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Author:

Ballock, Ellen E.

Title:

The Development and Evaluation of a Self-Study Process for Critical Friends Groups

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

professional learning community
critical friends group
group development
professional development
self-study
goal-setting process

File:

Download BallockFinalThesisDocument.pdf

Committee Members:

James F Nolan Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Karen Treat Keifer Boyd, Committee Member
Bernard Joel Badiali, Committee Member
Iris M Striedieck, Committee Member

Author:

Bedel, Emine F

Title:

INTERACTIONS AMONG PERSONALITY CONSTRUCTS AND ATTITUDES TOWARD TEACHING IN TURKISH EARLY CHILDHOOD TEACHER CANDIDATES

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

personality
preservice teacher
attitudes

File:

Download efb_dis.pdf

Committee Members:

John Daniel Marshall, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member
Ladislaus M Semali, Committee Member
Abdullah Yavas, Committee Member

Author:

Hopkins, Elisa

Title:

Sharing Multicultural Poetry with Elementary Education Students: A Teacher Inquiry into Developing Critical Consciousness

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

teacher inquiry
elementary education students
multicultural poetry
critical consciousness

File:

Download ElisaHopkinsFinalThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

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

Author:

Wyble, Erin Theresa

Title:

Telling Stories: Applying Feminist Writing Strategies to "Emerging Church" Theologies

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

emerging church
evangelicalism
feminism
feminist poststructuralism

File:

Download DISSERTATION-1.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Marnina Gonick, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Patrick Willard Shannon, Committee Member
B�n�dicte Monicat, Committee Member
Dr Jack Selzer, Committee Member

Author:

Choi, Eunjung

Title:

A CASE STUDY OF AN EARLY CHILDHOOD INCLUSIVE PROGRAM: TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND COLLABORATION

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

inclusion
teacher professional development
teacher collaboration
early childhood education
early special education
pre-service training
in-service training

File:

Download Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr James Johnson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Ewald Johnson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Vivian Yenika Agbaw, Committee Member
David Lee, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

Author:

ERSAY, EBRU

Title:

Preschool Teachers' Emotional Experience Traits, Awareness of Their Own Emotions, and Their Emotional Socialization Practices

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

teachers
emotions
attention
clarity
intensity
expression
awareness
socialization
young children

File:

Download EbruThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

James Ewald Johnson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Daniel Marshall, Committee Member
Iris M Striedieck, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

Author:

Cataloglu, Erdat

Title:

Development and validation of an achievement test in introductory quantum mechanics: The Quantum Mechanics Visualization Instrument (QMVI)

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

College students
Validation
Psychometrics
Science Education
Quantum Mechanics
Test Development
Physics Education

File:

Download thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Vincent Norman Lunetta, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Peter A Rubba Jr., Committee Member
Richard Wallace Robinett, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Hoi Kin Suen, Committee Member

Author:

Yun, Eunja

Title:

POSTMODERN INTERROGATION OF CHILDREN¡¯S LITERATURE AND POSSIBILITIES IN LITERACY EDUCATION BY MEANS OF POSTMODERN PICTURE BOOKS

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

children literature
postmodernism
postmodern picture books
deconstructive approaches
literacy education
multiliteracies

File:

Download Eunja_Yun_final__thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Daniel Dean Hade, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jamie Myers, Committee Member
Miryam Espinosa Dulanto, Committee Member
Patricia Marie Amburgy, Committee Member

Author:

Mendez, Gabriela

Title:

ARGENTINE EDUCATIONAL REFORM: TENSIONS BETWEEN DEMOCRATIC AND NEOLIBERAL DISCOURSES.

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

EDUCATIONAL REFORM
ARGENTINA
DISCOURSE
NEOLIBERALISM.

File:

Download ThesisMaster.pdf

Committee Members:

Patrick Willard Shannon, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jacqueline Edmondson, Committee Member
Marnina K Gonick, Committee Member
Meredith Christine Doran, Committee Member

Author:

Al Morshedi , Ghadah Hassan

Title:

ACADEMIC SOCIALIZATION: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE EXPERIENCES OF THE EMIRATI AND SAUDI STUDENTS AT U.S. UNIVERSITIES

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Culture Shock
Gulf Region Students
Disciplinary Socialization
Language Socialization
Academic Socialization

File:

Download Ghadah_Hassan__Al_Morshedi_Dissertation_.pdf

Committee Members:

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

Author:

Zeak, Glenna L

Title:

Experiencing Variety and Change in Head Start Parent Involvement Policies and Practices: Personal and Professional and Perspectives

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Head Start
parent involvement
resiliency

File:

Download 11-30-2006_compiled_dissertaion.pdf

Committee Members:

James Ewald Johnson, Committee Member
Patrick Willard Shannon, Committee Member
Thomas Daniel Yawkey, Committee Member
John Philip Christman, Committee Member

Author:

Duo, Gina

Title:

Parents' attitudes toward kindergarten assessment and selection in Taiwan: A study using government-identified quality factors

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

attitude
kindergarten
early childhood programs
assessment
selection

File:

Download dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Thomas Daniel Yawkey, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David Brent Mcnaughton, Committee Member
Ladislaus M Semali, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

Author:

D'Arcy, Genevieve Suzanne

Title:

Exploring possibilities: young children’s notions of identity within an implemented community building unit

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

social studies
elementary education
identity

File:

Download GSD_Dissertation_4.18.07.pdf

Committee Members:

Murry R Nelson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jacqueline Edmondson, Committee Member
Fred Michael Schied, Committee Member
James Levin, Committee Member

Author:

Karagoz Akar, Gulseren

Title:

Conceptions of Between Ratios and Within Ratios

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Conception
ratio

File:

Download KaragozAkar.pdf

Committee Members:

Martin A Simon, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Glendon Wilbur Blume, Committee Member
Mark Levi, Committee Member
Tadanobu Watanabe, Committee Member

Author:

Tekin, Gokce

Title:

TURKISH MOTHERS’ ATTITUDES TOWARD CHILDREARING PRACTICES

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Istanbul
childrearing attitudes
Turkish mothers
parental attitudes
early childhood education
Turkey

File:

Download Gokce_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

Author:

Tsai, Hsin-Chun Jamie

Title:

IMAGINING A DIFFERENT WORLD: TRANSFORMING AND RE-VISIONING IN CHILDREN'S FANTASY NOVELS

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

transform
revision

File:

Download Thesis_final_draft_0717.pdf

Committee Members:

Daniel Dean Hade, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Miryam Espinosa Dulanto, Committee Member
Steven Herb, Committee Member
Reiko Tachibana, Committee Member

Author:

Johnson, Heather Lynn

Title:

MAKING SENSE OF RATE OF CHANGE: SECONDARY STUDENTS’ REASONING ABOUT CHANGING QUANTITIES

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

representation
quantitative reasoning
mathematical reasoning
rate of change
secondary education

File:

Download HeatherLJohnson_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Rose Mary Zbiek, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rose Mary Zbiek, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Glendon Wilbur Blume, Committee Member
Mark Levi, Committee Member
Patrick Willard Shannon, Committee Member

Author:

Lee, Hyun Myoung

Title:

Interns’ Professional Knowledge Development and Professional Identity Formation in Online Peer-led Dialogue Interns’ Professional Knowledge Development and Professional Identity Formation in Online Peer-led Dialogue

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Teacher Education
Professional Knowledge
Professional Identity
Dialogue
Online Discussion

File:

Download Dissertation_of_HMLee.pdf

Committee Members:

Jamie Myers, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jamie Myers, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ladislaus M Semali, Committee Member
Matthew Edward Poehner, Committee Member
Roger C Shouse, Committee Member

Author:

Wang, Huei-Ling

Title:

Early Childhood Educators' Perceptions of Professional Competence in Preschool Settings

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

self-desired competence
current competence status
professional competence

File:

Download Thesis_of_Huei-Ling_Wang.pdf

Committee Members:

Thomas Daniel Yawkey, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jamie Myers, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member
John W Tippeconnic Iii, Committee Member

Author:

Yang, Hsiao-Hui

Title:

SEEKING THE DAO IN CHILDREN’S LITERATURE: READING WESTERN FANTASIES FROM A DAOIST PERSPECTIVE

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Taoism
Daoism
fantasy
children literature
Chinese philosophy
Multiculturalism

File:

Download Seeking_the_Dao_In_Children_Literature.pdf

Committee Members:

Daniel Hade & Vivian Yenika Agbaw, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daniel Dean Hade, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Vivian Yenika Agbaw, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jacqueline J A Reid Walsh, Committee Member
On Cho Ng, Committee Member