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Author:

Cannon, Tenille

Title:

Orientations toward Mathematical Processes of Prospective Secondary Mathematics Teachers as Related to Work with Tasks

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

mathematical tasks
mathematical processes
discovery
prospective teachers
teacher beliefs

File:

Download Cannon_Dissertation_2016.pdf

Committee Members:

Rose Mary Zbiek, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rose Mary Zbiek, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edith Frances Arbaugh, Committee Member
Mary Kathleen Heid, Committee Member
Andrew Leonard Belmonte, Outside Member
Gwendolyn Monica Lloyd, Committee Member

Author:

Tanis Ozcelik, Arzu

Title:

Science Teacher Candidates Developing Professional Pedagogical Vision Around Ambitious Science Teaching Practices

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Preservice science teacher education
teacher classroom discourse
discourse analysis
ambitious science teaching
professional pedagogical vision

File:

Download Tanis-Ozcelik_Dissertation_December-2016.pdf

Committee Members:

Scott P Mcdonald, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Scott P Mcdonald, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Gregory John Kelly, Committee Member
Julia Diane Plummer, Committee Member
Stephanie L Knight, Outside Member

Author:

Ricketts, Amy Rene

Title:

Conversations Around Practice: Mediating Opportunities to Learn About Teaching Science

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Professional Learning Communities
Professional Development
Teacher Education
Discourse Analysis
Microethnography
Science Education

File:

Download Ricketts_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Jim Nolan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Greg Kelly, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jim Nolan, Committee Member
Anne Whitney, Committee Member
Stephanie Knight, Outside Member

Author:

Flarend, Alice Marie

Title:

Identifying and Supporting Productive Collaborative Teacher Talk

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

science teaching
teacher professional development
teacher learning
teacher discourse

File:

Download Alice_Flarend_Dissertation_March_2017.pdf

Committee Members:

Scott P. McDonald, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Scott P. McDonald, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stephanie L. Knight, Committee Member
Julia Plummer, Committee Member
Susan Strauss, Outside Member

Author:

Soltanzadeh, Nahid

Title:

Narrative Critical Literacy: A Case Study in Teaching Literature

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

critical literacy
multicultural education
multicultural literature
Teacher inquiry

File:

Download NahidSoltanzadehMSThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Jamie Myers, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Gregerson, Annette L

Title:

COGNITIVE CRITICISM AND AFFECTIVE ENGAGEMENT: A STUDY OF YOUNG CHILDREN’S EMOTIONAL ENGAGEMENT WITH PICTUREBOOKS AND PICTUREBOOK CHARACTERS

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Cognitive Criticism
Children's Literature
Picturebooks
Emotional Engagement
Characters

File:

Download ALGregersonDissertationFinal.pdf

Committee Members:

Daniel D. Hade, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daniel D. Hade, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jacqueline Reid-Walsh, Committee Member
Jamie Myers, Committee Member
Christine Marmé Thompson, Outside Member

Author:

Nguyen, Trung L

Title:

SUCCEED OR PERISH: THE STORY OF ONE CHARTER SCHOOL IN POST-KATRINA NEW ORLEANS

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Hurricane Katrina
Charter Schools
New Orleans
Privatization
Neoliberal

File:

Download Dissertation_draft_july13.pdf

Committee Members:

Kathleen Mary Collins, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kathleen Mary Collins, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Patrick Willard Shannon, Committee Member
Karen Eppley, Committee Member
DAVID MCBRIDE, Outside Member

Author:

Lynch, Courtney Marie

Title:

Collaborative planning for an elementary mathematics methods course in a third space: The role of expertise in a community of practice

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

collaborative planning
third spaces
teacher education
mathematics teacher education
professional development school
boundary objects
communities of practice
co-planning
teacher educator expertise
elementary mathematics methods

File:

Download LynchC_dissertation_updated.pdf

Committee Members:

Gwendolyn Monica Lloyd, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gwendolyn Monica Lloyd, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edith Frances Arbaugh, Committee Member
Andrea Vujan Mccloskey, Committee Member
David Alexander Gamson, Outside Member

Author:

Meness, Joy Noelle

Title:

THE CURRICULUM OF THE CARLISLE INDIAN INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL: AN AMERICAN EDUCATION

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Carlisle Indian Industrial School
curriculum
Haudenosaunee
Richard Pratt
United States Army
books
texts
colonization
children
military
students
residential boarding school
Indian
Pennsylvania
Penn State University
Cumberland County Historical Society
NARA
reader
pedagogy
archive
precedent
historical
library
American education

File:

Download Meness_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr. Daniel Hade, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr. Daniel Hade, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dr. Jacqueline Reid-Walsh, Committee Member
Dr. Jamie M. Myers, Committee Member
Dr. Christine Marme Thompson, Outside Member

Author:

Newhouse, Ruth Ellen

Title:

VARIATION OF TEACHER AND STUDENT USE OF SPANISH WORDS IN ENGLISH VOCABULARY INSTRUCTION

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

English as Additional Language learners
Education
Vocabulary Instruction
Spanish
English
Secondary Education

File:

Download RUTH_NEWHOUSE_MASTER_THESIS.pdf

Committee Members:

Amy Crosson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mari Haneda, Committee 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:

Higgins, Mary E

Title:

The Influence of Practitioner Research on Teacher Candidates' Beliefs

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

teacher education
practitioner inquiry
belief development

File:

Download Higgins_Final_Dissertation_10.31.17.pdf

Committee Members:

Bernard Joel Badiali, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rachel Marie Wolkenhauer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Gwendolyn Monica Lloyd, Committee Member
Dana Lynn Mitra, Committee Member
Dana Lynn Mitra, Outside Member

Author:

Autid, Waeodao

Title:

MATHEMATICS TEACHERS’ CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION AFTER PARTICIPATING IN A STEM EDUCATION WORKSHOP IN THAILAND

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

STEM implementation
STEM education workshop
inquiry-based-learning
project-based-learning
game-based-activity
independent learning

File:

Download Wa_Final_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Gwendolyn Monica Lloyd, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gwendolyn Monica Lloyd, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Fran Arbaugh, Committee Member
Bernard Joel Badiali, Committee Member
Roger C Shouse, Outside Member

Author:

Al-Fahid, Mai Fahid

Title:

DISRUPTIVE PRACTICE IN SAUDI EFL STUDENT TEACHERS' LEARNING TO TEACH THROUGH FLIPPED CLASSROOM AND REHEARSAL: A GROUNDED THEORY STUDY

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

distruptive practice
learning to teach
EFL preservice teachers
teacher educators
rehearsal
flipped classroom
practice pedagogy
teacher education
saudi arabia
student teachers

File:

Download Alfahid_Dissertation_2017.pdf

Committee Members:

Anne Angiline Whitney, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Anne Angiline Whitney, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jacqueline Reid-Walsh, Committee Member
Jamie M. Myers, Committee Member
Xiaofei Lu, Outside Member

Author:

Fallon, Lochran Christopher

Title:

Myspedagogy: Applications of Mystherory in Secondary English and Language Arts Education and Teacher Education

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Teacher Education
Secondary Education
English Language Arts
Mystheory
Coherence
Inversion
Mys-
Semi-Actuality
Poststructuralism
Secondary English Education
Language Arts
English
Language Arts Education
Curriculum and Instruction
Education Philosophy
Education Theory
Myspedagogy

File:

Download Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Angiline Louisa Whitney, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rose Mary Zbiek, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Gail Louise Boldt, Committee Member
Jamie Myers, Committee Member
Charles Richard Garoian, Outside Member
Mari Haneda, Committee Member

Author:

Murillo, Lloydia Krystal

Title:

Conditions and Conceptualizations of Preschool Teachers' Use of Play in Two Belizean Classrooms

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Belizean education
Play pedagogy
Belizean preschool
Play perceptions
Cultural studies in education
Developmentally and culturally appropriate practice (DCAP)

File:

Download Krysta_Murillo_Dissertation2018.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr. James E. Johnson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr. James E. Johnson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dr. Jacqueline Reid-Walsh, Committee Member
Dr. Esther Prins, Committee Member
Dr. Allison Henward, Outside Member

Author:

Ong, Yann Shiou

Title:

DEVELOPING SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS' EPISTEMIC PRACTICES THROUGH STUDENT-CENTERED CRITIQUE IN SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

epistemic practices
argumentation
productive disciplinary engagement
scientific inquiry
discourse analysis
critique
epistemic cognition
secondary school

File:

Download Dissertation_Final__YSO_.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard Alan Duschl, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard Alan Duschl, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Julia Diane Plummer, Committee Member
William Carlsen, Committee Member
Marcela Borge, Outside Member

Author:

Clause, Patrick O

Title:

KEYSTONES TO OPPORTUNITY: A STUDY OF LITERACY SKILL IMPLEMENTATION AND ITS IMPACTS ON SCIENCE LEARNING

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Literacy
Science Learning
Keystones to Opportunity
Literacy Skills
Literacy Teaching
Teacher Autonomy
State Intervention Design
Aggregate Data Concerns
Educational Reporting

File:

Download Patrick_Clause_Thesis_Final_Draft.pdf

Committee Members:

William S. Carlsen, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
William S. Carlsen, Committee Member
Gregory J. Kelly, Committee Member

Author:

Bug, Leah

Title:

K-8 Teacher Blended Learning Professional Development and NGSS,and Communities of Practice: A Mixed Methods Study

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

NGSS
Communities of Practice
Teacher Professional Development
K-8 Science Education
Blended Learning
Mixed Methods Study
K-8 Science Teacher Professional Development

File:

Download Bug_Dissertation_Final_.pdf

Committee Members:

Gregory John Kelly, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gregory John Kelly, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kathleen Mitchell Hill, Committee Member
Scott P Mcdonald, Committee Member
Susan W Stewart, Outside Member
James Nolan, Committee Member

Author:

Bonafini, Fernanda Cesar

Title:

CHARACTERISTICS OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND TEACHER INTERACTIONS IN A MOOC DESIGNED FOR THE TEACHING OF STATISTICS

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

MOOCs
Online Professional Development for Teachers
Teachers' Professional Development
Professional Development in Statistics Teaching
MOOC for K-12 Teachers
MOOC for Teachers
MOOC Forums
Qualitative Research
Social Network Analysis
Effective Professional Development

File:

Download Bonafini_Fernanda_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Rose Mary Zbiek, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rose Mary Zbiek, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
M. Kathleen Heid, Committee Member
Kyle L. Peck, Committee Member
William L. Harkness, Outside Member