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Long-Term Effects Of Performance Funding: A Case Study Of 20 Years At Tennessee Technological University, Jeffrey Lorber

Doctoral Dissertations

In this study, the principal investigator sought to determine what effect, if any, that performance funding has had on academic decision making at a public higher education institution in Tennessee. In conducting a case study, the principal investigator interviewed 18 current and former administrators and faculty members to determine attitudes and perceptions about performance funding at the institution. An extensive review of campus documents provided additional information for the study. Findings of the study focused on institutional policy changes since the performance funding policy was implemented, strengths and weaknesses of the policy, and recommendations for future actions relative to the …

An Investigation Of The Relationships Between Learning Styles, Personality Temperaments, Mathematics Self-Efficacy, And Post-Secondary Calculus Achievement, D. Sharon Husch

Doctoral Dissertations

With the availability of the internet, many web-based tutorials, and related materials and computer based tutorials, students continue to fail and/or do poorly in calculus classes. On average about fifty percent of students receive a grade of D, F, or W (withdraw) in first semester calculus at the university level. To meet the needs of all students, regardless of learning style, attitude towards mathematics, or ability level, teachers should utilize modern technology, such as computers or graphing calculators. These tools are able to serve the needs of the students in ways that other tools have not been able to accomplish. …

Pb1669-Targeting School Groups For Agritainment Enterprises, The University Of Tennessee Agricultural Extension Service

Marketing, Finances and Value-Added Agriculture

The past few years have witnessed an increased interest in agritainment activities (agritourism and entertainment farming) on Tennessee farms. Animal petting pens, pumpkin patches, hay-bale and corn mazes, farm tours and farm festivals have become almost commonplace across the state. Other agritainment activities such as children’s camps, corporate events and cabin rentals are also being implemented. These and other agritainment activities have created new uses for many farm resources and have contributed to additional sources of farm revenue.

Often begun as educational and awareness programs, many agritainment activities have been developed from small-scale, hobby-type activities into full-time, primary farm enterprises. …

Fact Book: 2001-2002, The Office Of Institutional Research And Assessment

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The University of Tennessee Office of Institutional Research and Assessment is pleased to welcome you to its twelfth annual Fact Book. This year's edition has presented some special challenges as the university's reorganization continues, and is, in some ways, a transitional year for the Fact Book. Unless otherwise noted, tables in the Fact Book now also include data for the Institute of Agriculture and the Space Institute at Tullahoma. In this same vein, a brief section of the Health Science Center has been added acknowledging the new relationship of the Knoxville and Memphis campuses.

Publishing a volume as comprehensive as …

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Felt Sensing Of Speech Acts In Written Genre Acquisition, Randall Popken

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This paper theorizes about the experiential dimension of acquiring rhetorical genres—specifically the way developing writers rely on felt sensing when they encounter the "core" of genres: illocutionary speech acts.

Imperfection: The Will-To-Control And The Struggle Of Letting Go, W. Keith Duffy

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As I found myself beginning to appropriate my students' writing more and more, I wondered if this was evidence of a spiritual imbalance—an unwillingness to acknowledge my own imperfection as a teacher and human being.

Being There: Revising The Discourse Of Emotion And Teaching, Dale Jacobs

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This essay explores the fine line that exists between teacher engagement and teacher burnout and suggests strategies for teachers and mentors of teachers to help negotiate this line.

Connecting, Helen Walker, Laura Milner, Candace Walworth, Dave Waddell, Vic Kryston, Richard L. Graves

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Laura Milner—Steve's Story.

Candace Walworth—War & Peace in a Two-Car Garage.

Dave Waddell—Caring.

Vic Kryston—Ralph and the Unexpected Fix.

Richard L. Graves—The Abraham Dream.

Air Carrier Check Airman Training: An Adult Education Model, John A. Henschke Edd

IACE Hall of Fame Repository

Air carrier check airman selection and training is generally based on technical expertise. Teaching and learning styles are not currently part of the curriculum in theses training programs and thus may contribute to the significant dropouts and training problems. A model consisting of five building blocks that make up a systematic training program is introduced that may aid the non-experienced teacher of adults. Many air carrier check airmen have several years teaching experience, however for the purpose of this paper non-experienced with refer to those individuals who have not received formal training in teaching and learning styles of adults. A …

Andragogy: The Foundation For Its Theory, Research And Practice Linkage, John A. Henschke Edd

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Although andragogy became popularized in the 1970's and 1980's in the USA through the work of Malcolm Knowles, its original introduction into the USA was in 1926 by E.C. Lindeman, and again in 1927 by E. C. Lindeman and M. L. Anderson. However, the oldest known published document using the concept was authored by a German -- Alexander Kapp, in 1833. Much of the published literature in recent times has focused on the popularized use of the term, reflecting either a wholesale support of Knowles' version of andragogy, or a "debunking" for the reason of what some call Knowles' unscientific …

Teacher Growing Pains, Carolina Mancuso

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Reflecting on a teacher education course which incorporated experiential learning in an exploratory pedagogy, the author examines how the relationship between teachers and students can affect both personal and professional lives, particularly in periods of individual transition.

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Morris Berman tells the story of his maternal grandfather, who, when he was five years old in 1883 or 1884, was sent to a Jewish elementary school in Belorussia. On the first day of class, the teacher startled the young boy by taking each child's slate and smearing the first two letters of the Hebrew alphabet—aleph and beys—on it in honey. His grandfather's first lesson consisted of eating the letters off the slate. The symbolism of this act is complex, Berman muses, but central to the ritual is the belief that what is real must be taken into …

Reviews, Lisa Tyler, Fran Claggett, Bruce Novak, Neal Lerner

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Lisa Tyler. Writing and Healing: Toward an Informed Practice. (Charles M. Anderson and Marian M. MacCurdy, eds., 2000).

Fran Claggett. Revisioning Writers' Talk: Gender and Culture in Acts of Composing. (Mary Ann Cain, 1995).

Bruce Novak. Tomorrow's Children: A Blueprint for Partnership Education in the 21st Century. (Riane Eisler, 2000).

Neal Lerner. Stories from the Center: Connecting Narrative and Theory in the Writing Center. (Lynn Craigue Briggs and Meg Woolbright, eds., 2000).

Reviews, Sandi Albertson-Shea, Susan A. Schiller, Jeffrey D. Wilhelm

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Sandi Alberston-Shea. Letters for the Living: Teaching Writing in a Violent Age. (Michael Blitz and C. Mark Huribert, 1999).

Susan A. Schiller. Education and the Soul: Toward a Spiritual Curriculum. (John P. Miller, 2000).

Jeffrey D. Wilhelm. Radical Presence: Teaching as Contemplative Practice. (Mary Rose O'Reilly, 1998).

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A Poetics Of Student Writing, Dennis Young

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Focusing on student reflective essays about learning writing, I rely on depth psychology and hermeneutics to illustrate the image-making, poetic dimension of student work.

Discredited Metaphors Of Mind Limit Our Vision, Marilyn Middendorf

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Teachers will be intrigued by recent discoveries in "the brain sciences" and the new metaphors of consciousness they suggest.

Flow, Centering, And The Classroom: Wisdom From An Ancient Friend, Lorie Heggie

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Understanding "flow" and drawing on the metaphor of the dialectic that occurs between horse and rider can guide us to create a centered classroom.

Tennessee Performance Funding And The University Of Tennessee, Knoxville: A Case Study, Kimberely B. Hall

Doctoral Dissertations

This case study was undertaken to provide a description of the Tennessee Performance Funding Policy's impact on the University of Tennessee, Knoxville over the past twenty years. Answers to three research questions were sought:

1. How has the Tennessee Performance Funding Policy impacted the University of Tennessee, Knoxville with regard to (a) awareness of the policy and its purposes and (b) the activities of the institution in relation to the policy?

2. How has educational decision making been affected by the Tennessee Performance Funding Policy at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville?

3. Based on professional experience and opinion, are strengths/liabilities …

Inventing Metaphors To Understand The Genre Of Poetry, Phyllis Whitin

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To make personally meaningful connections with poetry as a genre, students in the author's seventh grade classes generated original metaphors to describe the essence of poetry.

The Widening Gyre: Images As Central To The Global Village, Mark Smith

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The image is emerging as the lingua franca of technological culture, both resurrecting characteristics of pre-literate classicism and consolidating the global community.

Moving A University Or College Toward A Lifelong Learning Orientation, John A. Henschke Edd

IACE Hall of Fame Repository

Extensive research and experiences have been conducted in to the processes necessary for moving a university or college toward a lifelong learning orientation. These ideas are presented here for consideration and assistance for these who wish to implement and test the ideas in new and different contexts. This paper focuses on the following elements: A definition of lifelong learning; Criteria producing a solution to today's lifelong learning issues, Faculty development of good practice oriented toward understanding and helping adults learn; Domains for planning and implementing a successful lifelong learning institution; Understanding developments that will change the environment in which lifelong …

Mentoring For University Outreach And Extension, John A. Henschke Edd

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The Relationship Between The Student Teachers' Self-Reflection Of Performance And The Student Teachers' Performance Evaluation As Viewed By Their Evaluation Team, Bonnie Peterson Eder

Doctoral Dissertations

The purpose of this correlational study was to explore the relationship between the student teachers' self-reflection of performance and the student teachers' performance evaluation as viewed by their evaluation team.

The study involved the use of a "Student Teaching Evaluation" instrument based on the Framework for Evaluation and Professional Growth that has been adopted by the Tennessee State Department of Education as the procedure through which K-12 public school teachers are evaluated. This study focused on the student teachers' self-reflection as measured against their on-site evaluation team's appraisal. The subjects of the study were 108 student teachers in elementary and …

Concerns Of Liberal Arts Faculty Toward Instructional Technology, Vicki G. Sells-Lewallen

Doctoral Dissertations

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Analysis Of A Local Food System Policy: Evaluating Implementation And Impact, Julie Lynne Thies

Doctoral Dissertations

The impact of a local food system policy, implemented by a food policy council from 1982 to 1992, on access to food in Knoxville, Tennessee was evaluated in this research study. Both a quantitative and qualitative analysis were completed. The objectives of this study were to: 1) determine whether a local food system policy made an impact on access to food by changing participation trends in three national food assistance programs at the local level; 2) describe this impact; and 3) describe the Council's processes and activities as a means of better understanding how the Council operated and the results …

Fact Book: 2000-2001, The Office Of Institutional Research And Assessment

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Welcome to the eleventh annual Fact Book of the University of Tennessee's Knoxville campus produced by the Office of Institutional Research and Assessment. This year's edition has been expanded to include a section reporting degrees awarded by discipline (see Appendix). As always, the goal is to make the Fact Book as useful as possible so your comments and suggestions are welcome.

An effort as large as the production of the Fact Book requires the help and cooperation of numerous offices and individuals from within the university. I would like to thank the people who contributed to this effort. I also …

Personality As A Predictor Of Reading Comprehension Skills, Victoria Jacobs-Gray

Doctoral Dissertations

In an attempt to reduce the number of students who begin their college careers with a year of remedial and developmental reading courses. This study was designed to search for a method of early detection of possible reading comprehension skill problems. Early identification of students who may be predisposed to problems with particular reading comprehension skills could lead to earlier intervention.

To accomplish this the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) and the Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program (TCAP) score of 400 college bound high school students were paired and analyzed. The thirteen reading comprehension skills showed a statistical difference in the mastery …