- A descriptive study of pedagogical characteristics of online versus face-to-face teaching methods in a secondary blended learning environment
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Online learning in the K-12 environment is outpacing other alternatives to the traditional face-to-face classroom instruction for many students. The number of online learning opportunities in grades K-12 has increased over the last decade. Due to this expansion, it is critical to determine appropriate pedagogy for the online learning context, specifically in the blended learning environment. The purpose of this study was to describe the pedagogical characteristics of secondary blended cla...
Kerri Ann Ruck.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Lare, Douglas; Bieger, George R. Committee members: Beth Rajan Sockman.
D.Ed. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2012.
English
- A descriptive study of the effects of mentoring and induction programs on novice teacher self-efficacy beliefs
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This study examined the effects of mentoring and induction programs on the self-efficacy beliefs of novice teachers. As school districts in Pennsylvania attempt to maintain highly qualified staff in all curricular areas, supporting newly hired teachers is at the forefront of educational policy in the United States. Beyond training novice teachers, school districts must also maintain appropriate staffing levels. Teacher attrition is a significant problem where large numbers of teachers depart ...
John M Ackermann.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Bieger, George R. Committee members: Cathy Kaufman; Monte Tidwell.
D.Ed. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2012.
English
- Destination memory accuracy in younger and older adults
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Few studies have directly examined destination memory, the ability to remember with whom information was shared. The current study replicated and extended previous research (i.e., Gopie, Craik, & Hasher, 2010; Gopie & MacLeod, 2009) and examined the effects of age (younger and older) and varied attentional resources on destination memory as well as a potential strategy (i.e., mental imagery) to improve destination memory. Using E-Prime software, participants (N = 192) told facts to celeb...
Susan C Jefferson.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Johnson, Tara Committee members: David LaPorte; Susan Zimny.
Psy.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2013.
English
- Differences in student perceptions of student and faculty incivility among nursing program types: an application of attribution theory
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Incivility, defined as rude or disruptive behaviors which often result in psychological or physiological distress for the people involved, has emerged as an increasing problem in the classroom, clinical arena, and distance education setting within nursing programs. Incivility can be perpetrated by both students and faculty within the academic environment. The study explored differences in students' perceptions of student and faculty incivility across the various nursing program types to ...
Riah Leigh Hoffman.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Chunta, Kristy Committee members: Cynthia Clark; Theresa Gropelli; Teresa Shellenbarger.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2012.
English
- The diffusion of facebook in rural, southwestern pennsylvania baby boomers
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In October 2012, Facebook, the world's largest social networking site, welcomed its one billionth user. What catapulted this company, which opened to public users just six years prior, to attract such a large audience and how can this growth be continued in order to maximize profits for this publicly traded company? Young adult Internet users comprise the largest consumers of social networking sites; however, their current rate of adoption pales in comparison with gains made by members of ...
Laurie A Grosik.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Start, Jay Committee members: Mary Beth Leidman; Zachary Stiegler.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2012.
English
- Digital citizenship instruction in pennsylvania public schools: school leaders expressed beliefs and current practices
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The purpose of this study was to investigate digital citizenship in Pennsylvania public schools based on the responses of school leaders including superintendents, curriculum coordinators, and technology coordinators. This study examined the relationship between Pennsylvania school leader's beliefs and the implementation of digital citizenship curriculum within their districts and the degree to which digital citizenship is addressed at various school levels. Furthermore, this study investiga...
Chris A Suppo.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Kaufman, Cathy C. Committee members: George Bieger; Crystal Machado.
D.Ed. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2013.
English
- Direct-to-consumer advertising: how does it affect consumers' perceptions about treatment?
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This study investigated the impact pharmaceutical advertising has on participants' allocation of monetary resources to treat depression. The study randomly selected undergraduate students from the General Psychology subject pool at Indiana University of Pennsylvania (N=193). Demographic data was collected and participants were evaluated for beliefs and knowledge about prescription medications, personal and family history of depression and, in order to mask the true purpose of the study, past ...
Shelly Ann Hopkins.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Meil, William Committee members: William Farrell; David LaPorte.
Psy.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2013.
English
- Discursive formations of unesco's policies on literacy
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This qualitative study was designed to explore UNESCO's discursive formations of literacy from 1949 to 2002. Documents included general conferences resolutions, policy papers commissioned by these organizations, brochures, booklets, position papers, global monitoring reports, education sector strategy papers. To analyze the data, I drew I drew from three methods of qualitative analysis based on grounded theory, metaphor analysis and CDA and various analytical tools such as Foucault (1972, 198...
Massaer Paye.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Deckert, Sharon K. Committee members: Resa Bizarro; Claude Hurlbert.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2013.
English
- Does the use of data analysis teaming for student achievement and level of student work improve student performance in reading?
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The current study analyzed the use of data analysis teaming to improve student performance in reading as assessed by the Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS). Participants included 174 elementary school students from a school in eastern Pennsylvania. The results of the one-sample t-test showed that although students in the study had comparable reading performance to the DIBELS national sample, they did now show as much improvement in reading when DIBELS data only were be...
Christina Marie Marco-Fies.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Kovaleski, Joseph F. Committee members: Lynanne Black; Jason Pedersen; Mark Staszkiewicz.
D.Ed. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2013.
English
- "doing school" right: how university students from diverse backgrounds construct their academic literacies and academic identities
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This study explores the academic lives of three multilingual undergraduate student writers in order to better understand how they have constructed their academic literacies and academic identities since taking the required English courses at a mid-sized state university. Within the overarching discussions of academic discourse and the idea of western academic discourse (e.g., Bizzell, 1992; Canagarajah, 2002; Flowerdew, 2002; Hyland, 2000), the academic literacies model (e.g., Barton & Hamilt...
Whitney Ann Tudor Sarver.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Park, Gloria Committee members: Bennett Rafoth; Susan Welsh.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2012.
English
- Drifters and the disadvantaged: an ethnographic study of a small-town hotel and its residents
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This ethnographic research explored aspects of small town residential hotel life and the perceptions of deviance within the hotel and adjoining tavern. For this study, the researcher resided as a tenant of the Hotel for a period of one year and also observed the tavern ranging in frequency from daily to monthly visits between 2008 and 2012. During the research period, the researcher became a participant observer in order to experience hotel and tavern life, administered interviews, as well as...
Brandon T Stroup.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Austin, Willard Timothy Committee members: Kathleen Hanrahan; John Lewis.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2013.
English
- The ecological episteme: a pathway to a literacy of sustainability
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In this study, I ponder these primary questions: What curricular or ideological strands and assemblages in the history of composition allow English professionals to locate the idea of ecology and sustainability in a writing curriculum? How has ecological thinking been embodied in a writing curriculum? What are the implications of this thinking in composition and writing studies? By drawing from curricular and ideological histories, this study responds to these questions by recognizing an...
Brian D Cope.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Rafoth, Bennett A. Committee members: Resa Bizzaro; Michael Williamson.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2013.
English
- The effect of brand identification on alumni supportive behaviors
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The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship of brand identification and supportive behaviors for alumni of a medium-sized state-run public institution of higher education in the mid-Atlantic region of the US. The research examined the perceptions of donor and non-donor alumni of a state-run public institution of higher education to see if there were statistically significant differences between populations. The donor population was further examined to see if brand identification...
Amber L Stephenson.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Yerger, David B. Committee members: William Donner; D. Heckert.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2013.
English
- Effects of media exposure on intention to seek mental health treatment in college students
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Direct to consumer advertising (DTCA) has dramatically increased consumer requests for psychopharmacological treatments for depression. Despite increases in treatment awareness and availability, mental health stigma continues to serve as a significant barrier to help seeking behavior among college students. This repeated measures experimental design explored the impact of a mock "radio advertisement" intended to simulate a DTCA with or without a directive to speak to a mental health provid...
Dennis G LaLonde Jr.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Roehrich, Laurie Committee members: Beverly Goodwin; Derek Hatfield.
Psy.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2013.
English
- The effects of professional development on teachers' technology self-efficacy: a design-based approach
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This mixed-methods and design-based study identifies changes in technology self-efficacy and technological, pedagogical, and content knowledge among forty-one teachers following their participation in sustained, collaborative, and scaffolded professional development for the interactive whiteboard. Self-efficacy is an important determinant in the degree to which a learner adopts a new skill. Identifying means of assisting teachers in integrating technology during their instruction is becoming ...
Joshua David DeSantis.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Rotigel, Jennifer Committee members: George Bieger; Crystal Machado.
D.Ed. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2012.
English
- The effects of providing additional reading opportunities for struggling readers at their independent reading levels within content areas
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A mixed-methods study was conducted to determine if extra reading practice incorporated into fifth-and sixth-grade social studies and science content classes would have a positive impact on reading assessments for readers at risk. At-risk readers' independent reading levels were assessed using Dynamic Indicator of Basic Early Literacy Skills or DIBELS. Once their independent reading levels were determined, leveled texts on their independent reading levels were matched up to their social stu...
Teresa Vasinko.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Paquette, Kelli R. Committee members: Anne Creany; Sue Rieg.
Ed.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2013.
English
- Elementary writing assessment platforms: a quantitative examination of online versus offline writing performance of fifth-grade students
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This quantitative study explored if significant differences exist between how fifth-grade students produce a written response to a narrative prompt using online versus offline writing platforms. The cultural and social trend of instructional and assessment writing paradigms in education is shifting to online writing platforms (National Assessment Governing Board, 2011; National Writing Project, 2010). A mixed between-within subjects with repeated analysis of variance (ANOVA) and counter ba...
Vickie L Heath.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Bieger, George R. Committee members: Anne Creany; Beatrice Fennimore.
D.Ed. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2013.
English
- Emotional literacy and the challenge of esl academic literacy
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A challenge of second language learning for the 21st century is to incorporate affect into second language learning. The current emphasis on empowering Saudi second language learners into self-directed students underscores the role of affect has for the future of second language learning. In seeking to interpret the words of the five Saudi students learning English as a second language, this research wants to give their language of the heart (and mind) to the field of second language learn...
Joseph Slick.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Bizzaro, Patrick Committee members: Resa Bizzaro; Laura Micciche.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2012.
English
- English faculty community building: writing portfolio assessment groups as teaching circles
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This study investigates how first-year composition teachers use portfolio-based assessment groups as opportunities for interdepartmental conversation and collaboration about teaching, probing of pedagogical belief systems and evaluation of teaching practices and as refuges to explore new instructional methods. The study was conducted at Grand Valley State University (GVSU) where freshman writing instructors meet weekly in portfolio grading groups to evaluate student writing; however, these ...
Dauvan D Mulally.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Pagnucci, Gian S. Committee members: Bennett Rafoth; David Schaafsma.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2013.
English