect through beadwork

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

affect
literacy
play

File:

Download JSlivkaDissertation_11.22.13_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Gail Louise Boldt, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gail Louise Boldt, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kimberly Anne Powell, Committee Member
Christine Thompson, Committee Member
Charles Richard Garoian, Special Member

Author:

Shimizu, Jeanne Keiko

Title:

The Nature of Secondary Mathematics Teachers' Efforts to Make Ideas of School Algebra Accessible

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

teaching practices
quasi-teaching practices
teaching
accessible
framing
decompressing
trimming
bridging

File:

Download Shimizu_Dissertation_all_chapters_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary Kathleen Heid, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary Kathleen Heid, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Rose Mary Zbiek, Committee Member
Glendon Wilbur Blume, Committee Member
Mark Levi, Committee Member

Author:

Oliveras, Yanira

Title:

The empirical relationship between administrator ratings of teacher effectiveness and student achievement on the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

administrator ratings
teacher effectiveness
student achievement

File:

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Committee Members:

James F Nolan Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Bernard Joel Badiali, Committee Member
Iris M Striedieck, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

Author:

Arends, Jessica Hope

Title:

Faculty conceptualizations of global service-learning: Envisioning change, doing damage, and the role of identity

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

global service-learning
faculty
motivations
critical reflection
community impacts
identity

File:

Download Faculty_Conceptualizations_final_Arends_2014.pdf

Committee Members:

Stephanie Cayot Serriere, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Elizabeth A Smolcic, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christine M Thompson, Committee Member
Esther Susana Prins, Special Member

Author:

Hufnagel, Elizabeth Jean

Title:

How Pre-service Elementary Teachers Express Emotions About Climate Change And Related Disciplinary Ideas

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

science education; environmental science education; emotions; di

File:

Download Hufnagel_Dissertation_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Gregory John Kelly, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Carla Zembal Saul, Committee Member
Susan G Strauss, Committee Member
Stephanie A Shields, Special Member

Author:

Sherbine, Kortney Beth

Title:

Mapping Emergent Childhoods and Justin Bieber Fan Culture

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

childhood
fan culture
Gilles Deleuze
Félix Guattari
assemblage
nomad
becoming
desire

File:

Download FinalDissertationSherbine.pdf

Committee Members:

Gail Louise Boldt, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gail Louise Boldt, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christine Thompson, Committee Member
Kimberly Anne Powell, Committee Member
Charles Richard Garoian, Committee Member

Author:

Sevimli Celik, Serap

Title:

movement Education: Pre-service Teachers' Perceptions Of Its Benefits And Their Competence In Integrating It Across The Curriculum

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Early childhood education
movement education
teacher education

File:

Download Serap_Sevimli_Celik_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

James Ewald Johnson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James F Nolan Jr., Committee Member
Melissa Jean Bopp, Committee Member
Jawaid Haider, Committee Member

Author:

Yang, Sungwoo

Title:

The Study Of Variables Influencing The Effect Of English Medium Instruction On Academic Content Learning And English Proficiency Development

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

English medium instruction (EMI)
ESL/EFL teaching
tertiary level

File:

Download Sung_Woo_Yang_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Jamie Myers, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mari Haneda, Committee Member
Roger C Shouse, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member
Rose Mary Zbiek, Special Member

Author:

Lee, Yunjoon

Title:

Working hypothesis in second language development in natural settings of World of Warcraft twenty one year old adult's second language development in the game of play of World of Warcraft

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

language development
language acquisition
ESL
MMORPG
video game
online game
world of warcraft

File:

Download YunJoon_Lee_Final_Submit_Dissertation2.pdf

Committee Members:

Jamie Myers, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jamie Myers, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Scott P Mcdonald, Committee Member
Matthew Edward Poehner, Committee Member
Michael Grant Schmierbach, Committee Member

Author:

Rosello, Jarod

Title:

Everything Imagined is Real

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

comics
cartooning
pedagogy
arts-based research
curriculum

File:

Download Rosello_-_Everything_Imagined_is_Real_-_Final_Grad_Submission.pdf

Committee Members:

Kimberly Anne Powell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gail Louise Boldt, Committee Member
Christine M Thompson, Committee Member
Charles Richard Garoian, Special Member

Author:

Karunakaran, Shiv

Title:

Comparing bundles and associated intentions of expert and novice provers during the process of proving

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Proving
Mathematics Education
Mathematical Knowledge
Undergraduate Mathematics
Graduate Mathematics
Proof Instruction

File:

Download Karunakaran_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary Kathleen Heid, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Glendon Wilbur Blume, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Rose Mary Zbiek, Committee Member
Yakov B Pesin, Special Member

Author:

Mcdonald, Brian Thomas

Title:

A Retrospective Interview Study of Immigrant Students and Their Success in International Baccalaureate English / Literacy

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

International Baccalaureate
Curriculum
Instruction
English Language Learners
Latinos

File:

Download DISS_FINAL_FINAL_July_17_1.pdf

Committee Members:

Anne Whitney, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rose Mary Zbiek, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edith Frances Arbaugh, Committee Member
Matthew Edward Poehner, Committee Member
Madhu Suri Prakash, Special Member

Author:

Mcdyre, Alicia Marie

Title:

Kindergarten girls "illuminating" their identities-in-practice through science instruction framed in explanation building: From the shadows into the light

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

elementary science
science literacy
positioning
explanation building

File:

Download AliciaMcDyre1finaldissertation2014_.pdf

Committee Members:

Carla Zembal Saul, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gregory John Kelly, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephanie Cayot Serriere, Committee Member
Heather A Zimmerman, Committee Member

Author:

Jin, Meong-hee

Title:

Technology integration in the context of collaboration in early childhood settings

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Collaboration
Technology knowledge
Technology pedagogy
Technology integration

File:

Download Jin_Dissertation2014a1.pdf

Committee Members:

James Ewald Johnson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James F Nolan Jr., Committee Member
Jamie Myers, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

Author:

Swartz, Suzanne Elizabeth

Title:

children, imaginary companions, and narrative skills:two case studies of the potential developmental benefits of imaginary companion play for the narrative skills of young children

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

decontextualized language
dynamic systems theory
imaginary companion play
narrative skill
play-literacy nexus.

File:

Download SwartzS.E.Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

James Ewald Johnson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Ewald Johnson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Vivian Yenika Agbaw, Committee Member
Daniel Dean Hade, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Special Member

Author:

Kao, Yu-ting

Title:

VYGOTSKY’S THEORY OF INSTRUCTION AND ASSESSMENT: THE IMPLICATIONS ON FOREIGN LANGUAGE EDUCATION

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

sociocultural theory
concept-based instruction
dynamic assessment
teaching Chinese as a foreign language
Chinese rhetoric

File:

Download FinalDissertationKao.pdf

Committee Members:

Matthew Edward Poehner, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew Edward Poehner, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Karen E Johnson, Committee Member
Elizabeth A Smolcic, Committee Member
Xiaoye You, Committee Member

Author:

Olcese, Nicole Rose

Title:

Beginning Teachers Finding Support Through an Online Teacher Network: Affinity Lear-NING

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Affinity Spaces
Teacher Education
Online Social Networks

File:

Download Nicole_Olcese_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Jamie Myers, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jamie Myers, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Priya Sharma, Committee Member
Anne Whitney, Committee Member
James F Nolan Jr., Committee Member

Author:

Al-mansour, Monirah A

Title:

Young Children's Journey into a World of Play with Open-ended Materials: A Case Study of the Creative Play Club

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Creative Play
Open-ended Materials
Play
peer culture
imagination

File:

Download Al-Mansour_Monirah-Dissertation_FS4-Dec.2014.pdf

Committee Members:

James Ewald Johnson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James F Nolan Jr., Committee Member
Stephanie Cayot Serriere, Committee Member
Christine Thompson, Special Member

Author:

Krajeski, Stephen Edward

Title:

Supporting Pre-service Science Teachers in Developing Culturally Relevant Pedagogy

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

culturally relevant pedagogy
pre-service science teacher

File:

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Committee Members:

Scott Mc Donald, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gregory John Kelly, Committee Member
Richard Alan Duschl, Committee Member
David P Baker, Special Member

Author:

Huang, Hubert Khan

Title:

Examining youth attitudes toward civic engagement: A study of collaborative social entrepreneurship using a multi-user virtual environment

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

civic education
civic engagement
educational technology
issues-centered curriculum
deliberation
interdisciplinary literacy

File:

Download Huang_Dissertation_Revised_2014.pdf

Committee Members:

Scott Alan Metzger, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Scott Alan Metzger, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Patrick Willard Shannon, Committee Member
David Lynn Passmore, Committee Member
Rose Marie Baker, Committee Member

Author:

Almoaiqel, Salman Abdullah

Title:

Perceptions of Saudi School Teachers about Teaching Arabic Language Arts Using an Integrated Approach: An Exploratory Study

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Teaching Arabic Language Arts
Integrated Approach
Perceptions of Saudi School Teachers
Integrating Arabic Language Arts

File:

Download Salman_Almoaiqels_Dissertation_2014_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Jamie Myers, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jamie Myers, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James F Nolan Jr., Committee Member
Angiline Louisa Whitney, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Special Member

Author:

Coon-kitt, Mary Jayne

Title:

Inquirying about student work in a professional development school context: A case of cross-role triads

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

professional development schools
collaborative inquiry groups
elementary math education
looking at student work

File:

Download Coon-Kitt_Dissertation_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

James F Nolan Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James F Nolan Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Gwendolyn Monica Lloyd, Committee Member
Bernard Joel Badiali, Committee Member
Stephanie L Knight, Committee Member

Author:

Pasterick, Michelle Le

Title:

Language and culture learning abroad: Mediating pre-service World Languages teachers' development of interculturality

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

world languages
interculturality
study abroad
foreign language
intercultural competence

File:

Download M_L_Pasterick_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Matthew Edward Poehner, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patrick Willard Shannon, Committee Member
Elizabeth A Smolcic, Committee Member
Celeste S Kinginger, Committee Member

Author:

Kang, Suyoung

Title:

Demystifying the Popular Narratives of English Fever in South Korea: From Mothers' Perspectives

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

English fever
globalization
education fever
Korean motherhood
neoliberal motherhood
intensive mothering

File:

Download SYKang_Dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Jamie Myers, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patrick Willard Shannon, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mari Haneda, Committee Member
Meredith Christine Doran, Special Member

Author:

Kawai, Roi

Title:

Punishment, Resistance, and Hope in School: Political Narratives of Urban Youth

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Politics of School
Urban Education
Civic Education
Middle Level Education
Political Narratives

File:

Download 1-Kawai_R._Dissertation_Final_Draft._4.26.15.pdf

Committee Members:

Stephanie Cayot Serriere, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jeanine M Staples, Committee Member
Patrick Willard Shannon, Committee Member
Nicole Sheree Webster, Committee Member

Author:

Lane-Myler, Jennifer Ann

Title:

Encountering and Accounts of "the other:" Teachers' perceptions and curricular planning following an immersion abroad

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Global education
intercultural immersion experiences
social studies education
teacher education
professional development

File:

Download Jennifer_Lane-Myler_Dissertation_4.26.2015.pdf

Committee Members:

Stephanie Cayot Serriere, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph M Valente, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jeanine M Staples, Committee Member
Mindy L Kornhaber, Committee Member

Author:

Al Thowaini, Mohammad

Title:

Can I see me? A study of pictorial representations in Saudi elementary textbooks and teacher and curriculum developers’ perceptions of multiculturalism

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Multiculturalism
diversity
education
science textbook
teacher education
curriculum
Saudi Arabia

File:

Download Malthowaini_2015.pdf

Committee Members:

Jamie Myers, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James F Nolan Jr., Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member
Ladislaus M Semali, Committee Member

Author:

Perkinson, David Bayless

Title:

The Mathematical Reasoning of Teachers During the Design and Delivery of Instruction

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Mathematical Knowledge
Mathematical Reasoning
Pedagogical Content Reasoning
Critical Instructional Moments

File:

Download Perkinson_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary Kathleen Heid, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary Kathleen Heid, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Glendon Wilbur Blume, Committee Member
Mark Levi, Committee Member
James F Nolan Jr., Committee Member

Author:

Hults, Alaska Black

Title:

The Dialogic Cconstruction of Bilingual Literacies, Disability, and Inclusion by Content-area Teachers

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

ESL
Disability Studies in Education
Positioning
Professional Learning
Professional Development
K-12

File:

Download HULTS_Diss_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Kathleen Mary Collins, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Patrick Willard Shannon, Committee Member
Elizabeth A Smolcic, Committee Member
Karen E Johnson, Special Member

Author:

Kim-Bossard, MinSoo

Title:

"I am raising Korea": Ethnographic interviews on mothering and marriage-labor immigrant families in Korea

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

mothering
Korea
immigrant families
immigration
ethnographic interviews

File:

Download Kim-Bossard_Dissertation_Final_submitted_June_8.pdf

Committee Members:

Joseph M Valente, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gail Louise Boldt, Committee Member
Kimberly Anne Powell, Committee Member
Christine M Thompson, Committee Member
Kyunghwa Lee, Special Member

Author:

Lee, Changkee

Title:

How Two Kindergarten Teachers Perceive and Meet the Needs of The 2.5 Generation Korean Children

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

2.5 generation
immigrant families
language development
context of reception
teacher education
cultural capital

File:

Download Changkee_Lee_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

James Ewald Johnson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Ewald Johnson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James F Nolan Jr., Committee Member
Matthew Edward Poehner, Committee Member
Esther Susana Prins, Committee Member

Author:

Freeburn, Benjamin Louis

Title:

Preservice Secondary Mathematics Teachers' Learning of Purposeful Questioning and Judicious Telling for Promoting Students' Mathematical Thinking

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Teacher Education - Preservice
Classroom Discourse

File:

Download Freeburn_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Edith Frances Arbaugh, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edith Frances Arbaugh, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Gwendolyn Monica Lloyd, Committee Member
James F Nolan Jr., Committee Member
Andrea Vujan Mccloskey, Committee Member
Stephanie L Knight, Committee Member

Author:

Licona, Peter R

Title:

Translanguaging in a middle school science classroom: Constructing scientific arguments in English and Spanish.

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Translanguaging
dynamic bilingualism
emergent bilinguals
scientific argumentation
socioscientific issues

File:

Download Peter_Licona_Dissertation_2015.pdf

Committee Members:

Gregory John Kelly, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gregory John Kelly, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Scott Mc Donald, Committee Member
Richard Alan Duschl, Committee Member
Megan Hopkins, Committee Member
Leticia Oseguera, Special Member

Author:

Ervin, Heather Kay

Title:

The Impact of Instruction Through Models on Preservice Teachers' Understanding of Fraction Multiplication and Division

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

preservice teachers' understanding
fraction models
fraction multiplication
fraction division
teaching intervention

File:

Download Ervin_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrea Vujan Mccloskey, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edith Frances Arbaugh, Committee Member
Gwendolyn Monica Lloyd, Committee Member
Paul J Riccomini, Committee Member

Author:

Knotts, Michelle Renee

Title:

Teacher Preparation and Corporate Education Reform: Learning from Conversations with Critical Teacher Educators

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Teacher Education
Critical Pedagogy
Corporate Reform Paradigm of Education
Education Policy
Neoliberalism

File:

Download Knotts.Dissertation_.pdf

Committee Members:

Kathleen Mary Collins, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jacqueline Edmondson, Committee Member
Wanda Knight, Committee Member
Anne Whitney, Committee Member

Author:

Fischer, Sarah Beth

Title:

The Experience of Place in Child Literacy Life-worlds: A Phenomenological Study of Readers as Place-makers

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

literacy life-worlds
reader identity
children's special places
place-conscious education
literacy curricula

File:

Download Fischer_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Daniel Dean Hade, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jacqueline J A Reid Walsh, Committee Member
Mark Thomas Kissling, Committee Member
Christine Marme Thompson, Committee Member

Author:

Lee, Younhee

Title:

University students’ school mathematics understanding and its growth in their learning of collegiate mathematics: Through the lens of a transformative transition framework

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Mathematical connections
Double discontinuity
Characteristics/qualities of mathematical understanding
Qualitative levels of mathematical understanding
Growth in mathematical understanding
Transformative transition
Teaching interview
Factorization
Polynomial equation
Unique factorization theorem
Prospective secondary mathematics teachers
Mathematics-intensive majors

File:

Download Younhee_Lee_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary Kathleen Heid, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Karunakaran, Monica Jeanette

Title:

A Tension Between Dialogic and Direct Instruction: One Community's Mathematics Teaching Culture

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

mathematics
teaching
practice
culture

File:

Download Monica_Dissertation_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrea Vujan Mccloskey, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edith Frances Arbaugh, Committee Member
Bernard Joel Badiali, Committee Member
Heather A Zimmerman, Committee Member

Author:

Rattner, Laura Esther

Title:

The Media(ted) Girl: Creating (feminist) Spaces

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

girls' studies
feminism
media literacy

File:

Download Rattner_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Booker Stephen Carpenter Ii, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patrick Willard Shannon, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stephanie Cayot Serriere, Committee Member
Michelle Rodino Colocino, Committee Member

Author:

Chung, Yunjeong

Title:

Cross-cultural adaptation in the discourse of education and motherhood: An autoethnography of a Korean international graduate student mother in the United States

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

autoethnography
cross-cultural adaptation
Confucianism
motherhood
international student
student mother
academic mother

File:

Download FinalrevisedYJ.pdf

Committee Members:

Jamie Myers, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jamie Myers, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Esther Susana Prins, Committee Member
Matthew Edward Poehner, Committee Member
Sinfree Bullock Makoni, Committee Member

Author:

Peters, Brian Keith

Title:

Experiencing the Transition from Classroom Teacher Leader to the Designated Leadership Role of Instructional Coach

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

teacher leadership
instructional coaching

File:

Download Peters_Dissertation_Final_.pdf

Committee Members:

James F Nolan Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Bernard Joel Badiali, Committee Member
Stephanie L Knight, Committee Member
Jacqueline Edmondson, Committee Member

Author:

Crowl, Michele Marie

Title:

The Influence of Professional Development on Informal Science Educators' Engagement of Preschool-age Audiences in Science Practices

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

informal science educators
professional development
preschool-age audiences

File:

Download Crowl_Dissertation_Curriculum_and_Instruction_2016.pdf

Committee Members:

Julia Diane Plummer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Carla Zembal Saul, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Heather A Zimmerman, Committee Member
Christopher Palma, Special Member

Author:

Johnson, Matthew Michael

Title:

Failure is an option: Reactions to failure in elementary engineering design projects

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

engineering education
epistemic practice
discourse
sociolinguistics
failure
improvement

File:

Download Matthew_Johnson_Dissertation_Final_2016.pdf

Committee Members:

William Carlsen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gregory John Kelly, Committee Member
Scott Mc Donald, Committee Member
Danny Glynn Sykes, Committee Member
Christine M Cunningham, Special Member

Author:

Wu, Mei Hsuan

Title:

Taiwanese pre-service teachers' play perceptions and practice: a case study

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Children's play
perceptions of play
practice of children's play
the implementation of children's play
teacher preparation

File:

Download Vianas_Dissertation_2016_Final__.pdf

Committee Members:

James Ewald Johnson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Ewald Johnson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Matthew Edward Poehner, Committee Member
Roger C Shouse, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member
William Carlsen, Special Member