Mathematics Vocabulary And English Learners: A Study Of Students' Mathematical Thinking,
2010
Brigham Young University - Provo
Mathematics Vocabulary And English Learners: A Study Of Students' Mathematical Thinking, Hilary Hart
Theses and Dissertations
This study examined the mathematical thinking of English learners as they were taught mathematics vocabulary through research-based methods. Four English learners served as focus students. After administering a pre-performance assessment, I taught a 10-lesson unit on fractions. I taught mathematics vocabulary through the use of a mathematics word wall, think-pair-shares, graphic organizers, journal entries, and picture dictionaries. The four focus students were audio recorded to capture their spoken discourse. Student work was collected to capture written discourse. Over the course of the unit, the four focus students used the mathematics vocabulary words that were taught explicitly. The focus students gained …
Parental Involvement In Education,
2010
Aga Khan University
Parental Involvement In Education, Darvesh Karim
Professional Development Centre, Gilgit
No abstract provided.
Elements Of Professional Development That Influenced Change In Elementary Teachers' Writing Instruction,
2010
Brigham Young University - Provo
Elements Of Professional Development That Influenced Change In Elementary Teachers' Writing Instruction, Jill Brown Shumway
Theses and Dissertations
Teacher quality has been identified as the most crucial factor in raising student achievement. In order for teachers—and consequently their students—to be successful, teachers must participate in life-long career development. For this reason, a great deal of time and resources are spent on professional development. However, professional development for teachers is not always effective. This study was aimed at identifying those elements that led to success in professional development conducted in one rural Utah school district. The study operated within the theoretical framework of Appreciative Inquiry, which consists of collecting evidence by interviewing successful participants to gather stories that reveal …
Peer Helpers: Bridging The Gap Between The Student Community And The University’S Counseling Service,
2010
Singapore Management University
Peer Helpers: Bridging The Gap Between The Student Community And The University’S Counseling Service, Timothy Hsi, Ada Yee Lin Chung
Research Collection Dean of Students Office
Students helping students as a concept is widely used in colleges and universities across the United States and Canada. One study observed that up to 78% of these educational institutions employed University and College students as peer helpers, educators and para-professionals in support of various programs (Klein, Sondag & Drolet, 1994). Since 2003, the Singapore Management University’s (SMU) Centre for Counseling and Guidance (CCG) have actively promoted, trained and developed undergraduates to serve alongside the counselors as Peer Helpers. This is part of the overarching strategy of the Centre to build an "Emotional Safety Net" across the entire student community …
Ua64/2 The Challenge: Magazine Of The Center For Gifted Studies (No. 25, Summer 2010),
2010
Western Kentucky University
Ua64/2 The Challenge: Magazine Of The Center For Gifted Studies (No. 25, Summer 2010), Center For Gifted Studies, Tracy Inman Editor
Gifted Studies Publications
No abstract provided.
Complicating Students’ Historical Thinking Through Primary Source Reinvention,
2010
Eastern Illinois University
Complicating Students’ Historical Thinking Through Primary Source Reinvention, John H. Bickford Iii
Faculty Research and Creative Activity
To best challenge students’ thinking, researchers and educators must locate or create innovative ways to spark enthusiasm and facilitate criticality. This paper investigates how middle school students analyzed various primary and secondary historical documents to construct original political cartoons. Students articulated newly generated understandings about the complex historical event within these original political cartoons. Students then examined and discussed peers’ original political cartoons. This approach was novel because the research literature indicated students rarely are asked to construct original political cartoons to express opinions and understandings. Political cartoons mostly are used as tools for interpretation and usually only with gifted …
Attitudes And Beliefs Of Marriage And Family Therapists Regarding Psychotropic Drugs And Therapy,
2010
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Attitudes And Beliefs Of Marriage And Family Therapists Regarding Psychotropic Drugs And Therapy, Paul R. Springer, Steven M. Harris
Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families, and Schools: Faculty Publications
Clinical members of AAMFT were solicited by means of a randomized multi-staged clustering technique to identify their attitudes and beliefs regarding psychotropic drugs. All participants were blind to the overall purpose of the study (n = 322) and were directed to read a clinical vignette and then identify what course of action they would take with the client. They were then asked to complete a small questionnaire regarding their attitudes and beliefs regarding psychotropic drugs. Results of the study showed that 35.7% of the clinicians identified medication and a medication referral as a viable treatment option they might pursue with …
Ua3/9 Wku Organizational Structure, July 1, 2010,
2010
Western Kentucky University
Ua3/9 Wku Organizational Structure, July 1, 2010, Western Kentucky University
Presidential Publications
No abstract provided.
Educational Leadership And The Continued Need For Minority Academic And Professional Organizations In The Obama Age,
2010
Fort Hays State University
Educational Leadership And The Continued Need For Minority Academic And Professional Organizations In The Obama Age, Lakerri Mack, Montressa Washington, Nia Cantey
Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)
Educator preparation and development is a major concern in our current school system. Educators are being challenged with higher demands and requirements in preparing our future generations for the 21st century. Becoming a highly qualified teacher in today’s educational system is dependent, in part, by how well teachers work together with their principal and colleagues. The ability to share with others and collaborate for the purpose of providing instruction that is conducive to enhance student development is critical given the many demands that are being put upon the system.
Informal Instructional Teacher Leaders: How Principals Can Support Them And Their Effect On Instructional Reform:,
2010
Fort Hays State University
Informal Instructional Teacher Leaders: How Principals Can Support Them And Their Effect On Instructional Reform:, Pamela Austen
Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)
The single case explanatory study of the three elementary schools of a regional school district examined the relationship between the principal, a designated teacher leader, and a peer teacher in three elementary schools, in attempt to learn more about the relational factors that may work to inhibit or support instructional reform efforts. Qualitative analysis procedures were used to analyze data from the interview transcripts, the observational field notes, and documents related to the implementation of the SRBI reform. Two sets of interview transcripts from the nine participants were used along with two sets of observational field notes of the school’s …
Female And Male Psychologists In Academic Administration: Resource Control And Perceived Influence,
2010
Fort Hays State University
Female And Male Psychologists In Academic Administration: Resource Control And Perceived Influence, Kathleen Gathercoal, Lisa Mcminn, Mary Peterson, Jennifer Schenk
Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)
The purpose of the present study is to compare the employment characteristics, the job activities, the resource control and the self-perception of leader influence of female and male psychologists working in academic administration in clinical psychology, a feminized discipline in which there are roughly equal numbers of male and female administrators.
No Child Left Behind: School Processes Associated With Positive Changes, Collaborative Partnership, And Principal Leadership,
2010
Fort Hays State University
No Child Left Behind: School Processes Associated With Positive Changes, Collaborative Partnership, And Principal Leadership, Thienhuong Hoang
Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)
Parent involvement is one of the key components of the NCLB Act. Under NCLB, every school district is mandated to develop processes to ensure meaningful ways to engage parents. The requirements for parental involvement rest on the premise that parents acting as informed advocates to hold schools and school district accountable. The value placed on family involvement at the federal, district, and local school levels reflects decades of research showing the connection between family involvement and positive student outcomes. Studies on family involvement have concluded that students’ home environment and family involvement are important predictors of a variety of academic …
Innovations In Management Training: Training Business Personnel Along The Structural Method,
2010
Fort Hays State University
Innovations In Management Training: Training Business Personnel Along The Structural Method, Papiya Deb, Madhav. Welling
Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)
Trained manpower that can infuse order into the system is the need of the hour. This could be the most important contribution of well-managed companies that have developed a sound management cadre. Commercial organizations are best equipped to play a critical missionary role for two reasons- their vast and influential presence as also sound environmental management which is good business. Issues of social perspective now occupy important boardroom space. Corporate houses traditionally employing managerial skills to enhance the bottom line and shareholders value are increasingly reexamining their managerial skill and policy mix. There is yet unrecognized but a significant corporate …
Strategic Planning And The Principal-Agent Issue In Higher Education Leadership,
2010
Fort Hays State University
Strategic Planning And The Principal-Agent Issue In Higher Education Leadership, Douglas Auld
Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)
Strategic planning is well entrenched in colleges and universities around the globe. It is not only essential for effective resource allocation but in some jurisdictions, legislation requires that strategic plans be submitted to government as part of the funding approval process. The difficulties associated with strategic planning and indeed planning in general in colleges and universities has not gone unexplored. It is our contention and the thesis of this paper that the failure to develop and execute strategic plans flows from the distinctive aspects of the principal-agent framework within which many higher education institutions work. Understanding and responding to the …
Rti In A Middle School Culture: Fitting And Tailoring The Approach Through Leadership,
2010
Fort Hays State University
Rti In A Middle School Culture: Fitting And Tailoring The Approach Through Leadership, Elizabeth Alderton-Manzi, Jean Erdmann
Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)
Educational rhetoric often focuses on assessment, scores, and performance components which can be treated as being discrete. Response to Intervention (RTI) however, provides an opportunity for schools to look at sound, research based educational practices that support student learning through the use of tiered interventions. The tiers are interrelated and action driven. Assessment is one tool within the tiered approach to learning. One of the most important aspects of RTI is that it is meant to be a collaborative, school wide approach to education that brings together teachers, specialists, special education experts, and administration in an effort to help improve …
Resident Block-Rotation In Clinical Teaching Improves Student Learning,
2010
Fort Hays State University
Resident Block-Rotation In Clinical Teaching Improves Student Learning, Ralitsa Akins, Gilbert Handal
Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)
In 2007, a new block-rotation in clinical teaching was implemented for the third-year residents in the pediatric residency program at Texas Tech HSC in El Paso, Texas. We describe the design and implementation of this rotation, as well as its impact on student learning and satisfaction. During 2.5 academic years, the teaching residents supported the experiences in the pediatric clerkship of 129 medical students. Evaluations of teaching residents and clinical teaching rotation, as well as written feedback indicate improved student learning and satisfaction. Our clinical teaching rotation presents a structured approach to “teaching residents to teach” with an ample time …
The Evolving School Improvement Fund,
2010
Fort Hays State University
The Evolving School Improvement Fund, Anne-Maree Ruddy, Ellen Prusinski
Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)
The School Improvement Fund (Section 1003(g) of Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act) recognizes that schools with high percentages of students in poverty may require additional support in order to help their students achieve academic proficiency. As such, the 1003(g) School Improvement Fund has since 2007 provided competitive funding opportunities to Title I schools considered to be in improvement status under the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB). The Fund has provided vital financial support necessary to make critical improvements in the teaching and learning environment of grantee schools, including enhancing professional development for teachers, …
The Relationship Between Organizational Culture And Sovereignty Of Merit Principle In Iran National Company Of Petrochemical Industry,
2010
Fort Hays State University
The Relationship Between Organizational Culture And Sovereignty Of Merit Principle In Iran National Company Of Petrochemical Industry, Gholamreza Jandaghi, Seyed Borghei, Hossein Khanifar, Maryam Eslampour
Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)
It is needed in new world today that organization for their survival should search for new ways. One of these factors which help the organization in this aim is meritocracy. This happening is not accomplished in vacuumed. Other factors also have roles in this process; especially the culture of every organization may make the basic of sovereignty of merit principle because the unique culture of every organization shows the way of understanding and give meaning to event for individual.
Kolb’S Experiential Learning As A Critical Frame For Reflective Practice,
2010
Fort Hays State University
Kolb’S Experiential Learning As A Critical Frame For Reflective Practice, Elizabeth Turesky, Diane Wood
Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)
David Kolb’s conception of experiential learning has informed wide-ranging studies and practices in education, business, organizational development, and leadership studies for over two decades now. His work has guided the work of trainers, teachers, and scholars, affording significant insights into both individual and organizational learning. Because deep and sustained change in human settings requires that people learn, Kolb’s penetrating analysis of the complexities involved in human learning has provided clues about the notorious difficulties surrounding change in both individuals and organizations. In an era where the newest ideas tend to have special cache, Kolb’s work has had remarkable staying power. …
Full-Day Kindergarten: Ontario,
2010
Fort Hays State University
Full-Day Kindergarten: Ontario, Anne Jefferson
Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)
January 2010 the Premier of Ontario announced the province was introducing full-day kindergarten as of September 2010. The transition would be over a five year period with 39 schools phasing in full-day learning for four and five year olds at the start of the 2010-2011 school year. What is full-day kindergarten? Miller (2005) provides a clear explanation: “A full-day kindergarten program is a program in which a child attends school each weekday for approximately six hours. Two other types of programs are half-day kindergarten programs, in which the child attends school each weekday for 2½-3 hours in either the morning …
