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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