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Improving The Keyboarding Composition Skills Of Secondary Business Education Students Through A Structured Approach, Gay E. Parker

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This practicum was designed to improve the student's manual keyboarding composition skill. Traditionally, students learn to keyboard from material that is already typed or handwritten and seldom have opportunities to learn the advanced skill of composition keyboarding. Inherent in learning this skill are other requisite skills of well written composition, accurate punctuation and grammar, and fastidious proofreading.

This writer developed a program to integrate these skills in a structured, progressive plan. To develop the manual skill, the students were dictated questions requiring one letter responses, progressing to full-paragraph responses as demonstrated each day in a 5 minute warm-up journal writing. …

Providing Special Education Information For Parents Of Handicapped Elementary Students Through A Systematic Information System, Teresa W. Williams

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This report describes the process used in an elementary school setting to develop and implement a systematic information system for parents of educationally handicapped students. Areas of need which were addressed include comprehensive parent training programs; methods of providing parents the necessary special education information that were systematic, confidential, consistent and accurate; methods for improving the parent-education partnership and strategies to connect parent and appropriate community services.

The settings for this study consisted of two elementary schools with a special education population consisting of learning disabled, emotionally handicapped, mentally handicapped and preschool handicapped.

As a result of the MARP action …

A Comprehensive Guide To Improve Christian School Participation In Faccs Accreditation, Howard G. Burke

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This report describes the process by which unaccredited Christian schools may use the accreditation manual and collateral manuals developed during the project to achieve accreditation. Areas of need which were addressed include staff qualifications, the physical facility, documentation of curriculum, goals, aims, and objectives, analysis of standardized achievement tests, disciplinary development of the manuals themselves. policies, and themselves

The products provide specific guidelines for Christian school ministries to use in establishing a self-study process, a step-by-step means for preparing for candidacy, and agendas for the original accreditation visits by team members. Actual first-time accreditations and re-evaluations were conducted to show …

Empowering Learning Disabled Students Through Direct Interventions In The Classroom, Dorothy Gleberman

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This: practicum was designed to empower six severe learning disabled students In the district's self-contained program for the middle grades. These students exhibited a cluster of observable behaviors that reflected their poor self- concept, external locus of control, and poor social skills. These behaviors and attitudes were detrimental to their learning and success in school.

The writer restructured the self-contained class from a teacher-directed one to a student-directed one that provided dally leadership roles and changed the Instructional Bode from traditional to cooperative. The students were also provided direct instruction In social skills, learning, and learning disabilities, In collaboration with …

Evaluating Student Learning In Language Arts In The Primary Grades Through Whole Language Assessment Techniques, Diana Deshazo Hyde

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This practicum sought to measure and document real learning in natural circumstances through the use of whole language assessment techniques: Observation checklists on which skills for the language arts (writing, spelling, reading) were listed; the skills of students were measured using descriptor words such as stable, evident, and not evident. In this way, a student’s progress along the road of literacy development was plotted in a positive way.

A reading behavior form was also included. This classified students into one of three learning groups, according to the answers given to a list of seven questions; emphasis was on behavior and …

Interview With Peter Drucker, Dr. Joseph M. Juran Collection

'An Immigrant's Gift': Interviews about the Life and Impact of Dr. Joseph M. Juran

No abstract provided.

The Nova Knight Volume Ii: Issue Viii, Nova Southeastern University

Student Newspapers

No abstract provided.

Reducing The Number Of Suspended Days At The Quaker Valley High School, Michael A. Panza

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This report describes a program for reducing the number of days of suspension assigned and the number of students suspended from the Quaker Valley Sensor High School tor violation of the schools discipline policy. It was noted that during the 1988-89 school year 101 students were involved in 291 suspend able violations of the discipline policy. Based on these violations, a cumulative total or 395 days of suspension were assigned to the students. Several studies suggested that students who are low achievers, have a low self-esteem. or come from dysfunctional families are likely candidates to be suspended.

Analysis of the …

The Update - December 1991, Nova University

The Update

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Ccis Networking - December 1991, Nova University

CCIS Networking / SCIS Networking magazines

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A Case Study Of The Weaknesses In Postsecondary Mathematics Problem Solving And A Program To Eliminate Such Deficiencies, Robert E. Cinnamond

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

The purpose of this Major Applied Research Project was to investigate the weaknesses in post-secondary mathematics problem solving and to develop an instructional design that would help mathematics majors become better problem solvers. A case study was conducted including an extensive literary search to determine which strategies were needed to enhance problem solving. Three basic research restrictions were examined: 1. Why do Brescia mathematics majors fail to develop correct cognitive strategy selection during their normal course of study. 2. How can an appropriate course of study be designed to teach proper cognitive strategy selection? 3. How can an appropriate course …

Designing And Implementing A Development Program At Roanoke Valley Christian School., Philip H. Graybeal

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

As a ministry of Shenandoah Baptist Church, Roanoke Valley Christian Schools (RVCS), grew since its founding in 1973 to a size of 535 students (K-12) and 31 teachers. The administrative team consisted of the administrator, elementary principal, secondary principal, and part-time learning disability director.

RVCS reached a plateau in its growth pattern as seen in enrollment statistics that showed a difference of no more than 18 students during any one year from the 1983-88 mean enrollment of 535. Records indicated that development was needed in public relations and recruitment materials, facility expansion, and non-tuition funding.

During the process of the …

The Nova Knight Volume Ii: Issue Vii, Nova Southeastern University

Student Newspapers

No abstract provided.

Nova University Knights Sports News - Issue 3, November 25, 1991, Nova University

Nova University Sports Newsletters

No abstract provided.

An Action Plan To Build Jupiter Elementary, Joseph F. O'Brien

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This MARP project was conducted to address the need to construct Jupiter Elementary School. A mission statement was written prior to construction activities to provide a focus throughout the MARP implementation phase. The components of the mission statement comprised three tracks that were: (1) school construction. (2) purchasing and procurement. and (3) staff selection, staff-development, and program implementation. The demographic factors for this plan consisted of two elementary feeder-schools with similar communities located within a radius of six miles from one new school site. Both feeder-schools' student populations exceeded the plant capacities.

The following strategies were designed based on the …

The Update - November 1991, Nova University

The Update

No abstract provided.

The Alumni Network, November 1991 (Vol. Vii No. 4), Nova University

Alumni Network Newsletter

No abstract provided.

The Nova Knight Volume Ii: Issue V, Nova Southeastern University

Student Newspapers

No abstract provided.

Interview With Gerald Hartman, Dr. Joseph M. Juran Collection

'An Immigrant's Gift': Interviews about the Life and Impact of Dr. Joseph M. Juran

No abstract provided.

Interview With Bob Scanlon, Dr. Joseph M. Juran Collection

'An Immigrant's Gift': Interviews about the Life and Impact of Dr. Joseph M. Juran

No abstract provided.

Interview With Brian Hawthornwaite, Dr. Joseph M. Juran Collection

'An Immigrant's Gift': Interviews about the Life and Impact of Dr. Joseph M. Juran

No abstract provided.

Interview With Ron Kegarise, Dr. Joseph M. Juran Collection

'An Immigrant's Gift': Interviews about the Life and Impact of Dr. Joseph M. Juran

No abstract provided.

Interview With Lennart Sandholm, Dr. Joseph M. Juran Collection

'An Immigrant's Gift': Interviews about the Life and Impact of Dr. Joseph M. Juran

No abstract provided.

Interview With Kent Sterett, Dr. Joseph M. Juran Collection

'An Immigrant's Gift': Interviews about the Life and Impact of Dr. Joseph M. Juran

No abstract provided.

Interview With Minerva Goldberg, Dr. Joseph M. Juran Collection

'An Immigrant's Gift': Interviews about the Life and Impact of Dr. Joseph M. Juran

No abstract provided.

Interview With Lawrence Appley, Dr. Joseph M. Juran Collection

'An Immigrant's Gift': Interviews about the Life and Impact of Dr. Joseph M. Juran

No abstract provided.

The Nova Knight Volume Ii: Issue Iii, Nova Southeastern University

Student Newspapers

No abstract provided.

The Nova Lawyer, Fall 1991, Volume 5, Number 2, Nova University - Shepard Broad Law Center

Nova Lawyer

No abstract provided.

The Update - October 1991, Nova University

The Update

No abstract provided.

The Communicator - Vol.4 No. 1 - Fall, 1991, Nova University

The Communicator

No abstract provided.