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Relevance, Rigor, And Relationships: Student Perceptions Following Participation In An Integrated Experiential Zoo-Based Academic High School Science Program, John W. Hill Nov 2013

Relevance, Rigor, And Relationships: Student Perceptions Following Participation In An Integrated Experiential Zoo-Based Academic High School Science Program, John W. Hill

John W. Hill

The purpose of this survey study was to compare students’ measured Likert scale perceptions of posttest school climate survey, relevance, rigor, and relationships domain scores following 11th- and 12th-grade participation in either an integrated experiential zoo-based academic high school science program (n = 18) or a same school district integrated experiential school-based academic high school science program (n = 18). Science coursework delivery site served as the study’s independent variable. ACT composite scores and science grade point average scores were equivalent for students participating in both science pro-grams. Students participating in the zoo-based experiential academic high school science program completed …


Must Economics Always Determine Academic Destiny? Achievement Across Time In Two Academically Equivalent But Socioeconomically Diverse Same City Catholic Schools, Roseanne L. Williby, John W. Hill Apr 2012

Must Economics Always Determine Academic Destiny? Achievement Across Time In Two Academically Equivalent But Socioeconomically Diverse Same City Catholic Schools, Roseanne L. Williby, John W. Hill

John W. Hill

The study analyzed the pretest-posttest results of high stakes test scores, absence frequencies, and high school eligibility cut scores of students who completed fourth-grade through eighth-grades in two academically equivalent but socioeconomically diverse same city Catholic schools. Study outcomes were compared for a naturally formed group of students (n = 28) who had completed fourth-grade through eighth-grades in an urban Catholic school representing fewer family socioeconomic advantages and 40% eligibility for free and reduced price lunch program participation and tuition assistance and a randomly selected group of students (n = 28) completing fourth-grade through eighth-grades in a suburban Catholic school …


Emotional/Behavioral Disorders: A Retrospective Examination Of Social Skills, Linguistics, And Student Outcomes, John W. Hill, Kathy L. Coufal Apr 2012

Emotional/Behavioral Disorders: A Retrospective Examination Of Social Skills, Linguistics, And Student Outcomes, John W. Hill, Kathy L. Coufal

John W. Hill

A language-based social skills instruction intervention used to prepare middle and high school students with emotional/behavioral disorders for return to less restrictive public school placements was evaluated. The daily 50-minute intervention focused on repetitive readings, recitations, and role-playing of skill step procedures until students achieved mastery on each required task in five broad dimensions: peer relations, self-management, academic, compliance, and assertion. The students were divided into three groups according to the length of intervention (under 2 years, 2 to 3 years, and more than 3 years). Dependent t tests were used to test the effects of prolonged intervention on past …


Do Declining Neighborhood Economic Conditions Trump Hoped For School Renovation Renewal Benefit?, John W. Hill Dec 2011

Do Declining Neighborhood Economic Conditions Trump Hoped For School Renovation Renewal Benefit?, John W. Hill

John W. Hill

The purpose of this study was to determine (a) individual student achievement, (b) teacher mobility rates, (c) perceptions of safety at school, and (d) student enrollment patterns, over time, in two recently renovated, same city, urban, No Child Left Behind compliant, Title I elementary school buildings located in close proximity neighborhoods one with improving the other with declining economic conditions. Achievement results indicated that fifth-grade students (n = 18) who attended a renovated school second-grade through fifth-grade in a neighborhood with improving economic conditions compared to fifth-grade students (n = 15) who attended a renovated school second-grade through fifth-grade in …


Have Institutional Review Board Regulations Affected Research Approval Patterns?, John W. Hill Dec 2011

Have Institutional Review Board Regulations Affected Research Approval Patterns?, John W. Hill

John W. Hill

No abstract provided.


Impulse Control Rap: "We Got A Skill To Help You Chill", John W. Hill Dec 1997

Impulse Control Rap: "We Got A Skill To Help You Chill", John W. Hill

John W. Hill

No abstract provided.


Connecting Reasoning And Writing In Student "How To" Manuals, John W. Hill Dec 1994

Connecting Reasoning And Writing In Student "How To" Manuals, John W. Hill

John W. Hill

No abstract provided.


Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, John W. Hill Dec 1991

Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, John W. Hill

John W. Hill

No abstract provided.


The Effect Of Computer Use On The Process Writing Of Learning Disabled Students, John W. Hill Dec 1990

The Effect Of Computer Use On The Process Writing Of Learning Disabled Students, John W. Hill

John W. Hill

No abstract provided.


At-Risk Youth In Suburban Nebraska, John W. Hill Dec 1988

At-Risk Youth In Suburban Nebraska, John W. Hill

John W. Hill

No abstract provided.