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Developing A Resistance Training Program For Middle School Students Without Access To A Weightroom, Rod Allen Apel
Developing A Resistance Training Program For Middle School Students Without Access To A Weightroom, Rod Allen Apel
Theses Digitization Project
The purpose of this project is to develop a resistance-training model, which incorporates a circuit training format for use and implementation in the middle school setting.
Cougar Swing: A Web Site Model Curriculum Devoted Toward Improving Hitting Productivity For Varsity Baseball Competition, Jake Nathan Gansereit
Cougar Swing: A Web Site Model Curriculum Devoted Toward Improving Hitting Productivity For Varsity Baseball Competition, Jake Nathan Gansereit
Theses Digitization Project
The main goal of this project is to develop a curriculum for hitting by designing an instructional web site and evaluation unit for high school baseball players at Canyon Springs High School.
Promoting Creative English Teaching Using Chinese Culture For Elementary Schooling In Taiwan, Ya-Chi Lee
Promoting Creative English Teaching Using Chinese Culture For Elementary Schooling In Taiwan, Ya-Chi Lee
Theses Digitization Project
To make English an interesting subject for elementary school students, teachers need to know what material attracts students, how to motivate students, and how to release students' creativity. Therefore, This project incorporates the concepts of multiple intelligences, motivation, culture and language, and development of creativity to provide a model for promoting creative English teaching in the elementary schools of Taiwan. In addition, the content of the unit, based on Chinese culture and the comparison of Chinese and American cultures, is an innovative curriculum designed to motivate students to learn English.
School Retention And Academic Self-Efficacy With Elementary Students, Cheryl Anne Spiro, Karen Monique Frazier
School Retention And Academic Self-Efficacy With Elementary Students, Cheryl Anne Spiro, Karen Monique Frazier
Theses Digitization Project
The significance of this project was to incorporate specific tasks into a classroom setting that would be used to enhance retained student's self-regulatory efficacy. The interns hypothesized that group interventions could help children who were retained to increase their belief in themselves and their abilities.
Teaching The Reading/Writing Connection In The Diverse Community College Classroom, Claudia Eleanore Wissbeck-Kittel
Teaching The Reading/Writing Connection In The Diverse Community College Classroom, Claudia Eleanore Wissbeck-Kittel
Theses Digitization Project
This thesis argues that with the racial and ethnic diversity becoming more pronounced in the diverse disciplines of the two year college we are going to need to adapt a cultural studies pedagogy in the writing class.
Fifth Grade Students' Perceptions Of Sts Issues: An Action Research Project To Explore A Process For Identifying Students' Knowledge And Understandings Of Science, Technology, And Society (Sts) Issues, Chris Elaine Mahoney
Theses Digitization Project
This study looked at fifth grade students' perceptions of the importance of twenty science, technology, and society issues and the relationships between these issues.
The Value Of Art Integration In Grades Four Through Six, Naomi Sue Myerchin
The Value Of Art Integration In Grades Four Through Six, Naomi Sue Myerchin
Theses Digitization Project
Research supports ideas that relate the value of arts integration to success in the elementary classroom. This thesis explores the theoretical and practical aspects of the integration of the visual arts and their value, specifically to elementary grades four through six.
Professional English Communication Training For English For Specific Purposes, Galon Anthony Melendy
Professional English Communication Training For English For Specific Purposes, Galon Anthony Melendy
Theses Digitization Project
This project addresses the need for effective English training for speakers of other languages who are engaged in professional careers.
Public Safety Internship Program At The Riverside Community College District, Robert Patrick Curtin
Public Safety Internship Program At The Riverside Community College District, Robert Patrick Curtin
Theses Digitization Project
The focus of this study was to design, implement, and evaluate a community college based program that utilizes contextual teaching and learning methods that will prepare completers for careers in public safety.
Beyond Skills To Meaning: Artists As Healers And Implications For Art Educators, Lucinda Lee Blackstone
Beyond Skills To Meaning: Artists As Healers And Implications For Art Educators, Lucinda Lee Blackstone
Theses Digitization Project
Art definitions and movements are changing just as the social paradigms they spring from. This exploration looked at paradigms in art of the past that have become the foundation for movements today. Currently the transformative powers art has to offer have been recognized. Colleges are beginning to train a major and a career. The literature review explored what role transformative art has played in artists' lives and looked at its uses in education. Conceptual art goes beyond the aesthetics of art and touches the mind and heart. I began to explore this kind of art in the nearby galleries. I …
Promoting Listening Strategies Use In Elementary English As A Foreign Language Computer-Assisted Learning Environment, Makiko Kojima
Promoting Listening Strategies Use In Elementary English As A Foreign Language Computer-Assisted Learning Environment, Makiko Kojima
Theses Digitization Project
In Japan, English education in elementary schools is still in the process of innovation. The purpose of this project is to seek the most appropriate and effective way for elementary-level students to acquire listening skills in a computer-assisted language learning (CALL) environment.
The Development Of Scientific Concepts Through Literacy As A Mediational Tool, Kenneth Phil Ingram
The Development Of Scientific Concepts Through Literacy As A Mediational Tool, Kenneth Phil Ingram
Theses Digitization Project
This project analyzes the progress of 20 first grade, Spanish speaking students through a weather science unit. The study observes how students respond to literacy and science learning events.
A Web Page Of Curricular Resources For The Computer Literacy Class: Grades 7 - 9, Kelly Sue Daly
A Web Page Of Curricular Resources For The Computer Literacy Class: Grades 7 - 9, Kelly Sue Daly
Theses Digitization Project
This project is a web site dedicated to providing computer literacy resources that assist teachers in designing quality, interesting, and educational curricular units directed toward adolescent learners.
Competence In Communication For Esl/Efl Speaking Curriculum, Somi Shin
Competence In Communication For Esl/Efl Speaking Curriculum, Somi Shin
Theses Digitization Project
This project provides a background on English instruction in Korea and features a literature review that builds theoretical aspects of this project. This project also presents a model of communicative competence applied to the speaking process which incorporates the application of speaking strategies.
Using Our Present Realities To Shape Our Futures: Literacy Development Of Latino Students, Bobbi Ciriza Houtchens
Using Our Present Realities To Shape Our Futures: Literacy Development Of Latino Students, Bobbi Ciriza Houtchens
Theses Digitization Project
No abstract provided.
An Analysis Of Interactive Dialogue Journals Of English Language Learners In First Grade, Norma Castro Zavala
An Analysis Of Interactive Dialogue Journals Of English Language Learners In First Grade, Norma Castro Zavala
Theses Digitization Project
This project analyzes interactive dialogue journals of first grade students who have been identified at different levels of English language proficiency.
Is Concept Mapping An Effective Tool For Evaluation Of Student Learning In Science?, Linda Jean Foster
Is Concept Mapping An Effective Tool For Evaluation Of Student Learning In Science?, Linda Jean Foster
Theses Digitization Project
Concept mapping is a metacognitive learning strategy which often improves a learner's ability to construct new knowledge. This action research project was intended to determine the level of effectiveness of concept mapping as a student learning intervention. Students in two high school science classes constructed concept maps before and after instruction during a unit of study about volcanoes. The maps were analyzed for increases in complexity and indications of learning. The concept maps were then compared for differences by groups based on volcano unit test scores. Based on the analysis of the matched pairs of concept maps, those maps which …
A Comparison Of Re-Entry And Traditional Students Needs And Issues, Jacky Linn Patt, Gloria Ann Stickler
A Comparison Of Re-Entry And Traditional Students Needs And Issues, Jacky Linn Patt, Gloria Ann Stickler
Theses Digitization Project
No abstract provided.
Automotive Electrical/Electronics Unit Plans For Fontana High School, Ray Franklin Brinkle
Automotive Electrical/Electronics Unit Plans For Fontana High School, Ray Franklin Brinkle
Theses Digitization Project
The purpose of this project was to develop two-semester unit plans for the auto electronics course in the automotive technology program at Fontana High School.
Creating A Student Accessible Online Syllabus, Kenneth Louis Decroo
Creating A Student Accessible Online Syllabus, Kenneth Louis Decroo
Theses Digitization Project
This project addresses how to create an online syllabus that is accessible to students and parents, that empowers students to take responsibility for their own learning while enhancing school/home communication, and serves as a graphic representation of what students have accomplished. Web quests are used as the principle means of instructional delivery to engage middle school students in problem-based projects that address real life situations using rigorous and relevant curricula. Elements of an online syllabus and the content of the course it supports are examined. The role, an online syllabus plays in fulfilling the goals of techno-constructivism, the move from …
Music Handbook For Primary Grade Teachers, Risa Maree Fiorillo
Music Handbook For Primary Grade Teachers, Risa Maree Fiorillo
Theses Digitization Project
Academic research in the area of music and learning has proven that there is both a deficiency and need for classroom music education commencing at the primary grade levels. The research has shown that by incorporating music education into the academic curriculum the arts can be more effectively taught and other academic subject areas can gain from the diverse teaching strategies the arts bring to education. There are two goals of this project. One is to demonstrate to teachers what primary grade level students should be learning in music. A second goal of this project is to design a music …
The Affectiveness Of A Standards-Based, Technology-Connected Staff Development Program, Lee Geary Grafton
The Affectiveness Of A Standards-Based, Technology-Connected Staff Development Program, Lee Geary Grafton
Theses Digitization Project
One role of an administrator is to provide and assess staff development programs. The purpose of this study was to measure the impact of a 120-hour standards-based, technology-connnected staff development program on participating teachers' instruction.
Development Of A Life Science Curriculum For Kindergarten And First Grade Reflecting The Theories Of Multiple Intelligence And Brain-Based Learning, Barbara Jean Dudeck
Development Of A Life Science Curriculum For Kindergarten And First Grade Reflecting The Theories Of Multiple Intelligence And Brain-Based Learning, Barbara Jean Dudeck
Theses Digitization Project
The purpose of this project was to address the need for making the subject matter of life science accessible to all kindergarten and first grade students.
A Public Safety High School Internship Program For Riverside Community College, Martin Medina
A Public Safety High School Internship Program For Riverside Community College, Martin Medina
Theses Digitization Project
The purpose of this thesis was to address the need to develop a public safety internship academy program for high school students and at risk youths who may have a desire to explore careers in public safety. Many students dream of pursuing a career in public safety but lack the knowledge or skills to realize their dream.
Increasing Computer Instruction Within The Classroom, Rebecca Lerane Hollis
Increasing Computer Instruction Within The Classroom, Rebecca Lerane Hollis
Theses Digitization Project
The objective was to create some high level thinking activities to use with computerized graphic organizers which utilized the multimedia program Hyperstudio and the word processing program AppleWorks. This is an attempt to improve teacher attitudes towards technology, and to increase computer instruction within the classroom.
Video-Based Tutorial On Web Design For The Technophobic Teacher, Richard Ma
Video-Based Tutorial On Web Design For The Technophobic Teacher, Richard Ma
Theses Digitization Project
The aims of this project hope to trace the factors affecting teachers' use of technology, with a concentration on Internet usage, and offer steps in helping teachers move toward integrating the Internet into their curriculum.
Using Blackboard Technologies As An Instructional Supplement For Teaching High School Chemistry, Steven Louis Coulombe
Using Blackboard Technologies As An Instructional Supplement For Teaching High School Chemistry, Steven Louis Coulombe
Theses Digitization Project
This project attempts to use an on-line telecommunication supplement to extend the boundary of the classroom beyond the limits of time and space in order to improve communication and extend the reach of the classroom.
Strategy-Based Listening Comprehension For Junior High School Students Of English In Taiwan, Yu-Chi Yang
Strategy-Based Listening Comprehension For Junior High School Students Of English In Taiwan, Yu-Chi Yang
Theses Digitization Project
This project provides research on listening-process pedagogies for teachers and learning strategies that can assist learners' listening comprehhension. Based on these perspectives, a theorectical model of strategy-based listening process instruction is offered for the purpose of promoting listening comprehension.
Enhancing Academic Competence In English As A Foreign Language Through Multiple Strategies, Mei-Hwa Yeh
Enhancing Academic Competence In English As A Foreign Language Through Multiple Strategies, Mei-Hwa Yeh
Theses Digitization Project
In Taiwan, English has always been taught mostly by the grammar t ransalation method. Learning strategies and metacognitive strategies are seldom introduced during classroom instruction. Therefore, students learn a lot of gragmented knowledge but do not know how to apply the knowledge in their learning process. For my target teaching level, secondary school, the ability to utilize different strategies with in the learning process is critically important in order for the students to integrate their knowledge and use language effectively. This project is designed to address the problems of teaching English in Taiwan employing a strategy-based curriculum.
Bloom's Taxonomy Goes High Tech: A Software Review, Lisa Anne Thompson
Bloom's Taxonomy Goes High Tech: A Software Review, Lisa Anne Thompson
Theses Digitization Project
The paper is a review and evaluation of software used for the purpose of its correlation to content standards, ease of classroom use, ability to keep the student on task, and student appeal. This project was to create a software review based on instructional standards and the principles of Bloom's taxonomy, which is a classification of levels of thinking.