- The effect of the use of the simulation leadership training software vleader on the leadership aptitude scores of undergraduate college students in the communications media program at indiana university of pennsylvania
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The traditional classroom experience in higher education is evolving. The number of college students taking at least one online course is growing. This change is forcing educators to reevaluate their teaching goals and choose appropriate educational tools to accomplish those goals. One of the most popular new tools for the virtual classroom is digital educational simulations. Researchers have been studying the use and effectiveness of simulations in education for decades. Today, advance...
Jennifer L Forrest.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Start, Jay Committee members: Mark Piwinsky; B. Wilson.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2015.
English
- The effectiveness of sex offender residency restrictions in alabama and oklahoma: are we preventing crime in the heart of dixie and the sooner state?
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This study examined the legal impact of Megan's Law and residency restrictions in Alabama and Oklahoma. Both states incorporated a 2,000 feet buffer zone, where convicted sex offenders, once released, must live in accordance with this distance, away from areas where children tend to congregate. The legislation's intent is to remove the offender from the equation, making any suitable targets harder to access. Two simple interrupted times-series (ITS) designs were utilized to measure month...
Stacie Merken.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Lewis, John A. Committee members: Robert Mutchnick; Jennifer Roberts; Shannon Womer Phaneuf.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2015.
English
- Effects of an intervention on college students' expectations and attitudes about seeking therapy
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The present study updates and addresses some of the limitations in the existing research regarding interventions aimed at altering college students' expectations and attitudes about seeking therapy. Past studies have utilized multiple intervention modalities, including written information, video and audio tapes, live presentations, and multimedia presentations. However, the literature is still inconclusive as to which modality is superior. The current study examined the effects of altering bo...
Janessa Lin Nowlen.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Hatfield, Derek Committee members: Anson Long; Dante Mancini.
Psy.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2015.
English
- Effects of assessing religious beliefs in initial sessions on aspects of the therapeutic alliance
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Religion has been an area of diversity often ignored by clinical and research professionals. More recent qualitative research investigating the perspectives of religious clients suggests that acknowledging religious beliefs in the therapeutic context may contribute to the relationship between therapist and client. The aim of the present study was to examine participant perceptions and expectations about religious discussion in a secular setting. A total of 120 participants were interviewed us...
Angelica Terepka.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Hatfield, Derek Committee members: Beverly Goodwin; Lisa Newell.
Psy.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2016.
English
- The effects of audio and gender within a 3d gaming environment on the achievement of different educational objectives
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This study examined the effects of audio and gender in a 3D gaming environment on the achievement of different educational objectives. A sample of undergraduate Communications Media students from a mid-sized university in Western Pennsylvania were recruited to take part in the study during Fall 2014. Participants were randomly assigned to one of three groups: Control (no music), Treatment 1 (Mozart's Sonata for Two Pianos in D Major ), or Treatment 2 (self-selected music via Spotify). Th...
Ryan L Sittler.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Leidman, Mary Beth Committee members: Jay Start; Zachary Stiegler.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2015.
English
- The effects of audio and video encoding on information acquisition among undergraduates
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Current literature probes the connections between the impact of multimedia, cognition, and learning. However, aesthetic quality of multimedia content has received little attention from researchers. This purpose of this experimental study was to determine the effects of three different rates of encoding on information acquisition and retention among college undergraduates. Participants in the study were divided into three groups. Prior to the learning activity, participants were asked to compl...
Todd A Campbell.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Stiegler, Zachary Committee members: Mark Piwinsky; Jay Start.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2015.
English
- The effects of performance feedback on oral reading fluency
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The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of four performance feedback conditions on the rate of improvement (ROI) and the final level of words correct per minute using a curriculum-based measure. The sample size consisted of 50 second-grade subjects who were administered oral reading fluency probes twice weekly for eight consecutive weeks. The second-grade subjects were randomly assigned to a feedback group where they were provided verbal performance feedback on either the numb...
Jill Marie Little.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Kovaleski, Joseph F. Committee members: Becky Knickelbein; Timothy Runge; Mark Staszkiewicz.
D.Ed. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2015.
English
- The effects of principal longevity and the variation of the implementation and sustainabilty of rti on reading achievement
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The current study utilized a correlational and quasi-experimental design to expand on prior research regarding the relationship between the implementation of core components of Response to Intervention (RTI) and the reading achievement of elementary students. In addition, the effects of RTI sustainability on reading achievement were studied by analyzing the relationship between the length of time the core components were implemented and gains in school reading achievement. Furthermore, the ...
Sandra A Seibel.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Kovaleski, Joseph F. Committee members: Lynanne Black; Christoph Maier; Alexander Tabori.
D.Ed. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2014.
English
- The efficacy of readers' theatre with digital voice recording as a means of improving reading skills
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The current study examined the effectiveness of readers' theatre with and without a digital voice recording component on 5th-grade students' oral reading fluency, accuracy, and comprehension skills as measured by the Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS) Next 5th-grade oral reading fluency (DORF) probes and Daze probes. Students were identified for participation in the study if they received reading instruction within the general education curriculum in a small, rural sch...
Meghan Ferraro.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Black, Lynanne Committee members: Becky Knickelbein; Joseph Kovaleski; Mark Staszkiewicz.
D.Ed. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2015.
English
- Emasculation and emancipation: african american masculinity in african american women's literature, 1955-1985
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The 1950s to the 1980s were a critical period for the twentieth century African American experience in both social and literary terms. This dissertation examines the impact of Black Nationalism and the Black Arts Movement on the development of African American masculinity as well as the African American woman's depiction of that masculinity in the middle to late twentieth century. Using African American masculinity and African American feminist studies as my framework, I examine the emasculat...
Lana N Lockhart.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Downing, David Committee members: Mike Sell; Todd Thompson.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2015.
English
- The emotions of professionalization in a master's of teaching english as a second language (tesol) program
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This dissertation utilizes Narrative Inquiry to examine emotions as part of the re-socialization of five international graduate students in a Master's in TESOL program. This work uses theories of emotion, narrative, socialization and multiculturalism to create a picture of the complex nature of re-socialization in a MA TESOL program. Through the narratives of these five graduate students, this dissertation explores the role of emotions in experience, the forces that are impactful during sojou...
Dana Poole.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Alvine, Lynne Committee members: Sharon Deckert; Michele Petrucci; Michael Williamson.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2014.
English
- Empathy in preservice early childhood teachers
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Teacher empathy has been identified as an important factor in student achievement. Teacher preparatory programs recognize that empathy is a characteristic of a positive teacher disposition and necessary in developing teacher to student relationships. Programs acknowledge that empathy is important to the effectiveness of a teacher and are looking to incorporate empathy into teacher preparation. This qualitative study focused on exploring the correlation of a preservice teachers' self-reported ...
Kathleen A Beining.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Bieger, George Committee members: Anne Creany; DeAnna Laverick; Susan Sibert.
D.Ed. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2014.
English
- The encoding and decoding of gendered heroic quests in "doctor who", "blake's 7", "red dwarf", and "torchwood"
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This dissertation explores how the BBC science-fiction shows, Doctor Who, Blake's 7, Red Dwarf, and Torchwood, through their creative and corporate encoding, either connect with or alienate their audiences during the decoding process, which is seen in their fan-generated reviews and creative productions. More specifically, both the decoders and encoders are searching for definitions of heroic identity via the lens of gender and sexuality. When this encoding process is successful, the shows f...
Thomas M Powers.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Slater, Thomas J. Committee members: John Branscum; Christopher Orchard.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2014.
English
- Evaluating the sensitivity of a reading comprehension benchmark assessment as a predictor of performance on a high stakes academic assessment for middle school students
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This study examined the predictive validity and diagnostic accuracy of STAR Reading, a computer-adaptive benchmark assessment tool, with the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA), the state summative test. Student data for 320 students in grades 7 and 8 over two years of assessment were examined. Indices of correlation and predictions were analyzed. Multiple and hierarchical regression analyses examined the relationships of fall and winter administrations of STAR Reading for patt...
Rene Fetchkan.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Kovaleski, Joseph F. Committee members: Joseph Betts; Tammy Croce; Timothy Runge; Mark Staskiewicz.
D.Ed. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2014.
English
- Evaluative study of legal literacy relative to principals' knowledge of the first, fourth, eighth, and fourteenth amendments and the impact on daily decision-making
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The purpose of this quantitative study was to analyze Pennsylvania public school principals' knowledge of constitutional school law by determining if a descriptive difference existed between Pennsylvania principals' perceived level of knowledge and actual knowledge of constitutional school law, determining if a connection existed between principals' awareness of constitutional school law litigation cases and their daily decision-making, and ascertaining where principals felt as though they ac...
Amy Marie Burch.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Marcoline, Joseph Committee members: Cathy Kaufman; Robert Millward.
D.Ed. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2014.
English
- An examination of the effects of multiple learning environments on problem solving in graduate instructional design students
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This research seeks to comprehend the why, what, and how of novice instructional designers' (students of instructional design) interactions with their respective learning environment as they problem-solve. Even for foundational research on educational practices and its ability to increase instructional designers' skill development, there is still a need to understand the effectiveness of these approaches, such as real-world experiences and metacognition. In addition, there are deficiencies in...
Robyn A Defelice.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Wilson, B. Gail Committee members: Nurhaya Muchtar; Anna Ortiz.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2015.
English
- Examination of the parasympathetic activation hypothesis (pah) for arousal-induced eating
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The Parasympathetic Activation Hypothesis (PAH; LaPorte, 1986) for arousal-induced eating proposes that, at modest levels of emotional arousal, eating attenuates sympathetic nervous system activity and activates the parasympathetic nervous system to maintain physiological homeostasis. Eating does not occur at very low or high levels of arousal, thus forming an inverted U-shape function between arousal and eating. Eating activates the parasympathetic nervous system in all people, but people wh...
Stephanie Marie Terracciano.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: LaPorte, David J. Committee members: John Mills; Susan Zimny.
Psy.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2015.
English
- Examination of the relationship between perceived social support and students' academic outcomes
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The present study sought to add to the current research by investigating perceived social support and academic outcomes as measured by the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA) and grade point average (GPA). In addition, the study examined sex differences, differences in ethnicity, and socioeconomic status (SES) in relation to perceived social support as measured by the Child and Adolescent Social Support Scale (CASSS). Finally, correlations between frequency and importance rating...
Heather Lynnette Bravener.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Black, Lynanne Committee members: Joseph Kovaleski; Mark McGowan; David Polk.
D.Ed. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2014.
English
- Examining preservice teachers' creativity and use of mobile learning technology within instructional practices: an interpretive qualitative study
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The prevalent use mobile learning technology and the nearly universal access to the Internet have transformed educators' perspectives of how students learn and how teachers teach. In an educational climate where teacher effectiveness is tied to student achievement, it is necessary for teacher educators to identify and respond to factors that contribute to the development of preservice teachers' creativity and effective use of mobile learning technology. This qualitative study focused o...
Amanda K Onion.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Helterbran, Valeri R. Committee members: Crystal Machado; Meghan Twiest.
D.Ed. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2014.
English
- Examining the academic, behavioral, and financial effectiveness of in-house alternative education programs compared to off-site programs: a quantitative analysis
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This study's purpose was to examine the academic, behavioral, and financial effectiveness of Pennsylvania in-house alternative education programs to off-site alternative education programs. Pennsylvania in-house alternative education programs are operated internally by a school district. Off-site alternative education programs are programs where school districts outsource their disruptive youth to county Intermediate Units or Private Provider alternative education programs (AEPs). The popu...
Keith A Hartbauer.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Piper, David Committee members: Joseph Marcoline; Kelli Paquette.
Ed.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2015.
English