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An examination into university-based image repair via social media as demonstrated by penn state university's effort during the jerry sandusky scandal

This study examines the effort of Pennsylvania State University's image repair strategy during the Jerry Sandusky scandal. Utilization of a content analysis allowed for exploration into three sources of message content: traditional press releases, Facebook posts, and Twitter posts. Examination of the data suggests that Penn State University utilized similar image repair strategies on Facebook and Twitter (reduction and correction) while press releases used a more diverse selection of strategi...
Carrie L Scanlon.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Leidman, Mary Beth Committee members: Anna Ortiz Juarez-Paz; Zachary Stiegler.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2016.
English

An examination of high-school size, socioeconomic status, and advanced level educational opportunities in pennsylvania public high schools: a quantitative study

The purpose of this quantitative study was to examine the relationship between high-school size, socioeconomic status (SES), and educational opportunities. The study examines whether our public education system is providing students an education of equal opportunity along with equal access to these opportunities. Data from public high schools (N=473) in Pennsylvania were collected. Total enrollment in grades 9-12 and the Market Value Personal Income/Aid Ratio (MV PI/AR) were used as independe...
Mark J Madson.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Smeaton, Patricia; Machado, Crystal Committee members: Douglas Lare.
D.Ed. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2016.
English

An examination of undergraduate sophomore-level nursing students' personal reflection ability following high-fidelity simulation and video-assisted debriefings

Simulation provides an avenue to prepare nursing students to provide high-quality nursing care in the complex health-care environment. Debriefing, an aspect of simulation, is used to enhance student learning through a reflective discussion. Limited empirical evidence suggests the best approach to debrief that best enhances nursing students' reflection. Reflection is paramount in developing the type of thinking required for nursing. This study examined the influence of high-fidelity simulat...
Taylor Fawn Edwards.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Shellenbarger, Teresa C. Committee members: Kristy Chunta; Christoph Maier.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2016.
English

Fabulous ordinariness & self-making: the other side of usonian identities

USonian identity has been defined controversially since its inception. Its representatives have largely been independent, white, wealthy, male, and heterosexual. However, the actual population of the US is more diverse and possesses much more complex identities. Some of the identifying factors of USonians derive from the US tradition of self-making. Traditional US self-made narratives, as with larger definitions of US identity, lack a full inclusivity and nationally representative characters,...
Erin Mavis Guydish.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Thompson, Todd Committee members: David Downing; Mike Sell.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2016.
English

Faculty members' perceptions of teaching writing to students who use english as an additional language

More commonly, English as an additional language (EAL) students are being taught writing by teachers from across the curriculum, yet these teachers have not been the subject of many studies. The few studies that have been done provide evidence that some writing across the curriculum (WAC) teachers felt they were not prepared to teach EAL students, and some teachers asked for assistance. However, more research needs to be done to understand the situation. For this reason, this study was conduc...
Nathan Lindberg.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Park, Gloria Committee members: David Hanauer; Bennett Rafoth.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2016.
English

Fitspiration: empowering or objectifying? the effects of fitspiration and self-objectification on exercise behavior

Fitspiration, or fitness inspiration, features images of sculpted and fit yet also thin women engaged in exercise, often with motivational words meant to encourage the viewer. These images frequently objectify women. As objectification has become commonplace in society, women can internalize this message and see themselves from an outsider's perspective, thereby engaging in self-objectification. Self-objectification (SO) has been categorized as both a temporary state and an enduring trait. ...
Julia Kathryn Chasler.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: LaPorte, David Committee members: Anson Long; Margaret Reardon.
Psy.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2016.
English

Fourth grade literature blogging versus hand-written response: effects on motivation, classroom community, and reading comprehension

This study compared the reading motivation, sense of classroom community, and reading comprehension of fourth grade students who responded to literature circle prompts on a blog to those students who responded traditionally, using pencil and paper. A sequential, mixed-methods study was employed in which surveys, measuring reading motivation and classroom community, were administered before reading an assigned novel and beginning literature circle work and again after reading the text and comp...
Adrienne A Monaghan.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Paquette, Kelli R. Committee members: Susan Fello; Susan Sibert.
D.Ed. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2016.
English

From eric to tarzan: an ethical analysis of lead male characters in disney animation films produced during the company's renaissance era

With the proliferation of mobile devices and wireless Internet, mediated content continues to become a large part of every child's emotional and social experiences. Content such as this becomes moral teachers as children grow and learn how to live and act in society. Noting that media texts can serve as one source of such modeling, this study questions the manner in which children's media model ethical behavior to young audiences. Specifically, this dissertation employs Vogler's 12-step He...
Nicholas Artman.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Stiegler, Zachary Committee members: Mark Piwinsky; Jay Start.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2016.
English

High school peer tutor alumni research project

This study examines the perceived intellectual and dispositional takeaways for high school alumni who had been peer tutors in their secondary context. The research question which drove this study was, "What abilities, values, and skills do tutors develop from their experience as peer tutors and how, if at all, have they used those abilities, values, and skills in their lives beyond high school?" The findings come from the completed surveys of 63 high school tutor alumni who all tutored at a l...
Andrew L Jeter.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Rafoth, Bennett A. Committee members: Sharon Decker; Richard Kent; Gian Pagnucci.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2016.
English

Holding back the mountain: sustaining place in the appalachian poetry of robert morgan, kathryn stripling byer, and ron rash

The poetry of Robert Morgan, Kay Stripling Byer, and Ron Rash unites the places along the Blue Ridge Parkway in the southern Appalachian mountains. Their voices, which grow from the hollers of this unique bioregion, sustain the people, culture, history, and values of a time and place that are changing beneath their feet. Beginning with the literary legacy of Thomas Wolfe and continuing on to explore the ideas of solastalgia and topophilia as motives to write poetry, and poesis as a means to p...
Alana Dagenhart Sherrill.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Sherwood, Kenneth Committee members: Patrick Bizzaro; James Cahalan; David Downing; Todd Thompson.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2016.
English

Hookups and gender norm conformity: the experiences of undergraduate women

Sexual script research has frequently examined the affective experiences of hooking up but has neglected to investigate the influence of gender role adherence in the decision to engage in these increasingly common sexual encounters. This quantitative descriptive design and survey data collection study examines the differences between the contemporary script of hooking up and the traditional dating script. The study assesses the relationship between conformity to feminine norms, sexual history...
Rebecca Shayne Pearlson.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: McHugh, Maureen C. Committee members: Beverly Goodwin; Anson Long.
Psy.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2016.
English

How a national blue ribbon elementary school negotiates the ela pa core

Schools across America are faced with implementing new English Language Arts Standards due to the new standards reform movement that has swept across the nation with a current 42 state adoption rate. New standards often equate to new curriculum and instructional practices that are allegedly effective if the programs and practices are adhered to with fidelity. The purpose of this study was to examine a National Blue Ribbon elementary school recipient that has demonstrated consistent academic ...
Todd Dishong.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Marcoline, Joseph F. Committee members: Robert Millward; Kelli Paquette.
D.Ed. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2016.
English

"how do you feel about this paper?" a mixed-methods study of how writing center tutors address emotion

This study uses the control-value theory of achievement emotions as a framework to examine how writing center peer tutors respond cognitively, affectively and behaviorally to student writers' negative achievement emotions toward the writing students bring to the writing center. The study is informed by recent scholarship that asserts that sometimes when students visit the writing center, they feel a variety of emotions toward their writing, some of which are negative achievement emotions that...
Jennifer Follett.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Rafoth, Bennett A. Committee members: Rebecca Babcock; Gian Pagnucci; Gloria Park.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2016.
English

The impact of access to school-based parent resource centers on parents' perceptions of school climate and students' academic achievement

The present study investigated the impact of having access to a school-based Parent Resource Center (PRC) on parents' perceptions of school climate and students' academic achievement at two Title I elementary schools in a suburban school district in Georgia. Parents completed Yale University Comer School Development Program's School Climate Survey, Parent-Version Revised and provided input concerning their awareness of the PRCs and usage of the centers. Students' English/Language Arts (ELA) a...
Cherisse Le'Fay Chisolm.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Black, Lynanne Committee members: Roger Briscoe; Joseph Kovaleski; Mark Staszkiewicz.
D.Ed. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2016.
English

The impact of adverse childhood experiences on physical health in college students: a replication and extension of the ace study

Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) are linked to poor adult health (Felitti et al., 1998; Brown et al., 2010). Research on ACEs exposure in college students is lacking. This study examined the impact of ACEs, health risk behaviors, and resiliency factors on objective and subjective measures of health in college students. ACEs and health risk behaviors emerged as significant predictors of both measures of health. However, when resiliency factors were accounted for, gender and life satisfacti...
Irina Khrapatina.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Berman, Pearl Committee members: Krys Kaniasty; John Mills.
Psy.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2016.
English

Intensive and systematic training in working memory: does it have validity for improving reading achievement?

It is rarely challenged that deficits in working memory during childhood are related to academic difficulties. Poor working memory is linked to difficulties focusing, remembering and completing classroom instructions, planning and organizing information, solving problems, and monitoring progress during complex tasks. Researchers have consistently demonstrated a relationship between working memory and reading ability. Moreover, it is well established that students who have deficits in reading ...
Geneel A McKenzie.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: McGowan, Mark Committee members: Roger Briscoe; Timothy Runge; Mark Staszkiewicz.
D.Ed. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2016.
English

Introducing the prison writer to composition: a multilayered, many stranded, nested, and textured 3d metanarrative that begins to unfold the untold story of prison writing

This narrative inquiry introduces the rich story of prison writing, by and through highly successful career prison writers that have, and continue to publish their writing behind bars. They narrate their lives, design artistic and expressive works relating to their circumstances and environments, draft various legal and other relevant documents, craft essays and editorials, and write to make change and leave legacies of hope and redemption. While this document is from the point-of-view of a c...
Alva Natalie Ramon.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Pagnucci, Gian S. Committee members: Dennis Giever; Lilia Savova.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2016.
English

Investigation of casel select programs with minority students from high poverty communities

This meta-analysis examined the efficacy of CASEL SELect programs when used with minority students from high-poverty communities. Based on a review of the literature, prior evidence provided support for the efficacy of these programs (Conduct Problems Research Group, 1999; Domitrovich, Cortes, & Greenberg, 2007; Reid et al., 2007). The Hedges and Olkin meta-analytic approach was used for the current study (Johnson, Mullen, & Salas, 1995). Findings from the meta-analysis supported three of ...
Byron M McClure.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: McGowan, Mark Committee members: Joseph Kovaleski; Timothy Runge; Mark Staszkiewicz.
Ed.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2016.
English

An investigation of fifth graders' reading strategies when reading digital texts in regard to overall retention of content material by proficient and non-proficient readers

The purpose of the qualitative research study was to investigate how proficient and non-proficient fifth grade students comprehend digital text material in regard to overall retention. Twenty-eight fifth grade students from an elementary school in northeastern Pennsylvania participated in this study. Those who fit specified criteria including the following were invited to participate in the study: student is in fifth grade in the specified elementary school, does not receive Special Educat...
Melissa J Martinez.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Millward, Robert; Sutton, Rhonda M. Committee members: Douglas Lare.
D.Ed. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2016.
English

An investigation of the relationships between leadership practices of undergraduate athletic training program directors and program performance on the boc examination

This descriptive study investigates the relationships between athletic training students' perceptions of their undergraduate program director's leadership behaviors (model, inspire, challenge, enable, and encourage) and overall athletic training program success (measured by the Board of Certification examination performance specifically program first-attempt pass rates). The study attempts to recognize relationships and define specific leadership behaviors of program directors within their ed...
Jacqueline Durst.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Piper, David Committee members: Kelli Paquette; Mark Twiest.
D.Ed. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2016.
English