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The Development And Validation Of A Descriptive Survey For American Children : Assessing Health And Health Risk Behaviors, With Special Applications In American Indian Communities, Retta Prophet

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The purpose of this study was to develop a comprehensive health survey for elementary and middle school children, with special consideration for the needs of American Indian communities, in order to provide a way to effectively and economically describe their health conditions. The American Children’s Health Survey (TACHS) is a tool for providing communities, policy makers, curriculum designers, teachers and families with greater understanding of the nature and the extent of the health conditions of children. It was designed as a means for providing an ongoing evaluation of health instruction programs and as supporting evidence to gain funding for needed …

Board Of Trustees Meeting Minutes, December 1-2, 1994

Board of Trustees Minutes

Minutes from the Wright State University Board of Trustees Meeting held on December 1-2, 1994.

1994-12-01 Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes, Morehead State University. Faculty Senate.

Faculty Senate Records

Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes for December 1, 1994.

Assertive Communication: Its Effect On Conflict, Trust, Hostility, And Productivity In The Organization, Jacqueline J. Brayman

Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between assertive communication training and conflict over values, goals, and demands, as well as trust, hostility, and productivity in the organization. The investigation took place at a manufacturing firm in Grand Rapids, Michigan, which produces wood chair frames and components for distribution worldwide. The research involved both the day and night shift employees of four "work cells" or units, each numbering three to four workers. Two work cells were randomly assigned to be trained in assertive communication. The other tw o work cells, the comparison group, were trained in preventive …

Interim Outcomes And Change Processes: A Case Study Of School Restructuring, Meg V. Blinkiewicz

Dissertations

The purpose of this qualitative case study was two-fold: (1) to describe interim outcomes that occurred within a restructuring school district and the change processes related to each outcome; and (2) to confirm or expand what is known about educational restructuring. Individual interviews were conducted with fifty-five (55) persons including central office administrators, principals, teachers, support staff, parents, and School Board members. Approximately 120 hours were spent in the field observing meetings, classroom activities, and other events. Existing documentation (meeting minutes, policies, and procedures) also was reviewed.

This study produced detailed descriptions o f six categories of interim outcomes that …

A Comparison Of Teacher Attitudes Based Upon Their Involvement In Various Levels Of Staff Development, James Lehto

Dissertations

This study sought to measure the relationship between teacher attitude and involvement in staff development. It was conducted as a follow-up to a recent implementation and audit of educational standards in the state of Wisconsin and focused upon the results of Standard B for Staff Development. The study compared the attitudes of teachers based upon their involvement in various levels of staff development, which were determined through the audit process.

Previous literature described in the report focused upon the background of state educational standards as well as previous studies which attempted to assess employee attitudes and staff development. In both …

The Relationship Of Leadership Style Behaviors Of Principals To The Existence Of Effective Schools, Lanny John Tibaldo

Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to determine if the leadership style behaviors of principals were related to the existence of effective schools. Leadership style behaviors of principals of Wisconsin public schools recognized as effective by the Blue Ribbon Schools Program were compared to a random sample of principals of Wisconsin public schools not identified as effective to determine if principals of effective schools demonstrated more democratic, participative leadership style behaviors. The relationship of elementary and secondary principals' leadership style behaviors to the existence of effective schools was also studied.

A Personal Data Sheet for demographic data and the Self-Scoring …

Academic Council Meeting Agenda And Minutes, November 28, 1994, James E. Sayer

Faculty Senate Minutes and Agendas

Agenda and minutes from the Wright State University Academic Council Meeting held on November 28, 1994.

University Faculty Assembly 11-17-94 Meeting & Minutes, Shawnee State University

University Faculty Senate (Assembly) Meeting Minutes

No abstract provided.

1994-11-17 Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes, Morehead State University. Faculty Senate.

Faculty Senate Records

Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes for November 17, 1994.

1994-11-03 Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes, Morehead State University. Faculty Senate.

Faculty Senate Records

Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes for November 3, 1994.

Academic Council Meeting Agenda And Minutes, November 7, 1994, James E. Sayer

Faculty Senate Minutes and Agendas

Agenda and minutes from the Wright State University Academic Council Meeting held on November 7, 1994.

Board Of Trustees Meeting Minutes, November 2-3, 1994

Board of Trustees Minutes

Minutes from the Wright State University Board of Trustees Meeting held on November 2-3, 1994.

1994-10-20 Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes, Morehead State University. Faculty Senate.

Faculty Senate Records

Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes for October 20, 1994.

University Faculty Assembly 10-06-94 Meeting Minutes, Shawnee State University

University Faculty Senate (Assembly) Meeting Minutes

No abstract provided.

1994-10-06 Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes, Morehead State University. Faculty Senate.

Faculty Senate Records

Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes for October 6, 1994.

Academic Council Meeting Agenda And Minutes, October 3, 1994, James E. Sayer

Faculty Senate Minutes and Agendas

Agenda and minutes from the Wright State University Academic Council Meeting held on October 3, 1994.

A Business Curriculum For The Commonwealth Of Independent States, Susan Coleman, James L. Narduzzi

School of Professional and Continuing Studies Faculty Publications

Eastern Europe and the former states of the Soviet Union have undergone and continue to undergo a period of dramatic transformation from centralized economies to free market systems. This has involved a shift from public to private ownership for many large state enterprises, and it has also involved the development and launch of many new business ventures. Privatization as it is called, has created a demand for American style business education, capabilities, and experiences.

Koinonia, Eugene Peterson, Steve Moore, Mary Carroll Burns, Carol Sisson

Koinonia

The University as a Place of Spiritual Formation, Eugene Peterson and Steve Moore

President's Corner

Into the Future: Highlights of the 1994 ACSD National Conference

CoCCA: Community Service Finds Its Way into the Freshmen Orientation Program

Thanks for the Memories & Much More

University Senate 10-01-94 Meeting Standing Committees, Shawnee State University

University Faculty Senate (Assembly) Meeting Minutes

No abstract provided.

Board Of Trustees Meeting Minutes, September 26-27, 1994

Board of Trustees Minutes

Minutes from the Wright State University Board of Trustees Meeting held on September 26-27, 1994.

1994-09-15 Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes, Morehead State University. Faculty Senate.

Faculty Senate Records

Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes for September 15, 1994.

1994-09-01 Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes, Morehead State University. Faculty Senate.

Faculty Senate Records

Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes for September 1, 1994.

1994-08-29 Proposed Ad Hoc Senate Committee On Equity, Morehead State University. Faculty Senate.

Faculty Senate Records

Memo for Proposed ad hoc Senate Committee on Equity dated August 29, 1994.

A Descriptive Study Of Michigan Auto Workers' (Uaw) Physical And Psychological Responses To 1987 Plant Closures, Lorraine Marie Oginsky

Dissertations

A descriptive study ( 1991-1992) examined 166 closing and nonclosing UAW auto workers in two General Motors settings, as to how they cope mentally and physically with unemployment and displacement 5 years after plant closure and mass layoffs. Workers were asked the question, "Is job loss a threat, a loss, or a challenge?"

Lazarus and Folkman' s ( 1984) Stress, Appraisal and Coping and the Stress Coping Model (Lazarus, 1980) provided the theoretical basis for this study. Measures included the investigator designed Plant Closing Questionnaire, Revised Ways of Coping (Folkman & Lazarus, undated), Hassles and Uplifts Scale (Lazarus & Folkman, …

An Exploratory Study Of Sentient Evaluators: Communication, Ethics, And Relationships In The Evaluation Process, Mary Elizabeth Piontek

Dissertations

The purpose of this exploratory study was to develop hypotheses about the ways evaluators involve stakeholders, clients, and audiences in the evaluation process and communicate their findings to these groups. A sentient evaluator was defined as an evaluator who takes an active role in promoting the program that s/he is investigating and deliberately seeks to represent underrepresented stakeholders. This type of evaluator has her/his own ethical or moral agenda through which s/he views the program being evaluated and takes a formative perspective on program development and improvement.

Evaluators (n=12) believed to be sentient because they displayed certain characteristics were compared …

1994-07-21 Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes, Morehead State University. Faculty Senate.

Faculty Senate Records

Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes for July 21, 1994.

University Senate 07-14-94 Meeting Agenda #12, Shawnee State University

University Faculty Senate (Assembly) Meeting Minutes

No abstract provided.

1994-06-22 Pg-3 Revision, Morehead State University. Faculty Senate.

Faculty Senate Records

PG-3 Revision.

1994-06-16 Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes, Morehead State University. Faculty Senate.

Faculty Senate Records

Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes for June 16, 1994.