- Dropped into the deep end: a study of personal journals in first-year composition
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This study investigated the lived experiences of first-year college students who kept personal and private journals in an English composition course. The purpose of this study was to provide a description of the lived experiences of keeping those journals from the point-of-view of the journal writers themselves. Forty-eight students were involved in the journal writing assignment, of which thirteen participated in this study. The research question addressed in this study was what do students...
Jason Michael Wester.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Williamson, Michael M. Committee members: Sharon Deckert; Bennett Rafoth.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2012.
English
- Dystopia and loci of power: language, landscape, and survival
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In selected twentieth and twenty-first century Anglo-American literary representations of dystopia, writers argue that language serves two fundamental purposes: first, to reveal restrictive structures of thought created by and essentially serving the interests of hegemonic forces seeking control of the citizenry; second, to show the ways in which protagonists undermine those power structures by building and owning their own language and belief systems. The political consequence, I contend, i...
Mary G Gainer.
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Advisors: Berlin, Gail Ivy Committee members: Susan Gatti; Christopher Orchard.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2012.
English
- The effects of distance education and student involvement on incidental learning
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Incidental learning is an occurrence that is not generally accounted for using the traditional methods of instructional objectives and outcomes assessment. This type of learning occurs in part as a product of social interaction and active involvement in both online and onsite courses. This study examines various incidental learning outcomes and the degrees to which they occur in traditional and distance education applications through the lens of situated learning theory and learner involvem...
George D Konetes.
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Advisors: Lenze, James Committee members: Kurt Dudt; James Lenze; Mark Piwinsky.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2011.
English
- The effects of gender specific instructional strategies: examining the reading achievement of boys in single-sex schools
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This study examines the effect of gender specific instructional strategies on boys reading achievement in single-sex schools. Research indicates that there is a growing gender gap, especially in the area of literacy development and reading achievement. Each year, statistics indicate that boys are falling further behind girls in reading achievement. Although researchers agree that there are developmental gender differences, opinions differ as to the impact of those differences on learning...
Virginia Bonomo.
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Advisors: Bieger, George Committee members: Anne Creany; Monte Tidwell.
D.Ed. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2012.
English
- The effects of learning in an online virtual environment on k-12 students
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Online learning has seen an explosive growth at the K-12 level, however little research has used an experimental design approach to specifically examine the outcomes of delivery methods. This study examines what effect learning in an immersive learning environment (virtual world) has on student achievement and satisfaction with the lesson. To conduct this experiment, four groups received instruction in their seventh grade science course. This occurred with two groups having live virtual lesso...
Christopher D Carnahan.
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Advisors: Piwinsky, Mark J. Committee members: James Lenze; Jeffrey Ritchey.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2012.
English
- The effects of physical touch and thermal warmth on interpersonal trust
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This study compares trusting behaviors and attitudes after participants are briefly exposed to physical contact, thermal warmth, or both. The interpersonal action was designed to be similar to a therapeutic setting. A 2 x 2 MANOVA was used to determine differences between experimental groups. Results from the study indicated non-significant differences between participants who received contact or warmth compared to participants in a no-contact or thermal cold group. Compared to previous studi...
Rebecca A Parker.
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Advisors: LaPorte, David J. Committee members: Derek Hatfield; Donald Robertson.
Psy.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2011.
English
- The effects of year-round school on students with learning disabilities: a case study
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This case study investigated the effects of year-round school on students with learning disabilities at Abraxas High School in Poway, California. Abraxas is an alternative school that operates on a block schedule and year-round calendar. The researcher attempted to answer the question: How does year-round school impact students with learning disabilities? The researcher implemented a mixed methods approach that utilized both quantitative and qualitative components. Data were collected from th...
John Pfeiffer Jr.
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Advisors: Lare, Douglas; Helterbran, Valeri Committee members: Joyce Burgener.
D.Ed. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2011.
English
- Emotionality and composition in thai and english
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This empirical study examined the perceptions and experiences of nine Thai college student writers' expression of emotions in poetry, narrative, and opinionated writing written in their first (L1) and second (L2) languages: Thai and English. The study focused on the participants' perspectives in order to gain more understanding of the phenomenon of expressing emotions in writing in different languages. The participants were nine Thai college students who attended a public university in Tha...
Pisarn Bee Chamcharatsri.
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Advisors: Hanauer, David I. Committee members: Patrick Bizzaro; Sharon Deckert; Thom Huebner.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2012.
English
- An empirical comparison of logistic regression to decision tree induction in the prediction of intimate partner violence reassault
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The purpose of this research was to determine if the decision tree analytical technique offered improvement in predicting intimate partner violence outcomes. Two dependent variables were used to examine the research question. The first variable represents a dichotomy; reassault versus no reassault. The second variable included five categories; no reassault, controlling behaviors only/ threatening reassault, one-time reassault, and repeat reassault. Logistic regression and decision trees were ...
Steven L Brewer Jr.
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Advisors: Frenzel, Erika Committee members: Jennifer Gossett; Bitna Kim; Jennifer Roberts.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2012.
English
- Engaging joycean and post-joycean experimental novels: methods of approaching "writerly" texts
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Roland Barthes separated written texts into the readerly and writerly; readerly texts can be simply defined as more traditional novels, whereas writerly texts encourage and require the reader to take a far more active role in the process of making meaning in the text. James Joyce's Ulysses and Finnegans Wake can be thought of as two excellent examples of writerly texts. Both make use of a combination of techniques in order to draw the reader more fully into the novel, engaging the reader in c...
William E Clough.
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Advisors: Cahalan, James M. Committee members: David Downing; Kenneth Sherwood.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2012.
English
- English composition i: an effective predictor of persistence and retention at a community college
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Attrition is a major issue facing nearly all institutions of higher learning. The loss of students affects colleges and universities on many levels and can have a negative impact on students. Community colleges often experience greater attrition than other types of institutions and have an increased need to curb the outflow of students. This study sought to identify an accurate, effective predictor of persistence that could have a major impact on the ability of the entire higher education ...
David A Volpe.
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Advisors: Kerry-Moran, Kelli Jo Committee members: Kelli Paquette; Jennifer Rotigel.
D.Ed. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2011.
English
- An examination of teacher leadership perceptions of teachers and building administrators using a comparative case study approach
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The purpose of this study was to examine the perceptions of teacher leadership through the eyes of both teachers and building administrators. As the pressure among public school educators to improve student achievement continues to grow, it is increasingly clear that no one individual can get the job done alone. While schools seek to take on a distributed approach to leadership, incorporating teachers into their leadership practice, there are differing approaches and levels of success with re...
Matthew E Curci.
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Advisors: Kaufman, Cathy Committee members: Valeri Helterbran; Joseph Marcoline.
D.Ed. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2012.
English
- Examining real estate agents as a source of neighborhood context: a test of collective efficacy theory
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This study tests collective efficacy theory by expanding the current operationalizations of informal social control and social cohesion and trust, as well as introducing an original technique to measure these constructs. Collective efficacy has been measured in the same manner in the majority of tests currently available, indicating that these constructs are equated to particular behaviors. This dissertation examines the efficiency of these past techniques by accounting for additional behavio...
Joshua Robert Battin.
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Advisors: Lee, Daniel Committee members: Rosemary Gido; Dennis Giever; Shannon Phaneuf.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2012.
English
- Excavating the archaic: ethnopoetics and strategic primitivism
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This dissertation reconsiders the work of three American poets associated with Ethnopoetics in order to resituate their poetry and Ethnopoetics itself. Analyzing the poetry, prose, and translations of Jerome Rothenberg, Clayton Eshleman, and Armand Schwerner, it shows how Ethnopoetics as a movement entails a self-reflexive approach to the primitive which calls Western values and thinking into question by proposing that the "primitive means complex" (Rothenberg, Technicians of the Sacred xxv)...
Jay W Sarver.
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Advisors: Sherwood, Kenneth Committee members: Mike Sell; Todd Thompson.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2012.
English
- The existence of dualistic absurdism: presented by albert camus and generatively absented by edward albee
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In The Theatre of the Absurd, Martin Esslin introduces the term "absurdist theatre" and associates the theatre of Edward Albee with this category. Esslin contends that the definitive source for understanding the existence of the absurdist (and, thus, for understanding what absurdist theatre should entail) is Albert Camus's "The Myth of Sisyphus." Yet, Camus's philosophy of the absurd is not wholly encapsulated in this essay, but is to be understood as an evolution that begins with "The Myth o...
Hillary Ione LaMont.
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Advisors: Sell, Mike Committee members: sj Miller; Thomas Slater.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2012.
English
- Exploring mentoring relationships: a phenomenological study of four women's experiences
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Mentoring relationships can play important roles in students' progress through their degree program and the decisions they make in their future lives. This phenomenological study examines the mentoring relationships of four women in an attempt to find answers to what mentoring actually means and what drives mentoring relationships, how those relationships affect both mentor and mentee in their lives, and the progression from mentee to mentor. It was guided by a critical feminist framework, dr...
Jessica Lindsey Haggerty.
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Advisors: Park, Gloria Committee members: Sharon Deckert; Antonio Vallone.
Psy.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2011.
English
- Exploring the early field experience to examine the impact on pre-service teacher development
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An integral part of teacher preparation programs are field experiences that allow pre-service teachers to make the connection between the theory and practice. This study examined the experiences of pre-service teachers as they participated in the early field experience component of the teacher preparation program at a small suburban college in northeastern Pennsylvania. The overarching goal of this study was to investigate the experiences of the pre-service teachers that participated in both ...
Anthony P Grieco.
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Advisors: Whitehead, Andrew; Millward, Robert Committee members: Douglas Lare.
D.Ed. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2011.
English
- Exploring the relationship between college student leadership experiences and the practice of effective leadership behaviors
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The purpose of this study was to identify out-of-classroom leadership experiences which undergraduate student leaders attribute to their own leadership development and to then examine the relationship between those experiences and the practice of five leadership behaviors measured in the Student Leadership Practices Inventory (Student LPI) (Kouzes & Posner, 2006). The behavioral practices measured in the Student LPI are grouped into five themes: (a) challenging the process; (b) inspiring a sh...
Jodie A Frey.
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Advisors: Smeaton, Patricia; Rotigel, Jennifer Committee members: Faith Waters.
D.Ed. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2011.
English
- Female oppression and aspiration in selected nineteenth-century novels by elizabeth gaskell, charlotte bronte, harriet beecher stowe, and elizabeth stuart phelps
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The present dissertation offers a critical analysis of the nineteenth-century patriarchal oppression of women in selected novels by Elizabeth Gaskell, Charlotte Bronte, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Elizabeth Stuart Phelps. It also analyzes the intricate correlation of patriarchy and capitalism that achieve their desire of capital accumulation by taking advantage of female oppression. This will be seen in relation to religion, sexual division of labor, and class. In each chapter, I unveil the st...
Abdullah Fawaz Hamed Al-Badarneh.
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Advisors: Orchard, Christopher Committee members: Susan Comfort; Michael Williamson.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2012.
English
- From gothic to gothicism: a theory of reading gothic rhetoric
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This study begins with an analysis of the Gothic genre, a genre of writing that often appears to be little more than a collection of grotesque content haphazardly collected by writers seeking to create purely Gothic texts. However, this study aims to show how understanding and examining the core values of the Gothic-namely subversion, terror, and a resistance to stable definition-are of greater use and importance for reading a Gothic text than merely identifying the Gothic content. My ...
Patrick Thomas McAleer.
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Advisors: Wilson, Cheryl A. Committee members: Mike Sell; Todd Thompson.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2012.
English