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Increasing Social Competence In Kindergarten And First Grade Children Through Modeling And Practice In A Self-Motivating Play Group, Michael P. Ferrentino

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This practicum report describes methods used to increase prosocial behavior and positive peer interaction among kindergarten and first grade students through participation in a self-motivating playgroup. Five students attend daily play sessions in place of outdoor recess time, in which participation included planning cooperative activities, following them through, and reviewing their involvement.

The solution strategy was designed to include a participating teacher who facilitated play and guided students through pertinent intervention strategies during each videotaped play session. Students were shown their inappropriate behaviors through video playback, which was succeeded by instruction and modeling of appropriate behaviors. After practicing the modeled …

Increasing Business And Parental Involvement In Grades Four Through Seven By Forming Partnerships Between The School And Local Businesses, Kay S. Hinson

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This practicum was designed to improve the educational experience of students in grades 4 -7 by increasing the involvement of local businesses and parents in the total education of the students. Because middle grade students have very little experience or understanding of the business world in which they will function more and more as they grow older, it was decided that local businesses would be solicited to form partnerships with the school.

The writer determined a need for increased business and parental involvement for students in grades 4 - 7 based upon teacher input, the State Department of Education's emphasis, …

Improving Congruency Of Resources/Activities/Assessment In Intermediate-Level Language Arts Programs With Current Knowledge Of Literacy Development, Anne F. Luckhart

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This practicum was designed to improve the consistency of resources, activities, and assessment strategies in intermediate-level language arts programs with a holistic, process-oriented perspective of literacy development. The first goal was to implement literature-based programs in several classes. The second goal was to nurture lifelong reading habits by improving students' attitudes towards and interest in reading and increasing the number of books read. The final aim was to foster among intermediate-level teachers a commitment to a holistic approach to literacy development and to instructional practices congruent with this perspective.

The writer, in collaboration with several teachers, helped to implement literature-based …

Nurturing Children’S Literacy Through The Establishment Of A Community-Funded Preschool Lending Library And An In-Home Family Reading Program, Susan Fay Ryan

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

The writer designed the practicum to solve the problem as stated. Preschoolers attending a weekly full-time daycare program needed more exposure to children's literature in order for their literacy development to be properly nourished. The first goal sought to ensure that books and literacy experiences become more available for children off-site at the preschool. The second goal centered around increasing individualized reading nurturing time for children in their homes by providing families with opportunities for shared reading experiences. A third goal aimed toward involving the community in assisting with preschoolers' literacy development.

To solve the problem, the writer/practitioner solicited the …

Improving Academic Motivation In Seventh Grade Students Through Staff Development For Teachers, Donald Graham Mobley

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This practicum addresses the problem of low academic motivation in seventh-grade students. Many exerted little effort to achieve success in school, less than half completed homework, studied, or participated regularly in class activities. Only one-third of all seventh-grade students exhibited overall high academic motivation.

Motivation is an important factor in the process of learning. Therefore, the first goal of this practicum was that students in the seventh grade would improve their academic motivation. The second goal was that teachers of these students would have an increased knowledge base covering causes of motivational problems and teaching strategies for the prevention and …

Improving Student Learning In Content Areas Through An Inter-Departmental Study Skills Program Promoting Structural Notemaking Strategies, Gordon Turner

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This practicum was designed to provide a repertoire of thinking strategies to assist early adolescents in developing lifelong learning concepts. The primary goal was to implement a study skill program to promote a variety of basic organizational skills and contemporary note-taking techniques. Another important goal was to foster collaborative perspective among subject disciplines in teaching study skill techniques essential to this team focus on advocacy. Art on advocating basic processing principles across the curriculum was the systematic teaching of an array of systematic, structured note-making strategies to assist students in organizing, personalizing, streamlining, and/or synthesizing information from textual reading.

The …

Increasing Fourth Grade Math Achievement By Using Improved Instructional Strategies, Hui Fang Huang Angie Su

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

The writer designed and implemented a math program to increase motivation and self-confidence of fourth grade students in math achievement. The writer's objectives were to increase the number of students displaying mastery of the timetables, increase the number of students making a gain on a math post-test, and increase the number of students liking mathematics.

The writer administers math attitude questionnaires and math pretests on basic math skills to determine the student's attitude toward math and to determine the student's performance level, mental math activities, math games, design contests, in-class competitions, grade-level competitions, computers, calculators, systematic reviews, student-teacher interaction, and …

A Personalized Developmental Model For The Teaching Of Communications I, Miriam F. Word

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

The target group for this practicum was 17 community college students. The problem for this practicum is that many students are unable to communicate through writing due to a lack of ability to stay on task or grasp the writing process, resulting in low final grade scores for those students. The solution strategy, a unique approach entitled "Type" Writing," involved pre- and post-surveys with classroom methods and writing assignments keyed to the learning types of the students as identified using the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. The students who completed the program experienced improved writing skill growth as shown by pre- and …

Developing A Peer Assisted Substance Abuse Program For Early Adolescents, Robert M. Bourgeois

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This practicum was designed to reduce the level of alcohol and drug abuse among the early adolescents at the writer's school. The major objectives were to foster a greater sense of personal caution in the lives of the students, to teach specific decision-making skills, to develop student-created models for healthy lifestyles, and to have students identify a personal reduction in substance abuse as a result of participation in the program.

The writer developed needs assessment surveys and administered them to students and to the school's peer helpers, analyzed the results, and examined possible solutions to the problem. Among the proposed …

Utilizing Individual Inservice Training Packets For Staff Development With Community-Based Instruction For Severely And Profoundly Handicapped Students (K-12), Pat Kissire

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This practicum was designed to improve the skills of the personnel working with students with severe and/or profound handicaps in junior high school to improve staff development and to increase the consistency of services offered in the community-based instruction program K - 12. The primary goal was to increase the skill level of personnel in areas specific to the unique needs of students involved in community-based instruction. A secondary goal was to offer the same training to all personnel regardless of their length of employment to improve the consistency of programming.

The writer administered an assessment survey to certified and …

Computer Education For Teachers Of Young Children: A Developmentally-Based Training Module, Dale Shipley

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This practicum was designed to solve a problem related to the provision of a computer training component for students enrolled in an early childhood education teacher training program. Increasing pressures on graduates of the training program to integrate computers and educational software into programs for young children, as well as the students' interest in developing computer skills specifically related to early childhood education, made it necessary to design a computer training module which could be integrated into existing classroom hours in a tightly scheduled training program.

The writer surveyed the students in the training program in order to determine previous …

Improving Parent Involvement Within A Parent Infant Hearing Impaired Program, Sharon L. Doutt

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This practicum aimed to increase parents’ involvement in the educational program for young hearing impaired children. It is crucial for the parents or caregivers to be active participants in the child’s educational process for the maximum benefit of development to occur. The project addressed three areas of involvement: class session involvement, follow up activities for the sessions, and parent meetings.

Developing a program to increase parental involvement incorporates many techniques. Individualized assessment was used to identify specific news and strengths of the families. Discussion of involvement goals and objectives with the parents helped to unify the direction of the teacher …

The Update - December 1989, Nova University

The Update

No abstract provided.

Developing A Test That Would Give Better Predictive Validity For Native Spanish-Speaking Students Who Are Awarded Credit By Examination, Susan Segal

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

The serious deficiencies in format, content, and predictive validity of a Spanish I credit by examination test taken by native Spanish-speakers were addressed in this practicum. The proposed adoption of the level one 1988 National Spanish Examination, sponsored by the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese, and an author-written supplement were evaluated as testing instruments to award credit and place students in advanced Spanish classes by district Spanish II and III teachers. One hundred percent of the Spanish teachers approved the proposed adoption of this examination which tests all aspects of linguistic competency, including the knowledge of grammar, …

A Model For Determining The Need For Chronic Disease Prevention In The Community: Development And Use, Janet Garzone Kosidlak

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

The traditional concerns of public health have been the promotion of health, the prevention of disease, and the prevention of premature death. As death from communicable diseases and conditions of pregnancy and early infancy decrease, public health interests are being expanded toward the prevention of premature death from chronic diseases.

Mortality rates were the most common indicators used to describe the burden of chronic disease problems in the community. Mortality rates are based on the number of incidences per 100,000 population. A relatively newer indicator is called Years of Potential Life Lost. Years of Potential Life Lost represent the number …

The Alumni Network, November 1989 (Vol. V No. 4), Nova University

Alumni Network Newsletter

No abstract provided.

The Update - November 1989, Nova University

The Update

No abstract provided.

Nova University The Friedt School Of Business And Entrepreneurship 1989-90 Catalog, Nova University

Huizenga Postgraduate Course Catalogs

No abstract provided.

Curriculum Alignment: A Study Of The Relationship Of The Application Of Elementary Competency Test Objectives In General Education Content Courses, Rachel J. Satterfield

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

Panhandle State University examinees' passing rate on the Oklahoma Teacher Competency Tests has steadily declined since state-wide testing was begun in 1982. The purpose of this study was to review the results of the Elementary Education Competency Tests for the 1982-1987 years in relation to the examinees academic achievement and demographic date. seek the perceptions of the faculty and students regulating the alignment of Elementary Competency Test Objectives with selected General Education course objectives, and finally, identify and evaluate a set of systematic procedures for reviewing the alignment of Competency Test Objectives with content course objectives in other certificate areas. …

Development Of A Teacher Training Program Designed To Teach Strategies That Promote Higher Order Thinking, Kathleen M. Hocker

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

Publishing companies' consultants plan and implement staff development programs in reading to meet inservice needs of school districts throughout the United States. The changes that are occurring in reading education are impacting the role of the classroom teacher. Inservice programs that were previously successful must now be evaluated to determine if they meet the current needs of teachers.

Studies that assess student achievement indicate many students graduate from high school without basic skills essential for them to be productive members of society. The most basic of these skills is the ability to think. As a result of these studies there …

Guidelines, Policies, And Curricula For Aids Education For Associate Degree Nursing Students At Long Beach City College, Shirley M. Naret

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

The Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) epidemic has created an unparalleled public health threat that has not yet been adequately addressed. Despite the gravity of the situation, Associate Degree Nursing (ADN) programs have not yet responded effectively. The current lack of AIDS curricula covering the ethical and practical aspects of nursing care to this growing patient population represents a serious shortcoming.

In order to address this deficiency, the proposed research study utilized data from several relevant populations in the development of a set of AIDS Guidelines and Policies and a Model AIDS curriculum for nursing programs.

The research design was largely …

Improving Teacher Effectiveness In Implementing Comprehensive Health Education, Janet L. Kehoe

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

Comprehensive Health Education/Growing Healthy (GH) was not being taught for the required number of hours as was indicated in the pupil progression plan for this community. The objectives of the practicum were to increase the number of trained teachers by 60 percent; thereby increasing the instructional time GH was taught, and to place, and organize all commercial instructional-support materials within the elementary school. The author designed a six-week long training program, conducted an inventory of all GH materials, and color coded all commercial instructional-support materials by phase and grade level.

The researcher received administrative support from the school's administration to …

The Update - October 1989, Nova University

The Update

No abstract provided.

Practitioners' News - October 1989, Volume 17, Number 1, Nova Southeastern University

Practitioners' News

No abstract provided.

Nova University Preparation For The Certificate Of Clinical Competence Master's Degree Program In Speech-Language Pathology October 1989, Nova University

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

No abstract provided.

The Nova Knight Volume I: Number V, Nova Southeastern University

Student Newspapers

No abstract provided.

The Alumni Network, September 1989 (Vol. V No. 3), Nova University

Alumni Network Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Marketing Ethics And The Marketing Mix: Managerial Issues, Russell Abratt

HCBE Faculty Articles

Marketing, more so than any other business discipline, has been criticized by people for hurting consumers, society as a whole, and other business firms. Deceptive prices, high advertising and distribution costs, high pressure selling and unsafe products are common complaints. This article reviews some of the issues involved. It deals with marketing ethics and its problems and then discusses the role of ethics in the marketing mix. The article calls for marketers to adhere to ethical standards of conduct or face the consequences.

Bemarking is al in die verlede daarvoor gekritiseer dat dit in 'n groter mate as die ander …

Nova University Master's Program On Speech-Language Pathology Catalog 1989–1990, Nova University

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

No abstract provided.

A Comparative Study Of Two Educational Techniques Used In Teaching Law Enforcement Officers How To Classify Homicides, John E. Douglas

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

Law enforcement efforts in homicide cases focus on swift and accurate apprehension of a suspect. A new investigative technique developed at the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Academy. called criminal profiling, now exists to assist in the classification of homicide cases and thereby directs the investigator's attention to certain types of suspects.

The primary purpose of this study was to determine whether teaching homicide classification based on the case method as compared to a traditional teaching approach would enhance law enforcement officers' ability to identify key crime scene indicators used to classify homicide cases by primary intent.

The sample included …