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Author:

Ward, Annmarie Rehm

Title:

Content Knowledge and Classroom Inquiry Style: Factors Influencing Inquiry-based Science Teaching Practice of Elementary Student Teachers

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

teacher preparation
pedagogical content knowledge
curricular vision
classroom inquiry
orientation toward teaching science
elementary science teaching

File:

Download DISSAnnmarieRWard2.pdf

Committee Members:

Carla Zembal Saul, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Gregory John Kelly, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Scott P Mcdonald, Committee Member
Bernard Joel Badiali, Committee Member

Author:

Ogrenir, Burcin

Title:

Investigating the Relationships between Emotional Intelligence and Preservice Teachers' Views of Teacher Effectiveness

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

teacher effectiveness
emotional intelligence
preservice

File:

Download burcinogrenirdissertation2008.pdf

Committee Members:

Thomas Daniel Yawkey, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Daniel Dean Hade, Committee Member
Senel Poyrazli, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

Author:

Meidl, Christopher Joel

Title:

TEACHERS' BELIEFS AND ATTITUDES TOWARD APPROACHES TO CHARACTER EDUCATION

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

character education

File:

Download The_Pennsylvania_State_University.pdf

Committee Members:

Thomas Daniel Yawkey, Committee Member

Author:

Cook, Carolyn L.

Title:

Supporting the Student Writer: The Role of Teacher Talk during Kid Writing Workshop

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

psycho-linguistic writing model
socio-linguistic writing model
expressionist writing model
teacher language
conferencing
kid writing
writing workshop
sociocultural theory
zone of proximal development
teacher relationship with students

File:

Download CarolynLCook2007.pdf

Committee Members:

Jacqueline Edmondson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Patrick Willard Shannon, Committee Member
Jamie Myers, Committee Member
Susan G Strauss, Committee Member

Author:

Bozella, Devorah Lynn

Title:

An Examination of the Practices and Perceptions of Student Teaching Coordinators for Matching Student Teachers with Clinical Placement Sites in Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Student teaching
matching
higher education

File:

Download Bozella_Final_Copy.pdf

Committee Members:

Bernard Joel Badiali, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James F Nolan Jr., Committee Member
Iris M Striedieck, 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:

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:

Chan, Hsing-I Michelle

Title:

AT HOME OR AN "OTHER" IN THE U.S.: TAIWANESE IMMIGRANT WOMEN'S AMBIVALENCE, RESISTANCE, AND BORDER CROSSING

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

poststructuralism
feminism
identity
women
Taiwanese immigrant
ESL
Narrative
English learning and teaching

File:

Download Hsing-I_Michelle_Chan_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Miryam Espinosa Dulanto, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Carolyn Elizabeth Sachs, Committee Member
Susan G Strauss, Committee Member
Dana Lynn Stuchul, Committee Member

Author:

Kotaman, Huseyin

Title:

IMPACTS OF DIALOGICAL STORYBOOK READING ON CHILDREN’S RECEPTIVE VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT AND THEIR PARENTS’ SELF-EFFICACY FOR STORYBOOK READING

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

storybook reading
receptive vocabulary
early childhood

File:

Download KotamanThesis2.pdf

Committee Members:

Thomas Daniel Yawkey, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Gregory John Kelly, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member
Rayne Audrey Sperling, Committee Member

Author:

Eppley, Karen Elaine

Title:

Friction, Fiction, and Failure: Scientifically Based Research and the Rural

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

rural education
scientifically based research
social science research
fiction

File:

Download dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Jacqueline Edmondson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Patrick Willard Shannon, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kai Arthur Schafft, Committee Member
Jamie Myers, Committee Member

Author:

Ortega, Leticia Eugenia

Title:

Digital Practices and Literacy Identities in English Education: From Deterministic Discourses to a Dialectic Framework

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

discourse
new literacies
digital practices
teacher education
educational policy
collaborative inquiry
literacy technologies

File:

Download Leticia_Ortega_dissertationFINALRev.pdf

Committee Members:

Jamie Myers, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Patrick Willard Shannon, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jacqueline Edmondson, Committee Member
Steve L Thorne, Committee Member

Author:

Ferguson, Larry

Title:

VOICE, POWER, TECHNOLOGY: JOINING THE TECHNOLOGY LITERACY CLUB VIA A JOURNEY FROM THE PROJECTS TO A PH.D.

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Feminist Theory
Discourse Theory
Autobiography
Technology
Technology Literacy Club

File:

Download Final_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Jamie Myers, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jacqueline Edmondson, Committee Member
Daniel Dean Hade, Committee Member
Deborah Frances Atwater, Committee Member

Author:

Amond, Mary Beth

Title:

ENACTING AN INQUIRY STANCE: EXAMINING THE LONG-TERM IMPACT OF LEARNING TO TEACH IN A PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SCHOOL THAT FOSTERS TEACHER INQUIRY

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

professional development school
teacher inquiry
reflection
adaptive expertise

File:

Download MB_Amond_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

James F Nolan Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Bernard Joel Badiali, Committee Member
Carla Zembal Saul, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

Author:

Tsai, Min-Ju

Title:

GUIDING TAIWANESE KINDERGATENERS' EMOTIONAL UNDERSTANDING AND EMOTION REGULATION: THE EFFECTS OF CHILDREN¡¦S PICTURE BOOKS

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

children's picture books
emotional understanding
emotion regulation

File:

Download Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Thomas Daniel Yawkey, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Daniel Dean Hade, Committee Member
Richard Hazler, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

Author:

AL-RABIAH, NADA YOUSEF

Title:

THE CHALLENGES AND PROMISES OF APPLYING INTENTIONAL CHILD OBSERVATION STRATEGIES: A MULTIPLE CASE STUDY OF SIX KINDERGARTEN TEACHERS IN SAUDI ARABIA

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

CHILD OBSERVATION
TEACHER-CHILD RELATIONSHIP
TEACHER TRAINING

File:

Download DissertationofNadaAlrabiah.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr James Johnson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Ewald Johnson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Gregory John Kelly, Committee Member
Jolynn Carney, Committee Member
Robert James Stevens, 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:

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:

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:

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