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A Tale Of Two Brothers : A Retelling Of A Jewish Folktale For Young Children, Meredith A. Glass

Graduate Student Independent Studies

Contains an original retelling of a Russian Jewish Folktale for K-1 readers. Curriculum applications, children's responses, and discussions of uses of folklore are included.

A Comparison Of The Effects Of A Land Or Water Based Community Exercise Class On The Functional Capacity Of Women With Arthritis, Beth Vincenzo

Morehead State Theses and Dissertations

A thesis presented to the faculty of the School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation at Morehead State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in Health, Physical Education and Recreation by Beth Vincenzo on January 21, 1998.

Church, State, And School: The Education Of Freedmen In Virginia, 1861-1870, Susan W. Gillespie

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.

"That The Future May Learn From The Past": The Goals And Educational Value Of Living History Museums, Nicole Marie Mahoney

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.

Variables That Discriminate Between Persisting And Nonpersisting, First-Year Undergraduate Students In An Open-Admissions, Multicampus, Commuter College System, Jeffrey David Hines

Dissertations

Problem. Most new undergraduate students begin college with the highest hope of finishing their educational programs. Unfortunately, a large number of students drop out prior to graduation. This is particularly true of nontraditional students who attend nonresidential commuter colleges. This study investigates the differences between nontraditional commuter students who persist through to completion, and those who do not.

Method. A total of 436 Davenport College students, 65 males and 371 females, was surveyed for this study. They were full or part-time, certificate, diploma, or degree-seeking students at one of five Davenport campuses: South Bend and Merrillville, Indiana; Grand Rapids, …

U.N.I. Think Tank, Brad Koch, Judson Poppen

Presidential Scholars Theses (1990 – 2006)

This paper will discuss the possibility of a student-run think tank on the campus of the University of Northern Iowa. The goal of this paper is to give a complete view of how a student-run think tank would be implemented at U.N.I. The paper will be divided into three main sections. First, the paper will begin with a discussion of the basic requirements for a think tank at U.N.I. Second, the paper will discuss the keys to making the think tank a success. Finally, the paper will go into the actual steps that the think tank should take in order …

Parent And Teacher Attitudes To Pharmacological Management Of Medically Diagnosed Attention Deficit Primary School Children, K. J. Angel

Theses : Honours

The purpose of this study was to compare the attitudes of parents and teachers to the use of pharmacological management or intervention for the child with ADHD in the classroom. Particular focus was placed on differences in attitude toward the use of stimulants, for the management of emotional/behavioural, cognitive/academic, social and classroom organizational behaviours of children with ADHD. Thirty female Western Australian primary school teachers and 90 female parents participated in the present investigation. Participants included: (a) parents of non-medicated children with ADHD, (b) parents of medicated children with ADHD, (c) teachers in regular primary schools, and (d) parents of …

Principals' Perceptions Regarding The Integration Of The Internet Into Public Schools In A Rural County Of New Jersey, Tracey Servens

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

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