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Survey Of Attitudes Of Licensed Dental Hygienists Toward Continuing Education In A State With Mandatory Continuing Education Versus A State Without Mandatory Continuing Education, Katharine Reeves Behroozi

Dental Hygiene Theses & Dissertations

The purpose of this research was to compare attitudes of licensed dental hygienists toward continuing education (CE) in two states: Kentucky, a state with mandatory continuing education (MCE) as a requirement for dental hygiene re-licensure and Virginia, a state without MCE for dental hygiene re-licensure. A self-designed, 28-item instrument, Continuing Education Attitudinal Questionnaire, was mailed to a stratified and random sample of 400 licensed dental hygienists in Kentucky and Virginia. Employing the chi-square test for independence, analysis of results revealed that Kentucky participants responded more affirmatively than Virginia participants to attitudinal statements regarding CE, particularly in areas of MCE, benefits …

Factors Affecting Policy In Educational Media Services, Diane S. Barker

Theses and Dissertations in Urban Services - Urban Education

Teachers use a variety of resources to motivate students and to enrich and expand learning experiences in the classroom. Media, including films, videotapes, and other audiovisual materials, are some of those resources.

Over the years, as teacher access to media increased, researchers began to investigate factors which encouraged or discouraged its use. Factors which had an impact on teacher use or lack of use of media were and are important indicators to administrators responsible for allocating resources and for establishing policy concerning how media are organized and distributed.

The purpose of the study was to investigate current factors involved in …

The Influence Of Brain Hemisphericity On The Composing Process Of Twelfth Graders, Reinholdine Breien-Pierson

Theses and Dissertations in Urban Services - Urban Education

Despite the popularization of the concept of brain hemispheric dominance, little serious research has been done in the area of the role of brain hemisphericity in learning and thought. The purpose of this case study was to explore the role of hemisphericity in the area of student composition to test the theory that the composing process and writing of student papers differs relative to the students' hemispheric dominance. A second area of investigation was to test the theory that teachers value papers written by students who share their hemispheric dominance.

The subjects, eight twelfth graders and four (English) teacher evaluators, …

Employer's Attitudes Toward The Work Traits Of Special Needs Students From Manor High School, Portsmouth, Virginia, Jane T. Hargraves

OTS Master's Level Projects & Papers

The objectives of this research were: 1. To determine the work traits that employers are looking for in special needs students from Manor High School; 2. To determine the factors that contribute to success/non-success at seeking employment; 3. To determine the kinds of jobs that special needs students usually acquire.

A Study Of The Education For Employment Program And The Effect It Had On The Absentee Rate At Virginia Beach Junior High School Comparing 1986-1987 And 1987-1988 School Years, Roxanne L. Herrington

OTS Master's Level Projects & Papers

To provide proper direction and guidance for the research study, the following research questions had been set forth: 1. Had the E.F.E. absentee rate decreased in 1987-1988 compared to 1986-1987? 2. What were the students reactions, both favorable and non-favorable, towards the E.F.E. program? 3. What were the students reactions about their 1987-1988 school year?

A Study To Determine The Effectiveness Of A Traditional Teacher Directed Lecture-Demonstration Method Compared With A Computer Driven Tutorial Program For Students Enrolled In Woodworking Technology, Clifton Harrison

OTS Master's Level Projects & Papers

There is a significant difference in the performance of students enrolled in Woodworking Technology who are taught woodworking with the use of a computer tutorial system compared to students who are taught by a traditional teacher lecture/demonstration method.

How Teachers Modify Their Instruction For Education For Employment Students Integrated Into Regular Academic Programs At Smithfield High School, Laura A. Perkinson

OTS Master's Level Projects & Papers

The research goals of this study were to determine: 1. What factors determine curriculum modifications by Smithfield High School teachers who instruct and evaluate the academic performance of the Education for Employment student?

A Study To Determine The Effectiveness Audio-Visuals Have On Teaching Computer Aided Drafting, Clyde D. Wiggins

OTS Master's Level Projects & Papers

The following hypothesis was applied to this study: 1. There is a difference in the performance of basic drafting students who are taught computer aided drafting using audio-visuals and basic drafting students who are taught computer aided drafting using the teacher-lecture method.

A Study To Determine The Attitudes Of Parents Toward Clarke Vocational Center Portsmouth, Virginia, Anita L. Riddick

OTS Master's Level Projects & Papers

The objectives of this research were: 1. To identify the positive attributes of Clarke Vocational Secondary Education Center; 2. To identify why parents enrolled their children at Clarke Vocational Secondary Education Center

Self-Concepts Of Christian And Public High School Seniors, Dorothy Potts Lee

Theses and Dissertations in Urban Services - Urban Education

This ex post facto study compared the self-concepts of seniors from three Christian high schools in southeastern Virginia with three public high schools located in the same cities. One intact classroom from each school was employed, making a total of 147 subjects.

A one-way multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA) was conducted to maximize the power of discrimination of the Tennessee Self-Concept Scale (TSCS) by predicting the best linear combination of dependent variables after statistically adjusting for covariates. Performance on five of the subscales was judged not to be related to potential differences between the two types of schools and those …

A Comparative Study Of The Effects Of Two Urban Kindergarten Beginning Reading Programs On Student Oral Reading Performance And Attitudes Toward Reading, Ann-Carol Banton Holley

Theses and Dissertations in Urban Services - Urban Education

The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of the whole language and the Writing to Read beginning reading programs on oral reading performance and attitudes toward learning to read in school. The research population totaled 128 kindergarten students from two elementary schools within the same urban school system. This population consisted of a complete population sample of sixty-one students at the whole language school and sixty-seven Writing to Read students chosen by random selection to represent all classes and teachers at the other school.

Oral reading performance and attitude toward reading of the two groups were compared …

Parent Participation In The Educational Process And Student Achievement, Linda Worrell Deans

Theses and Dissertations in Urban Services - Urban Education

The purpose of this study was to determine the level of parental involvement between parent and child as well as between parent and school. After the level of parent participation was established, the data set was used to determine whether a relationship exists between the level of parental involvement and student achievement at selected secondary urban schools. The selected secondary schools include two different school divisions.

The study employed five approaches: (1) a descriptive analysis of the variables of parental interaction with the child as it relates to a personal, affective level; a monitoring level; and a social level; as …