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Author:

Stanton, Cady Michelle

Title:

EXECUTIVE FUNCTION AND EMERGENT LITERACY: DIRECT AND MEDIATED PREDICTORS

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies

Keywords:

inhibitory control
executive function
literacy
reading
working memory
attention control

File:

Download Cady_Thesis_Final_Submission_July_1_-_edits_for_ETD_July_12.pdf

Committee Members:

Scott David Gest, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Scott David Gest, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Bochna, Cynthia R.

Title:

The Impact of Instruction in Text Structure on Listening Comprehension in Preschool Age Students

Graduate Program:

Educational Psychology

Keywords:

text structure
listening comprehension
emergent literacy
reading
Head Start

File:

Download Bochna.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert James Stevens, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Peggy Noel Van Meter, Committee Member
Rayne Audrey Sperling, Committee Member
John Daniel Marshall, Committee Member

Author:

Duvall, Emily

Title:

NO SECRETS TO CONCEAL: DYNAMIC ASSESSMENT AND A STATE MANDATED, STANDARDIZED 3RD GRADE READING TEST FOR CHILDREN WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

reading
Vygotsky
elementary
tests and measurements
dynamic assessment
special education
high stakes testing

File:

Download Duvall_E_No_Secrets_to_Conceal.pdf

Committee Members:

Patrick Willard Shannon, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Lantolf, Committee Member
Jacqueline Edmondson, Committee Member
David Alexander Gamson, Committee Member

Author:

MacDonald, Heidi Hamill

Title:

INCREMENTAL VALIDITY OF KINDERGARTEN COGNITIVE ABILITY, PHONEMIC AWARENESS, LETTER KNOWLEDGE, AND RAPID SERIAL NAMING ON LATER READING ACHIEVEMENT

Graduate Program:

School Psychology

Keywords:

validity
kindergarten
cognitive ability
phonemic awareness
letter knowledge
rapid serial naming
reading

File:

Download MacDonald.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Marley W Watkins, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Kenneth Mcafee, Committee Member
Kathy L Ruhl, Committee Member
Barbara Schaefer, Committee Member

Author:

Moore, Julia Elizabeth

Title:

School Readiness and Academic Achievement in Second Grade

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies

Keywords:

math
school readiness
reading

File:

Download Moore_J.E.__Masters_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Mark T Greenberg, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark T Greenberg, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Celene E Domitrovich, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Guillard, Julianne

Title:

The Twilight of our years: Text, identity, and reader subjectivity

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

feminist
girlhood
critical discourse analysis
psychoanalytic theory
reader response theory
Twilight
reading
identity

File:

Download Guillard_Dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Gail Louise Boldt, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gail Louise Boldt, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jacqueline J A Reid Walsh, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stephanie Cayot Serriere, Committee Member
Dana Lynn Mitra, Committee Member

Author:

Stone, R. Thomas

Title:

Full-Day Kindergarten in Manheim Central School District: Exploring Early Literacy Growth and Proficiency

Graduate Program:

Educational Administration

Keywords:

full-day kindergarten
early literacy
cost effectiveness
reading

File:

Download R.ThomasStone.Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

John Daniel Marshall, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
William Hartman, Committee Member
Roger C Shouse, Committee Member
Brandon B Hunt, Committee Member
Carol Y Phillips, Committee Member

Author:

Gormley, Shannon Elizabeth

Title:

Language Structure Knowledge of Preservice Teachers: Connecting Speech to Print

Graduate Program:

Special Education

Keywords:

language structure
phoneme
instruction
reading
teacher knowlege
teacher education
teacher preparation

File:

Download Shannon_Gormley_Dissertation2.pdf

Committee Members:

Kathy L Ruhl, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David Brent Mcnaughton, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Charles A Hughes, Committee Member
Carol Scheffner Hammer, Committee Member

Author:

Lan, Ya-Ling

Title:

EFFECTIVENESS OF NOTETAKING, SELF-QUESTIONING AND SUMMARIZING STRATEGIES ON LEARNING FROM DIAGRAMS

Graduate Program:

Educational Psychology

Keywords:

self-directed learning
notetaking
reading
summarization
self-questioning
diagrams
comprehension strategies

File:

Download Lan_Y.__2008_revised.pdf

Committee Members:

Rayne Audrey Sperling, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Amano, Yuka

Title:

Reading as Ritual: Desire for Textual Community in Works by Jeremias Gotthelf, Izumi Kyōka,yanagita Kunio and Annette von Droste-hülshoff

Graduate Program:

Comparative Literature

Keywords:

reading
ritual
textual community
performance
Japanese literature
German literature
modernity

File:

Download Y_Amano_Dissertation_2014.pdf

Committee Members:

Charlotte Diane Eubanks, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charlotte Diane Eubanks, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas Oliver Beebee, Committee Member
Reiko Tachibana, Committee Member
Martina Kolb, Committee Member

Author:

Althewini, Abdulaziz M.

Title:

Saudi teachers’ beliefs about reading instruction in English as a foreign language (EFL)

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Saudi
ESL
EFL
teacher
teacher education
English
reading
professional development
belief
foreign language

File:

Download Althewini_dissertation_2.pdf

Committee Members:

Jamie Myers, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Anne Whitney, Committee Member
Elizabeth A Smolcic, Committee Member
Sinfree Bullock Makoni, Committee Member

Author:

Culp, Mara Elizabeth

Title:

Three Investigations of Phonological Awareness and Music Aptitude

Graduate Program:

Music Education

Keywords:

phonological awareness
music
special needs
speech and language impairments
speech therapy
reading

File:

Download Three_Investigations_of_Phonological_Awareness_and_Music_Aptitude_-_Final_-_Culp_-_7.10.17.pdf

Committee Members:

Joanne Rutkowski, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joanne Rutkowski, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Linda Thornton, Committee Member
Ann C. Clements, Committee Member
Hoi K. Suen, Outside Member
Barbara Roberts, Special Member

Author:

Yorke, April M

Title:

The Effects of Explicit Instruction in Letter-sound Correspondences with Children with Complex Communication Needs in Pairs with Peers

Graduate Program:

Communication Sciences and Disorders

Keywords:

complex communication needs
augmentative and alternative communication
autism spectrum disorder
reading
ALL curriculum
explicit instruction
letter-sound correspondences
literacy
intellectual disability
developmental delay
cortical visual impairment

File:

Download Dissertation_4-11-17b_Final_grad_school_edits___Yahoo_.pdf

Committee Members:

Janice C. Light, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Janice C. Light, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kathryn D.R. Drager, Committee Member
Carol A. Miller, Committee Member
David B. McNaughton, Outside Member

Author:

Cascioli, Diane M

Title:

Flipping the Page: Analyzing Student Preferences Toward Differing Reading Modalities

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

audiobook
e-book
paper
reading
engagement
willingness
access
comprehension
student
preference
interest
online
book
read

File:

Download Diane_Cascioli_Final_Masters_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Jamie Myers, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Anne Whitney, Committee Member

Author:

Yu, Anya

Title:

Individual Differences in Reading Comprehension: A Resting-State Functional Connectivity Approach

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

reading
text comprehension
executive function
functional connectivity
resting-state fMRI

File:

Download Masters_Thesis_AYU.pdf

Committee Members:

Ping Li, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Janet van Hell, Committee Member
Chaleece Wyatt Sandberg, Committee Member
Xiao Liu, Committee Member

Author:

Mason, Amber Elizabeth

Title:

Longitudinal and Reciprocal Effects of Primary School Students' Self-Regulation and Achievement

Graduate Program:

School Psychology

Keywords:

self-regulation
math
reading
achievement

File:

Download Dissertation_-_Amber_Mason__Final_.pdf

Committee Members:

James Clyde Diperna, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Clyde Diperna, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Barbara Schaefer, Committee Member
David Lee, Committee Member
Dawn Paula Witherspoon, Outside Member

Author:

Schloss, Benjamin J

Title:

Bilingual Language Control during Naturalistic Reading

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

fMRI
bilingualism
cognitive control
bilingual advantage
initial dip
multiband
naturalistic
reading
eye-tracking
FiRe fMRI
MVPA
decoding

File:

Download Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Ping Li, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ping Li, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michele Diaz, Committee Member
Michael Hallquist, Committee Member
Paola Eulalia Dussias, Outside Member
Kristin Ann Buss, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Ellner, Samantha

Title:

Developmental Trends In Reading and Language Skills for Welfare-Involved Children

Graduate Program:

Educational Psychology

Keywords:

maltreatment
reading
reading development
language
disability

File:

Download EDITED_-_Ellner_-_Masters_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Carlomagno Del Carmen Panlilio, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peggy N. Van Meter, Committee Member
Matthew McCrudden, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies