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Dissertations

• Adams, Christina L. (2008)

  Effectiveness of the First-Year Experience program at the University of Northern Colorado in supporting student transition and success: An application of Tinto’s theory of college student withdrawal (Ph.D.). Chair: Marilyn Welsh

• Alanizi, Faris M. M. (2010)

  Measurement of perceived parenting style influence on academic achievement among Saudi college students (Ph.D.). Chair: Steven Pulos

• Al-jubaili, Ahmad. (2002)

  Science misconceptions and working memory capacity among Saudi adolescents: A neo-Piagetian investigation (Ph.D.).Chair: Steven Pulos

• Aljubaily, Hesham Yahya (2010)

  Measuring university students’ perceptions of characteristics of ideal university instructors in Saudi Arabia and the United States: An application of nonparametric item response theory study (Ph.D.). Chair: Steven Pulos

• Ambrosio, Anthony Lewis. (1994)

  Social problem finding: A cognitive developmental perspective (Ph.D.). Chair: Teresa McDevitt

• Al-Marghani, Mohammed Mahmud. (1985)

  Learned helplessness or test anxiety: An experimental investigation of cognitive deficits (Ed.D.). Chair: John Cooney

• Al-Moziraee, Abdullah Fahad. (2005)

  Factors affecting young adolescents’ proportional reasoning in Saudi Arabia (Ph.D.). Chair: Steven Pulos

• Al-Salhi, Abdullah Soliman. (2001)

  Epistemological beliefs among Saudi college students (Ph.D.). Chair: Steven Pulos

• Al-Wattban, Mohammad. (2001)

  Proportional reasoning and working memory capacity in adolescents: A neo-Piagetian investigation (Ph.D.). Chair: Steven Pulos

• Bakari, R. (2000)
  Development and validation of an instrument to measure preservice teacher’s attitudes toward teaching African American students (Ph.D.). Chair: Teresa McDevitt [Received graduate dean's citation for excellence]
• Blasi-Taylor, Stephanie L. (2004)
  Factors predicting young women's intentions to obtain timely pelvic examinations (Ph.D.). Chair: Teresa McDevitt
  
• Bloor, Phoebe A. (1987)
  The integration of conceptual and procedural knowledge in the teaching of fifth grade mathematical skills (Ed.D.). Chair: John Cooney
• Bourassa, Eileen Lee. (1992)
  Accelerated reading: Impetus for change in first grade classroom instruction (Ph.D.). Chair:Kathryn Cochran
  
• Brown, Beth E. (1986)
  A comparative analysis of six valued components of close adult friendships (Ed.D.). Chair: Dale Shaw
• Campbell, Justin S. (2003)
  Meta-analysis and reliability generalization of the Psychopathy Checklist applied to youth (Ph.D.). Chair: Steven Pulos
  
• Chu, Yu-Wei. (2000)
  The relationships between domain-specific self-concept and global self-esteem among adolescents in Taiwan (Ph.D.). Chairs: Randy Lennon & Steven Pulos
• Cooper, Kathryn A. (2009)
  Preschoolers’ understanding of the relationship between perceptual access and accuracy of knowledge: A study of 4- and 5-year-olds’ judgments about peer models (Ph.D.). Chairs: Teresa McDevitt and Mark Alcorn
  
• Corbett, Katherine Etta. (1998)
  Motor development and attentional capacity in the young child: A neo-Piagetian perspective (Ph.D.). Chair: Steven Pulos
  
• Crist, Patricia A. Hickerson. (1988)
  The effects of multiple sclerosis on mother-daughter interaction and self-esteem (Ph.D.). Chair: Randy Lennon
  
• Denzine, Gypsie Marie. (1996)
  Implicit learning and prototypes (Ph.D.). Chair: Steven Pulos
  
• Downey, Jayne A. (2002)
  Perspectives on educational resilience from children facing adversity (Ph.D.). Chair: Teresa McDevitt [Received graduate dean's citation for excellence]
• Elison, Jeff. (2003)
  Definition and distinction between shame and guilt: A facet theory analysis (Ph.D.). Chair: Randy Lennon [Received graduate dean's citation for excellence]
  
• Elsey, Robert D. (2002)
  Psychological defenses and academic success during adolescence (Ph.D.). Chair: Steven Pulos
  
• Ewers, Cynthia A. (1989)
  An information processing analysis of working memory in relation to listening comprehension in young children (Ph.D.). Chair: Kathryn Cochran [Received graduate dean's citation for excellence]
• Ewing, Vanessa. (2005)
  A new voice: Students with disabilities discuss their education (Ph.D.). Chair: Kathryn Cochran
  
• Ferrari, Jan Ricketts. (2010)
  Critical multicultural education for social action (Ph.D.). Chair: Kathryn Cochran
  
• Furlong, Peter R. (1992)
  Informal reasoning, guided direction, and an economic issue (Ph.D.). Chair: John Cooney
  
• Gallagher, Marla. (2003)
  The development of learner-centeredness in pre-service teachers' beliefs about learners, learning, and teaching (Ph.D.). Chair: Teresa McDevitt
  
• Gaudet, Laura Latta. (1995)
  The development of a self-report symptom inventory of psychosocial concerns of traumatic brain injured (TBI) individuals (Ph.D.). Chair: Steven Pulos [Received graduate dean's citation for excellence]
• Glenn, Karen A. (1999)
  Rote vs. note: the relationship of working memory capacity to performance and continuation in beginning string classes (Ph.D.). Chair: Steven Pulos
  
• Hill, Anita. (2011)
  Do our children add up?: A meta-analysis of the longitudinal effects of kindergarten schedule and mathematic achievement (Ph.D.). Chair: Steven Pulos
  
• Holder, K. C. (2000)
  Being and becoming a teacher: Meaningful information processing in an undergraduate educational psychology course (Ph.D.). Chair: Kathryn Cochran
  
• Horton-Merz, Alice. (1999)
  Making sense of the moment: The essences and improvisational nature of teaching fifth-grade mathematics (Ph.D.). Chair: Kathryn Cochran
  
• Humes, George Edward II (2008)
  The contributions of everyday memory to performance on the disk-transfer tasks (Ph.D.). Chair: Steven Pulos
  
• Jobes, Rebecca D. (2010)
  Development and validation of a Q-sort instrument of early childhood teachers’ beliefs about interactions with young children (Ph.D.). Chair: Teresa McDevitt
  
• Johnson, Robert. (2009)
  A conceptual integration analysis of multiple instructional metaphors (Ph.D.). Chair: Kathryn Cochran
  
• Kgosidialwa, Keinyatse T. (2010)
  Parental involvement and expectations of children’s academic achievement goals in Botswana: Parent’s perceptions (Ph.D.). Chair: Steven Pulos
  
• Krahn, Mary Jo Selid. (2004)
  Young infants’ looking behaviors in relation to mothers’ behaviors during mother- infant interaction (Ph.D.). Chairs: Teresa McDevitt & Steven Pulos
  
• LaConte, Michael A. (1998)
  Study of self-reported stress and coping in children: A phenomenological approach (Ph.D.). Chairs: Randy Lennon & Steven Pulos
  
• Ladd, Stephen F. (1987)
  Mental addition in children and adults using chronometric and interview paradigms (Ed.D.). Chair: John Cooney
  
• Lane, Peggy. (1999)
  The impact of teaching styles on students' styles and academic outcomes (Ph.D.). Chair: John Cooney
  
• Lara, Laura G. (2009)
  A mixed method study of factors associated with the academic achievement of Latina/o college students from predominantly Mexican American backgrounds: A strengths-based approach (Ph.D.). Chair: Teresa McDevitt
  
• Lehmann, Jean P. (1992)
  Factors associated with mothers' expectation for their adolescent children: A comparison between families with disabled adolescents and families with non-labeled adolescents (Ph.D.). Chair: Teresa McDevitt
  
• Lewis, Mark Allen. (1985)
  A study of the effects of competitive and individualistic feedback on children's attributional perceptions and performance in computer assisted mathematics instruction (Ed.D.). Chair: John Cooney
  
• Lounge, Joseph P. (1986)
   Dual processing theory applied to the development of number fact proficiency (Ed.D.). Chair: John Cooney
  
• Lyles, Mary Milligan. (2010)
  Multimedia design in social science: The modality and redundancy principles (Ph.D.). Chair: Steven Pulos
  
• Mansfield, Eric Alan. (1997)
  Working memory development in adolescence: A neo-Piagetian investigation (Ph.D.). Chair: Steven Pulos [Received graduate dean's citation for excellence]
  
• Manuel, Laura. (2000)
  The moral development of home schooled and public schooled adolescents (Ph.D.). Chair: Kathryn Cochran
  
• McCallin, Rose C. (1988)
  Knowledge application orientation, cognitive structure, and achievement (Ph.D.). Co-Chairs: Jeanne Ormrod
  
• McCoy, Tamara Nicole. (2004)
  Consequences of violating assumptions on the estimation of statistics in structural equation models (Ph.D.). Chair: John Cooney
  
• McGill, Karen L. (2001)
  Using electrophysiological traces to differentiate verbatim memories and inferences from a list of words (Ph.D.). Chair: John Cooney
  
• McGuire, Dinah Jackson. (1996)
  Effects of training in self-generation on the quality of students' questions, class notes and examination scores (Ph.D.). Chair: Jeanne Ormrod
  
• Minsel, Thomas R. (1995)
  Memory for tones in musicians and non-musicians: An expert/novice study (Ph.D.). Chair: Steven Pulos
  
• Miramontes, LisaMarie Patricia (2007)
  Exploring at-risk youths’ personal and social development during wilderness experiences (Ph.D.). Chair: Kathryn Cochran
  
• Nassen, Lana Marie (2008)
  An internal consistency reliability generalization of the Child Behavior Checklist (Ph.D.). Chair: Steven Pulos
  
• O'Connor, James E. (1988)
  A study of expert and novice teachers' cognitive processes related to classroom management and discipline events (Ph.D.). Chair: Lee Swanson
  
• Opferman, Michael J. (2005)
  The elusive WRAT: A meta-analysis of the Wide Range Achievement Test (Ph.D.). Chair: Steven Pulos
  
• Owens, Stephanie A. (2002)
  The nature of the learning environment created by young children through chase play (Ph.D.). Chair: Teresa McDevitt. [Received graduate dean's citation for excellence]
  
• Pearman, Elizabeth Louise. (1989)
  Identification of subgroups of emotionally behaviorally disturbed students on selected educational, personal, and family variables (Ph.D.). Chair: Dale Shaw
  
• Reffel, James A. (1995)
  Visuo-spatial and verbal working memory in skilled and less-skilled readers (Ph.D.). Chair: John Cooney
  
• Rittner, Linda L. (2009)
  The children’s inferential thinking modifiability test as a tool for the identification of second grade gifted Hispanic learners (Ph.D.). Chair: Steven Pulos
  
• Schiel, Jeff. (1988)
  Information retention as a function of the number of partitions and the reliability of continuous variables (Ph.D.). Chair: Dale Shaw
  
• Shaklee, Janie Mefford. (1998)
  Elementary children's epistemological beliefs and understanding of science in the context of computer-mediated video conferencing with scientists (Ph.D.). Chair: Teresa McDevitt
  
• Spivey, Norman R. (1994)
  Reciprocal teaching of lecture comprehension and comprehension monitoring skills in college students (Ph.D.). Chair: Teresa McDevitt
  
• Suhr, Diana D. (1999)
  An investigation of mathematics and reading achievement of 5- through 14-year olds using latent growth curve methodology (Ph.D.). Chair: John Cooney [Received graduate dean's citation for excellence]
  
• Thrailkill, Nancy Jo. (1996)
  Imagery-evoking and attention-attracting material as facilitators of learning from a lecture (Ph.D.). Chair: Jeanne Ormrod
• Trahan, Marcille F. (1989)
  The effects of computer-assisted instruction on the metacognitive awareness and reading comprehension of average and learning disabled readers (Ed.D.). Chair: Lee Swanson
  
• Troyer, Rodney Paul. (1998)
  Preservice teachers' understanding of less is more: Educational reform in the information age (Ph.D.). Chair: Kathryn Cochran
  
• Wei, Shih-tai. (1997)
  Perceived parenting patterns and adolescents' coping styles in Chinese culture (Ph.D.). Chairs: Randy Lennon & Steven Pulos [Received graduate dean's citation for excellence]
  
• Wen, Ya-Hui. (2004)
  Development and validation of the thinking in teaching scale (Ph.D.). Chair: Steven Pulos
  
• Young, Suzanne. (1995)
  Student evaluation of university teachers: Models for teacher effectiveness (Ph.D.). Chair: Dale Shaw
  
• Zaragoza, Victor (1987)
  The effect of support groups on academic achievement, school attendance and self-concept of adolescents from single-parent families (Ed.D.). Chair: I. David Welch

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MA Theses

• Barnes, Tracie. (1996)

  Argumentative reasoning: A cross cultural study. Chair: Steven Pulos

• Bendokas, Sandra L. (2006)

  Inspection time and WAIS subtest performance in biological parents of children with autism (M.A.). Chair: Grant Morris

• Elison, Jeff. (2000)

  The compass of shame scale: An assessment of shame-focused coping (M.A.). Chair: Randy Lennon

• Heiman, Julie. (1989)

  Self-concept, grade point average, and sex predictors of cheating behavior (M.A.). Chair: Dale Shaw

• Holland, James D. (2006)

  The effect of inhibition manipulation on Tower of Hanoi-Revised performance for both the computer and manual versions (M.A.). Chair: Marilyn Welsh

• McKinney, Christopher J. (2005)
  Clioquinol restores the learned irrelevance effect in copper-cholesterol fed rabbits (M.A.). Chair: M. Todd Allen
• Overholser, J. Drew. (1986)
  Imaginal versus semantic processing as memory aids for reading disabled and nondisabled adults (M.A.). Chair: Lee Swanson
• Rittner, Linda L. (2005)
  Pediatric condition falsification in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (M.A.). Chair: Steven Pulos
• Stephenson, Kathleen. (1994)
  The effect of prematurity on motherese (M.A.). Chair: Teresa McDevitt
• Thrailkill, Nancy Jo. (1996)
  Effects of visual images on recall of verbal prose (M.A.). Chair: Jeanne Ormrod
• Vecchione, Thomas P. (1992)
  A further look at horizontality: Issues related to age, gender, and socioeconomic differences (M.A.). Chair: Randy Lennon
• Warren, Erica M. (1992)
  Life span coping strategies of adult females with learning difficulties in higher education: A life-span qualitative approach (M.A.). Chair: Steven Pulos [Received graduate dean's citation for excellence]
• Weber, Melba Megumi. (1994)
  Acculturation and academic attributions among Mexican, Mexican-American, and Anglo adolescents (M.A.). Chair: Steven Pulos

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