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Author:

Searfoss, Annette Louise

Title:

Family and Center-Based Child Care Providers' Beliefs and Concerns About Professional Development Opportunities

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

child care
early childhood education
beliefs
concerns
professional development
Concerns-Based Adoption Model
expectancy-value theory

File:

Download Annette_Searfoss_Dissertation_2011.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr James Johnson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Ewald Johnson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James F Nolan Jr., Committee Member
Andrea Vujan Mccloskey, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

Author:

Gu, Donghua

Title:

TEACHERS' ATTITUDES TOWARD KINDERGARTEN INCLUSION IN CHINA

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

kindergarten
inclusion
Teachers's attitudes
early childhood education

File:

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Committee Members:

Thomas Daniel Yawkey, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas Daniel Yawkey, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert F Nicely Jr., Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member
Pamela S Wolfe, Committee Member

Author:

Reid, Erin E

Title:

Promoting Early Numeracy Skill Growth in Head Start Children

Graduate Program:

School Psychology

Keywords:

numeracy
mathematics
preschool
Head Start
early childhood education
intervention

File:

Download Reid_E_E_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

James Clyde Diperna, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Clyde Diperna, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark T Greenberg, Committee Member
Robert Leslie Hale, Committee Member
Pui Wa Lei, 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:

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:

McClure, Marissa Ann

Title:

BUILDING THEORIES: PLAY, MAKING, AND PEDAGOGICAL DOCUMENTATION IN EARLY CHILDHOOD ART EDUCATION

Graduate Program:

Art Education

Keywords:

art education
early childhood education
pedagogical documentation
art making
play art

File:

Download MarissaMcClure.pdf

Committee Members:

Christine Marme Thompson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Brent Guy Wilson, Committee Member
Yvonne Madelaine Gaudelius, Committee Member
Sarah K Rich, Committee Member

Author:

Cheng, Mei-Fang

Title:

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

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

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

File:

Download Dissertation--Mei-Fang_Cheng_eTD_Final_version.pdf

Committee Members:

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

Author:

Sandilos, Lia Elaine

Title:

Measuring quality in rural kindergarten classrooms: Reliability and validity evidence for the Classroom Assessment Scoring System, Kindergarten – Third Grade (CLASS K-3)

Graduate Program:

School Psychology

Keywords:

CLASS K-3
observation scale
teachers
early childhood education
structural validity

File:

Download Sandilos_Dissertation_2012.pdf

Committee Members:

James Clyde Diperna, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Clyde Diperna, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Douglas Coatsworth, Committee Member
Pamela Marie Cole, Committee Member
Robert Leslie Hale, 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:

Collopy, Alex

Title:

Jumpin’ with Jubilee: An ethnographic case study of Inclusion and the Emotional Lives of a Bilingual Pre-Kindergarten Classroom in Washington, D.C.

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

inclusion
early childhood education
universal pre-kindergarten
disability studies in education
preschool
ethnography

File:

Download Collopy_Final_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Joseph M Valente, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph M Valente, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Gail Louise Boldt, Committee Member
Kimberly Anne Powell, Committee Member
Christopher Schulte, Outside Member
Scot Danforth, Special Member
Gwendolyn Monica Lloyd, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Husmann, Kyle

Title:

Using the Measurement Model of Derivatives to Evaluate and Refine Measurement Scales in Longitudinal Education Data

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies

Keywords:

ECLS-K:2011
dynamic measurement model
self-regulation
early childhood education

File:

Download khusmann_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Timothy Raymond Brick, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zita Oravecz, Committee Member
Douglas Michael Teti, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Taudien, Rebecca Brittain

Title:

"Look at My Leaves!": Young Children's Artistic Entanglements with the Natural World

Graduate Program:

Art Education

Keywords:

art education
child art
early childhood education
young children
environmental education
ecological sustainability

File:

Download RBTaudien_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Christine M Thompson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christine M Thompson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher M Schulte, Committee Member
Booker Stephen Carpenter, II, Committee Member
Mark Thomas Kissling, Outside Member
Booker Stephen Carpenter, II, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Zhang, Anna Yinqi

Title:

Understanding Pre-service Teachers Perspectives on STEM and Robotics Classroom Integration: A Critical Feminist Perspective

Graduate Program:

Educational Psychology

Keywords:

educational robot
critical feminism
feminism
teacher education
early childhood education

File:

Download THESIS_FORMAT_REVIEW_06292023.pdf

Committee Members:

Brian R Belland, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Pui-Wa Lei, Committee Member
Matthew McCrudden, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Babbs Hollett, Karen

Title:

Racial Disparities in ECE Stability during the Covid-19 Pandemic in Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

Educational Leadership

Keywords:

early care and education
early childhood education
Covid-19 pandemic
racial disparities
stability

File:

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Committee Members:

Erica Frankenberg, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Ashley Patterson, Outside Unit Member
David Gamson, Outside Field Member
Kai Schafft, Major Field Member
Kevin Kinser, Program Head/Chair