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A Case Study Analysis Of The Impact Peer Coaching Has On Assisting First And Third Grade Teachers In The Implementation Of Portfolio Assessment., Lila D. Finney
A Case Study Analysis Of The Impact Peer Coaching Has On Assisting First And Third Grade Teachers In The Implementation Of Portfolio Assessment., Lila D. Finney
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
In this period of controversy and uncertainty regarding the effectiveness of our public schools, educators face many problems in teaching today's children. One specific area of concern relates to assessment. An increasing number of teachers have turned to the use of portfolios to document the literacy growth of their students. If teachers are to use portfolio assessment to measure student achievement accurately, effective staff training is necessary. The purpose of this study was to observe six teachers, in grades one and three, as they implemented portfolio assessment with the assistance of two peer coaches. This study describes the peer coaching …
Factors Influencing University Enrollment Status Of High School Students Recruited To Attend Louisiana State University., Allison Bennett Harris
Factors Influencing University Enrollment Status Of High School Students Recruited To Attend Louisiana State University., Allison Bennett Harris
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The purpose of this study was to determine if a model existed which significantly increased the researcher's ability to accurately explain whether or not a recruited student will enroll based upon current recruitment strategies and demographic characteristics. The population for this study was defined as all prospective freshmen students who were recruited to attend Louisiana State University in the fall of 1995 and fall 1996. A random sample of the population was drawn from the population of prospective high school graduating seniors on the admissions data base for the years 1994-96. Each recruitment year sample was stratified into three groups …
Developing And Field Testing Design Parameters For Customizing Agricultural Extension Education Systems In Developing Countries., Michael Brian Peter Sager
Developing And Field Testing Design Parameters For Customizing Agricultural Extension Education Systems In Developing Countries., Michael Brian Peter Sager
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
Increasingly, developing countries view the partnership of research, education, and extension in traditional agricultural extension education systems as an adaptable model for improving their agrarian economies. The process of adaptation, however, has too often followed the traditional developmental project approach and been little more than the transplantation of a predefined extension education model into a developing country with little regard to existing country specific factors which impact the effectiveness of a domestic extension system. As a result, less than satisfactory technology transfer has occurred and slow rates of agricultural economic development have been posted, painting a disappointing record for agricultural …
Diverse Roads To Literacy: Examining The Literacy Learning Of Six First Graders., Deborah Rickards
Diverse Roads To Literacy: Examining The Literacy Learning Of Six First Graders., Deborah Rickards
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
The purpose of this descriptive multiple-case qualitative study was to observe six students--three students who initially experienced difficulty with early literacy tasks and three who initially encountered success. It was conducted in a classroom with an exemplary teacher using literature-based instruction, the writing process, integration across curricular areas, and an intervention strategy designed to accelerate the learning of the students who encountered difficulties with literacy tasks. This research was conducted to examine the following questions: (a) How did each child interact with reading/writing materials and with other readers and writers within the classroom? (b) how did the teacher interact with …
Academic Misconduct: Methods Of Influencing Undergraduates' Perceptions Of The Seriousness And Frequency Of Cheating., Betty Diane Baugh Sistrunk
Academic Misconduct: Methods Of Influencing Undergraduates' Perceptions Of The Seriousness And Frequency Of Cheating., Betty Diane Baugh Sistrunk
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
Academic misconduct is a problem that all institutions of higher education experience. Because few incidents are worthy of national attention, the media create the impression that cheating is rare. The truth is that, depending on the source, up to 75% of college students admit having cheated on exams, papers, and other academic activities. One approach to promoting ethical behavior on campus is a framework based on student development theories. William Kibler of Texas A&M University has created a comprehensive program which includes intervention strategies designed to promote an ethos that nurtures academic integrity. Two components in this plan are a …
The Preparation And Production Of Rapid Sequential Aiming Movements In Motor Control., Dongwon Yook
The Preparation And Production Of Rapid Sequential Aiming Movements In Motor Control., Dongwon Yook
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
Three experiments are reported that attempt to further our knowledge of the preparation and production of rapid sequential aiming movements. Specifically, these experiments examined possible reasons why in sequential aiming responses, the second movement segment (MT2) is consistently performed more slowly than first and third movement segments (MT1 and MT3). In the first experiment, participants struck 1, 2, or 3 targets in sequence without the benefit of visual feedback and without time stress to determine if MT2 is slowed due to a visually based on-line trajectory-correction process. The results showed that MT2 was not slower than MT1 under these condition. …
The Effects Of The Louisiana Systemic Initiative Project On Two Rural School Districts In Louisiana., Tanya Maria Jones
The Effects Of The Louisiana Systemic Initiative Project On Two Rural School Districts In Louisiana., Tanya Maria Jones
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
This study provides a description and analysis of the effects of a mathematics reform initiative on classrooms in two rural communities. It describes the sites, details interactions that take place in the classroom, and enumerates teachers' perceptions of the change. A mixed methodology was used to support the findings. Qualitative data were collected through classroom observations and interviews and quantitative data were gathered through questionnaires. Quantitative results indicated that teachers who participate in the training have the opportunity to learn more about new teaching strategies in mathematics and are likely to change their teaching practices in mathematics. Findings reflected that …
Teacher Conceptions And The Curriculum: A Longitudinal, Multicase Study Of College Chemistry Teaching., Charles J. Killebrew
Teacher Conceptions And The Curriculum: A Longitudinal, Multicase Study Of College Chemistry Teaching., Charles J. Killebrew
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
Strategic innovations and interventions to reform college science teaching will be required to promote the retention and achievement of those students who might otherwise elect to defect at the entry-level courses. The extent to which this can be achieved will depend upon educational research into ways that the science curriculum can be restructured to accomplish the dual function of enhancing science literacy while promoting recruitment to scientific careers. To explore these issues, four introductory college chemistry classes were observed over a period of two years. The classes were designated either as traditional or conceptual. Selection into these categories was based …
Orientation Effects On African-American Engineering Students: The Lsu Case., Forest Dent Smith
Orientation Effects On African-American Engineering Students: The Lsu Case., Forest Dent Smith
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
Extended orientation courses continue to be introduced as curriculum offerings that assist students to persist in post-secondary institutions. Research on the outcomes of such courses in terms of student retention and achievement is, with regard to race, however, not proceeding at the same pace as orientation course research in general. The purpose of this study was to apply the attrition models of Tinto (1987) and Pascarella, Terenzini, and Wolfe (1986) and examine extended orientation as a contributing factor to the retention and achievement of African-American engineering students. The sample of the study consisted of 354 African-American students who were members …
The Impact Of Training Content Validity, Organizational Commitment, Learning, Performance Utility, And Transfer Climate On Transfer Of Training In An Industrial Setting., Reid A. Bates
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
The goal of the present research was to contribute to an understanding of the transfer of training process. This study used a conceptual model based on a comprehensive training evaluation model to examine the extent to which secondary influences on training effectiveness, motivational elements, environmental elements, ability/enabling elements, and learning from computer-based training were associated with and explained the variance in supervisory ratings of performance. Subjects were production operators in a Fortune 500 size petrochemical manufacturing firm. This study examined a revised conceptualization of transfer climate, one in which transfer climate variables were determined based on their referent or source …
An Identification Of Primary Evaluands As Perceived By Undergraduate Students And Faculty In A College Of Agriculture., Karen Renee Juneau
An Identification Of Primary Evaluands As Perceived By Undergraduate Students And Faculty In A College Of Agriculture., Karen Renee Juneau
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
This study determined appropriate evaluands for a College of Agriculture based on the perceptions of two shareholder groups of the college, the faculty and undergraduate students. Student opinions about their college experiences appeared related to the goals and influences that prompted them to attend college. These goals and influences determined what they expected from their college experience. There were three parts to the study; a pilot study, an undergraduate student study and a faculty study. Undergraduate students were classified based on two break points, gender and nontraditional/traditional student status. There were four focus groups conducted for the study and fourteen …
The Effects Of Augmented Feedback On Students' Perceptions And Performance., Karen Anne Buckner Fredenburg
The Effects Of Augmented Feedback On Students' Perceptions And Performance., Karen Anne Buckner Fredenburg
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
The focus of this study was to investigate the effects of various augmented feedback conditions on students' self-perceptions of ability (SPA), practice behaviors, and performance during motor skill instruction of a novel task. Fourth grade physical education students (n = 103) participating in a one week instructional unit on the skill of cupstacking were randomly assigned to one of four feedback conditions: (a) no feedback, (b) motivational feedback, (c) task or informational feedback, and (d) motivational and task feedback combined. While students practiced simple (3 x 6 x 3) and complex (1 x 10 x 1) cupstacking skills, instruction and …
Errand Into The Wilderness And America: An Analysis Of The Effects Of Puritan Symbols On The Perceived Purpose Of Education In America., E. Douglas Mcknight
Errand Into The Wilderness And America: An Analysis Of The Effects Of Puritan Symbols On The Perceived Purpose Of Education In America., E. Douglas Mcknight
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
Present day America is perceived as immersed in a moral crisis due to certain cultural conditions; that national identity has fractured, resulting in a pervading sense of uncertainty and anxiety about the future; that public schools, as institutions charged with preserving the symbols of national identity and a morality that is the concrete expression of those symbols, have failed and must be reformed; and finally, that only through "schooling" can America be saved from this current cultural crisis. This rhetorical trajectory has a history that extends back to the Puritans who settled in America during the early seventeenth century and …
Negotiating Literacy Instruction: Pedagogical Perceptions Of Secondary Preservice Teachers., Julie Hill Lester
Negotiating Literacy Instruction: Pedagogical Perceptions Of Secondary Preservice Teachers., Julie Hill Lester
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
Secondary teachers face the challenge of planning instructional activities that combine their own subject knowledge with information from textbooks and other forms of text to help students learn content material. This study explores preservice teachers' perceptions regarding literacy instruction within the context of teaching and learning content material. The participants are senior secondary education students enrolled in a content area literacy course at a regional university in the southeast. Case studies are constructed for six preservice teachers representing different content areas. Qualitative data collection procedures included a questionnaire, guided journal entries, literacy autobiography, and personal interviews. Cross-case analysis was employed. …
School Restructuring, Transformational Leadership, And Teacher Participation In Decision-Making., Sherry Fontenot Cormier
School Restructuring, Transformational Leadership, And Teacher Participation In Decision-Making., Sherry Fontenot Cormier
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
This study examines teachers' perceptions of the relationship between transformational leadership behavior of principals and teacher participation in decision making in site-based managed schools. Site-based management was defined as the shift of decision making responsibility from the central office to the local school. Transformational leadership behavior was defined as the behavior of principals that helps build new relationships between teachers and principals. Teacher participation in decision making was defined as the participation of teachers in deciding issues related to school improvement and student achievement. Five main results emerged in the study. First, this school district does not contain components of …
The Role Of The Unit As A Cognitive Bridge Between Additive And Multiplicative Structures., Nancy Sutton Alexander
The Role Of The Unit As A Cognitive Bridge Between Additive And Multiplicative Structures., Nancy Sutton Alexander
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
The rational number domain is known for the great difficulties it presents for students and teachers. As students construct knowledge of fractions, they search for connections to existing knowledge. Procedures from the whole number domain are tried, but many do not work on the new numbers! Recent research has focused on the unit as a way to link whole number and rational number understanding (Behr, Harel, Post & Lesh, 1992). Studies have suggested that students intuitively form units (Lamon, 1994), and that this intuitive knowledge can serve as a foundation for rational number understanding (Lamon, 1994; Mack, 1990). Golding (1994) …
Implementing Computer-Assisted Language Learning In An Esl Program Serving Adult Refugees From Vietnam: Findings From A Qualitative Case Study., Susan Mary Weishar
Implementing Computer-Assisted Language Learning In An Esl Program Serving Adult Refugees From Vietnam: Findings From A Qualitative Case Study., Susan Mary Weishar
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
This qualitative case study explored the implementation of computer-assisted language learning (CALL) in an ESL program serving adult refugees and immigrants from Vietnam. The case consisted of two sub-cases: implementation of CALL in the beginners' class and implementation of CALL in the advanced beginners' class. The investigation, which lasted 46 weeks, was intense and holistic. The researcher was also the administrator of the refugee program. The research methodology used was largely qualitative in design, so that an emic understanding of how the innovation impacted the actors and brought about change in the learning environment could be constructed. Quantitative research methods …
Factors Affecting Motivation To Use Computer-Based Training., Dian Lampkin Seyler
Factors Affecting Motivation To Use Computer-Based Training., Dian Lampkin Seyler
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
Billions of dollars are spent each year on training in an effort to increase productivity so businesses can stay competitive. However, little is known about factors that impact the trainee's decisions to use what they learned in these training programs, back on the job. Guided by a conceptual model of training evaluation and research, this research examined the influence of five sets of variables on training participant's motivation to use what they learned during a computer-based training (CBT) program in a large petro-chemical plant in southern Louisiana. The variables included in this study were: individual and general attitudes (love of …
The Impact Of Early Literacy Intervention Groups In Conjunction With Reading Recovery., Lori Ann Brocato
The Impact Of Early Literacy Intervention Groups In Conjunction With Reading Recovery., Lori Ann Brocato
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
The positive, early experiences of children in school can be closely linked to their future success in school and career. Reading Recovery has been successful in helping at-risk first-grade children accelerate and become successful readers and writers. The purpose of this study is to investigate whether or not Early Literacy Intervention Groups have any effect when used in conjunction with Reading Recovery. This study will examine the following questions: (1) How do Reading Recovery children without Early Literacy Intervention compare to those with this experience on entrance scores into the program? (2) How do Reading Recovery children without Early Literacy …
Educational Costs And Cost Recovery In Developing Countries: The Case Of Mali., Mohamed Cherif Diarra
Educational Costs And Cost Recovery In Developing Countries: The Case Of Mali., Mohamed Cherif Diarra
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
This study explores the basic types, major determinants, and behavioral characteristics of educational costs in developing countries in general, and higher education in particular in Mali for 1985-1996. A conceptual proposal of cost recovery in higher education consisting of three basic components--a tuition price, a student loan program, and a higher education payment package--is presented. Relationships among economic and human factors, and attitudes toward cost recovery are examined. An instrument was developed to test the feasibility of the cost recovery proposal through the perspectives of several stakeholder groups--students, parents, administrators, faculty, and legislators. The quantitative part of the study was …
Self-Schemata For Sport And Physical Activity: The Influence Of Race And Gender., Louis Harrison Jr
Self-Schemata For Sport And Physical Activity: The Influence Of Race And Gender., Louis Harrison Jr
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
The most recent Surgeon General's report underscores the need for increased levels of regular physical activity in the general population, and in women and minorities in particular. Variations in participation patterns in particular sports and physical activities may provide insight into the reasons for differing activity levels in women and minorities. The present investigation studied the influence of race and gender on activity choices by regarding specific sport and physical activities as self-defining for race and gender groups. Study 1 was designed to confirm the existence of self-schemata for sport and physical activities. A computer generated instrument was employed to …
The Influence Of Violence Upon Academic Achievement Among African American First Time College Students., Diana F. Kelly
The Influence Of Violence Upon Academic Achievement Among African American First Time College Students., Diana F. Kelly
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
This study examined the relationship between early exposure to violence--both personal and community--and the later academic achievement of African American first time college students. The study incorporated several variables that were thought to impinge upon the academic achievement process. Specifically, those variables were divided into several groups: background factors (socioeconomic status, high school academic record, personal and community violence exposure), student characteristics (locus of control, educational aspirations and expectations), and university characteristics (campus safety, academic and social integration). Student achievement was measured by students' expected grade point average, as indicated on a student questionnaire. University administrators, professors, and researchers who …
Academic Discipline, Mentoring, And The Career Commitment Of Women Faculty., Gloria Tara Nye
Academic Discipline, Mentoring, And The Career Commitment Of Women Faculty., Gloria Tara Nye
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
Women continue to be underrepresented as faculty at U.S. universities, especially in the physical sciences and engineering. The belief that only women can adequately serve as role models and mentors for other women may be a roadblock to progress for women in disciplines where they are underrepresented. This study of women faculty investigates how female career commitment is influenced by academic discipline and mentoring. The survey responses of sixty-six tenure-track women faculty were used to obtain data for both science or engineering and non-science or engineering academic disciplines at three public Ph.D. granting research universities. The women faculty in science …
An Investigation Of Consistency Between Theoretical Orientations To Reading And Planning For Reading Instruction: A Three-Year Study., Norma Jean Paris
An Investigation Of Consistency Between Theoretical Orientations To Reading And Planning For Reading Instruction: A Three-Year Study., Norma Jean Paris
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
The purpose of this three-year study was to investigate the participants' theoretical orientations to reading over time. By presenting an in-depth description of the thoughts and actions, as related to the research questions, of nine student teachers during their student teaching experience, and again three years later as elementary teachers, this study provided valuable insights into the degree to which a well-defined theoretical orientation to reading is internalized and how it manifests in classroom practices. The research questions that were investigated included the durability of theoretical orientations to reading, consistency between theoretical orientations and planning for reading instruction, and the …
Education, Faith And The Critique Of Reason., Mary Ellington Quinn
Education, Faith And The Critique Of Reason., Mary Ellington Quinn
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
The world situation, and life, in the contemporary West, since the rise of modernity, has been described most frequently as one of crisis, marked by a breakdown of life's intelligibility. It is the aftermath of the "death of God," the disappearance of humanity's relationship to a transcendent reality which historically has served as the center of meaning, effecting what has been called the world's disenchantment or the life-world's despiritualization, marked by a loss of soul. This process has involved a reduction of what constitutes the cosmos and human existence in it. In addition, reason, believed in as humanity's guiding principle, …
Technical Training Program Evaluation: Present Practices In United States' Business And Industry., Skip Twitchell
Technical Training Program Evaluation: Present Practices In United States' Business And Industry., Skip Twitchell
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
There is a lack of information on training evaluation. For those studies addressing the amount of evaluation that occurs and in which samples can be identified, the samples are non-random. There have been very few reports on the methods used for evaluation or the reasons why there is so little evaluation. This study used a random sample selected from members of the ASTD professional practice area titled, Technical and Skills Trainers. It can be argued that this is an informed sample involved in a training area that produces objective outcomes and should produce a favorable picture of training evaluation. Questions …
A Qualitative Evaluation Of The Effectiveness Of Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service Cotton Advisory Committees Using Focus Group Interviews., John W. Barnett
A Qualitative Evaluation Of The Effectiveness Of Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service Cotton Advisory Committees Using Focus Group Interviews., John W. Barnett
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
The primary purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of Extension cotton advisory committees as perceived by parish Extension agents and clientele. The study was conducted statewide, in Louisiana, with a selected sample Extension agents and clientele representing the two major cotton-producing areas of the state. The data was obtained through six focus group interviews. Standard methodology for qualitative data was used in the analysis. Four focus group interviews involved cotton advisory committee members, and two involved Extension agents. Nineteen Louisiana parishes were targeted in the study. Study conclusions included the following: (a) advisory committees strongly influence decision …
Educational Plans Of Community College Students: An Expansion Of Two College Choice Models., Lisa M. Smith-Vosper
Educational Plans Of Community College Students: An Expansion Of Two College Choice Models., Lisa M. Smith-Vosper
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
The purpose of this study was to determine if the factors posited by previous researchers to affect predisposition to attend college in high school students also affect the predisposition to transfer in the two-year college student population, and to investigate whether or not an expansion of the Hossler and Gallagher (1987) three-phase model of college choice and the Hossler and Stage (1992) Model of High School Students' Predisposition to College would yield great benefits. This analogy uses variables that have been advanced as effectual in the predisposition stage of the college choice process on the selected student population. The problem …
A Feminist Study Of African American Art In New Orleans: Considerations Of Aesthetics, Art History And Art Criticism., Harriet Joanne Walker
A Feminist Study Of African American Art In New Orleans: Considerations Of Aesthetics, Art History And Art Criticism., Harriet Joanne Walker
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
How students are taught to think about what is considered "art" and who are "artists" contributes to their sense of self within the world. It can confine them to accept a system that devalues and excludes or it can inspire them to explore the political dimensions of art, to recognize social contradictions, and to contribute to cultural dialogue. The purpose of this study is to provide content for an art curriculum that develops the intellectual capabilities and broadens the critical consciousness of students. The study of aesthetics, art history, and art criticism offer possibilities for understanding the multiple social, historical, …
The Moral Atmosphere Of The Elementary School And The Question Of Gender., Suzanne Beauclair Roy
The Moral Atmosphere Of The Elementary School And The Question Of Gender., Suzanne Beauclair Roy
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore the moral atmosphere of the elementary school and ask: How does the elementary school principal contribute to the moral atmosphere of the elementary school? In addition to this question, this study also explored the likenesses and differences between male principals and female principals in regard to the degree to which the principal practiced either an "ethic of care" or an "ethic of justice." Four case studies were constructed using data collected from observations and interviews that were conducted in four elementary schools. Also, two female principals and two male principals were …