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Standards Based Integrated Mathematics Activities: A Resource Guide For Second Grade Teachers, Angela Doty
Standards Based Integrated Mathematics Activities: A Resource Guide For Second Grade Teachers, Angela Doty
Regis University Student Publications (comprehensive collection)
This author used knowledge gained from a review of literature, best practices, and personal teaching experience to create a resource of 30 integrated mathematics activities for second grade teachers. Each of the 30 activities contains stated objectives, standards addressed, materials needed, detailed instructions, applicable worksheets, and a suggested scoring guide. These activities are designed for second graders and are adaptable for first, third, and special needs students. The activities in the resource correlate with the Colorado Model Content Standards for Mathematics as well as CSAP preparation activities.
Improving The Quality Of The Documentation System In A Health Care Environment, Kenneth Ho
Improving The Quality Of The Documentation System In A Health Care Environment, Kenneth Ho
Regis University Student Publications (comprehensive collection)
An effective documentation system in a managed care organization is complicated yet important in today's business environment. Being too busy taking care of patients, health care professionals often fall behind in paperwork and quality care provided. An action research model developed by Cummings and Worley (2001) was utilized to assess the organization's status. Data collection methods included survey questionnaires, group interviews, and secondary data. A collaborative team approach designed to reach a consensus decision was used in the evaluation, interpretation, and validation of the information collected. Three intervention methods relating to training and education, teamwork, and staff knowledge and skills …
Domestic Violence Physical And Emotional In The Male Gay Community, Lee A. Rhodes
Domestic Violence Physical And Emotional In The Male Gay Community, Lee A. Rhodes
Regis University Student Publications (comprehensive collection)
Domestic violence partner abuse both physical and emotional occurs in male same sex relationships at the same rate as in heterosexual relationships. The National Coalition of Anti-Violence programs conducted a 10-year study in 10 United States cities, which documented violence at a rate between 25-33% in same sex relationships. A 1991 study found that 46% of the women responding had experienced two or more incidents of physical violence in their relationships (Coleman, 1991). The Survivor Project in Portland, Oregon, is currently conducting a study of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people regarding domestic violence. Domestic violence can begin as emotional …
Evaluation Of Voip Technologies As A Replacement For Traditional Pstn Based Pbx Systems, Albert Culleton
Evaluation Of Voip Technologies As A Replacement For Traditional Pstn Based Pbx Systems, Albert Culleton
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This project deals with a company in the SME sector with offices located in the midlands of Ireland. The company is well established in the field of Agri-Feed Manufacturing Process Control Systems or SCADA systems, and has been established for over 20 years. The communications requirements of the company have changed over these 20 plus years to a mix of various technologies from PSTN lines to Broadband ADSL. The present telephone system has been in use since 1991 and has several questions marks over it in terms of usage costs, usage reporting, support and maintenance and features available. This project …
Ethics Officers & Event Planning Using Project Management, Tania L. Ohrn
Ethics Officers & Event Planning Using Project Management, Tania L. Ohrn
Regis University Student Publications (comprehensive collection)
This project reveals process improvements for Integrated Diagnostic Center in Denver, Colorado. Through methods including, surveys, interviews, and observations program improvement will be achieved. This is a proposal to conduct action research.
Starting A School-Based Peer Mentoring Program For Douglas County Partners, Jessica Summers
Starting A School-Based Peer Mentoring Program For Douglas County Partners, Jessica Summers
Regis University Student Publications (comprehensive collection)
The school-based peer-mentoring program will address the need for youth to feel valued in their community, increase school attendance and teach social emotional skills. The high school seniors will be trained in EmoSmart Leadership curriculum and pass the knowledge on to middle school youth. Mentors will receive 30 hours of training before they meet with the middle school youth. They will meet once a week in a school setting for the entire school year. The mentoring will be on a one-to-one basis. This program will use best practices for program design. Both Mentor and mentee will benefit from their interactions. …
Building Consolidation Project, Robert Fridell
Building Consolidation Project, Robert Fridell
Regis University Student Publications (comprehensive collection)
This project paper proposes a technical solution to the problem of consolidating, a company's two main Datacenters together into one single Datacenter. The project paper specifically addresses issues pertaining to the projects Local Area Networks, Wide Area Networks and Storage Area Networks. The project paper will provide an overview concerning the requirements gathered for the project, a design to meet the requirements, a plan to implement the new designs, and provide information about the plans implementation successes and problems encountered. Though the project lacked a common methodology, project schedule and did not meet certain key goals, the project was successfully …
Creation Of Pair Test Online Application, Kevin R. Hayes
Creation Of Pair Test Online Application, Kevin R. Hayes
Regis University Student Publications (comprehensive collection)
This project researches, analyzes, designs and implements a software application to provide the ability for the PAIR Test to be automated. Currently, the PAIR Test is only available in an offline/manual format. The offline process is not efficient and the data collected does not get stored into a database. The goal of this project is to enable the PAIR Test to become more efficient and have the ability to store results of the testing process into a database for future data analysis. The system will also remove the manual scoring and relationship profile creation by automating this process, resulting in …
Coverage Testing In A Production Software Development Environment, Kent Bortz
Coverage Testing In A Production Software Development Environment, Kent Bortz
Regis University Student Publications (comprehensive collection)
This project proposes that current testing methodologies used by standard testing tools are not sufficient to ensure sufficient test coverage. Test tools provide important and irreplaceable test data but are not capable of guaranteeing high percentage of path exposure (coverage). If the code path includes loop statements like, "if" or "when" then the number of paths to test grows exponentially. The growth of the code path becomes exponential when nested decision statements are considered. The most common methodology used in today's testing environment verifies each line of code but does not verify all path combination. Testing per line of code …
Development Of An Information Technology Plan For A Virtual Enterprise Program At A Community College, Christian P. Romero
Development Of An Information Technology Plan For A Virtual Enterprise Program At A Community College, Christian P. Romero
Regis University Student Publications (comprehensive collection)
This project proposed a technical solution to support the development of a Virtual Enterprise program at a community college. The college is located in a rural area that does not have large manufacturing or service-based businesses generating jobs. Consequently, many jobs are created by entrepreneurial endeavors. Traditional small start-ups are risky though. Many young people must leave the area to get better, higher-paying jobs. Individuals, especially students, need an opportunity to try out promising business ideas for practice, using a virtual global market on the Internet. A program of this type would provide valuable business experience to students from all …
Unlocking Test-Driven Development, Chris H. Knapp
Unlocking Test-Driven Development, Chris H. Knapp
Regis University Student Publications (comprehensive collection)
Women Partnering is non-profit organization that helps women who are financially vulnerable. This organization establishes relationships with the women and connects them to support services. This project created a software system to support Women Partnering's daily operations and reporting needs, which replaced the previous manually intensive, paper-based system. There were many problems with the previous paper-based system including the following: data duplication, data not readily available, and lack of a reporting capability. Besides these problems, the previous system was not expected to support anticipated growth. The student followed a Test-Driven Development Methodology while building the software system. This is the …
Bridging The Literature Gap With Age-Appropriate Writing For Middle School Boys And Their Teachers, Gary K. Hardy
Bridging The Literature Gap With Age-Appropriate Writing For Middle School Boys And Their Teachers, Gary K. Hardy
Regis University Student Publications (comprehensive collection)
Current research suggests that middle school aged boys are not involved in reading as much as middle school aged girls. Researchers have identified several reasons behind the findings. The first possible reason is a lack of reading interest from boys. The second possible reason is a lack of age appropriate material targeted toward the interests of boys. The third possible reason is an influx of gender-neutral reading material. This project attempts to bridge the gap by providing middle school boys with an age appropriate manuscript. The project also includes a classroom guide which provides teachers with ideas and reproducible materials.
Nonverbal Communication Cues In The Electronic Medium, Theresa M. Flesher
Nonverbal Communication Cues In The Electronic Medium, Theresa M. Flesher
Regis University Student Publications (comprehensive collection)
Nonverbal language cues provide the bulk of meaning in most communication exchanges. There are many possible challenges to receiving and understanding nonverbal language cues, perhaps the challenge with the largest impact is the use of electronic messages as a primary means of communication. First, this author examined nonverbal communication and the possible inhibitors to receiving and understanding cues. Through the use of a survey, it was found that e-mail has become a primary means of communication. Also, there was a relationship between time spent on messages and clarity of messages. Finally, the participants (n= 178) reported that irrelevant messages are …
Best Practices For The English Language Learner And The Special Education Student In The Inclusive Classroom, Catherine R. Brown
Best Practices For The English Language Learner And The Special Education Student In The Inclusive Classroom, Catherine R. Brown
Regis University Student Publications (comprehensive collection)
Teachers in the United States have had to adapt, modify and collaborate in order to meet the educational diversity within their classrooms. The purpose of this project and the resulting Power Point presentation was for the author to identify from the research literature effective instructional strategies which resulted in the increased educational performance of the English Language Learner (ELL), and the special education student. Effective strategies identified by research and discussed in the Power Point presentation were: (a) direct instruction, (b) scaffolded instruction, (c) strategy instruction, (d) vocabulary instruction, (e) grouping practices, (f) monitoring student progress/feedback, and (g) differentiation/modification/ accommodation. …
Teaching Students With Exceptionalities, Jacqueline M. Goodman
Teaching Students With Exceptionalities, Jacqueline M. Goodman
Regis University Student Publications (comprehensive collection)
The purpose of this project will be to develop a handbook for elementary classroom teachers to be used as a reference guide to assist with the teaching and instruction of children with exceptionalities. The author of this handbook will identify best practices which are based on research. These best practices and recommendations can be immediately implemented in the classroom, based on the teacher's observations of the student's behaviors and. The purpose of this handbook is not to replace special education assistance in regard to students with exceptionalities, but would be used as a supplement to teacher expertise and guidance.
Increasing The Social Connection Between Immigrant English Language Learners, School Staff, And Peers In The High School Setting, Gretchen Johnson Griffey
Increasing The Social Connection Between Immigrant English Language Learners, School Staff, And Peers In The High School Setting, Gretchen Johnson Griffey
Regis University Student Publications (comprehensive collection)
An Immigrant English Language Learner (ELL) encounters many new and different experiences when they enter high school. This transition can lead to a sense of loneliness and isolation if the student is not comfortable. However, if ELLs feel welcomed, valued, and connected to others, the high school experience can be a positive one. This research project was designed to use a personal presentation learning tool as a way to establish a needed social connection between ELLs, school staff, and native speaking peers as a way to enhance personal relationships, promote cultural understanding, and connect students to their new setting.
Five Dimensional Literacy Strategies: A Guide For Elementary Classroom Teachers, Karen J. Bixler
Five Dimensional Literacy Strategies: A Guide For Elementary Classroom Teachers, Karen J. Bixler
Regis University Student Publications (comprehensive collection)
The purpose of this project was to develop a manual for elementary school teachers and parents with background knowledge in reading that summarizes what researchers have discovered about the methodology of reading instruction and provide approaches and strategies to teach the five components of reading instruction. The guide focused on phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension instruction. Each component of reading defines skills, reviews evidence from research, suggests implications for classroom instruction, and describes the various strategies for teaching literacy skills that are so essential to the reading achievement of children. The strategies discussed in this project are intended …
Handheld Technology: Impact On Student Learning, Patricia M. Corwin
Handheld Technology: Impact On Student Learning, Patricia M. Corwin
Regis University Student Publications (comprehensive collection)
The author in this project presents research on: (a) handheld technology in the classroom, (b) challenges of handheld technology, (c) pedagogical benefits of handheld technology in the classroom, and (d) methods of technology implementation. The utilization of handheld technology in the classroom improves students' learning of concepts and skills. A major concern of the educator is that, with the use of technology, students will bypass the bridge to genuine understanding, and instead obtain a relatively effortless solution to standard problems through technology aids, while they present the appearance of mastery of a concept. However, research indicates that technology, when implemented …
Revamping The Classroom: Improving The Education Of Students With Disabilities, Kathryn M. Lynn
Revamping The Classroom: Improving The Education Of Students With Disabilities, Kathryn M. Lynn
Regis University Student Publications (comprehensive collection)
A teacher in-service presentation was developed that sought to improve the education of students with disabilities through teacher communication and education about pertinent strategies. The program presented is titled "Agreed To Succeed". The "Agreed To Succeed" program is based upon the three I's: (a) initiating communication, (b) integrating learning, and (c) incorporating strategies. In the presentation, teachers were offered an approach to opening communication among teachers, students, and staff. Additionally, strategies were presented to encourage teachers to modify curriculum for their students with disabilities in their classrooms.
Ways To Implement The Practices Of The Met School Onto A Traditional Grade 3-5 Classroom, Melanie A. Molloy
Ways To Implement The Practices Of The Met School Onto A Traditional Grade 3-5 Classroom, Melanie A. Molloy
Regis University Student Publications (comprehensive collection)
This project was designed to give grade 3-5 teachers ideas to implement in their classrooms based on the practices of the Metropolitan Regional Career and Technical Center (The Met) in Providence, Rhode Island. The Met School is a high school where personalization, interest-based learning, exhibitions, real-life experiences and parent communication are their main focuses. This in-service presentation focuses on ways to make a classroom more personalized, how to manage a classroom where each student is doing a project of his or her own interest, how to prepare students to do a quarterly exhibition and the importance of communication among students, …
Differentiated Teacher Training For Differentiated Instruction, Kristi Steele
Differentiated Teacher Training For Differentiated Instruction, Kristi Steele
Regis University Student Publications (comprehensive collection)
Gifted, bright, unusual, struggling, and special education students are all intermixed in classrooms today. As a result, teachers are expected to differentiate their instruction to meet the varying needs of these students. Unfortunately, the training teachers receive is often inadequate. Experienced and inexperienced teachers have different needs. In this project, the author attempted to solve this problem by designing a staff development workshop that is broken into two sections. The first section is to discuss the reasoning behind differentiated instruction. The second section is for all teachers. This section examines how differentiated instruction stems from a clear purpose of instruction. …
Transition Programs For New High School Students, Carrie Jantz
Transition Programs For New High School Students, Carrie Jantz
Regis University Student Publications (comprehensive collection)
Students who make the transition from middle school to high school experience academic, procedural, and social changes. These students benefit from support designed to aid them in their transition from middle to high school. In this paper, the author identifies characteristics of students in transition, the transition itself, and successful transition programs. Also, it includes the design of a week long transition program to help ninth grade students make a smoother transition to high school. This program includes academic, procedural, and social components.
The Impact Of Looping On Student Achievement On The Colorado Student Assessment Program, Steven C. Tucker
The Impact Of Looping On Student Achievement On The Colorado Student Assessment Program, Steven C. Tucker
Regis University Student Publications (comprehensive collection)
The use of looping, the practice of students and teachers remaining together for two years or more, has increased over the past decade. This study investigated the achievement of students enrolled in both looping and traditional classrooms at Holmes Middle School (HMS) on the Colorado Student Assessment Program (CSAP). Test scores for the 183 students enrolled in seventh grade at were analyzed utilizing an unpaired t-test to determine if there was a statistically significant difference between the scores of 95 looping and 88 non-looping students. In all three areas tested assessed by the CSAP, reading, writing, and mathematics, it was …
Effectiveness Of Supplemental Reading Activities With First Grade Intensive Readers, Natalie Nena Kaplan
Effectiveness Of Supplemental Reading Activities With First Grade Intensive Readers, Natalie Nena Kaplan
Regis University Student Publications (comprehensive collection)
The effectiveness of an intervention for English language learners (ELLs) at risk for reading problems is described. The treatment group was made up of 10 first grade students who were determined at risk for reading difficulties and were provided an intervention of supplemental reading instruction throughout the school year. Their scores on the Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS; Good, Kaminski, Laimon, & Johnson, 1992; Good, 1994) were assessed for phoneme segmentation fluency, nonsense word fluency, and oral reading fluency prior to and following intervention. The scores of the treatment group were then compared to a control group …
Strategies To Enhance Achievement For Boys, Susan Frick
Strategies To Enhance Achievement For Boys, Susan Frick
Regis University Student Publications (comprehensive collection)
Strategies to Enhance Achievement for Boys Gurian (1996) reported that brain research shows there are definite differences between the ways that boys' and girls' brains work. This applied project identifies some of the reasons why boys underachieve in school and includes strategies to assist and facilitate success in school; thereby, building responsible and confident adults. Effective strategies were combined in the guide book to enhance the way educators teach boys in school. The strategies are effective for boys at the elementary school level.
Development Of A Custom Call Management System For The Service Department Of Premiere Copier Inc., Markas Korotkovas
Development Of A Custom Call Management System For The Service Department Of Premiere Copier Inc., Markas Korotkovas
Regis University Student Publications (comprehensive collection)
Premiere Copier needs a system that will facilitate the functionality required by the current business process as well as being more robust, reliable and scalable. The new system has to mitigate all the problem areas mentioned in the section 1.2.3. The complete list of the requirements is presented in the Section 3.1.1. This project is the first real life experience for the one man developing team as well. Working through the whole development life cycle of the application, fulfilling the roles of project manager, developer and designer at the same time presents an excellent educational opportunity as well.
Implementation Of Survey And Evaluation System, Srinivas Maddali
Implementation Of Survey And Evaluation System, Srinivas Maddali
Regis University Student Publications (comprehensive collection)
The goal of this project was to evaluate technologies for a survey solution for HopeHouseOfColorado website and implement the best solution. Thus allow the website administrators the ability to create surveys and manage the collected data. The implemented solution allowed the administrators to present the survey information in an organized and graphical manner. The implemented survey tool improved the survey process at HopeHouse and standardized the data collection format.
The Effects Of Mastication On Memory And Recall In Elementary Students, Donnan J. Laskaris
The Effects Of Mastication On Memory And Recall In Elementary Students, Donnan J. Laskaris
Regis University Student Publications (comprehensive collection)
The purpose of this study was to research the effect of mastication through gum chewing on memory and recall in elementary students. It is imperative to research ways in which to increase brain stimulation in order to enhance memory and recall to provide students with academic success. This research was conducted to assist educators in aiding students in review and recall. Fifty students were randomly selected from first, second, and third grade classrooms in a public school. The students were from varied socioeconomic and intellectual backgrounds with varied family structures. The controlled group of twenty-five students were administered four tests …
Development Of Dynamically-Generated Pages On A Website, Jodi Wagner
Development Of Dynamically-Generated Pages On A Website, Jodi Wagner
Regis University Student Publications (comprehensive collection)
The purpose of this paper is to examine the project management techniques involved in developing dynamically-generated pages for an existing website. The dynamically-generated pages will allow the editors of a website to add and remove content from pages without directly editing the pages themselves. The project will benefit editors, who will be able to spend more time on creating content for the website, which will lead to benefits for site visitors as well, in the form of uniformly designed pages and more content for the site.
Aloha To Social Studies: An Integrated Curricular Unit, Olivia E. Dejana
Aloha To Social Studies: An Integrated Curricular Unit, Olivia E. Dejana
Regis University Student Publications (comprehensive collection)
In recent years teachers have struggled to find the time to dedicate to teaching social studies concepts. However, social studies instruction is an integral part of a balanced educational program. In addition to imparting factual information, social studies curricula encourage critical thinking skills and help to prepare students to become responsible members of society. This research project was intended to provide educators with a model of how to integrate social studies with other academic areas to maximize instructional time and the amount of content covered. The unit was reviewed by master teachers to ensure that the project goals were attained. …