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The Effects Of An Educational Intervention Lesson On Fourth And Fifth Grade Students’ Ability To Sustain Effort (Pace) During A Modified 1-Mile Run Test, Rick Schupbach

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

The primary purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of an educational intervention lesson on fourth and fifth grade students' ability to sustain effort (pace) in an identified target heart rate zone during a modified I -mile run test. It was hypothesized that after participating in the intervention, students would be able to sustain effort in their target heart rate zone more consistently than before receiving the educational program. Computerized heart rate measures were obtained for fourth and fifth grade students by the use of Polar E600 watches during pretest and posttest modified 1 -mile runs. The data …

Gender Inequalities In Toddler Confrontation Teachers' Responses, Jessica Hermeyer

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

This research examined the differences in confrontational interaction between boy and girl toddlers, and differences in how caregivers react to the children involved based on the children's gender. It is important to examine these differences in order to understand how gender differences are reproduced as children are socialized in day care culture.

Using content analysis of teacher-reported incidents occurring in a day care center, I explore the details of toddler confrontational behaviors from the teachers' perspectives following the incidents. My findings indicate that during confrontational interaction the children's gendered behavior in this study was similar to adults' gendered behavior revealing …

Graduate Piano Recital, Elena Dorozhkina

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

Elena Dorozhkina, pianist, presented her graduate piano recital at 6:00 p.m. on November 6, 2006 in Davis Hall of the Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Center in Cedar Falls, Iowa. This recital was given in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Master of Music degree in Piano Performance degree at the University of Northern Iowa. The program included works by Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven, Claude Debussy, Sergey Slonimsky, and Franz Liszt.

The Female Adolescent Experience: Barriers To Physical Activity, Roberta Katherine Parsons

Graduate Research Papers

No abstract provided.

Measuring Levels Of Satisfaction, Commitment, And Constraints Of Middle-Age Women Exercising In Fitness Centers, Melissa Dowd

Graduate Research Papers

The purpose of the study is to determine the levels of satisfaction, commitment, and constraints for middle-age women exercising in fitness centers in the Cedar Valley. Members of five fitness centers participated by completing surveys regarding their opinions of their current fitness center. The data gathered from this study can be used by management of fitness centers in planning, marketing, and implementing programs and services.

Participants in the study (n=260) completed the survey containing four sections: (a) satisfaction dimensions of facility, services, staff, and social; (b) items measuring commitment to a service provider; ( c) structural, interpersonal, and intrapersonal constraint …

Exploring Influential Pioneers Of Youth Related Delinquency Theories, Latika Monique Speller

Graduate Research Papers

The purposes of this study are to explore who the pioneers of youth related delinquency theories are and to examine these theories in depth to identify their importance to society as a whole and to discuss the contributions these theories have made as well as future directions of these theories pertaining to criminology and sociology. Also explored in this study are the many factors that contribute to youth becoming delinquent and characteristics of delinquent behavior.

This study was a literature review of theorists that explored and researched theories pertaining to delinquency. After researching the work of these theorists, their findings …

The Application Of The Sport Commitment Model To Strength And Conditioning, Nicholas Ryan Troupe

Graduate Research Papers

Since strength and conditioning has become accepted as a necessity for individuals to succeed in athletics, strength and conditioning professionals have been asking the same question. What can be done to get athletes to commit to a strength training program? Whether in-season or out of season, strength and conditioning professionals attempt to assist athletes in committing to a program using a variety of motivational strategies. The Sport Commitment Model (Scanlan, Carpenter, Schmidt, Simons, & Keeler, 1993) is a theoretical model which can help strength coaches understand the varying commitment levels of the athletes. Specifically, the Sport Commitment Model suggests both …

National Board Of Teaching Standards Portfolio Option, Karen Koenig

Graduate Research Papers

The entries that I used for this portfolio are entries one, two, and four. Entry one is Designing Science Instruction. In this entry, I demonstrate how I link instructional activities together to promote students' understanding of an important scientific concept along with the development of one or more related process goals. The students chosen represented different types of challenges for me. I included three instructional activities, related instructional materials, two student responses to each activity, and a written commentary.

Learning Cycles In The Biology Classroom, Christine Winstead

Graduate Research Papers

No abstract provided.

Self-Injury And The School Counselor, Carla J. Wosoba

Graduate Research Papers

Self-injury is an issue that has increasingly attracted the attention of school counselors in recent years. School counselors have daily contact with students and are thus an important resource for working with adolescents who self-injure. This paper provides an overview of self-injury including demographics and risk factors, followed by ethical considerations for school counselors such as confidentiality, professional competence, and referral. The school counselor's role is addressed, providing suggestions for assessment, prevention, and interventions for use with students who self-injure.

Spelling Instruction In The Primary Grades, Kathleen Ziegler

Graduate Research Papers

This paper chronicles a multi-year effort to study best practices according to spelling research and the implementation of these practices into a primary classroom. This effort occurred in a school situated in the inner city of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The school consists of approximately 330 students grades one through five and serves a diverse population of students. Over the years of this work, approximately fifty percent of students at the school were African American with the remaining students primarily Caucasian. Sixty-nine percent of students are considered low SES ( socioeconomic status) as they qualified for the free and reduced meal …

Considerations For The Diagnosis Of Personality Disorders In Adolescents, Katherine J. Young-Kent

Graduate Research Papers

The diagnosis of personality disorders in adolescents is a controversial idea. Personality disorders can bring about a stigma and may create effects on quality of life. Developmental implications should be considered when diagnosing adolescents with personality disorders, or any other mental illness, due to the incomplete formation of identity during adolescent years. There is also evidence that attachment patterns may influence personality disorder symptoms and should also be considered as a way to conceptualize personality in general. The current diagnostic systems may not provide a complete framework from which to conceptualize adolescents and ideas for restructuring the diagnostic system is …

Ready Or Not, Here They Come : A Look At Kindergarten Readiness, Sara J. Swyter

Graduate Research Papers

This study examined the subject of kindergarten readiness. Both socially and academically mature and immature children were included in this study. An intervention model was presented for children who assessed behind their peers socially and academically. It was documented and reported that children who were assessed as below their peers socially and academically were able to make good progress through the intense one-on-one interventions performed; however, their growth was not enough to completely catch them up to their non-struggling peers. Results were shared and recommendations were made for future children academically and socially immature.

Counseling Children Of Alcoholics In Schools, Melinda Voss

Graduate Research Papers

Children of alcoholics (CO As) make up a large population of students in the school system. These youth are at high risk for behavioral, emotional, social, safety, and academic problems due to the dysfunction within their homes. This paper will identify (a) the definition and prevalence of children of alcoholics, (b) the effects of parental alcohol abuse on children, (c) possible signs and symptoms displayed by COAs, and (d) implications for school counselors to best meet the needs of these students. School counselors can assist this population by providing the skills and support needed to cope effectively with parental alcoholism …

An Analysis Of Coaching Efficacy In Volunteer Soccer Coaches, Christopher Lee Kowalski

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

This purpose of this study was to analyze the relationship between five independent variables and volunteer soccer coaches' overall coaching efficacy as measured by motivation efficacy, character building efficacy, game strategy efficacy, and technique efficacy and five independent variables. The five independent variables explored included the age of a coach, a coach's gender, previous years of coaching experience, participation in a coaching training/licensing/certification program, and previous playing experience.

The study involved 69 participants who coached for the Cedar Valley Youth Soccer Association (CVYSA). The first part of the instrument used to measure coaching efficacy was a questionnaire discussing the various …

Succession Of An Iowa Sand Prairie Into An Adjoining Old-Field, Susan Jill Kirt

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

Native plant succession studies were conducted in 2000 and 2001 at the Cedar Hills Sand Prairie northwest of Cedar Falls, IA. The study site consisted of a remnant sand prairie with an adjoining old-field that had been undergoing secondary succession since the mid-1970s. Vegetation was sampled over a 100 m transect of the remnant prairie and a 200 m transect of the old-field. The transect was sub-divided into 50 m subsites to examine progression of native species into the old-field. To analyze changes in vegetation, the similarity of the sub-sites were compared for percent canopy cover and number of species …

The Views Of Students With Disabilities Regarding Dropout And School Belonging, Rebecca L. Brandau

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

A large number of students drop out of high school each year. Most of the existing research does not focus specifically on students with disabilities. This study uses survey research to examine the perceptions of 40 students with mild disabilities regarding high school drop out and school belonging. Results indicate that participants believe it is important to graduate from high school, and they believe parents and teachers want them to graduate. The students indicated that their friends think about dropping out of school more than the students themselves do. Participants consistently indicated that they feel they can talk to an …

An Analysis Of Intuitive Eating Among College Students, Danielle Marie Vsetecka

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

In response to the world's increasing obesity rates, the use of traditional dieting and weight loss techniques is at an all time high. Although dieting rates have rapidly increased, the world's rising obesity rates show no sign of slowing and the effectiveness and effects of dieting have long been questioned. As an alternative to dieting and exercise, a non-dieting approach to weight regulation has emerged. Intuitive eating is one of its main tenants and is defined by allowing individuals to listen to internal body cues to determine hunger and fullness levels to meet nutritional and physical needs. However, few studies …

What Happens When Veteran And Beginner Teachers' Life Histories Intersect With High-Stakes Testing And What Does It Mean For Learners And Teaching Practice: The Making Of A Culture Of Fear, Shelly L. Counsell

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

This qualitative study explored the phenomenon of what happened as Florida's high-stakes accountability system intersected with a beginning and veteran teachers' life histories and different stocks of lifeworldly knowledge at demographically different lifeworld communities. Habermas' (1987) theory of communicative action was used as the theoretical framework to explore what the teachers' responses meant for learners and teaching practice. The research purpose of this study (emphasizing an interpretive approach) sought to gain insights and understandings regarding the phenomenon specifically. The practical purpose (according to critical theory) was to then use the insights gained (enlightenment) in order to contemplate the kinds of …

Neo Romance: Gender Renegotiation In Harlequin Romance Novels, Amanda L. Breeden

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

Mass-market romance novels remain top sellers among popular fiction and paperback in the American market; however, academic scholarship examining the popular romance novel is dated. The purpose of this thesis is to examine the gender roles of the heroine and hero characters within the novels. This thesis is a content analysis that examines seventy-two Harlequin romance novels, publication dates 1971-2006. The findings in this thesis suggest that the gender roles of the heroine and hero deviate drastically from those analyzed in the 1980's and 1990's, specifically regarding sexuality and gender performance. Neo Romance emerges, characterized by a sexually aggressive, autonomous …

Hegemonic Masculinity Within Television Commercials, Jonathan A. Hutchins

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

This study examines the portrayal of masculinity and the socialization patterns that can be found within television commercials. Television commercials' depiction of social members and their roles act as guides for social members in which they desire to portray during day to day social interactions and situations. Social members are generally unaware of this social phenomenon because they take for granted their social world and the logistics within it. While television commercials aim to create and encourage consumption, the purchasing of a product, service or event, television commercials also create and encourage social members to believe that these advertised items …

The Influences Of Gender Identity On The Expectancies For Success And Perceived Task Value Of Three Different Activities, Chi Ching Chow

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

The purpose of the study was to investigate the influence of gender identity on expectancies for success and perceived task value. The Short form of the Bern Sex-Role Inventory (BSRI-SF) was used to identify four gender identities, androgynous, feminine, masculine, and undifferentiated. The Self- and Task- Perception Questionnaire measured expectancies and task values on three physical activities. One hundred thirty-three students (62 males and 71 females) at the University of Northern Iowa who were enrolled in the aerobic training session of the personal wellness class participated. The mean age of the participants was 20.2 years (SD= 1.9). AN OVA results …

Master's Recital In Voice, Sarah Martha Brindley

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

Sarah Brindley, mezzo-soprano, performed a recital in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Music in Vocal Performance on Friday, March 23, 2007 in Davis Hall of the Gallagher Bluedorn Performing Arts Center at the University of Northern Iowa. The program included compositions by Schumann, Bellini, Ives, and Rossini. This abstract provides a brief history of the composers presented as well as short discussions of the analytical and stylistic elements important to the music performed. I will provide a brief discussion of the Romantic period, as four out of the five composers discussed in this abstract …

“Out From Gens Romulum Into The Weal-Kin”: Re-Locating Modernist Poetics In David Jones’ AnathéMata And Basil Bunting’S Briggflatts, Lucie Boukalova

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

In the decades following its publication in 1922, T.S. Eliot's Waste Land has become an epitome of the modernist sensibility and situation. This thesis challenges the poem's dominance and dictate over the canon of modernist poetry persisting in the academic discourse and general cultural awareness. Focusing on two post-WWII sequences by Eliot's younger contemporaries, David Jones' s Anathemata (1952) and Basil Bunting's Briggflatts (1966), this study explores alternative models and inspirative sources of the modernist poetic sequence. Through the constant comparison and contrast with Eliot's earlier articulation of the modern historico-cultural circumstance, Jones' and Bunting's specific foci and methods emerge …

Jazz Pedagogy And The Guitar: Recital Recording, Tony Brown

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

This recital abstract documents material learned and skills developed in pursuit of the Master of Music in Jazz Pedagogy degree. The author's recital presents a practical application of the concepts learned in the Jazz Pedagogy program in the hands of a guitarist. The program selections were chosen from nine significant jazz guitar recordings by seven of the most prolific modem jazz guitarists. Each selection presented in this abstract will be discussed from a historical, musical, pedagogical, and philosophical point of view.

A Cross-Cultural Community: An Evaluative Study Of The Global Health Corps Training Program At The University Of Northern Iowa, Kalani Kee Brown

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

Despite the current increase in the globalization of companies and the increase in the number of international assignees there has been very little research showing the significance of cross-cultural training in reducing international assignee failure rates. The current study was completed to evaluate the effectiveness of the Global Health Corps (GHC) organization as a training program for improving cross-cultural adjustment. An analysis was conducted on data obtained from 108 GHC students for the purpose of understanding the influence of cross-cultural experience and its effect on the cross-cultural adjustment of a successful person in this environment. Results indicated that students immersed …

Fall Commencement [Program], December 16, 2006, University Of Northern Iowa

UNI Commencement Programs

The program of the commencement ceremonies, including a list of institutional leadership, a list of the departments by college, awards given at the ceremonies, and a list of undergraduate and graduate degree candidates.

University Of Northern Iowa Faculty Senate Meeting Agenda, December 11, 2006, University Of Northern Iowa. Faculty Senate.

Documents - Faculty Senate

Meeting agenda from the Faculty Senate of the University of Northern Iowa.

University Of Northern Iowa Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes, December 11, 2006, University Of Northern Iowa. Faculty Senate.

Documents - Faculty Senate

Meeting minutes from the Faculty Senate of the University of Northern Iowa.

Good Evening, Mr. Wallenberg [Poster], University Of Northern Iowa. Holocaust Remembrance And Education Program.

Center for Holocaust and Genocide Education Documents

A poster advertising the showing of the film Good evening, Mr. Wallenberg that tells the story of the Swedish Embassy attache who made possible the rescue of Jews from Nazi-occupied Budapest.