- Responding to terror in america: global literature, film and the media narrative after the 9/11 attacks
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The purpose of this dissertation is to examine how post-9/11 literature has contributed to the discourse about the geo-political, social, and cultural changes that have occurred since the 9/11 attacks. I aim to show how literature has sought to resist some of the unproductive concepts and ideologies that have surfaced after 9/11, specifically by reacting to the negative role that the media had played in the aftermath of the attacks. The aim of the dissertation is to reveal how literature disc...
Ziyad K Alkhalifah.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Orchard, Christopher Committee members: Thomas Slater; Lingyan Yang.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2018.
English
- Revisiting attitudes toward the police: the impact of law enforcement simulations and education on college students
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Understanding the public's attitudes toward the police has been at the forefront of recent reform efforts because police organizations face growing governmental and public demands to deal with allegations of discrimination against minorities and of police misconduct. Increasing public confidence in law enforcement and enhancing relations between the police and the public has garnered the attention of criminal justice researchers and practitioners. The current study aims to extend our understa...
Selye Lee.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Lewis, John A. Committee members: W. Austin; Jon Cooper; Erika Frenzel; Jennifer Gossett.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2018.
English
- Saudi arabian students' attitudes toward e-learning in select pennsylvania universities
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An integral part of the higher education system, technology is continuing to grow in importance. In the delivery of courses, e-learning is becoming more widely used given that it provides easy access to education asynchronously and across geographic borders, thereby meeting the diverse needs of students. The research for this quantitative study was conducted in the state of Pennsylvania with the purpose of determining the readiness of Saudi students studying in the e-learning context, whether...
Naif M Alsayyali.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Corbett, Frank, Jr. Committee members: David Loomis; Laurie Nicholson; Ramesh Soni; Meghan Twiest.
D.Ed. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2018.
English
- School climate and teacher commitment in title i qualifying school districts in pennsylvania
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This quantitative research study examines teachers' professional commitment through the administration of the Organizational Commitment Questionnaire (OCQ) (Mowday, Steers, and Porter 1979) to teachers in Title I qualifying school districts in Pennsylvania. Teachers in five school districts, representing various demographic and geographic regions of Pennsylvania, were electronically surveyed to determine their level of commitment. This research expands upon two previous studies that concluded...
Kevin J O'Donnell Jr.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Piper, David Committee members: Kelli Paquette; Sue Rieg.
D.Ed. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2018.
English
- Sorry i can't talk right now, or can i?: a qualitative exploration of professional mobile device usage within domestic spheres
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Mobile devices and their rapid progression has been a focus in communication research in terms of their impact within various areas of our lives. Due to the mobile device's communicative power to shape our lives in terms of how we interact professionally and domestically, engagement decisions and work:life boundaries have become an everyday challenge. This dissertation sought to research engagement with these technological devices and the subsequent implications on relationships specifically ...
Sharon L Storch.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Ortiz Juarez-Paz, Anna Victoria Committee members: Zachary Stiegler; B. Wilson.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2018.
English
- Staff members' perceptions of the impact of performance measurement requirements on program delivery and organizational effectiveness in nonprofit human service agencies
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This study explores how the implementation of performance measurement affects organizations and staff members of nonprofit human service agencies. Performance measurement is defined in this study as the general activities used to collect and report information about a program's effectiveness and efficiency with the intent of using the information for monitoring, resource allocation, or improvement of the program. Qualitative research methods were used to examine the perceptions nonprofit mana...
Stacey L Tice.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Mabry, J. Beth Committee members: Dana Hysock Witham; Melissa Swauger.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2018.
English
- A study of teachers' and principals' beliefs about leadership behaviors in relation to school performance
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Schools with similar demographics have varying school performance; these differences exist among schools across Western Pennsylvania. Questions remain as to why some schools perform at higher levels than other schools in similar regions. Some researchers posit that leadership practices in different schools may influence student learning and school performance. The purpose of this study was to research the relationship between teachers' and principals' beliefs about the extent to which le...
Brigette D Matson.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Piper, David M. Committee members: Beatrice Fennimore; Sue Rieg.
D.Ed. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2018.
English
- Successful programs and strategies for secondary students who are gifted and in mathematics classes: a qualitative study
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Through interview responses, this study examines the perceptions of seven secondary mathematics teachers concerning the programs and methods they incorporate to reach their gifted students. In addition to teacher interviews, four focus groups of teachers, who taught various grade levels, were conducted. All study participants teach or had taught gifted students. To triangulate data, artifacts utilized by interviewees were analyzed. Participant responses were compared and contrasted to iden...
Michael David Poli.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Reilly, Edel M. Committee members: Kelli Paquette; Mark Twiest.
D.Ed. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2018.
English
- Teacher implementation of the daily 5 reading framework
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This descriptive, qualitative case study examined how eight teachers in two school districts implemented the Daily 5 reading framework into their first and second grade classrooms. The participants' implementation was compared to the recommended implementation in the book The Daily 5: Fostering Literacy Independence in the Elementary Grades (Boushey & Moser, 2014). Specific adaptations from each participant demonstrated how Daily 5 can be adjusted to meet the needs of both the teacher and the...
Katharine M Sherman.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Laverick, DeAnna Committee members: Julie Ankrum; Kelli Paquette.
D.Ed. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2018.
English
- Traumatized masculinity: men and boys in the works of tobias wolff
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This study is a critical analysis of Tobias Wolff's presentation of masculinity in his short stories, memoirs, novel, and novella. I argue that Wolff's works highlight performances of masculinity that are constructed, fragile, and often traumatizing and that his work operates as a critique of hegemonic masculinity. This dissertation examines three iterations of masculinity in Wolff's texts: nascent masculinity, hypermasculinity, and man-womanliness. The young and adolescent boys who pe...
Kevin Daniel Gleason.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Yang, Lingyan Committee members: David Downing; Christopher Orchard.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2018.
English
- Wiki-supported collaborative writing: saudi female graduate students' writing practices, discourse strategies, and participant perceptions
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This study explores its participants' task-based linear wiki-afforded collaborative writing experiences as well as their perceptions of these experiences. Its pre-task survey establishes the preparedness for collaboration of its participants, nine Saudi female TESOL graduate students working in three groups. Further, its mock writing task draws information about the design of its task, an asynchronous collaborative essay to be written within the Wikispaces (www.wikispaces.com) wikis and about...
Ahdab Abdalelah Saaty.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Savova, Lilia P. Committee members: Bennett Rafoth; Matthew Vetter.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2018.
English
- Year-round education and student learning: a case study of stakeholders' perceptions
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Yearly, school districts across the United States debate and vote upon a school calendar. Although most school districts elect a traditional calendar, several districts utilize a year-round calendar. A year-round calendar evenly spreads a traditional 180 school day and 12-week summer vacation, thus creating a balanced approach. Does a year-round education calendar produce student learning? The school district's teachers and administrator perceptions provided the basis of this study by e...
Francis R Sciullo.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Rieg, Sue Committee members: Beatrice Fennimore; Susan Sibert.
D.Ed. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2018.
English