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Home Schooling Children With Special Needs: A Descriptive Study, Jane Grenfell Duffey
Home Schooling Children With Special Needs: A Descriptive Study, Jane Grenfell Duffey
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No abstract provided.
Teacher Efficacy And Behavior: Their Relationship And Impact On Student Learning, Linda Diane Avery
Teacher Efficacy And Behavior: Their Relationship And Impact On Student Learning, Linda Diane Avery
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The purposes of this study were to explore the relationships between teacher efficacy and changes in teacher behavior and student learning espoused by the standards-based reform movement and to examine the impact of a curriculum innovation on student learning and teacher efficacy The study was designed to target sophisticated pedagogical behavior associated with setting high learner expectations.;The context for the research was a federally funded project to develop and implement model lessons in elementary social studies in an urban setting. The sample was comprised of 25 experimental and 17 comparison teachers. Instrumentation included two measures of teacher efficacy, two measures …
Faculty Instructional Development And Oral Communication In Freshman Seminars At The College Of William And Mary, Tamara Louise Burk
Faculty Instructional Development And Oral Communication In Freshman Seminars At The College Of William And Mary, Tamara Louise Burk
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No abstract provided.
Role Perceptions Of Elected And Appointed School Board Members And Their Superintendents In Virginia, Karen Lynn Peterson Kolet
Role Perceptions Of Elected And Appointed School Board Members And Their Superintendents In Virginia, Karen Lynn Peterson Kolet
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The purpose of this study was to investigate role perceptions of elected and appointed school board members and their superintendents in Virginia to determine if increased citizen participation and cultural change had affected the process of school governance. Four policy issue areas provided the context for revealing role perceptions: Administration and Organization, Business and Financial Management, Employee and Pupil Personnel Services, and Curriculum and Instruction. A 27-item survey was sent to superintendents and school board members of 64 school divisions, 31 of which had appointed boards and 33 of which had elected boards. Eighty-four percent of the superintendents and 61% …
Clinical Decision-Making And Clinical Judgment Outcomes By Nursing Students In Traditional Or Nontraditional Curricula, Dinah Jo Saunders
Clinical Decision-Making And Clinical Judgment Outcomes By Nursing Students In Traditional Or Nontraditional Curricula, Dinah Jo Saunders
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the claim that nursing students in nontraditional curricula achieve program outcomes consistent with nursing students in traditional generic curricula. Clinical decision making and clinical judgment are essential components of critical thinking in nursing. Self-perception as a decision-maker was measured by the Clinical Decision Making in Nursing Scale (CDMNS) and clinical judgment was measured by the Clinical Judgment in Nursing Series #1: Emergencies in Adult Client Care Test (CJS:EACC).;Participants were recruited from three regional universities. One curricular group consisted of a generic (traditional) BSN group. One nontraditional curricular design was RN-BSN Completion programs …
Comparison Of The Performance Of Students With Learning Disabilities In Inclusive Classrooms And In Pull-Out Special Education Programs, Patricia Jordan Rea
Comparison Of The Performance Of Students With Learning Disabilities In Inclusive Classrooms And In Pull-Out Special Education Programs, Patricia Jordan Rea
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between placement in inclusive and pull-out special education programs and academic and behavior outcomes for students with learning disabilities. Demographic data such as age, gender, ethnicity, socio-economic status, IQ, education level of the mother, years receiving special education services, and years in the school district established comparability of two groups of middle school students. Qualitative and quantitative methods were used to describe two schools and their special education service delivery models, one inclusive and the other pull-out. IEP goals and objectives, classroom accommodations, and teacher collaboration were examined to provide …
The Comparison Of Student Engagement Rates During Classroom Discourse, Cooperative Learning, And Lecture Methods Of Instruction In Secondary Schools, Wendy Meadors Geiger
The Comparison Of Student Engagement Rates During Classroom Discourse, Cooperative Learning, And Lecture Methods Of Instruction In Secondary Schools, Wendy Meadors Geiger
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The purpose of this study was to examine the degree to which cooperative learning affects the active participation or engagement of students in the classroom. Previous research has found that students were more engaged during lecture and classroom discourse methods of instruction (anderson & Scott, 1978). This study attempted to determine whether the instructional strategy of cooperative learning affected this result.;The sample for this study was selected from the students of two English and two social studies teachers for each instructional method (cooperative learning, lecture, and classroom discourse). Videotapes were made of each teacher's class for analysis. Each class had …
An Investigation Of The Achievement Of 4 X 4 Block-Scheduled Advanced Placement Calculus Ab Students, Carolyn Marie Keen
An Investigation Of The Achievement Of 4 X 4 Block-Scheduled Advanced Placement Calculus Ab Students, Carolyn Marie Keen
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The research investigated whether 4 x 4 block scheduling had any effect on students' achievement in Advanced Placement Calculus AB and described some of the dynamics involved in the shifts to 4 x 4 plans. Data from 52 schools (38 North Carolina, 14 Virginia) were divided into two groups: (Sample 1) 25 schools in which the course was taught in one semester (N = 252) and (Sample 2) 27 schools in which it was taught in two semesters (N = 355). Using two-tailed Z and chi square goodness-of-fit tests {dollar}(\alpha=0.05),{dollar} the 1995 AP test mean score of each sample was …
The Hidden Curriculum Of The Video Teleconference (Vtc) Classroom And Its Implications For The University Of The Twenty-First Century, Mary Webb Stout
The Hidden Curriculum Of The Video Teleconference (Vtc) Classroom And Its Implications For The University Of The Twenty-First Century, Mary Webb Stout
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Old Dominion University's Peninsula Center, in Hampton, Virginia, was the location for an ethnographic case study about the urban "distributed university" centers that provided instruction via video teleconference (VTC). Graduate engineers attended VTC classes at the Peninsula Center originating from five Virginia universities as part of the Commonwealth Graduate Engineering Program.;The purpose of this study was to describe VTC instruction and identify aspects that impacted on student learning, faculty teaching, and the socio-cultural environment. Fifty-one interviews and two months of observations were conducted during the Spring term, 1993.;Benson Snyder's (1971) ethnographic case study at MIT, described in The Hidden Curriculum, …
The Effectiveness Of An Intervention Program To Improve Performance Of Low-Achieving Students On The Literacy Passport Test, Harriet Elizabeth Bauer
The Effectiveness Of An Intervention Program To Improve Performance Of Low-Achieving Students On The Literacy Passport Test, Harriet Elizabeth Bauer
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The purpose of this study was to determine whether there was a difference in achievement scores and pass rates on Virginia's Literacy Passport Test between students who volunteered for and received additional instruction, students who volunteered for but did not receive the instruction, and students who neither volunteered for nor received interventional instruction in a program for rising sixth graders identified as potentially at-risk of initially failing the LPT.;It was hypothesized that (1) volunteers' scores of those who attended the summer program would show higher achievement and pass rates than either the scores of the volunteers without additional instruction and …
The Impact Of Principal Instructional Leadership On Student Achievement In Small High Schools In Virginia, Joseph Roy Geiger Ii
The Impact Of Principal Instructional Leadership On Student Achievement In Small High Schools In Virginia, Joseph Roy Geiger Ii
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between the degree to which a principal demonstrates instructional leadership and student achievement in small high schools in Virginia. This inquiry was an extension of previous research which has examined the relationship between these two variables in urban elementary schools. The study controlled for the effects of the socioeconomic status of the students, which has been demonstrated through research to have an important impact on student achievement.;Forty-four high schools with enrollments in grades 10-12 of 500 or less students participated in the study. Teacher and supervisor questionnaires were used to …
The Impact Of A Cognitive Strategy On Students' Composing Skills, Macon Jasper Moye
The Impact Of A Cognitive Strategy On Students' Composing Skills, Macon Jasper Moye
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The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of the Cognitive Process of Instruction (CPOI), a cognitive strategy approach to writing instruction. An important emphasis o f the CPOI approach was a strategy designed to help students build a conceptual framework for the main idea paragraph as a means of improving composing skill.;The sample included 121 fifth grade elementary school students. Intact classes were assigned to the treatment or comparison group. The nonequivalent comparison-group design was used, and data were examined using analysis of covariance. The dependent variable was composing skill as measured by holistic and domain scoring. …
The Relationship Between Teacher Verbal Feedback, Aptitude, And Academic Intrinsic Motivation, Ann Jenkins Wickwire
The Relationship Between Teacher Verbal Feedback, Aptitude, And Academic Intrinsic Motivation, Ann Jenkins Wickwire
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The purpose of the study was to investigate the relationship between academic intrinsic motivation and positive teacher verbal feedback, negative teacher verbal feedback, and student aptitude for academic work. The research questions evolved from the Cognitive Evaluation Theory of Edward Deci (Deci & Ryan, 1985) in which intrinsic motivation develops out of a sense of competence and self-determination. In that teacher verbal feedback to students provide messages about academic competence, it was hypothesized that positive verbal feedback would enhance intrinsic motivation and negative verbal feedback would be detrimental to intrinsic motivation.;The subjects for the study were 368 fourth and fifth …
Helping First-Year College Students Climb The Academic Ladder: Report Of A National Survey Of Freshman Seminar Programming In American Higher Education, Betsy Overman Barefoot
Helping First-Year College Students Climb The Academic Ladder: Report Of A National Survey Of Freshman Seminar Programming In American Higher Education, Betsy Overman Barefoot
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The purpose of this study was to investigate a contemporary curricular phenomenon in freshman education: the freshman seminar. By means of a survey instrument mailed to all regionally accredited American colleges and universities enrolling over 100 students, this study investigated the nature and current numbers of freshman seminars with respect to the five most common forms of this course--the extended orientation seminar, the academic seminar with common content across sections, the academic seminar with content that varies by section, the professional seminar, and the basic study skills seminar.;Similarities and differences between seminar types were reported in terms of goals, content, …
A Study Of Teachers' Instructional Planning As Revealed By An Analysis Of Objectives, Strategies And Indicators Of Student Achievement, Barbara Sewell Davis
A Study Of Teachers' Instructional Planning As Revealed By An Analysis Of Objectives, Strategies And Indicators Of Student Achievement, Barbara Sewell Davis
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The purpose of this study was to investigate teachers' planning through an analysis of objectives, strategies, and indicators of student achievement to answer six research questions. The questions were related to the following topics: congruence of content in objectives and congruence of the types of assessment among teachers in school systems using the same textbook; levels of student behavior indicated in the teachers' objectives; the types of strategies and activities used to implement the objectives; the types of indicators of student achievement selected by teachers; and, the levels at which test items were written as related to the levels of …
A Content Analysis Of The Attention To Microcultural Factors In Selected Multicultural Education College Textbooks Used In The United States, Sandra Farmer Baugh
A Content Analysis Of The Attention To Microcultural Factors In Selected Multicultural Education College Textbooks Used In The United States, Sandra Farmer Baugh
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Problem. The purpose of this study was to conduct a content analysis of the attention to nine microcultural factors (race, ethnicity, language, gender, social class, religion, disability, age, and giftedness) in selected multicultural education college textbooks used in the U.S. to seek an answer to the following question: "Are there significant differences in attention to nine microcultural factors in selected editions of the same textbook?".;Methodology. Two textbooks were examined both qualitatively and quantitatively using topical and analytical categories to develop a display analysis outlining attention scores for microcultural factors in message units. These scores provided raw data for the calculation …
The Call Of The Wild: Investigating The Relationship Between Adventure Education, Character Development, And The College Curriculum, Barbara Ann Klingman
The Call Of The Wild: Investigating The Relationship Between Adventure Education, Character Development, And The College Curriculum, Barbara Ann Klingman
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The purpose of this research was to investigate the potential utilization of adventure education programs to provide an effective and innovative alternative for enhancing the college undergraduate experience. Initial research consisted of performing an indepth study of higher education's curriculum reform literature and studies and literature on adventure education programs. Specific components of the curriculum reform literature regarding character development were then correlated with attributes discovered in the adventure education literature. The interrelationship that developed provided a theoretical rationale from which to propose that adventure education programs could indeed address many of the objectives of the recommended curriculum.;The next step …
The Effect Of Computer-Assisted Instruction In Improving Mathematics Performance Of Low-Achieving Ninth-Grade Students, Thomas Everett Bailey
The Effect Of Computer-Assisted Instruction In Improving Mathematics Performance Of Low-Achieving Ninth-Grade Students, Thomas Everett Bailey
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The purpose of this study was to determine whether computer assisted instruction of mathematics produces significantly greater improvement in mathematics performance of low achieving ninth grade students than teaching mathematics skills without computer assisted instruction.;The sample consisted of four classes (N = 46) of ninth grade students who had registered for the course "Mathematics Nine," and whose eighth grade ITBS scores fell between the 1st and 30th national percentile. Identified students were randomly assigned to one of four instructors and one of two instructional groups (computer assisted instruction or non computer instruction). Two classes with different instructors were taught the …
A Comparison Of The Performance Of Students Prepared For Study At Old Dominion University Through A Developmental Program With Those Accepted Directly From Secondary Schools, Nathaniel Elias Villaire
A Comparison Of The Performance Of Students Prepared For Study At Old Dominion University Through A Developmental Program With Those Accepted Directly From Secondary Schools, Nathaniel Elias Villaire
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the performance of freshmen, as measured by cumulative GPA, who received developmental preparation at the college level with those who were prepared by the secondary school systems. The author's intention was to obtain data for accountability of institutional performance and provide public officials with a program effectiveness base.;Data were obtained from the institutional research office of Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia on all entering freshmen students for the years 1988 and 1989. The data base was sanitized for confidentiality and contained information on the sex, age, ethnic background, high school GPA, …
A Study Of The Effects Of Attribution Retraining And Cognitive Self-Instruction Upon The Academic And Attentional Skills, And Cognitive-Behavioral Trends Of Elementary-Age Children Served In Self-Contained Learning Disabilities Programs, Arthur Vance Morgan Iv
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the integration of an attribution retraining program and a cognitive self-instruction procedure as a means of improving the academic performance and component attentional skills and modifying the cognitive-behavioral beliefs and behaviors of elementary-age children served in self-contained learning disabilities (SCLD) programs.;Subjects were 77 children, 10-13 years of age, served in public school SCLD programs. A primary group (n = 27) received attributional retraining and cognitive self-instruction, a secondary group (n = 25) cognitive self-instruction alone, and a control group (n = 25) traditional instruction. Intervention in the treatment conditions was presented over …
The Effects Of Microcomputers On The Mathematical Skills Of Low-Achieving Students, Charlotte Evans Copley
The Effects Of Microcomputers On The Mathematical Skills Of Low-Achieving Students, Charlotte Evans Copley
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The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of using the microcomputer to improve mathematics achievement for those students who did not pass the mathematics section of the State Literacy Passport Test in Grade 6.;The sample consisted of nine classes of seventh grade students who had not passed the LPT and whose parent(s) committed to the five week summer program. Students were assigned randomly to the nine teachers. The teachers were then assigned randomly to either the microcomputer or non microcomputer group with five being assigned to the microcomputer group. to control for teacher variability staff development and …
A Comparative Study Of Student Achievement, Program Delivery, And Teacher Training In A Gifted Program, Mary Frances Briley
A Comparative Study Of Student Achievement, Program Delivery, And Teacher Training In A Gifted Program, Mary Frances Briley
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The purposes of this comparative study were to determine the effects of (1) a specially developed gifted curriculum for grades four and five on gifted learners, (2) two contrasting instructional delivery systems for gifted students, and (3) differential levels of teacher training in gifted education. The sample was 112 fourth and fifth grade academically gifted students. The students were grouped for comparison based on their assignment to the regular classroom teacher for the 1988-89 school year. Group 1A students attended a one day pull-out gifted program and were assigned to the school based enrichment program taught by teachers who had …
Middle School Innovation: Interpretation And Assessment, William Bryant Williams Jr.
Middle School Innovation: Interpretation And Assessment, William Bryant Williams Jr.
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The purposes of this study were to present a historical interpretation and explanation of the middle school innovation and to examine the characteristics of model middle schools. In light of the available body of knowledge is the middle school a reasonable innovation to sustain and implement? A subsidiary purpose was to determine if there were any consensually agreed upon characteristics. The main research question is:;A comprehensive review of the literature was completed to provide the history of middle level education. Beginning with an explanation of the work of the Committee of Ten in 1893, the study provided a report on …
A Study Of The Relationship Between Student Achievement And Teacher-Student Interaction In Secondary Classrooms, Barry L. Beers
A Study Of The Relationship Between Student Achievement And Teacher-Student Interaction In Secondary Classrooms, Barry L. Beers
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between the amount of verbal interaction between a student and a teacher and that student's achievement in the class taught by that teacher at the secondary school level. The student was used as the unit of study.;The sample was selected from a secondary school (9-12) in southeast Virginia with an enrollment of approximately 1800 students. One hundred and twenty-eight students from three intact Algebra II classes and three intact English 11 classes were included in the study.;All data were collected by three trained observers who coded the frequency of student-initiated …
The Effect Of Critical Thinking Skills Instruction On Achievement And Attitudes Of Elementary Students Differing In Learning Style Preferences, Joan S. Byrne
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The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of teacher-paced versus self-paced instruction of critical thinking skills on the achievement of higher level thinking process and student attitudes in elementary students with a high, moderate, or low preference for teacher-structured learning.;Fifth grade students (n = 135) were randomly assigned to three groups in two elementary schools, two treatment and one control, using a random block design based on a high, moderate, or low preference of students for teacher-structured learning. Trained teachers, randomly assigned, instructed students in the treatment groups in the development of critical thinking skills. A seven-week …
A Comparison Of The Impact Of Selected Individualized Curriculum Organizations On Faculty Perceptions, Student Attitudes, And Student Achievement, Â Michaelâ T. Mccormick
A Comparison Of The Impact Of Selected Individualized Curriculum Organizations On Faculty Perceptions, Student Attitudes, And Student Achievement, Â Michaelâ T. Mccormick
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An Evaluation Of The Curriculum In English At Hampton High School, Carleen Lillian Wells Yates
An Evaluation Of The Curriculum In English At Hampton High School, Carleen Lillian Wells Yates
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No abstract provided.
The Influence Of English And Scottish Universities On The Curriculum Of The College Of William And Mary, Barbara Wilbur
The Influence Of English And Scottish Universities On The Curriculum Of The College Of William And Mary, Barbara Wilbur
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No abstract provided.
The Development And Appraisal Of A Reporting System In Kilmarnock School., Henri Bertram Chase
The Development And Appraisal Of A Reporting System In Kilmarnock School., Henri Bertram Chase
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No abstract provided.
Suggested Activities For Exploration And Guidance In The Eighth Grade At Fieldale High School, Paul Tulane Atkinson
Suggested Activities For Exploration And Guidance In The Eighth Grade At Fieldale High School, Paul Tulane Atkinson
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No abstract provided.