eTD Explore

Open Access

Author:: Supalo, Cary Alan
Title:: Teaching Chemistry and Other Sciences to Blind and Low-Vision Students through Hands-On Learning Experiences in High School Science Laboratories
Graduate Program:: Chemistry
Keywords:: chemistry
blind
low vision
hands-on
laboratory
science
multisensory
teach
students
File:: Download Cary_Supalo_Final_Dissertation_revised.pdf
Committee Members:: Thomas E Mallouk, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Karl Todd Mueller, Committee Member
Mark Maroncelli, Committee Member
William Carlsen, Committee Member
George Bodner, Committee Member

Open Access

Author:: Avraamidou, Lucy
Title:: Perspectives on learning, learning to teach and teaching elementary science
Graduate Program:: Curriculum and Instruction
Keywords:: web-based portfolios
evidence
learning
teaching
science
File:: Download avraamidou.pdf
Committee Members:: Carla Zembal Saul, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas Dana, Committee Member
Barbara Allen Crawford, Committee Member
Priya Sharma, Committee Member

Open Access

Author:: Wannarka, Rachel
Title:: Peer-mediated Constant Time Delay to Teach Content Area Vocabulary to Middle School Students with Behavior Problems
Graduate Program:: Special Education
Keywords:: vocabulary
constant time delay
middle school
content area classes
science
social studies
peer tutoring
File:: Download Wannarka_Dissertation_Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Kathy L Ruhl, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kathy L Ruhl, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard M Kubina Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Charles A Hughes, Committee Member
Daniel J Weiss, Committee Member

Open Access

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

Open Access

Author:: Bailey, Teresina Alexandra
Title:: The Smithsonian Institution's Heritage as Gristmill of Hegemonic Power on the National Landscape
Graduate Program:: Geography
Keywords:: Historical and Cultural Geography
Museum Culture
Museums
Hegemony
Indigenous
identity
heritage
race
census
science
art
File:: Download Teresina_Bailey_-_Final_Masters_Thesis_in_Geography.pdf
Committee Members:: Deryck William Holdsworth, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan Walker Friedman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lakshman S Yapa, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Open Access

Author:: Alagic, Sven
Title:: ALUMINUM SILICON CARBIDE COMPOSITE PROCESSED BY FIELD ASSISTED SINTERING TECHNIQUE: MICROSTRUCTURE AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: aluminum
silicon
carbide
composite
metal
matrix
field
assisted
sintering
spark
plasma
high
volume
fraction
structural
aerospace
materials
science
File:: Download Sven_Alagic_Aluminum_Silicon_Carbide_Masters_Thesis_FINAL_-_6.pdf
Committee Members:: Jogender Singh, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Anil Kamalakant Kulkarni, Committee Member
Douglas Edward Wolfe, Committee Member

Open Access

Author:: Bose, Frances
Title:: Language Making in Classrooms with Emergent Bi/Multilingual Children: Recognizing Additional Ways of Engaging
Graduate Program:: Curriculum and Instruction
Keywords:: emergent bilingual
technology
intra-action
translingualism
ethnography
literacy
video
English language learners
science
elementary education
File:: Download Bose_Dissertation_Final_.pdf
Committee Members:: Mari Haneda, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mari Haneda, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Gail Louise Boldt, Committee Member
Kimberly A. Powell, Committee Member
Athelstan Canagarajah, Outside Member
Christopher M. Schulte, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Rose Mary Zbiek, Program Head/Chair

Restricted (Penn State Only)

Author:: Althowaini, Ebtesam M
Title:: The Influence of Personal, Psychological, and Classroom Contextual Factors on Attitudes Toward EMI and Satisfaction with Coursework in EMI
Graduate Program:: Curriculum and Instruction (PHD)
Keywords:: English-medium instruction
satisfaction
L2MSS
ideal L2 self
ought-to L2 self
self-efficacy
sense of connectedness
classroom learning environment
gender
school type
mediation
science
attitudes
EMI
File:: Login to Download
Committee Members:: Mari Haneda, Major Field Member
Amy Crosson, Major Field Member
Ravinder Koul, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Kevin Kinser, Outside Unit & Field Member
Scott Mcdonald, Program Head/Chair

Search