Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
- Discipline
-
- Educational Administration and Supervision (2)
- Higher Education Administration (2)
- Social and Behavioral Sciences (2)
- Special Education and Teaching (2)
- Adult and Continuing Education Administration (1)
-
- Art Education (1)
- Arts and Humanities (1)
- Communication (1)
- Computer Sciences (1)
- Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research (1)
- Educational Leadership (1)
- Higher Education and Teaching (1)
- International and Intercultural Communication (1)
- Music (1)
- Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computing (1)
- Other Music (1)
- Other Teacher Education and Professional Development (1)
- Physical Sciences and Mathematics (1)
- Science and Technology Studies (1)
- Teacher Education and Professional Development (1)
Articles 1 - 4 of 4
Full-Text Articles in Education
The Impact Of The Arts For Students With Moderate To Severe Disabilities, Rebekah Fuss
The Impact Of The Arts For Students With Moderate To Severe Disabilities, Rebekah Fuss
All Master's Theses
Students with moderate to severe disabilities are often left out of arts programs, especially in rural areas where resources are limited and drama, music and art classes are often not available. This action research study focused on a small group of students in a self-contained classroom in a high school. The classroom teacher worked with a teaching artist to start an art program for students with moderate to severe disabilities. Even though there are limited resources in rural areas, it is still possible to create a quality arts integration program which requires planning and effective collaboration with other teachers and …
Obtaining Cultural Competency Skills: Perceptions From Supervisors In Higher Education, Veronica Gomez Vilchis
Obtaining Cultural Competency Skills: Perceptions From Supervisors In Higher Education, Veronica Gomez Vilchis
All Master's Theses
A program evaluation was done on the supervisor training at Central Washington University to obtain the perceptions of supervisors on cultural competency. Eighteen supervisors were interviewed. The results demonstrated supervisors’ support of incorporating cultural competency as part of their professional development. However, supervisors indicated the current supervisor training does not give them tools to interact effectively with diverse populations. Implications for including cultural competency skills for supervisors in higher education are discussed.
Intentional Recruiting: Using Business Intelligence, Data Mining, And Predictive Analytics To Identify Characteristics Of Those Students Who Enroll, And Graduate; In Support Of University Enrollment Management, Stephanie L. Harris
All Master's Theses
Using business intelligence (BI) and archival data from a division II, public comprehensive, university in Washington State, the researcher identified specific characteristics of those students who enrolled, persisted and completed to undergraduate degree attainment. These characteristics created an applicant profile to be used in future enrollment management activities for intentional recruiting, while the predictive models for enrollment and completion inform administration to improve tuition revenue planning and budgeting, and to forecast future enrollment yield.
Music And Attention For Children With Developmental Disabilities, Mallory M. Bentley
Music And Attention For Children With Developmental Disabilities, Mallory M. Bentley
All Master's Theses
The purpose of this study was to measure the effects of the use of music in the form of a song with instructional lyrics on the attention of children with developmental disabilities. The study took place in a self-contained special education classroom, which served third through fifth grade students. A single-subject with ABA or reversal design (Creswell, 2012) was utilized, including five days of baseline, 15 days of intervention, and five days of reversal data collection. During the intervention phase, the teacher sang a cappella an original song with instructional lyrics that explain the type of attentive behaviors that students …