- A qualitative critical study of collaborative co-teaching practices of english language teachers in public elementary schools in south korea
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This study examines the teaching practices of three groups of co-teachers, six individuals co-teaching in English language classrooms in public elementary schools in Gyeonggi province in South Korea. The ways in which each of the teachers perceived their educational and professional histories as impacting their co-teaching was also investigated with particular attention to how the co-teachers negotiated the co-construction of their identities both within and outside of the classroom context. ...
Shannon Tanghe.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Park, Gloria Committee members: Sharon Deckert; Linda Norris.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2013.
English
- A qualitative life course study: significant life events in the lives of appalachian first-generation college graduates
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Although in recent decades many of the outer Appalachian counties have stabilized economically, the central region of Appalachia continues to have the highest concentration of distressed and at-risk counties in the country. The geographic isolation and cultural characteristics of Appalachian communities have limited their ability to achieve economic and educational equity. Through the lens of life course theory, this qualitative study analyzed the life stories of five first-generation college...
Peggy Henderson Murphy.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Machado, Crystal Committee members: Valeri Helterbran; Monte Tidwell.
D.Ed. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2014.
English
- Redesign and (re)marginalization in a terrain of struggle: measuring the success of computer-assisted personalized system of instruction (capsi) in developmental writing courses
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Developmental writers have long been viewed as marginalized, and one course delivery method which might disrupt this marginalization is computer-assisted personalized system of instruction (CAPSI), which has proven successful in many disciplines. However, research on CAPSI writing courses is minimal, and there have been no published articles about the success of CAPSI in developmental writing courses. Despite this gap, administrations across the U.S. have mandated the redesign of their develo...
Anna M Harrington.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Rafoth, Ben Committee members: Patrick Bizzaro; Michael Williamson.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2013.
English
- Restorative practices in the collegiate student conduct process: a qualitative analysis of student conduct administrators' perspectives
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Restorative justice philosophy and practices have been utilized in a variety of settings. Legislative reform prompted their application in the criminal and juvenile justice systems. They have also been utilized in employment, education, civic, human services and community settings. While their integration in elementary, intermediate and secondary educational settings has evolved, application in the collegiate environment has been slow to develop. One area utilizing restorative practices i...
Robert L Mikus.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Kuffner Hirt, Mary Jane Committee members: David Chambers; Gwendolyn Torges.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2014.
English
- The reverend doctor william archer rutherfoord goodwin: can leadership resurrect and restore the past?
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This study identified the leadership traits of The Reverend Doctor W.A.R. Goodwin that allowed his vision of the restoration of an entire city to become the reality that is now known as Colonial Williamsburg. The growth and transformation of the country at the turn of the 20th century form the basis of this study while analyzing the manner in which the restoration was formulated, financed, and ultimately brought to fruition; the study showcases the leadership prowess of W.A.R. Goodwin at a ti...
Susan Hutzler Venatta.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Kaufman, Cathy C. Committee members: Kelli Paquette; David Piper.
D.Ed. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2013.
English
- The role of aesthetic artifacts in creative writing research: casting student identity narratives as cultural data
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Drawing upon a postmodern ethnographic approach, the modes of inquiry into this qualitative study included observation and data analysis in order to represent a particular community of students: first year college freshmen from a mid-size, religiously-affiliated university in the southern United States. The methods included artifact retrieval/analysis of student narratives (identity constructs in creative forms) as well as demographic surveys from nine sections of first year composition class...
Christine I Bailey.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Bizzaro, Patrick Committee members: Resa Bizzaro; Chauna Craig.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2014.
English
- School psychologists' report of school-based mental health service programs across pennsylvania school systems
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This study explored the mental health needs and services of children and adolescents within Pennsylvania school communities; this included a focus upon evidence-based counseling approaches. Relationships were analyzed between population density, SES status, grade level and the type of mental health issues serviced. Survey data from 314 respondents were used to answer questions regarding school mental health and behavioral service provisions in Pennsylvania. Respondents' indicated their cur...
Ajani Yanea Cross.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Kovaleski, Joseph F. Committee members: Roger Briscoe; Mark Staszkiewicz.
D.Ed. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2013.
English
- Scope and adequacy of literature and training pertaining to psychotherapy with lesbian, gay, and bisexual individuals
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This survey research study assesses the current state of doctoral psychology training in psychotherapy with clients who identify as lesbian, gay or bisexual (LGB). The study also seeks to evaluate the degree of familiarity faculty, trainees and experts on LGB psychotherapy have with the most-cited literature (MCL) on the topic of psychotherapy with LGB clients. Trainees and faculty from counseling Ph.D., counseling Psy.D., clinical Ph.D., and clinical Psy.D. training programs as well as exp...
Justin W Martino-Harms.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Reardon, Margaret C. Committee members: Beverly Goodwin; Robert Heasley.
Psy.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2013.
English
- A sociocultural exploration of english faculty perceptions of american design university in qatar's writing center
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This study examines English faculty perceptions of the Writing Center at American Design University in Qatar (ADU-Q) through a sociocultural framework and social capitalist analysis. The current proliferation of American higher education branch campuses in the Arabian Gulf region make this a timely study, as the local context warrants an in-depth analysis of how writing centers are situated in this unique environment of language learners and dynamic social and cultural changes. Data triangula...
Molly P McHarg.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Bizzaro, Patrick Committee members: Resa Crane Bizzaro; Tina Perdue.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2013.
English
- Stakeholder and institutional influences on sustainable development in the shale gas extraction industry
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This study of the natural gas production industry in the Northeastern United States aims to explain how sustainability pressures from stakeholders and institutional actors are received, interpreted and acted upon by organizations and managers of the natural gas drilling firms. A number of hypotheses are developed from the stakeholder and institutional literature to empirically test the role organizational characteristics, such firm environmental record, public visibility or size, play in eith...
Simon Hauser.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Yerger, David B. Committee members: Susan Boser; William Donner.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2014.
English
- Stemming the tide of leadership instability in long term care: how worklife factors and burnout contribute to nursing home administrators' intention to leave their job and career
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The primary purpose of this research study is to explore the relationships among the areas of worklife (Leiter & Maslach, 2004), burnout, and intentions to leave the job and the profession among NHAs. Specifically, the study seeks to determine the extent to which the areas of worklife (workload, control, reward, community, fairness, and values) (Leiter & Maslach, 2004) and burnout predict intention to leave (a) current NHA position and (b) the NHA profession, controlling for sociodemographic...
Christina Daley.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Mabry, Beth Committee members: Kathryn Bonach; Diane Shinberg.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2013.
English
- Struggles to reach the disengaged: narratives of young men who left high school before graduation, and stories from middle school teachers and ged instructors who try to help
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This study includes the narratives of nine people: three young men who left high school before earning their diplomas, three middle school teachers who witness the events of student disengagement in their writing classrooms that precede the event of leaving and three General Education Development (GED) instructors who help young men such as these recuperate their writing skills and earn a GED certificate. The narrative framework employed here focuses on privileging the stories told by thi...
Lara Lynn Golden.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Pagnucci, Gian S. Committee members: Sharon Deckert; Ben Rafoth.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2013.
English
- Students with disabilities taking online courses at rural university: a quantitative investigation
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This quantitative investigation explored the enrollment and success of students with disabilities taking online courses at Rural University as compared to their peers without disabilities. As online education continues to become more popular and sought out by students who might not otherwise attend college, the venue of online education has been scrutinized to determine its effectiveness as compared to traditional classrooms. This study evaluated the enrollment trends and student performance ...
Jennifer M May.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Rotigel, Jennifer V. Committee members: George Beiger; Kelli Jo Kerry-Moran.
D.Ed. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2014.
English
- A study of the relationship between job satisfaction and financial performance in pennsylvania community banks
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This study explored the relationship between job satisfaction and financial performance in Pennsylvania community banks with less than $2 billion in total assets. The research sample included five banks that consistently achieve high earnings and four banks with consistent low earnings results. A calculated four-year average return on equity (ROE) for each participating institution was used to divide participating banks into high and low performance groups. The study determined whether differ...
John L Brooks.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Marcoline, Joseph F. Committee members: Robert Millward; David Piper.
D.Ed. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2014.
English
- Teachers', administrators', and students' perception of recess at public elementary schools: a mixed method study using online surveys, interview questions, and students' essays with drawings
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Recess contributes to enhanced academic performance as well as social, emotional and physical development of the child. All of these are important parts of a successful education. Yet, time on recess is being reduced due to increased focus on academic performance on standardized tests. This study examined administrators', teachers' and students' perception of recess to get a better understanding about current practices, what drives these practices, and whether they correspond to the practic...
Krisztina Beni.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Bieger, George R. Committee members: Elain Blair; Valeri Helterbran.
D.Ed. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2013.
English
- Teachers' perception of looping in secondary schools
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The purpose of this qualitative study was to gain an understanding of secondary teachers' perception of the looping process. The research questions revealed teachers' opinions of the looping process and its impact on the overall educational experience. Participants within this study had experiences teaching within the looping process and within a customary one year teaching progression. Interviews were conducted with all participants. The interviews were transcribed and data analysis was ...
Dennis J Chakey.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Marcoline, Joseph Committee members: Cathy Kaufman; Robert Millward.
D.Ed. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2014.
English
- "the past is a country from which we have all emigrated": salman rushdie's postcolonial and postmodern embrace of memory
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This dissertation examines Salman Rushdie's major works for the ways that they consistently affirm the power of memory to construct a concrete, rooted identity for characters and nation-states despite the prerogative of migrants to translate themselves into new creations through a dismissal of the weight of the past. If "exile is a dream of glorious return," as one of his characters reflects in The Satanic Verses, few diasporic writers living today rival Rushdie for the singular inspiration h...
Stephen James Bell.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Yang, Lingyan Committee members: Christopher Orchard; Mike Sell.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2014.
English
- "the road not taken": a writer's approach to research on poetry writing in creative writing studies
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Grounded upon a scholarly foundation laid by Wendy Bishop, Patrick Bizzaro, and Jason Wirtz, this performance-based study tests fifteen poetry writing strategies extracted from three experienced poets' self-reports on how to write poetry with the intention of developing a research method to test the reliability of using poets' self-reports in teaching creative writing. By reading what three expert-practitioners say they do when they write poetry (Fred Chappell's Plow Naked, Richard Hugo's The...
Jason Douglas Long.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Bizzaro, Patrick Committee members: Resa Bizzaro; Michael Williamson.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2014.
English
- The training curriculum at pennsylvania municipal police academies: perceptions of effective training
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This study examined the perception of effective police academy training curriculum topics as reported by Pennsylvania municipal police officers. A second purpose explored the relationship between the police academy pedagogy and the perception of training adequacy that exists by individual officers. Using survey data from 152 municipal police officers this research found respondents have received the most adequate training in terms of knowledge, skills, and dispositions in the area of crimin...
Jonathan Wesley Wolf.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Kaufman, Cathy C. Committee members: George Bieger; Jennifer Rotigel.
D.Ed. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2013.
English