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Investigating Gender Bias In The Ratings Of College Applicants, Candice Danielle Davis Jan 2012

Investigating Gender Bias In The Ratings Of College Applicants, Candice Danielle Davis

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this study was to reexamine the Goldberg Paradigm and the Gender Role Congruity Theory in the academic setting. The present study was interested in examining the attitudes of both male and female evaluators in the college setting. The presented study also predicted that the self-evaluations of the participants would vary due to the application they evaluated. The study manipulated gender and major (math, business, English literature, and art) as independent variables in the mock applications. Data was collected from undergraduate students. After reading the mock applications, participants would complete a survey.


Developmentally-Appropriate Practice In The Classroom, Rayna Kailynn Prothro Jan 2012

Developmentally-Appropriate Practice In The Classroom, Rayna Kailynn Prothro

Theses Digitization Project

Early childhood research literature has shown that develpmentally-appropriate practice (DAP) has a multitude of positive effects on young children's development including emotional, social, cognitive, and neurological benefits. When DAP is practiced by teachers, children are engaged in low stress learning activities, their social development is supported, and their classroom envirornment supports their cognitive and brain development. DAP provides an environment that supports all children academically.


Effectiveness Of A Research-Based Reading Development Intervention In 2nd Grade Children, Kinsi Dawn Franzwa Jan 2011

Effectiveness Of A Research-Based Reading Development Intervention In 2nd Grade Children, Kinsi Dawn Franzwa

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this project is to develop a reading program for second grade children that is based on research. Reading development is a complex process impacted by a wide array of neurobiological, cognitive, social, and other related factors.


Classroom Self-Regulation And Variations In Cardiovascular Activity Predict Reading Achievement, Derek Raymond Becker Jan 2009

Classroom Self-Regulation And Variations In Cardiovascular Activity Predict Reading Achievement, Derek Raymond Becker

Theses Digitization Project

This thesis investigates if variations in cardiovascular reactivity measured during an attention eliciting stressor improved the prediction of a child's total reading achievement scores, above that accounted for by classroom self-regulation.


Horses And At-Risk Youth: An Alternative Approach To Reconnect Adolescents, Christiane Deaton Jan 2008

Horses And At-Risk Youth: An Alternative Approach To Reconnect Adolescents, Christiane Deaton

Theses Digitization Project

The author developed a model for at-risk youth that outlines processes and incorporates best practices of an equine-facilitated program. The Horse Program Model (HPM) is designed to determine if and how participating in a horse program can help change attitudes, skills and behaviors of at-risk youth.


Efficacy Of Early Literacy Intervention Project For Early Literacy Development In Family Child Care Homes, Gloria Ruth Kinzler Jan 2008

Efficacy Of Early Literacy Intervention Project For Early Literacy Development In Family Child Care Homes, Gloria Ruth Kinzler

Theses Digitization Project

This project focused on the concept that family childcare providers who completed "Building Literacy Bridges" intervention project, which included interactive early literacy classes on phonological and print awareness, dialogic and shared reading skills, as well as providing a literacy rich environment, would implement those concepts into their daily care with children. Nine family childcare providers completed the four-hour per week, four-week intervention project.


Developing A Culminating Assessment For Psychology Undergraduate Students, Tammy Louise Reichley Jan 2002

Developing A Culminating Assessment For Psychology Undergraduate Students, Tammy Louise Reichley

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this project was to create a comprehensive exam for a California State University to measure student learning in Psychology within a multi-matrix method Outcomes Assessment process.


Handbook On Eating Disorders For Dance Teachers: A Guide To Understanding Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa And Promoting Proper Nutrition In Young Female Dancers, Jennifer Tena Krogman Jan 2002

Handbook On Eating Disorders For Dance Teachers: A Guide To Understanding Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa And Promoting Proper Nutrition In Young Female Dancers, Jennifer Tena Krogman

Theses Digitization Project

This project discusses the problem of eating disorders in dancers. The development of eating disorders can be attributed to sociocultural development, and psychological factors. Dance places an emphasis on thinness, and the pressure to obtain ideal standards of thinness appear to be particularly salient in the development of eating disorders in dancers.


The Effects On Student Performance Related To The Contributions Of The Multiple Intelligences Theory, Dennis Derne Perez Jan 1998

The Effects On Student Performance Related To The Contributions Of The Multiple Intelligences Theory, Dennis Derne Perez

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.


Measuring Resiliency In Adolescence: The Press Scale Of Resiliency, Robert Gerald Lachausse Jan 1998

Measuring Resiliency In Adolescence: The Press Scale Of Resiliency, Robert Gerald Lachausse

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.


Multiple Intelligences And Self-Esteem In Three High School Populations, William T. Fagan Jan 1995

Multiple Intelligences And Self-Esteem In Three High School Populations, William T. Fagan

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.


An Exploratory Study Of Student Attitudes Toward Statistics And Their Retention Of Statistical Concepts, Linda Araki Jan 1995

An Exploratory Study Of Student Attitudes Toward Statistics And Their Retention Of Statistical Concepts, Linda Araki

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this exploratory research was to investigate potential factors (i.e. gender, time lapse between the latest statistics class and completion of the statistics test, grade point average (GPA), attitude towards statistics), which are associated with the comprehension and retention of statistical knowledge in Baccalaureate Psychology students. The criterion variable was statistical competency, which was measured in five subdomains: basic concepts, descriptives, correlation/regression, hypothesis testing, and inferential statistics.


The Effectiveness Of Mindfulness Meditation On Reducing Test-Taking Anxiety, Jeffrey Michael Griffin Jan 1994

The Effectiveness Of Mindfulness Meditation On Reducing Test-Taking Anxiety, Jeffrey Michael Griffin

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.


School-Age Children's Implicit Theories Of Intelligence And Competence Perception And Their Relation To Motivation For Learning, Irena Vagner Jan 1994

School-Age Children's Implicit Theories Of Intelligence And Competence Perception And Their Relation To Motivation For Learning, Irena Vagner

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this study was to demonstrate how a child's implicit theory of intelligence and perceived competence in self-concept domains deemed important to the child could predict the locus (intrinsic or extrinsic) of that child's motivation to learn.


Self Esteem Of Learning Handicapped Students In Resource Specialist Programs At The Secondary Level, Ned H. Hocking Jan 1992

Self Esteem Of Learning Handicapped Students In Resource Specialist Programs At The Secondary Level, Ned H. Hocking

Theses Digitization Project

Receipt of resource specialist services and possible resulting low self-esteem -- Gender, grade, age, placement criteria.


Sociometric Study Of Academic And Social Perceptions Of Learning Disabled Children In A Special Day Class, Craig Campbell Jan 1988

Sociometric Study Of Academic And Social Perceptions Of Learning Disabled Children In A Special Day Class, Craig Campbell

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.


A Cross-Sectional And Social Class Comparison Of The Development Of Distributive Justice Between Hearing And Prelingually Hearing Deficient, Communicatively Impaired Children, Pietrina Victoria Termini Jan 1983

A Cross-Sectional And Social Class Comparison Of The Development Of Distributive Justice Between Hearing And Prelingually Hearing Deficient, Communicatively Impaired Children, Pietrina Victoria Termini

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.


Comparison Of Special Education Teachers' And Elementary Education Teachers' Attitudes Toward Specific Class Labels, Louis Denti Jan 1977

Comparison Of Special Education Teachers' And Elementary Education Teachers' Attitudes Toward Specific Class Labels, Louis Denti

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.