- A study of parental understanding of and intervention in cyberbullying among children in fourth through eighth grade
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The purpose of this study was to examine parents' perceptions of their role in supervision of their children's use of technology and their reported responses to events in which their children are cyberbullying oppressors, victims, or bystanders. The theoretical perspectives such as Bronfenbrenner's (1979) ecological theory, Bandura's (1977) social learning theory, and Crick and Dodge's (1994) social information processing theory served as framework for developing the research. An explanato...
Emily L Levine.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Fennimore, Beatrice S. Committee members: Kelli Paquette; Sue Rieg.
D.Ed. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2013.
English
- A study of the relationship between korean non-native english speaking teachers' prior teaching experience and their l2 pragmatic competence
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This study was designed to explore five Korean NNESTs' L2 pragmatic competence and its relationship with their teaching experiences using DCT questionnaires of English request. This study in particular examined (1) five Korean NNESTs pragmatic competencies in English requests, (2) the relationship between their English teaching and learning experience and L2 pragmatic competence, and (3) their perceptions and attitudinal changes toward English education in terms of cross-linguistic/cross-cult...
Seung Ku Park.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Park, Gloria Committee members: John Branscum; Michael Williamson.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2012.
English
- Teacher perceptions of the importance of fitness testing and the relationship of fitness testing to lifetime fitness goals for high school students
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The purpose of this mixed method study was to determine teacher perceptions of fitness testing and the relationship between fitness testing to their students making lifetime fitness goals. The first phase of the study consisted of a quantitative survey. From among the high school physical education teachers currently teaching in two Eastern states, 43 participated in this study by responding to the 27 question survey. The second phase of the study consisted of qualitative telephone interviews...
Jennifer Thorp.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Fennimore, Beatrice S. Committee members: Christine Black; Valeri Helterbran.
D.Ed. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2013.
English
- Test nationally, benchmark locally: using local dibels benchmarks to predict performance on the pssa
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The Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS) benchmarks are frequently used to make important decision regarding student performance. More information, however, is needed to understand if the nationally-derived benchmarks created by the DIBELS system provide the most accurate criterion for evaluating reading proficiency. The DIBELS benchmarks are calculated based on performance with a nationally-normed standardized achievement test (Good et al. 2011b). Therefore, it may n...
Matthew R Ferchalk.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Runge, Timothy J. Committee members: Joseph Kovaleski; David Lillenstein; Mark Staszkiewicz.
D.Ed. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2013.
English
- There is a wound in that wall: representations of islam in selected works of nineteenth-century british literature
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This dissertation addresses two limitations in recent scholarship on the representations of Islam and Muslims in nineteenth-century British literature. It implements a literary critique of the epistemological nature and repercussions of some of these representations from a nuanced historical perspective. And it recovers and recommends for serious scholarly study pertinent texts that are at present neglected or uncanonized. The importance of such texts lies in their subversive nature: the repr...
Ghada Al Abbadi.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Orchard, Christopher Committee members: David Downing; Kay Snyder; Michael Williamson.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2012.
English
- Using comic books and graphic novels to improve and facilitate community college students' literacy development
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This study evaluated how comic books and graphic novels enhanced the reading comprehension of the students enrolled in the intermediate reading course at Western Pennsylvania Community College. The three research questions are: (1) How can a developmental reading course make use of comics as a learning tool? (2) What impact does reading comics have on developmental students' Nelson Denny reading scores? (3) What impact does reading comics have on developmental students' attitudes toward readi...
Brian Patrick Burke.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Pagnucci, Gian Committee members: Chris McCarrick; Gloria Park; Michael Williamson.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2012.
English
- Using electronic reading devices to gauge student situational interest in reading: a quantitative study with ninth-grade language arts students
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Students' initial eagerness and excitement for learning to read are evident when they enter primary grades. Their levels of enthusiasm for reading diminish through elementary (Eccles, Wigfield, Harold, & Blumenfeld, 1993; Mazzoni, Gambell, & Koreamaki, 1999) and middle school (McKenna & Kearn, 1990; Oldfather & McLaughlin, 1993) years. These decreases in motivation result in undesirable learning environments, environments that rely heavily on proficient literacy levels for knowledge acquisiti...
Karen Louise Matis.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Helterbran, Valeri R. Committee members: George Bieger; Kelli Paquette.
D.Ed. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2013.
English
- The utility of the modified checklist for autism in toddlers in a preschool-age special education sample
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The number of young children with autism is ever-increasing, and school psychologists are more frequently required to identify these students. Valid screening tools are needed in order to focus school psychologists' time on those students in need of intensive evaluations in Early Intervention programs. The purpose of this study was to examine the utility of the Modified Checklist for Autism in Toddlers (M-CHAT; Robins, Fein, & Barton, 1999), an autism screening tool, for preschool-age student...
JoAnna R Cogan-Ferchalk.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Kovaleski, Joseph F. Committee members: Lisa Newell; Timothy Runge; Mark Staszkiewicz.
D.Ed. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2013.
English
- Walkthrough observations and their influence on the development of professional learning communities: a multiple-case study
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The No Child Left Behind Act has profoundly impacted public schools throughout our country. All school personnel must work together thoughtfully and diligently to address the mandates set forth by this federal law. As reforms are initiated and instructional programs are restructured, this qualitative multiple-case study examines supervisory practices utilized in four elementary schools in South Western Pennsylvania and how these practices influence organizational learning. A qualitative me...
Ronald J Yasher.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Kaufman, Cathy C. Committee members: Otto Graf; Joseph Marcoline; Sue Rieg.
D.Ed. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2013.
English
- "we make marines:" organizational socialization and the effects of "the crucible" on the values orientation of recruits during u. s. marine corps training
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This study measured the effects of The Crucible culminating event of U. S. Marine Corps recruit training on recruits' values of Honor, Courage, Critical Thinking, and Identity as Marines as part of the broader socialization process that occurs through the organizational context of U. S. Marine Corps boot camp. This study involved a sample of 248 U. S. Marine Corps recruits. The research design used in this study produced cross-sectional time series data. From a 47-question survey tool wi...
Michael D Becker.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Mabry, Beth Committee members: John Anderson; Wade Seibert.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2013.
English
- "what are we doing here, anyway?" an exploration of the attitudes and responses of teaching assistants from composition and from literature regarding their ta preparation
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This dissertation is a bounded case study that examines the attitudes and perceptions of Teaching Assistants (TAs) in Composition about their TA preparation in an independent writing program at a large public research university in California. Specifically, this study focuses on TAs who were pursuing Ph.D.s in either English Literature or Composition. Given that TAs' preparation for teaching first-year Composition is traditionally held within English departments, TAs commonly hail from either...
Jennifer Kathleen Johnson.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Hurlbert, Claude M. Committee members: Jeannine Fontaine; Gian Pagnucci.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2013.
English
- Where does writing end?
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This dissertation applies a mixed-methods approach to the question "Where does writing end?" in an academic context, specifically that of college composition classrooms on the developmental and freshman composition levels at a U.S. community college. In this dissertation, I define what an "academic" essay is, and then I use both post-process composition theory and reader-response theory to explore multiple ways to answer the question "Where does writing end?" in a college composition classroo...
Julie Anne Peluso Quinn.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Hurlbert, Claude M. Committee members: Patrick Bizzaro; Michael Williamson.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2012.
English
- Young adults' spirituality: how church leaders are addressing spiritual needs of young adults in small rural churches
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Many main stream religious denominations are alarmed about the constant decreasing of membership in their congregations. Small rural churches are experiencing a shift in attendance in which the members of the congregation are getting older and no new members are being received. Strategies to reach out to a younger generation seem to fail and discerning the strategies to be used to accomplish the goal is a complex paradigm. The purpose of this study was to identify the attributes that co...
Brunilda Martinez.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Anderson, John A. Committee members: Barbara Denison; Valerie Gunter.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2013.
English