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Increasing The Use Of Video Teleconferencing To Conduct Business Meetings Through Changing Perceptions, Attitudes, And Behaviors, Melvin B. Baker

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This applied dissertation was developed to meet the use objective of a video teleconferencing room. The dissertation searched for an understanding into the perceptions, attitudes, and behaviors of corporate personnel toward using video teleconferencing to conduct business meetings. The applied dissertation was designed to report on a solution strategy for changing the perceptions, attitudes, and behaviors of corporate personnel to conduct efficient and effective business meetings using video teleconferencing as the delivery medium.

The writer developed a training strategy that focused on the possible causes gleaned from a literature review and past experiences. The training strategy contained video teleconferencing demonstrations …

Increasing The Reading Levels Of Students To Prevent The Risk Of Retention, Diane O'Mara

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This applied dissertation was designed to provide. an overview of a reading intervention program for at-risk 2nd grade students at a public elementary school. The school system lacked intervention programs to assist at-risk readers. Therefore, students were either retained or promoted without intervention programs.

The researcher developed a reading intervention program for 10 at-risk second grade students. The goal of the program was to increase reading levels so that the students could be promoted to Grade 3. Local college students tutored the students 3 times per week for 30 minutes each session. Each child was provided with an individualized reading …

Integrating Concept Mapping Across The Accounting Curriculum -A Technology Solution, Jayne D. Maas

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

The purpose of this applied dissertation proposal was to integrate concept mapping into the accounting curriculum at Towson University. The problem was the need for innovative teaching pedagogies and learning tools that explicitly support the development of accounting students' complex thinking skills. These issues were perceived as essential elements for future accounting education and critical needs for future accounting professionals.

A technology solution was proposed, using the visual learning tool Inspiration 6.0®. A qualitative evaluation methodology was be used to collect and analyze data on the course content and topics essential to develop accounting students' complex thinking skills. The results …

Design And Implementation Of A Foreign Language In The Elementary Schools Program, Stephanie M. Pappagianopoulos

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This report describes a program that was initiated to promote the sequential study of foreign language beginning in the elementary schools. The program involved 78 third grade students from an urban elementary school. Approximately 10% of the students had some knowledge of the language before the program. The planned strategies included (a) distribution of a survey to parents and teachers within the pilot school; (b) tallying the responses; (c) adopting Spanish as the second language based on parent and teacher responses; (d) hiring an elementary school teacher with Spanish certification; (e) obtaining grant money for professional development . of the …

The Developnient Of A Religious Education Parish Training Manual For Novice Clergy In The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese Of America, Frank Marangos

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America (GOA) is responsible for preparing clergy for Orthodox parishes through America. An important responsibility of Orthodox clergy is the training a:nd development of parish religious educators. Greek Orthodox clergy, however, are rarely graduates of academic programs specifically designed with an emphasis on teacher preparation. Consequently, newly ordained clergy have difficulty developing their respective parish teachers. The problem is that novice clergy are not provided support resources for effectively teaching parish religious educators how to teach.

The seven research questions answered in this applied dissertation were as follows: What are the most recurring problems experienced …

An Historical Study Of The Governance Of Vermont’S 16 Regional Technical Centers, Mary Beth Moore

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This dissertation is written as a historical study to examine the effects of equalized funding of education in Vermont and a governance proposal for legislative revisions for Vermont's 16 regional technical centers. Governance became a controversial topic in the Vermont General Assembly in August 1996 after the reconstruction of the Career Development Center in Bennington, Vermont.

An outcome of the Construction Act was the moratorium placed on all construction projects in May 1996. Requested by Senator Illuzzi of Newport, Vermont, a study was conducted to decide the impact of the recent legislation and reconstruction of Vermont's technical centers. A series …

Peer Mediation: A Means To Success In Managing Student Behavior At Bradshaw High School, Randy J. Pettus

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

The applied dissertation process included the study of whether peer mediation is effective in reducing student suspensions. It also included a search for means to increase positive behaviors and to reduce violent behaviors and negative attitudes of students. It sought to increase students’ communication skills, helping them to respond to others in a more positive manner. The outcome of this applied dissertation appeared to result in increased positive social skills among students.

This applied dissertation study focused on behaviors of students at Bradshaw High School in Florence, Alabama, a 750-student school serving Grades 9-12 at the time of the research. …

Positive Attitudes Lead To Success: An Intervention Program For Elementary Discipline-Challenged Male Students, Phyllis Clark-Freeman

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

Positive Attitudes Lead to Success: An Intervention Program for Elementary Discipline-Challenged Male Students

This dissertation describes the Positive Attitudes Lead to Success Club (PALS), a program designed to help 20 5th-grade male students in an elementary school of 760 students improve their behavior and achieve academic success. An analysis of the Discipline Report data for the last 3 years reveals that Campostella Elementary (CES) has had an unacceptable amount of referrals by the standards set forth by Norfolk Public Schools (NPS) for unacceptable behavior. These 20 students have received 80% of all referrals for the past school year. Such information …

The Effects Of Phonological Awareness On Kindergarten Reading Achievement, Barbara A. Grazel

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

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Constraints, Compromises And Choice: Comparing Three Qualitative Research Studies, Julia Connell, Colin Lynch, Peter Waring

The Qualitative Report

Although a number of texts explore social research strategies and methods, most are limited to a basic discussion of such methods and their associated advantages and disadvantages. Few if any, evaluate and compare methods in the context of actual research experiences. This paper endeavours to bridge that gap by reporting the experiences of three researchers working on three separate qualitative studies. All three studies were concerned with investigating the social milieu within organizations. While the research questions were different in each case, all the researchers shared a common goal - to develop explanations for complex social phenomena manifest both internally …

Toward An Understanding Of Acquired Hearing Loss In A Family: Narrative Play Format As A New Voice In Qualitative Methodology, Bruce A. Kent, Brett E. Furlonger, Delwyn A. Goodrick

The Qualitative Report

This study examines how the reality of acquired hearing loss effects one family. Some consideration is given to the medical elements of the condition but the primary concern is with the psychological and social affects of hearing loss. The affects of the loss are revealed, by using systematic introspection in a narrative play format. This writing format is evaluated as the chronology of events, emotions, turning points and coping strategies are revealed.

Once Were Science Teachers, John Loughran, Amanda Berry, Deborah Corrigan

The Qualitative Report

This paper explores the development of three pre-service science teacher educators' understandings of some critical incidents in their development of science teachers that has impacted on the manner in which they teach about teaching in a teacher preparation program. The study draws on self-study methodology by situating their reflection on practice within a critical discourse whereby reframing has been important in learning through a reconsideration from particular critical incidents in their high school science teaching experiences. The authors argue that through critical reflection on practice, as illustrated in this paper, that the beginnings of the articulation and documentation of a …

Social Learning Theory And The Influence Of Male Role Models On African American Children In Project 2000, Rhonda Wells-Wilbon, Spencer Holland

The Qualitative Report

This study is an assessment of observational learning commonly known as social learning theory of a group of 55 African American students who are participants in a mentoring program known as PROJECT 2000. From first through sixth grades male role models, who were largely African American, were in the classroom as teacher assistants. At the time of the study all student participants were in fifth grade. An interview was conducted featuring a short open-ended questionnaire. Students in PROJECT 2000 had an opportunity to express their feelings about the male role models that worked with them in their classroom. These interviews …

Medical Education Digest, Vol. 3 No. 5 (November 15, 2001), Nova Southeastern University

Medical Education Digest

No abstract provided.

The Knight Volume 12: Issue 5, Nova Southeastern University

Student Newspapers

No abstract provided.

The Knight Volume 12: Issue 5, Nova Southeastern University

Student Newspapers

No abstract provided.

The Tetramethylpiperidinyl-1-Oxide Anion (Tmpo-) As A Ligand In Lanthanide Chemistry: Synthesis Of The Per(Tmpo-) Complex [(Onc5h6me4)2sm(Μ-Onc5h6me4)]2, William J. Evans, Jeremy M. Perotti, Robert J. Doedens, Joseph W. Ziller

Chemistry and Physics Faculty Articles

(C₅Me₅)₃Sm reacts with the free radical 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidinyl-1-oxy (TMPO) to form (C₅Me₅)₂ and the per nitroxide [(η¹-ONC₅H₆Me₄)₂ Sm(μ-η¹∶η²-ONC₅H ₆Me₄)]₂

The Knight News Volume 12: Issue 3, Nova Southeastern University

Student Newspapers

No abstract provided.

The Knight Volume 12: Issue 3, Nova Southeastern University

Student Newspapers

No abstract provided.

Com Outlook October 2001, College Of Osteopathic Medicine

COM Outlook

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2001 Fall Farquhar Forum, Farquhar College Of Arts And Sciences

The Farquhar Forum College Magazine

No abstract provided.

Communications Connection - Vol.6, No. 8 - Fall 2001, Nova Southeastern University

Communications Connection

No abstract provided.

The Alumni Network, Fall 2000 (Vol. Xv No. Iii), Nova Southeastern University

Alumni Network Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Property Law: 2001 Survey Of Florida Law, Ronald B. Brown, Joseph M. Grohman

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Traits And Tools For Ethical Environmental Advocates In Florida, Brion L. Blackwelder

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

The Knight Newspaper, Nova Southeastern University

Student Newspapers

No abstract provided.

Medical Education Digest, Vol. 3 No. 4 (September 15, 2001), Nova Southeastern University

Medical Education Digest

No abstract provided.

The Knight Volume 12: Issue 1, Nova Southeastern University

Student Newspapers

No abstract provided.

Fall 2001, Graduate School Of Humanities & Social Sciences

CAHSS Graduate SGA Dialogues

No abstract provided.

A Qualitative Investigation Into Developmental Relationships For Small Business Apparel Retailers: Networks, Mentors And Role Models, Luann R. Gaskill

The Qualitative Report

The purpose of this investigation was to gain an understanding of the use, function, and support dimensions of developmental relationships for small business apparel retailers by applying focus group data collection techniques and interpretive analysis. Data collection took place through eight focus groups with small business owners/managers in six mid-western communities. Results indicate that, indeed, networks, role models, and mentors are viewed as necessary and important mechanisms for information, support, and guidance. However, focus group participants noted a lack of access to such developmental relationships. In terms of functions performed, having a business colleague to confide in, and relate to, …