1. Effects of Text Genre and Structure on 4th- and 5th-grade Students’ High-level Comprehension in Small-group Discussions Open Access Author: Li, Mengyi Title: Effects of Text Genre and Structure on 4th- and 5th-grade Students’ High-level Comprehension in Small-group Discussions Graduate Program: Educational Psychology Keywords: reading comprehensiontext-based discussiontext genretext structureQuality Talk File: Download Thesis_Mengyi_Li.pdf Committee Members: Bonnie J Meyer, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorPricilla Karen Murphy, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
2. PROMOTING ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY THROUGH QUALITY TALK: AN INTERVENTION WITH MANDARIN-SPEAKING STUDENTS Open Access Author: Wei, Liwei Title: PROMOTING ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY THROUGH QUALITY TALK: AN INTERVENTION WITH MANDARIN-SPEAKING STUDENTS Graduate Program: Educational Psychology Keywords: small-group discussionEnglish language learnersEnglish language proficiencyMandarin-speaking studentsQuality Talkwritten argumentationmiddle school students File: Download Final_Dissertation_Liwei_Wei_0214.pdf Committee Members: P. Karen Murphy, Dissertation Advisor/Co-AdvisorP. Karen Murphy, Committee Chair/Co-ChairJonna M. Kulikowich, Committee MemberPeggy N. Van Meter, Committee MemberJanet Van Hell, Outside Member
