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Relationship Of Academic Performance Of Those Students Who Utilize Peer-Tutoring And Those Who Do Not, Bonnie Higgins Bonnie Higgins

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

The problem of this study was the high attrition rate in the Adult Nursing Course. Peer tutoring was a strategy implemented to decrease the attrition rate. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between academic performance and participation in a peer-tutoring program. There was one research question, "Is there a relationship between academic performance and participation in a peer-tutoring program?"

A two by two bivariate frequency distribution was constructed with the variables academic success and participation in the peer-tutoring program. The relationship between the two variables was determined through the use of the Fisher's Exact test. The …

Development Of A Diagnostic Assessment System To Improve The Motn Ation Of Admitted Students To Matriculate Into The Nursing Program At D’Youville College, Francis R. Dunphy

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

Forensic Science Associates (FSA) is a Virginia law enforcement training school. The problem is that FSA wishes to expand! the scope of its operation and! sees opportunities in training international police. Currently it does not have a program for such training. The purpose of this project was to develop a plan to offer courses designed to be attractive, useful, and contemporary, to train international police educators at FSA.

There were four research questions for this project First, "What are the training needs of international law enforcement agencies that FSA could provide for effectively?" Second, "What are the appropriate elements to …

The Development Of A Training Program On The Clinical And Forensic Management Of Victims Of Intentional Injuries For Emergency Services Health-Care Providers, Jo Ann H. Dawson

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

The problem under investigation in this applied dissertation project was that improper evidence collection during the evaluation of patients with intentional injuries often resulted in the inability to support legal conviction. The purpose of the project was to develop a model-training program that would assist emergency services providers to intervene and evaluate victims of intentional injuries.

The following six research questions were addressed in this study:

1. What principles of patient care and forensic science should be taught to emergency services health-care providers to intervene with victims of intentional trauma?

2. How can emergency services health professionals ensure appropriate documentation …

Development Of A Workshop To Prepare Nursing Students At Northwest College To Communicate Effectively With Low Literate Patients, Leslie A. Oja

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

The problem existing at Northwest College was effective communication with low literate patients was not integrated into the nursing curriculum. The purpose of this study was the development of a workshop for nursing students to learn effective communication skills with low literate patients. There were six research questions. First, "What is the best model for developing a workshop including the assessment of educational needs?" Second, what are the components of a needs assessment for low literate patients? Third, what content is needed for developing a workshop? Fourth, what format will be needed for a workshop? Fifth, what is the best …

Evaluation Of The Associate Logistics Executive Development Course At The United States Army Logistics Management College, Robert Jones A. Robert Jones Iii

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

The Army Logistics Management College (ALMC) has the mission to provide quality training, products, and services in acquisition, logistics, resource management, decision science, management science, environmental management, and related subjects to the United States Army, Department of Defense, and to other eligible organizations. The ALMC opened in 1954 at Ft. Lee, Virginia. The college is a traditional Army school with courses that range from three days to over six months for military, civilian, and international students of all ranks.

Since its inception, ALMC has grown to use eight modes of instruction to deliver its courses. Those modes of instruction include …

Student Dress: Does Uniformity Equal Student Achievement?, Aaron G. Turpin

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This report describes a student uniform program that was implemented in a suburban Atlanta Grades 6-8 middle school. The goals of the program were to decrease the number of student disciplinary referrals, increase attendance, and increase academic achievement. Students followed the student uniform policy, or their parents chose to have them opt out of the dress code. Only 3% of parents chose the opt-out option.

This study utilized two control schools for comparison. Questionnaires assessed parent, teacher, and student perceptions on the effectiveness of school uniforms. Quantitative data were compiled on the impact uniforms had on the number of disciplinary …

Evaluation Of The Usage And Effectiveness Of Computer Assisted Instruction In Basic Skills Remediation At The East Los Angeles One Stop Career Center, Rex Steffey

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

The problem for investigation encompassed three domains that identified the One Stop Career Center's (OSCC) remedial programs, the ability of its clients to enter federally funded job training programs, and clients' success in the programs they entered. Another facet of the study examined whether OSCC was using its current instructional software effectively in client remediation. The purpose of the project was to evaluate the use and effectiveness of computer assisted instruction (CAI) in basic skills remediation.

Four research questions guided the study. First, "Does the center's basic skills remediation program prepare clients to enter federally funded job training programs?" Second, …

Increasing The Independent Living Skills Of Lower Functioning Students In A Special School, Through Teacher Training, Motivational Strategies, Parent Involvement, Hands-On Experiences, And Music., Joan Reid

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This practicum was designed to increase the independent living skills of low functioning students in a special school. Parents were not involved in the school's programs and were not committed to seeing that their children develop independence. Teachers were not motivated or adequately trained and equipped to assist these students. These low functioning students were not aware that their needs were not being met.

The writer selected and utilized five strategies as solutions for the problem. These included: Teacher training, motivational strategies, parental involvement, hands-on experiences, and music. Weekly planning and training sessions were conducted for teachers, who were provided …

An Evaluation Of The Third-Grade Reading Curriculum At Daniel Webster Elementary School, Stacey Y. S. Hunt

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This practicum report presents an evaluation of the current 3rd-grade reading curriculum for the Gary Community School Corporation (GCSC) in Gary, Indiana, at Daniel Webster Elementary School. Traditionally, Daniel Webster Elementary School students have performed well, particularly, at the 3rd-grade level in reading achievement as measured by the Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills. However, during the 1997-1999 school years, test scores for the district, as well as Daniel Webster Elementary School, declined or failed to show progress. Results from a district evaluation of the reading curriculum in 1 998, along with the decline in reading scores, caused the GCSC to …

Medical Education Digest, Vol. 2 No. 6 (December 15, 2000), Nova Southeastern University

Medical Education Digest

No abstract provided.

Com Outlook November 2000, College Of Osteopathic Medicine

COM Outlook

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Volume 7, Number 2 (November 2000), Peace And Conflict Studies

Peace and Conflict Studies

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Burundi: A Critical Security Perspective, Eli Stamnes, Richard Wyn Jones

Peace and Conflict Studies

In the last few years Critical Security Studies (CSS) has emerged as a new approach to the academic study of security. This article argues that its genesis is best understood as a reaction to two developments, namely ‘real world’ changes after the end of the Cold War and the far-reaching philosophical debates that have recently been taking place within the social sciences. The authors argue for a conceptualisation of CSS based on an explicit commitment to human emancipation. They then illustrate their preferred understanding of security through a discussion of Burundi. This case study not only illustrates the theoretical claims …

From Liminars To Others: Securitization Through Myths, Karsten Friis

Peace and Conflict Studies

The article discusses the rise of societal and ethnic conflicts. It focuses on some of the analytical tools designed to illuminate these processes. More specifically it builds on the framework of the so-called "Copenhagen School of Security Studies" but seeks to develop a more flexible approach on the concept of identity. To understand how an identity gains strength, Roland Barthes’ theory of myths is examined and combined with Michel Foucault's concept of power. Finally a concept of agency is added, namely what has been labeled a “conflict entrepreneur”. It is argued that by combining these theoretical insights the process of …

Medical Education Digest, Vol. 2 No. 5 (October 15, 2000), Nova Southeastern University

Medical Education Digest

No abstract provided.

Broadly Speaking - October, 2000, Nova Southeastern University

Broadly Speaking

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

Alumni Network Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Nsu Graduate Teacher Education Program (Gtep) Class Schedule Fall–Winter–Summer 2000–2001 Miami, Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach, Nova Southeastern University

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice College Archive

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Multilayered Representation In Research, Kathryn Delawter, Adrienne Sosin, Julie Mabey

The Qualitative Report

This paper describes a multi-layered qualitative action research study presented at the Twelfth Annual Conference on Ethnographic and Qualitative Research. "The Aesthetics of Ethnography: A Moving Triangle," was an interactive installation that demonstrated the aesthetics of ethnography for education. Participants were invited to share their own constructions of meaning when engaged in activities related to multicultural calendar artifacts. The research methodology of this study is collective reflection, developed by the researchers in the process of interpreting teacher education student's multicultural calendar artifacts as texts. The article highlights one of the multicultural calendar artifacts displayed in the installation, through hyperlinks to …

Exploring The Creative Voice In An Academic Context, Laura Brearley

The Qualitative Report

Who we are changes what we write about and how we write. Simply stated, if the academy is to change, if our views of reality are to be more inclusive, then we need to take a broader view of authorial voices… Tierney and Lincoln, 1997 This paper challenges the traditional paradigm of densely referenced text and the use of a passive, 'neutral' researcher's voice. It draws on current doctoral research that is using creative modes of data representation to examine managers' experiences of transition in organisational life. Within this research, ten managers from an educational institution are being tracked through …

Why Urban Parents Resist Involvement In Their Children’S Elementary Education, Peter Mcdermott, Julia J. Rothenburg

The Qualitative Report

We examined the perceptions of teachers and parents about family involvement in urban schools. The study generated from several others that we have been conducting about teaching in high poverty, urban schools. Using focus groups, our purpose was to learn how we could better prepare teachers for urban schools. The data revealed that teachers are frustrated with a lack of parental involvement in literacy activities at home and at school. Parents, however, expressed distrust toward the local elementary school because they felt the faculty has been biased against African American and Latino children and their families. Consequently, the parents said …

The Knight Volume 11: Issue 2, Nova Southeastern University

Student Newspapers

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Factors Influencing General Practitioners In The Prescription Of Homeopathic Medicines, Russell Abratt, Julie Lanteigne

HCBE Faculty Articles

This study examines the factors influencing general practitioners' prescription behaviour. It differs from previous studies in that the subject is homeopathic medicines and not pharmaceutical drugs. The literature indicates very particular behaviour patterns of doctors prescription behaviour. The present study provides evidence which contradicts the previous studies. There is thus evidence that what applies to the prescription of ethical pharmaceutical drugs does not apply to the prescription of alternative homeopathic medicines. It follows that marketing practices for alternative medicines should differ from those used by pharmaceutical companies.

Oxidation Of [(Cyclic Triamine)(1,5-Cyclooctadiene)Iridium]+ Cations By Hydrogen Peroxide Forms Metallaoxetanes, Thomas C. Flood, Masanori Iimura, Jeremy M. Perotti, Arnold L. Rheingold, Thomas E. Concolino

Chemistry and Physics Faculty Articles

Iridaoxetane 3 formed by oxidation of 1 with aqueous H₂O₂ is isolated and characterized, providing a rare example of formation of a metallaoxetane by direct oxidation of a metal–alkene complex.

Medical Education Digest, Vol. 2 No. 4 (August 15, 2000), Nova Southeastern University

Medical Education Digest

No abstract provided.

Connecting, August 2000, Volume 2, Issue 3, Nova Southeastern University Libraries

Connecting: Nova Southeastern University Libraries Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Com Outlook August 2000, College Of Osteopathic Medicine

COM Outlook

No abstract provided.

Tidings, Volume 2, Number 2 - Summer 2000, Nova Southeastern University Libraries

Tidings: A publication of Nova Southeastern University Libraries

No abstract provided.

Nsu Achievements - Summer 2000, Nova Southeastern University

NSU Achievements

No abstract provided.

Nsu Graduate Teacher Education Program (Gtep) Master's And Educational Specialist Degree And Graduate Courses In Education Class Schedule Summer 2000 Miami-Dade, Broward, And Palm Beach Counties, Nova Southeastern University

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice College Archive

No abstract provided.