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A Systematic Approach For Training Candidates To Use The Teacher Work Sample, Beth Walizer, Taggart Germaine, Keith Dreiling Oct 2008

A Systematic Approach For Training Candidates To Use The Teacher Work Sample, Beth Walizer, Taggart Germaine, Keith Dreiling

Academic Leadership: The Online Journal

The purpose of this paper is to describe the benefits of scaffolding the work sample criteria through a teacher preparation program for elementary education candidates. This article illustrates the way that Fort Hays State University’s teacher education program has successfully implemented a work sample process. A process of scaffolding the criteria was woven throughout the elementary teacher education program to instruct candidates on how to develop, implement, and assess instructional units of study. As a way to describe the teacher work sample process, the authors have contextualized the model, provided components of a teacher work sample, and presented a program …

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Development And Current Status Of Science Education Research In Turkey, Mustafa Sozbilir, Hulya Kutu Aug 2008

Development And Current Status Of Science Education Research In Turkey, Mustafa Sozbilir, Hulya Kutu

Essays in Education

The aim of this study is to determine the status and the trends of subject matters investigated, research methods/design and data analyses procedures used in science education research papers published in Turkey. Data were obtained from 413 papers concerning science education from 28 different journals publishing educational research in Turkey. Each paper was subjected to a content analysis in terms of the subject studied, the research design/method and data analysis methods used according to the Paper Classification Form (PCF) developed by the first author. This document analysis has showed that although the science education research is a new research enterprise …

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Urban Vs. Rural Baccalaureate Colleges: A National Study Of Student Financial Aid, Lee Waller, Elizabeth Waller, Albert Reyes Jul 2008

Urban Vs. Rural Baccalaureate Colleges: A National Study Of Student Financial Aid, Lee Waller, Elizabeth Waller, Albert Reyes

Academic Leadership: The Online Journal

This study examines baccalaureate colleges of arts and sciences in light of institutional degree of urbanization to determine the percentage of students drawing financial aid. The study further examines aid award amounts from federal, state/local, institutional, and student loans. The indicated demographics are then analyzed for differences between and among the city, suburban, town, and rural institutions.

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Funding Michigan K-12 Adequacy Without Rewarding Inefficiency, James J. Walters Apr 2008

Funding Michigan K-12 Adequacy Without Rewarding Inefficiency, James J. Walters

Educational Considerations

Taxpayers and politicians expect public schools to exercise stewardship and wisdom regarding the use of resources entrusted to them. These public expectations approximate what economists refer to as technical efficiency.

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Preliminary Study Of The Relationship Between Undergraduate Learning Outcome Assessment And Estimated Earnings Of Graduates, C. Crawford, Lawrence Gould, Robert Scott, Dane Crawford Apr 2008

Preliminary Study Of The Relationship Between Undergraduate Learning Outcome Assessment And Estimated Earnings Of Graduates, C. Crawford, Lawrence Gould, Robert Scott, Dane Crawford

Academic Leadership: The Online Journal

The primary motivation for exploring the relationship between learning outcomes assessment and graduate earnings is to simply document the assumed link so that educators have some basis for claiming long-term benefits of outcomes assessment. Furthermore, the scope of the project was limited to exploring learning outcomes assessment in the state of Kansas as this was deemed a preliminary inquiry. Specifically, this article seeks to address the following three questions: 1. Have academic programs in Kansas adopted assessment plans? 2. Does student ability play a role in earnings differentiation upon graduation? 3. Is there a difference in earnings between the highest, …

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Transformational Leadership Practices Of Teacher Leaders, Gary Alger Apr 2008

Transformational Leadership Practices Of Teacher Leaders, Gary Alger

Academic Leadership: The Online Journal

Although many schools are developing teachers as leaders, researchers have not sufficiently investigated the leadership behaviors of these individuals. Therefore, using data collected from teacher leaders and their principals, I addressed three questions in this study: 1. What are the leadership practices of teacher leaders, as perceived by the teacher leaders and their principals? 2. Are there significant differences between the perceptions of teacher leaders and principals regarding the leadership practices of teacher leaders? 3. Are selected demographic variables of teacher leaders, specifically age, years of experience, educational level, and gender related to the leadership behaviors of teacher leaders?

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Fuzzy And Research Paradigms Relationship: A Mutual Contribution, Devood Salmani, Mohsen Akbari Apr 2008

Fuzzy And Research Paradigms Relationship: A Mutual Contribution, Devood Salmani, Mohsen Akbari

Academic Leadership: The Online Journal

Fuzzy sets were introduced by Zadeh in 1965 to represent manipulate data and information possessing non-statistical uncertainties. It was specifically designed to mathematically represent uncertainty and vagueness and to provide formalized tools for dealing with the imprecision intrinsic to many problems. However, the story of fuzzy logic started much earlier. Fuzzy system is an alternative to traditional notions of set membership and logic that has its origins in ancient Greek philosophy. Research paradigms are rooted in philosophy paradigm, determine the direction of researches; how the researches reach to the reality, how they answer the questions of the seeking mind … …

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Student Rating Of Instruction: A Survey Of Satisfaction And Uses, Rhonda Magel, Charles Mcintyre Jan 2008

Student Rating Of Instruction: A Survey Of Satisfaction And Uses, Rhonda Magel, Charles Mcintyre

Academic Leadership: The Online Journal

This paper describes a study conducted at North Dakota State University (NDSU) in an effort to measure the level of satisfaction and uses of the student evaluation process, from now on referred to as the Student Rating of Instruction (SROI). This study consisted of the following five (5) phases: Phase I – Input from the Students Phase II – Input from Administrators Phase III – Input from Faculty Phase IV – Data Analysis and Evaluation Phase V – Recommendations and Conclusions

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Exploring The Relationship Between Avid Professional Development And Teacher Leadership, Jeffrey Huerta, Karen Watt, Ersan Alkan Jan 2008

Exploring The Relationship Between Avid Professional Development And Teacher Leadership, Jeffrey Huerta, Karen Watt, Ersan Alkan

Academic Leadership: The Online Journal

Classroom teachers receive various forms of professional development throughout their careers with the intent of improving their teaching practices and ultimately, student performance. However, professional development can also have an impact on teacher leadership activities outside of the classroom as well. The purpose of this study is to assess whether professional development received from the Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) program has an effect on AVID elective teachers’ level of teacher leadership within their schools. Teachers from middle schools and high schools implementing, or planning to implement, AVID were examined in order to answer the following research questions: 1) Is …

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Inquiro 2 (End Matter), Inquiro Staff Jan 2008

Inquiro 2 (End Matter), Inquiro Staff

Inquiro, the UAB undergraduate science research journal

No abstract provided.

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Inquiro 2 (Complete Issue), Inquiro Staff Jan 2008

Inquiro 2 (Complete Issue), Inquiro Staff

Inquiro, the UAB undergraduate science research journal

No abstract provided.

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Movement Patterns Of The Common Periwinkle Cenchritis Muricatus In The Rocky Supralittoral Zone Of San Salvador, Bahamas, Luke Stannard, Donna Howard Jan 2008

Movement Patterns Of The Common Periwinkle Cenchritis Muricatus In The Rocky Supralittoral Zone Of San Salvador, Bahamas, Luke Stannard, Donna Howard

Inquiro, the UAB undergraduate science research journal

pp. 42-45

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Extracellular Atp Activates Multiple Calcium Signaling Pathways In Osteoblasts, Shweta Patel, Leah Strickland, Kaiyu Yuan, Min-Kyung Choo, Majd Zayzafoon Jan 2008

Extracellular Atp Activates Multiple Calcium Signaling Pathways In Osteoblasts, Shweta Patel, Leah Strickland, Kaiyu Yuan, Min-Kyung Choo, Majd Zayzafoon

Inquiro, the UAB undergraduate science research journal

pp. 37-41

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Wear Testing Of Zirconia Coatings For Applications In Total Hip Replacement, Carrie Stewart, Alan Eberhardt Jan 2008

Wear Testing Of Zirconia Coatings For Applications In Total Hip Replacement, Carrie Stewart, Alan Eberhardt

Inquiro, the UAB undergraduate science research journal

pp. 71-75

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Uab: Where Scientists Want To Be, Shweta Patel Jan 2008

Uab: Where Scientists Want To Be, Shweta Patel

Inquiro, the UAB undergraduate science research journal

p. 4

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Cloning Frozen Animals, Pratik Talati Jan 2008

Cloning Frozen Animals, Pratik Talati

Inquiro, the UAB undergraduate science research journal

pp. 5-6

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Why Research?, Kim Trawick Jan 2008

Why Research?, Kim Trawick

Inquiro, the UAB undergraduate science research journal

pp. 10-11

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Medicinal Benefits Of Green Tea?, Adam Threet, Natalie Mitchell Jan 2008

Medicinal Benefits Of Green Tea?, Adam Threet, Natalie Mitchell

Inquiro, the UAB undergraduate science research journal

pp. 12-13

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Lessons From Sibs, Shweta Patel Jan 2008

Lessons From Sibs, Shweta Patel

Inquiro, the UAB undergraduate science research journal

pp. 14-15

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The Role Of Governance And Its Influence On Quality Enhancing Mechanism In Higher Education, Syed Naeem Ahmed Jan 2008

The Role Of Governance And Its Influence On Quality Enhancing Mechanism In Higher Education, Syed Naeem Ahmed

Business Review

Universities live in complex contexts, compete in many different marketplaces, and perform a bewildering array of highly sophisticated services for many diverse constituencies. Although universities focus their efforts primarily on the key dimensions of teaching and research, they engage in a wide range of additional activities derived from the expertise and resources accumulated in support of teaching and research. With the expansion of the assessment of quality at higher education, budgetary allocation, and particularly private sector involvement at higher education for the last five years, institutions became much more complex and the role of Governance and its influence on quality …

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Dr. David Graves: Exploring The Chemistry Of Nucleic Acids, Drew Buie Jan 2008

Dr. David Graves: Exploring The Chemistry Of Nucleic Acids, Drew Buie

Inquiro, the UAB undergraduate science research journal

pp. 48-49

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Cocaine Contamination Of Currency In Birmingham Al, Jeremy R. Felix, Rena Hammer, Elizabeth A. Gardner Jan 2008

Cocaine Contamination Of Currency In Birmingham Al, Jeremy R. Felix, Rena Hammer, Elizabeth A. Gardner

Inquiro, the UAB undergraduate science research journal

pp. 50-62

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Stem Cells Without Embryo Destruction: Ending The Ethical Debate?, Adam W. Scott Jan 2008

Stem Cells Without Embryo Destruction: Ending The Ethical Debate?, Adam W. Scott

Inquiro, the UAB undergraduate science research journal

p. 4

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Polymer Waveguides For Explosives Detection, Rena L. Hammer, William F. Sherwood, Medhat S. Farahat, David E. Nikles Jan 2008

Polymer Waveguides For Explosives Detection, Rena L. Hammer, William F. Sherwood, Medhat S. Farahat, David E. Nikles

Inquiro, the UAB undergraduate science research journal

pp. 20-22

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New Clues Emerge From Cellular Damages In Huntington's Disease, Pratik Talati Jan 2008

New Clues Emerge From Cellular Damages In Huntington's Disease, Pratik Talati

Inquiro, the UAB undergraduate science research journal

p. 6

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Inquiro 2 (Front Matter), Inquiro Staff Jan 2008

Inquiro 2 (Front Matter), Inquiro Staff

Inquiro, the UAB undergraduate science research journal

No abstract provided.

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Nobel's Awarded, Inquiro Staff Jan 2008

Nobel's Awarded, Inquiro Staff

Inquiro, the UAB undergraduate science research journal

p. 4

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Out Of The Lab And Into The Field, Aaron Neal Jan 2008

Out Of The Lab And Into The Field, Aaron Neal

Inquiro, the UAB undergraduate science research journal

pp. 8-9

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Cpg-Oligonucleotides Induce Tlr9 Mediated Cellular Invasion In A Sequence And Structure Dependent Manner, Sonja C. Brooks, Jason S. Hudson, Katri S. Selander, David E. Graves Jan 2008

Cpg-Oligonucleotides Induce Tlr9 Mediated Cellular Invasion In A Sequence And Structure Dependent Manner, Sonja C. Brooks, Jason S. Hudson, Katri S. Selander, David E. Graves

Inquiro, the UAB undergraduate science research journal

pp. 63-67

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Einstein's Celebrated Formula, E = Mc2 Is Finally Corroborated, Atbin Doroodchi Jan 2008

Einstein's Celebrated Formula, E = Mc2 Is Finally Corroborated, Atbin Doroodchi

Inquiro, the UAB undergraduate science research journal

p. 5

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