- Performing mutuality in the writing class: creating emancipatory teacher-student relationships through response and interactivity
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This study offers a step-by-step process for encouraging mutuality in the freshman composition class. This discussion begins by reexamining the theoretical underpinnings of response methodology in an effort to situate the act of responding to student writing within the scope of mutuality. In particular, this reconsideration reveals that most traditional response methods fall short of creating mutuality, since the teacher-responder most often orchestrates the revision process for students rath...
John Ryan Hrebik.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Williamson, Michael M. Committee members: Patrick Bizzaro; Mike Sell.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2013.
English
- A phenomenological exploration of suburban public southwestern pennsylvania high school teachers and digitally plagiarized content received from their students
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The purpose of this qualitative dissertation is to explore the experiences lived by public high school teachers in a Southwestern Pennsylvania suburban area and digital plagiarized content they have received from their students. The study provided real world accounts of teachers and how they have dealt with digital plagiarism in their classrooms and what methods they have used to help combat the issue of digital plagiarism by their students. The theoretical foundation of constructivism ...
Cheryl Ann Kohler.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Wilson, B. Gail Committee members: Nurhaya Muchtar; Mark Piwinsky.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2013.
English
- Positive and negative body image and disordered eating as a function of objectification and lesbian and feminist identities
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Previous research has explored women's experiences of objectification, body image, and disordered eating and the connections between these variables. Most of this research was conducted on heterosexual, Caucasian women; therefore, results are not generalizable to a variety of women. The present study compared non-heterosexual women's experiences of objectification, body image, and disordered eating to heterosexual women's experiences of these dimensions. This comparison occurred through ...
Joanne A Petursson.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: McHugh, Maureen C. Committee members: Anson Long; Laurie Roehrich.
Psy.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2013.
English
- Predictive validity of a multiple-choice test for placement in a community college
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Multiple-choice tests of punctuation and usage are used throughout the United States to assess the writing skills of new community college students in order to place them in either a basic writing course or first-year composition. To determine whether using the COMPASS Writing Test (CWT) is a valid placement at a community college, student test scores and grades in basic writing and the first-year composition courses from 2000 - 2005 were correlated. Students who scored 13-37 were told to enr...
Mary F Verbout.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Williamson, Michael M. Committee members: Patrick Bizarro; Gian Pagnucci.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2013.
English
- Promoting adult student success at four-year higher education institutions
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This study examined motivators for and barriers encountered by non-traditional adult students in their efforts to access, persist in, and succeed in obtaining higher education. It surveyed four-year institutions to examine the extent to which different categories of four-year institutions are meeting adult students' needs and thereby promoting their success. This study drew conclusions about best practices, services, and policies at four-year institutions that promote or hinder the success of...
Heidi A. C Watson.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Kerry-Moran, Kelli Jo Committee members: Gary Dean; David Piper.
D.Ed. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2012.
English
- Public school teachers' knowledge, perception, and implementation of brain-based learning practices
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The purpose of this study was to determine K-12 teachers' knowledge, beliefs, and practices of brain-based learning strategies in western Pennsylvania schools. The following five research questions were explored: (a) What is the extent of knowledge K-12 public school teachers have about the indicators of brain-based learning and Brain Gym?; (b) To what extent do K-12 public school teachers rate the value of brain-based learning and Brain Gym?; (c) To what extent do K-12 public school teachers...
David A Wachob.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Bieger, George R. Committee members: Valeri Helterbran; Dave Lorenzi.
D.Ed. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2012.
English
- Puerto rican radical: the effects of neoliberalism on the life and work of martin espada
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As a second-generation Puerto Rican poet who grew up in the projects of East New York, critics have, on the whole, tended to focus more on Martin Espada's placement within Latino writing traditions, his reclamation of "hidden" history, or his clear bent toward resistance poetics without acknowledging in any substantive way how the underlying global economic and political conditions of late capitalism (neoliberalism) have shaped his subjectivity and informed his literary responses. This disser...
Edward Joseph Carvalho.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Downing, David B. Committee members: Patrick Bizzaro; Susan Comfort.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2011.
English
- A qualitative study of the post-lesson reflective practices of pre-service health education teachers at four institutions of higher education
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Reflective practice is an essential component in helping pre-service teachers to learn from their experiences and grow as teachers. The purpose of the study was to identify both the levels of reflection and the themes that emanate from the reflective practices of pre-service health education teachers as they reviewed lessons that they taught in conjunction with a methods course during their undergraduate programs. To accomplish this task, two types of data were collected. First, professors of...
Jennifer E Rodgers.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Jalongo, Mary Renck Committee members: Valeri Helterbran; Crystal Machado.
D.Ed. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2012.
English
- A quantitative study identifying adaptive capacity and its impact on response and recovery in communities affected by major disaster
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The purpose of this study was to determine if a relationship exists between the development of adaptive capacity and disaster response and recovery outcomes. History informs of the devastation and loss of life that occur when disasters strike communities. National-level frameworks and doctrine support the development of community disaster readiness capabilities, or adaptive capacity, as the means to increase favorable outcomes in disaster response and recovery. There is a lack of research, ho...
Rebecca S Zukowski.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Anderson, John A. Committee members: William Donner; Willard Radell.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2013.
English
- Race, identity, and composition: the experiences of six african americans in the professoriate
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This research project explores the lived experiences of African American academic professionals in the field of Rhetoric and Composition. The goal of the study is to examine how career and relative life experiences have influenced these African American scholars' interests in rhetoric and composition and their subsequent development as professionals in the field. This research focuses on those scholars' early life histories and how those aspects influenced their perceptions of themselves as a...
Kimberly Thomas.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Hurlbert, Claude M. Committee members: David Downing; Gloria Park.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2013.
English
- Reasons to leave, reasons to believe: students' stories of withdrawing from first year composition
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This dissertation gathers and classifies the self-reported reasons students gave for withdrawing or considering withdrawing from first year composition (FYC) courses at an urban community college on the Gulf Coast of Texas (CCGC) between 2004 and 2008. With an average student attrition rate of 20% in FYC courses at CCGC, the research question began as the following, "What can FYC teachers learn from students' stories of withdrawing from FYC that can inform a composition pedagogy developed to ...
LeeAnn Mysti Rudd.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Hurlbert, Claude M. Committee members: David Downing; Gian Pagnucci.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2012.
English
- Reconstructing myself: the story of a second language teacher of writing
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This dissertation explores the importance of voice, representation, and authenticity of lived experiences in writing through the story of my literacy learning and teaching of English. I use narratives to argue that valuing World Englishes, story-writing and identity construction helps students in their writing and literacy learning. The narratives show what first-generation immigrants go through in terms of cultural adjustments and literacy practices in the target culture and how they constru...
Deepak K Pant.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Hurlbert, Claude Mark Committee members: Gian Pagnucci; Michael Williamson.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2013.
English
- Reflective thinkers: an examination of the development of the student teachers' journal reflections during the student teaching experience
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One of the ultimate goals of teacher education programs is to produce highly qualified educators who will be able to teach and inspire students. One way to prepare effective teachers is to include reflection in teacher education programs (Darling-Hammond & Bransford, 2007; Moore, 2012; Schon, 1987). Reflection aids teachers to make instructional decisions which impact student learning (Schon, 1987; Shkedi, 2000). Using reflective thinking is a skill which requires thought and practice (Schon,...
Christine L Fryer.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Waddington-Vagliardo, Margot; Paquette, Kelli R. Committee members: Angelo Senese.
D.Ed. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2013.
English
- The relationship between social, cultural and educational factors and english language acquisition in third grade second language learners
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This study identified key background variables that are highly correlated with Limited English Proficient student outcomes, either individually or in combinations. Archival data for primary grade second language learners was gathered from the records of a large urban school district in Central Ohio, including specific social, cultural and educational factors and multiple administrations of the Ohio Test of English Language Acquisition (OTELA). Analyses conducted indicated that nearly ever...
Jeffrey Paul Lotas.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Kovaleski, Joseph F. Committee members: Antoinette Miranda; Monte Tidwell.
D.Ed. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2012.
English
- School-wide positive behavior support: can it help address the problem of disproportionate minority representation in the emotional disturbance disability category?
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This research project investigated the possibility of School-Wide Positive Behavior Support (SWPBS) as a way to address racial/ethnic disproportionality in the Emotional Disturbance (ED) category. The sample consisted of 114 elementary schools from a suburban school district in the Mid-Atlantic region. There were 57 SWPBS schools and 57 non-SWPBS schools. SWPBS and non-SWPBS schools were matched on four demographic factors-student enrollment, ethnicity, free and reduced lunch, and English pr...
Jodi Abraham Porter.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Kovaleski, Joseph F. Committee members: William Barker; Kathleen McQuillan; Timothy Runge.
D.Ed. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2012.
English
- Secondary preservice teachers' perception of preparedness to integrate technology
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Integrating technology into the classroom has been an enduring topic in the field of education for decades. While the technology types may have changed from slide projectors and calculators, to laptops and smart phones, preparing preservice teachers to integrate technology in the classroom is a constant in teacher education programs. The pace for which technology advances has forced teacher educators to reconsider how to better prepare future teachers. Attention has shifted from preservice te...
Leanne Spazak.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Helterbran, Valeri R. Committee members: George Bieger; Kelly Heider.
D.Ed. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2013.
English
- Simulation usage as a partial replacement of traditional clinical: a study of administrator and faculty perceptions in practical nursing programs in pennsylvania
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There has been a significant amount of research regarding simulation use in nursing education; however, there is limited research available regarding the replacement of traditional clinical with simulated clinical. This research included a mixed-method design formulated to determine Pennsylvania Practical Nursing Programs' current simulation usage and Pennsylvania Practical Nursing Directors', Assistant Administrators', and Faculty Members' perceptions regarding replacing a portion of tradit...
Cynthia A Cornelius.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Bieger, George R. Committee members: Michele Gerwick; Jennifer Rotigel.
D.Ed. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2012.
English
- Social agency of sideshow performers in literature and film: an analysis of panoptic, clinical, and educative gaze constructs
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This study of literature and film is one of the triumphs over obstacles by sideshow performers with rare physical afflictions, commonly known as "freaks." These people provide great opportunities for understanding those outside normative culture. Many have used their physical conditions to educate the public, which has been the function of sideshow since its inception. In fact, cultural analysis through gaze theory supports the argument that freaks are not merely objects of the gaze to be con...
Stacey Leigh Mascia.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Slater, Thomas Committee members: Kenneth Sherwood; Todd Thompson.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2013.
English
- Student affairs new professionals employee orientation programs' relationship with organizational socialization
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This quantitative study explored self-reported orientation and organizational socialization experiences of new student affairs professionals through a survey instrument constructed by the researcher and administered online. Individuals who identified themselves as entry level professionals through membership of the American College Personnel Association were invited to respond to the online survey. The survey examined if there was a relationship between orientation and organizational socializ...
Amy L Cotner-Klingler.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Rotigel, Jennifer Committee members: George Bieger; Kelli Jo Kerry-Moran.
D.Ed. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2013.
English