Graduate Student Research - Curriculum & Instruction  

Dissertations August 2009

• Anati, N. M. (2009).  Discovering and examining arabic young adult literature trade books: A content analysis of cultural authenticity. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana.
• Behnke, C. A. (2009). The relationship between emotional-intelligence and attitudes of postsecondary hospitality students. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana.
• Gerberry, C. V. (2009). Participation in cooperative groups and self-efficacy beliefs of females in mathematics. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana.
• Moss, E. R. (2009). Preservice elementary teachers' identity development and participation in a video club. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana.
• Peng, J. (2009). An educational analysis of chinese business development strategies by United States agricultural complanies: A Delphi study. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana.
• Rovira-Figueroa, N.D. (2009).  Assessing the factors that affect the way(s) high school chemistry students write effective laboratory reports.  Unpublished master's thesis, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana.
• Sharma, S. (2009). Rewriting young women in detention into the curriculum:  A post-critical autoethnography.  Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana.

Dissertations May 2009

• Egger, T. M. (2009). Factors influencing College of Agriculture students' participation in leadership development certificate programs: A tri-state study. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana.
• Parker, L. C. (2009). The use of zoo exhibits by family groups to learn science. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana.
• Rice, W. C. (2009). Attitudes of Purdue Extension field-based professionals and County Extension board members towards the internationalization of Extension. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana.
• Walls, L. (2009) A critical hermeneutic study: Third grade african american students' views of the nature of science. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana.

Dissertations December 2008

•  Kraebber, H. W. (2008).  Educational technology usage in manufacturing education. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana.
• Lee, J. (2008). Mulitcultural education in South Korean public elementary schools:  An analysis of teachers' experiences and perspectives and school curriculum. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana.
• Schut, J. H. (2008). Relationships between agricultural education student achievement on standardized science tests and agricultural science teacher certification. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana.
• Yang, D. (2008). The development of a content analysis model for assessing students' cognitive learning in asynchronous online discussions. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana.

Dissertations August 2008

• Aaron, R. L. (2008). Using electronic mail to enhance instructional immediacy: Effects on college students' achievement and instructor evaluations. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana.
• Brown, J. W. (2008). Hybrid learning in teacher education:  A qualitative study about student experiences with language, culture, and power in a multiculturalism classroom using online and face-to-face instructional formats.  Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana.
• Dyson, O. L. (2008). The life and work of the Philadelphia Black Panthers: The curricular and pedagogical implications of their social transformation efforts. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana.
• Flanagan, S. M. (2008). Middle school special education teachers' perceptions of assistive technology in literacy. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana.
• Ileleji, R. H. (2008). Go abroad young women: Narrative inquiry of Japanese female youth exchange students in the United States. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana.
• Kontos, S. M. (2008). English language learners talking about poetry: Meaning making in a fourth/fifth grade classroom. Unpublished master's thesis, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana.

Dissertations May 2008

• Belland, B. R. (2008).  Supporting middle school students' construction of evidence-based arguments: Impact of and student interactions with computer-based argumentation scaffolds.  Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana.
• Hopkins-Gillispie, D. (2008).  Cultural diversity: Preservice teachers' learning and understanding of multiculturalism in a teacher education program.  Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana.
• Lee, Y. (2008).  The effects of different levels of vicarious interactions on measures of critical thinking.  Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana.

Dissertations December 2007

• Hodge, A. M. (2007).  Pre-service secondary mathematics teachers: Mathematical and pedagogical experiences in a teaching algebra seminar.  Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana.
• Kraebber, S. L. (2007).  The relationship between self-concept and self-ratings of generalizable skills of students in postsecondary career and technical programs. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana.
• Miller, T. K. (2007).  Prospective elementary teachers' experiences in learning mathematics via online discussions: A phenomenographical study.  Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana.

Dissertations August 2007

• Adedokun, O. (2007). Future aspirations of Indiana rural education. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana.
• Chen, X. (2007). Negotiation of multiple identities and literacies: An ethnographic case study of Chinese English-as-a-new-language (ENL) students in U.S. elementary schools. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana.
• Connolly, P. (2007). A comparison of two forms of spatial ability development treatment. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana. 
• Cramer, J. P. (2007). Perceptions of the effects of the relationship with the building principle: The story of six literacy coaches. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana.
• Edwin, J. (2007). Evaluation of a military family support program:  The case of operation: Military kids in Indiana. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana.
• Hains, B. (2007). The dilemma of student downshifting: Pedagogical practices which influence downshifting in high school agricultural science programs. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana.
• Kirkpatrick, J. M. (2007). Relation of nursing students' motivational state and learning effort to motivational appeal and learning outcomes in the use of an interactive computer-based multimedia program. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana.
• Lei, K. (2007). Cross-disciplinary team learning (CDTL) model. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana.
• Llerandi Roman, P. A. (2007). The effects of a professional development geoscience education institute upon secondary school science teachers in Puerto Rico. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana.
• Mooney, M. E. (2007). Computer anxiety and web-based course management systems: Does design matter? Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana.
• Seung, E. (2007). Examining the development of knowledge for teaching a novel introductory physics curriculum. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana.
• Smith, A. (2007). Integrating information and communication technology (ICT) literacy into the first year composition course:  Impact on teaching, learning outcomes, and assessment. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana.
• Wee, B. S. (2007). Realizing the child's perspective: An exploration of sixth-graders' ideas about land use. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana.