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Full-Text Articles in Education
Provisional Accelerated Learning Center (Pal) Entrepreneurship Program Grant Proposal, Yvonne Mays Howard
Provisional Accelerated Learning Center (Pal) Entrepreneurship Program Grant Proposal, Yvonne Mays Howard
Theses Digitization Project
This thesis was written as part of a process to secure funds to develop a Vocational Education Entrepreneurship Workshop for African American students attending the Provisional Accelerated Learning Center (PAL), a local community based organization which assist high risk individuals to gain vocational education and Graduation Equivalen Diploma (GED)
Eureka: A Gold Rush Play Integrating The Performing Arts Into Elementary Social Studies Curriculum, Jean Collins Merrill
Eureka: A Gold Rush Play Integrating The Performing Arts Into Elementary Social Studies Curriculum, Jean Collins Merrill
Theses Digitization Project
The purpose of this project is two-fold. The first purpose is to explore the benefits of incorporating the arts in the education of all students. Incorporating the arts into other curricular areas enhances learning and makes it more meaningful to the student. The second purpose is to develop a performance program that brings the California Gold Rush era and the cultural diversity of that period of history alive.
Staff Development For Whole-Language Teacher In Taiwan English As A Foreign Language, Chung-Ju Lai
Staff Development For Whole-Language Teacher In Taiwan English As A Foreign Language, Chung-Ju Lai
Theses Digitization Project
This project explores the Whole Language method for developing Taiwanese students' language proficiency in both Chinese and English. It includes sections on current practice in primary-level instruction, teaching methods, learner-centered literacy, crosscultural teaching and learning, and school administration. It provides a theoretical framework for training Whole Language teachers, an instructional unit and a strategy for assessment.
Mexican-American Learning Styles In A Socioliterate Approach To Writing For English Learners, Natalia Pedersen
Mexican-American Learning Styles In A Socioliterate Approach To Writing For English Learners, Natalia Pedersen
Theses Digitization Project
The primary goal of this project is to provide a unit of instruction that addresses the critical English skills of oracy, writing, and intercultural proficiency. The curriculum features the social-construction-of-knowledge approach and the socioliterate approach. In addition, it includes an emphasis on Mexican-American values, learning styles, and intercultural communication, showing how they are interrelated and how they affect oral and written language proficiency and intercultural communication competence.
The Policy Implications Of The No Child Left Behind Act For English Language Learners, Jacqueline Elena Arroyo De Romano
The Policy Implications Of The No Child Left Behind Act For English Language Learners, Jacqueline Elena Arroyo De Romano
Theses Digitization Project
The purpose of this study was to present and analyze the political implications and the effects of the No Child Left Behind Act and its effects on English language learners.
A Multimedia Website For The Battle Of Gettysburg, Mark Norman Rasmussen
A Multimedia Website For The Battle Of Gettysburg, Mark Norman Rasmussen
Theses Digitization Project
This thesis explains the development of a website for eighth graders about the Battle of Gettysburg. One purpose of the project is to provide several primary source documents, pictures, video from a reenactment of the Battle of Gettysburg, clips from movies about the Civil War, and other material that suppport the students in their learning. The second purpose is to fulffill standard 8.10 of History-Social Science Content Standards for eight grade. This project will help students fulfill this requirement.
The Effect That An Intensive Literacy Program, Comprehension Early Literacy Learning (Cell) Has On English Language Learners' Reading Proficiency, Susana Puerta Ramos
The Effect That An Intensive Literacy Program, Comprehension Early Literacy Learning (Cell) Has On English Language Learners' Reading Proficiency, Susana Puerta Ramos
Theses Digitization Project
This research paper investigates the effectiveness of an intensive literacy program, Comprehensive Early Literacy Learning (CELL), to teach second language learners to read and write in English. Since this program provides numerous opportunities to practice the English language through literacy activities, the researcher believes it is a good method to teach English in its oral and written forms.
Developing Extended Communities Of Practice To Support Implementation Of Inspiration® In Elementary Classrooms, Michael Richard Towne
Developing Extended Communities Of Practice To Support Implementation Of Inspiration® In Elementary Classrooms, Michael Richard Towne
Theses Digitization Project
This project examined the need for continuing education for teachers, particularly in the area of technology integration. It includes an exploration of the interdependence of technology and pedagogy. It developed an on-line extended community of practice to support professional educators attempting to implement Inspiration®, a commercial software application. The project presents a research-based justification for employing cognitive mapping strategies in a wide variety of pedagogical contexts, provides a dynamic list of examples demonstrating concrete applications which are connected to content and technology standards, and examines current design features for websites.
A Program For Teaching Environmental Issues In Taiwanese Junior High Schools, Ruen-Ting Huang
A Program For Teaching Environmental Issues In Taiwanese Junior High Schools, Ruen-Ting Huang
Theses Digitization Project
This project is designed for junior high school teachers who wish to initiate environmental issues-based education in Taiwan. It addresses the current education at junior high schools and important environmental issues in Taiwan, presenting instructional strategies for teaching controversial environmental issues. The appendix of the project is an original design for a systematic environmental issues curriculum, including student-centered and teacher-centered activities that could be integrated into curricula on related subjects. Lessons include the environmental awareness, ethics, skills for analyzing issues, research skills, debate practice, negotiation practice, and projects.
Curriculum Development For Disadvantaged Students Enrolled In Nursing Courses In Career And Technical Education Programs, Wanda Jean Vickers
Curriculum Development For Disadvantaged Students Enrolled In Nursing Courses In Career And Technical Education Programs, Wanda Jean Vickers
Theses Digitization Project
The purpose of this study was to identify the characteristics of special needs students in technical educational programs.
Practicing Teacher Perceptions Of Technology And Technology Integration In K-12 Education, Stephanie Lyn De Jong
Practicing Teacher Perceptions Of Technology And Technology Integration In K-12 Education, Stephanie Lyn De Jong
Theses Digitization Project
This cross-sectional study assessed participants' perceptions of classroom technology integration and compared them to variables such as years of teaching experience, age, gender, computer access, technology training and level of technology adoption in the classroom.
The Art Of Self-Discovery: Integrative Opportunities For Alternative Settings, Mary Elizabeth Harrigan
The Art Of Self-Discovery: Integrative Opportunities For Alternative Settings, Mary Elizabeth Harrigan
Theses Digitization Project
This study examines the literature on identifying alternative methods of coming to a deeper understanding of one's physical, mental, and spiritual self. It provides information on one particular alternative program, and presents lesson ideas and options that demonstrate how an art-based emphasis in elective coursework can allow for the next step in each student's journey of personal growth and development.
The Development Of A Computer Literacy Curriculum For California Charter Schools, Barbara Ann Mobarak
The Development Of A Computer Literacy Curriculum For California Charter Schools, Barbara Ann Mobarak
Theses Digitization Project
To develop leaders for the 21st century, schools must be able to prepare students to meet the high academic, technical and workforce challenges. Charter schools are increasingly attempting to meet these challenges by educating students through innovative means and by creating effectual educational programs that are more conducive to the needs of the student. This document provides a computer literacy curriculum, which will facilitate student learning of computer literacy skills.
Positive Prevention: The Relationship Between Teacher Self-Efficacy, Program Implementation, And Student Outcomes, Marilyn Jean Sweitzer
Positive Prevention: The Relationship Between Teacher Self-Efficacy, Program Implementation, And Student Outcomes, Marilyn Jean Sweitzer
Theses Digitization Project
In the San Bernardino City Unified School District, Positive Prevention: HIV/STD Prevention Education for California Schools Grades 7-12, Second Edition (Positive Prevention) by Clark & Ridley (2000) is used as the curriculum for ninth grade. In evaluating the curriculum, it is of key importance to first determine if this curriculum is being taught as it was designed, or with fidelity. Fidelity is affected by the comfort, confidence, competence and commitment of the personnel presenting the curriculum.
What Is Selective Mutism?, Angela Briz-Garcia
What Is Selective Mutism?, Angela Briz-Garcia
Theses Digitization Project
The purpose of this study was to examine the characteristics of Selective Mutism, its possible causes, the strong impact it creates in English learner students, and what teachers could do to help the students who suffer from Selective Mutism.
No Place Like Home: Using Local Surroundings And History To Implement Environmental Education, Brian Craig Snow
No Place Like Home: Using Local Surroundings And History To Implement Environmental Education, Brian Craig Snow
Theses Digitization Project
This project is designed to use the strategies of environmental education to teach fourth grade curriculum. By learning about the San Bernardino Mountain's ecology, the hope is that students will discover the importance of these natural systems and stimulate their interest and awareness of the natural world.
A Parenting Skills Currriculum For Single Parents Of At Risk Youths, Connie Francis Hensley
A Parenting Skills Currriculum For Single Parents Of At Risk Youths, Connie Francis Hensley
Theses Digitization Project
This project entails a curriculum targeted at helping improve the parenting skills of single parents that have children who are considered "at risk" by societal standards. This curriculum is the survival kit for the single parent. Learning the skills provided in this curriculum, the single parent will discover that parenting their "at risk" youth on a positive realm will become a fundamental standard for their lives.
An Evaluation Of The Effectiveness Of Proposition 227'S Implementation In The Inland Empire, Wesley George Musson
An Evaluation Of The Effectiveness Of Proposition 227'S Implementation In The Inland Empire, Wesley George Musson
Theses Digitization Project
The purpose of this study is to ascertain whether or not the implementation of Proposition 227 has been effective for advancing the English language acquisition needs of English Learners in the Inland Empire.
Web Tools: An Aid For Cognitive Learning, Shari Ann Pate
Web Tools: An Aid For Cognitive Learning, Shari Ann Pate
Theses Digitization Project
The purpose of this project is to provide students and teachers with a disk of tools to aide in the development of Web pages either in the classroom or through online (distance education) learning. Many of the tools supplied on this disk have been field tested in a high school Web design class. When students are allowed to be creative and are able to fuse interesting visual displays the results can be significant in increasing cognitive and multiple intelligences skills.