- Faculty perceptions of selected strategies used by provosts in planning and implementing distance education initiatives
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Technological innovation, changing learner demographics and demands, and an increasingly competitive education market are forcing post-secondary institutions to consider distance education among their offerings. Building the institutional capacity for distance education requires administrators, including provosts, to apply effective strategies in institutional distance education initiatives. The purpose of this causal-comparative study was to determine faculty perceptions of specific strategi...
David Bruce Porter.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Leidman, Mary Beth Committee members: Robert Millward; B. Gail Wilson.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2014.
English
- First-year composition teachers' uses of new media technologies in the composition class
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As new media technologies emerge and evolve rapidly, the need to make informed decisions about using these technologies in teaching writing increases. This dissertation research study aimed at achieving multiple purposes. The first purpose was to catalog the new media technologies writing teachers use in teaching first-year composition classes. The second purpose was to explore the pedagogical uses of these technologies. The study also aimed at examining teachers' approaches to using new medi...
Lilian W Mina.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Williamson, Michael M. Committee members: Lynne Alvine; Pamela Takayoshi; Daniel Weinstein.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2014.
English
- Five filthy words: offensive language and primetime television programming
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Primetime television programming is distinctly pervasive, reaching millions of audience members in an instant; consequently, the offensive language broadcast therein - outside of the safe harbor - is often reason for governmental regulation and societal concern. Although the Federal Communications Commission's influence extends only to that aired by broadcast television networks, cable programming is not without its restraints, including advertiser and viewer pressures. This dissertation ...
Britta JoRae McCreary.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Stiegler, Zachary Committee members: Mary Beth Leidman; Nurhaya Muchtar.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2014.
English
- The fuld object memory evaluation: a study of validity, clinical utility, and the effects of extending the delay
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The Fuld Object Memory Evaluation (FOME) is a geriatric assessment of memory with several strengths but relatively scant data concerning its normative properties and clinical validity. This study investigated several aspects of the FOME, including its convergent and discriminant validity, the effects of extending the delay from 5-minutes to 60-minutes, and the effectiveness of its current normative information. In order to examine these factors, archival data was collected from an academic me...
Cynthia Aguilar.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: LaPorte, David J. Committee members: Glen Getz; Laura Knight; Anson Long.
Psy.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2014.
English
- Gender equity in nursing education: student perceptions and impact on the educational experience
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Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 ensured gender equity in education. Although gender equity is an established concept in the medical and science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields, the concept has limited exposure in nursing. This study investigates student perceptions of gender equity in nursing education. The Gender Equity in Nursing Education Questionnaire (GENEQ), developed by the researcher, was used to explore perceived gender equity in the nursing classroom ...
Timothy B Campbell.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Shellenberger, Teresa Committee members: Christoph Maier; Nashat Zuraikat.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2013.
English
- Harry crosby, experimental materiality, and the poetics of the small press
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This dissertation explores the case of Harry Crosby, modernist poet and publisher, whose neglect by modernist scholarship serves as an example of flaws and oversights in the process by which the dominant mainstream literary canon is constructed. The literary canon is not one body of work, but an intersection of several constituent canons that inform what scholars consider to be literature; scholarly neglect arises from several different variables within this complex interaction. A primary wea...
Neal Allen Stidham.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Sherwood, Kenneth Committee members: Christopher Kuipers; Mike Sell.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2014.
English
- Impact of a reading program on rural elementary school students' oral reading fluency and early literacy skill acquisition and rate of improvement
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This program evaluation is a study of the effectiveness of a core reading program, Journeys, by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH), on the early literacy skills and oral reading fluency (ORF) of kindergarten through second grade students in a rural elementary school. The scores of the students in the experimental group were compared to scores of students across the country represented by the AIMSweb 2012 national norms, serving as the control group. Additionally, an assessment of intervention ...
Christina Smith.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Staszkiewicz, Mark Committee members: Lynanne Black; Joseph Kovaleski; Timothy Runge.
D.Ed. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2013.
English
- The impact of chronic stress and trauma on psychological and neuropsychological functioning of college students
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Neuropsychological impairments related to explicit memory, working memory, and executive functioning (response inhibition, cognitive flexibility, attention) have been established within the literature as a consequence of exposure to chronic stress or trauma. Increased symptoms of depression, anxiety, perceived stress, posttraumatic stress, and psychosis have also been noted as a function of the cumulative effect of stress and trauma. The current study evaluated the effects of both potentially...
Leslie R Smith Varner.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Meil, William Committee members: Pearl Berman; David LaPorte.
Psy.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2014.
English
- The impact of teacher expectations on student achievement
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This study involved the use of archival TESA program evaluation data from 129 middle school teachers who taught at public middle schools in Indianapolis, Indiana during the 2007-2008 school year. Teachers were asked to identify five high achieving students and five low achieving students in their classroom. Teachers then completed a survey about each of these ten students. This study examines the relationship between teacher expectations measured by their identification of students as hi...
Lisa M Kohut.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Staszkiewicz, Mark J.; Kovaleski, Joseph F. Committee members: Lynanne Black; Roger Briscoe.
D.Ed. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2014.
English
- The implications of virtual world technology for k-12 students in a foreign language course of study
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The use of virtual world technology for language instruction is a recent development in education. The goal of this study was to provide a functioning 3D environment for German language students to experience as avatars. The student's impressions, attitudes, and perceptions of this learning activity would be recorded and analyzed to see if this might be a fruitful way to study elements of the German language in the future. This study examined the use of a virtual world language activity ...
David L Parrott.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Muchtar, Nurhaya Committee members: Mary Beth Leidman; Zachary Stiegler.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2014.
English
- Including students with moderate and severe complexity of disability in kindergarten and first grade: investigating the relationship between inclusive classroom quality indicators, level of inclusive education, and social competence
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The development of social competence for children is critical to their ability to navigate social decision making processes; however, children with complex disabilities have many difficulties in developing social competence. In an educational environment, the optimal setting for a child to develop social competence is within the inclusive classroom. Despite this, children with complex disabilities are often excluded from regular education settings. In addition, there has been limited research...
Amy Kristen Matz.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Black, Lynanne Committee members: Stephen Bagnato; Becky Knickelbein; Mark Staszkiewicz.
D.Ed. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2013.
English
- Interactions on the online writing center: students' perspectives
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This research explores the current state of online writing centers by analyzing the contributions of scholars, tutors, and students to the pedagogical practices of online peer tutoring. The study examines three areas of online peer synchronous tutoring from students' perspectives: a) students' experiences, b) students' revision processes, and c) sound practices for online tutoring. The findings emphasize the importance of including students in conversations about online tutoring practices to ...
Lindsay Ann Sabatino.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Rafoth, Bennett A. Committee members: Sharon Deckert; Michael Williamson.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2014.
English
- The interplay of theory and practice in writing center work
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This study examines the interplay of theory and practice in writing center work. It uses a pragmatic framework to better understand how three key writing center figures-Harvey Kail, Muriel Harris, and Jeanne Simpson-approach theory and practice. The study specifically examined 34 publications, 152 WCenter listserv postings, and 51 pages of interview transcripts. Identifying ways for the writing center community to engage theory and practice addresses the tension between writing center theo...
Thomas Paul Truesdell.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Rafoth, Bennett A. Committee members: Virginia Perdue; Michael Williamson.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2014.
English
- An investigation into the training of instructors of online graduate education courses at institutions of higher education
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Historically, courses offered at institutions of higher education took place within the confines of brick and mortar classrooms. Over time, opportunities to enroll in distance education courses through higher educational institutions have been available in many different formats; however, the most recent is online instruction and online learning. Online instruction requires a different type of preparation than traditional face-to-face instruction. It requires varied instructional, technologic...
Lisa Michele LoBasso.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Bieger, George; Lare, Douglas Committee members: David Rheinheimer; Keith Vanic.
D.Ed. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2013.
English
- An investigation of basic and borderline proficient students' comprehension reading achievement using the read 180 computerized instructional program
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The purpose of this study was to see if students made gains in reading achievement in the area of reading comprehension by having used a computerized reading instructional program entitled "READ 180®." The researcher included a qualitative component to gather teacher and parent perceptions of the use of this program. The theoretical framework used for this study was Lev Vygotsky's Zone of Proximal Development. Specifically, this study examined two elementary schools' fifth-grade students w...
Deborah L Piper.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Paquette, Kelli R. Committee members: Anne Creany; Sue Rieg.
D.Ed. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2013.
English
- The iowa gambling task: a study of convergent and divergent validity and performance in traumatic brain injury and psychological distress
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The Iowa Gambling Task (IGT) has been used as a measure of decision-making among many clinical populations. However, not much is known about IGT performance in individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI) and diagnoses of psychological distress. Additionally, evidence on convergent and divergent validity with other measures is lacking in the literature. Archival neuropsychological evaluation data from 74 outpatients at an academic medical hospital were collected. This study investigated conv...
Heather Tropiano.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: LaPorte, David J. Committee members: Michael Franzen; William Meil; Margaret Reardon; Donald Robertson.
Psy.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2014.
English
- It can be acquired and learned: building a writer-centered pedagogical approach to creative writing
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Because creative writing studies is a developing discipline and research shows that many creative writing faculty are underrepresented in scholarship, this dissertation study aims to explore current pedagogical approaches in American undergraduate creative writing classrooms. To achieve this goal, the researcher collected nearly 70 course syllabi, along with survey data to situate the syllabi, and conducted discourse analyses on the data utilizing NVivo software. As part of the analysis, the ...
Tamara A Girardi.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Bizzaro, Patrick Committee members: Resa Crane Bizzaro; Dianne Donnelly; Bryna Siegel Finer.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2014.
English
- Leading the way in radiography: radiography students' perceptions of leadership in the field, leadership opportunities, and themselves as future leaders
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The purpose of this cross-sectional descriptive research study was to explore leadership development of professionals in the field of radiography that starts at the level of the student radiographer. Specifically, this study was aimed at understanding radiography students' perceptions of the transformational leadership behaviors of individuals who hold leadership positions relative to the radiography educational process, and how these leader role models related to students' perceptions of lea...
Renee C Bloom.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Mabry, J. Beth Committee members: John Anderson; Julia Bill; Valerie Gunter.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2014.
English