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Narrative Comprehension: Semantic And Syntactic Summary Production, Jane F. Devick
Narrative Comprehension: Semantic And Syntactic Summary Production, Jane F. Devick
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The purpose of this research was to examine from a syntactic and narrative structure perspective two narrative summary types: a summary with a length constraint and an unconstrained summary. In addition, this research served to develop a multidimensional theory of narrative comprehension.
College freshmen read two short stories written by written by Sake and were asked to write a constrained summary for one text and an unconstrained summary for the other text. Following this the subjects completed a metacognitive questionnaire. The summaries were analyzed to examine transitivity features and narrative structure features. The metacognitive questionnaires were examined to extract information …
The Effects Of Chinese Painting Appreciation Education On The Artistic Achievement Of Junior High School Students In Taiwan, Hsiu-Hsiung Chen
The Effects Of Chinese Painting Appreciation Education On The Artistic Achievement Of Junior High School Students In Taiwan, Hsiu-Hsiung Chen
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For the Chinese, fine art is one of the most important items in human life. The goals of fine arts education enhance the student so that s/he can make reasonable judgments about work, gain knowledge of color and understand the process of designing environmental layouts. Related technique and creativity training are offered students in accordance with individual differences and social expectations.
Traditionally, Taiwan's junior high school fine art program teaches mainly painting technique. The Ministry of Education in Taiwan determines the curriculum of junior high school fine art education. The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of …
The Effects Of The Leadership Styles Of Taiwanese Junior College Presidents On Teacher Job Satisfaction, Ching-San Chiang
The Effects Of The Leadership Styles Of Taiwanese Junior College Presidents On Teacher Job Satisfaction, Ching-San Chiang
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The purpose of this dissertation was to investigate the relationship between the leadership styles of Taiwanese junior college presidents and teacher job satisfaction. The study examined the difference in teachers' perceptions of presidents' leadership style and teachers' job satisfaction, the degree of agreement between teachers' perceptions and presidents' self-perceptions, the difference in leadership style and presidents' age, tenure, school status and size; the difference in job satisfaction and teachers' gender, age, job tenure, education, academic rank, school status, and school size.
Data were obtained from 20 presidents and 282 teachers. The Presidents' Leadership Orientations questionnaire collected data from presidents. The …