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The Relationship Between The Apex Program For Instruction And High School Student Academic Success, David Gordon Krosner
The Relationship Between The Apex Program For Instruction And High School Student Academic Success, David Gordon Krosner
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
An alternative high school campus in the State of Georgia introduced a new program to support academic growth and engagement among at-risk students. This program, the APEX program, merges technology with content to provide students with self-paced learning facilitated by teachers with the objective of improving test scores, course completion, and graduation. The purpose of this goals-based evaluation was to examine the relationship between APEX program usage and the academic success measures of EOCT scores, course credit accrual, and graduation; it was grounded in the behavior objectives approach. The study followed a cohort of students who were enrolled in Grade …
Reforms In Relation To Research-Based Theories Resulting In Successful Test Results, Veronica Renee Christian
Reforms In Relation To Research-Based Theories Resulting In Successful Test Results, Veronica Renee Christian
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
The study school in Bibb County, Georgia had a passing rate of approximately 60% on 9th grade literature and composition End of Course Tests (EOCT). An instructional paradigm was needed to help provide quality instruction and facilitate students' efforts to meet the mandate for performance. Research supports differentiated instruction (DI), instructional technology (IT), Gardner's multiple intelligences, and Vygotsky's theory of constructivism as the foundation for quality instruction. This ex post facto study used a cluster sample to explore 2 questions. One research questions explored the effect of DI enhanced with IT on students' learning in 9th grade literature and composition …
A Study Of Transparencies And The Overhead Projector In The Industrial Arts Wood Shop Program, Eugene G. Bertino
A Study Of Transparencies And The Overhead Projector In The Industrial Arts Wood Shop Program, Eugene G. Bertino
Graduate Student Research Papers
It will be the purpose of this paper to discuss overhead projection and permanent transparencies using a set ot transparencies to teach a unit in the industrial arts wood shop program.
The Role Of Certain Selected Instructional Aids In Teaching Industrial Arts, Philip Gordon Bergstrom
The Role Of Certain Selected Instructional Aids In Teaching Industrial Arts, Philip Gordon Bergstrom
Graduate Student Research Papers
Much has been done since World War II to propagate and develop instructional aids for general education. Many of these have been specifically designed to fit the industrial arts areas. However, some industrial arts instructors seem unaware of the possibilities inherent in instructional aids. This paper, then, is an attempt to (1) describe and evaluate several specific teaching aids and (2) use these examples to show some possible roles of teaching aids in industrial arts.