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Improving The Written Composition Skills Of The Students At Blanco Elementary School, Joseph G. Summy

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This report describes a program for improving the written composition skills of the students in a small, rural school in Texas. The discrepancy was noted when the MARP manager analyzed the state required Texas Educational Assessment of Minimum Skills (TEAMS) test and found that the students were scoring lower in written composition when compared to reading and mathematics.

Specific strategies to improve the writing skills of the students included training the teachers in the writing process, instructing the students regularly in the writing process, and developing and implementing a systematic approach to writing whereby students received congruent writing instruction within …

Novafacts - October 10, 1991, Nova University

NovaFacts

No abstract provided.

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

The Communicator

No abstract provided.

The Calendar - October 1991, Nova University

The Calendar

No abstract provided.

Practitioners' News - Fall 1991, Volume 19, Number 1, Nova Southeastern University

Practitioners' News

No abstract provided.

Improving Student Writing Performance At A Junior High School Through A School-Wide Writing Project, Paul G. Ondeck

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This report describes a program for improving the writing performance of junior high school students in an urban school with a diverse student population. The problem noted was that student performance had been declining in the area of writing, both in content as measured by the California Assessment Program, and in the correct usage of writing conventions as measured by the Comprehensive Test of Basic Skills.

Classroom observations and teacher interviews indicated that there was no consistency of instruction in the English Department's writing program, either between classes within the same grade level or between grade levels. The range of …

The Calendar - September 1991, Nova University

The Calendar

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Carbonate Deposits In Marine Fish Intestines: A New Source Of Biomineralization, Patrick J. Walsh, Patricia Blackwelder, Kenneth A. Gill, Eva Danulat, Thomas P. Mommsen

Marine & Environmental Sciences Faculty Articles

Marine teleostean fish are hypo-osmotic to seawater. As part of a multiorgan osmoregulatory strategy they drink seawater and selectively absorb water and minerals across the intestinal epithelium. Notably, divalent cations (Ca²⁺ and Mg^2-) are left behind. We report here that in the gulf toadfish, Opsanus beta, the ionic by-products of osmoregulation in the intestine contribute to de novo formation of a carbonate mineral, tentatively identified as calcian kutnohorite. Our data suggest that intestinal mineralization is a general feature of osmoregulation in marine teleosts and that this process is an unrecognized and possibly substantial source of marine …

The Development, Implementation, And Evaluation Of A Remedial Program For High Risk Students Attending The Basic Skills Education Program At Fort Bragg, Alexandrine P. Nash

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

The Army Education Center at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, has enrolled a large number of soldiers who are academically deficient in reading and mathematical skills in the Basic Skills Education Program (BSEP). Although a verbal courses of the BSEP are offered at Fort Bragg during the yeas, a great number of students is not raise their initial general technical scores (GT) to the minimum acceptable level of 100, and many students do not even complete the course. Because of the complexity of military operations, the technical nature of equipment and communication, and the current political and economic situation that calls …

Interview With Noriaki Kano, Dr. Joseph M. Juran Collection

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

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

Student Newspapers

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Empowering Staff, Students, Parents And Community Leaders To Improve The Academic Learning Climate At East End Middle School, William H. Joyner

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This report describes the process used by Bast End Middle School to develop and implement a positive academic learning environment. Areas of need addressed included low teacher morale and low student achievement. Probable causes of the low teacher morale and low student achievement were identified as: inconsistent attendance monitoring and lack of parent notification, Ineffective classroom instruction, lack of adequate alternative programs, low student participation in extracurricular activities, poor parent and community Involvement, Inadequate provisions for diverse learning styles, inadequate reward, inadequate recognition program and frequent changes in school administrators. A review of the literature and interviews were conducted as …

The Alumni Network, August 1991 (Vol. Vii No. 3), Nova University

Alumni Network Newsletter

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Changing Elementary Students’ Attitudes Toward Reading At Mutual Elementary School, John H. Williams

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This report describes an intervention implemented in order to achieve a change in students' attitudes toward reading. The efforts were put into action by the principal of a rural elementary school with an enrollment of 579 students in grades one through five. The principal was increasingly aware of the existence of students' negative attitudes toward reading as a result of his 17 years’ experience as a principal in four counties in Maryland and as a result of his successful implementation of reading programs which ranged from completely individualized to tri-basal. Initial evidence of the existence of a problem came from …

The Calendar - July And August 1991, Nova University

The Calendar

No abstract provided.

Center For Computer And Information Sciences Master Of Science In Computer Information Systems Summer Courses 1991, Nova Southeastern University

College of Engineering and Computing Course Catalogs

No abstract provided.

Nova University National Ed.D. Program For Educational Leaders Innovations In Practice, Volume V July 1991, Nova University

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

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An Action Plan For Opening A New School, Larry C. Payne

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This major applied research project describes a practical action plan developed to assist in the opening of a new secondary school In a suburban area with diverse population characteristics. The results of a student survey indicated resistance on the part of students leaving their existing schools to attend the new high school. Comments and responses from community informational meetings revealed anxiety about curriculum, staffing and extracurricular activities.

The related literature supported an action plan that provides intensive public relations activities designed to increase the visibility and positive image of the new school. Areas of need which were addressed included the …

The Calendar - June 1991, Nova University

The Calendar

No abstract provided.

Nova University Graduate Education Modules (Gem) Master's And Educational Specialist Degrees And Graduate Courses In Education 1991–1992, Nova University

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

No abstract provided.

Raising Student Scores On The Iowa Test Of Basic Skills Through The Development And Implementation Of A Parent-School Cooperative Program., Diane S. Lenartowicz

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This proposal describes a series of planned strategies comprising a home-school learning program to facilitate preparation for increased student achievement in grades kindergarten through fifth on the district testing instrument the Iowa Test of Basic Skills. Problems originally noted that 50% of the kindergarten children tested in April, 1988 at River Plaza Elementary School, Middletown, New Jersey achieved below the district accepted passing score in mathematics while 83% of the first grade students fell below the cutoff in reading and 92% in spelling, Additionally, in all grades, except third, declines in the cluster areas of reading, mathematics and writing were …

Developing And Implementing A Skills Program To Increase The Percent Of Students Passing The Georgia Basic Skills Competency Test., Sandra Driscoll

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This major applied research project describes a plan and skills program that was designed to improve the percentage of students passing the math section of the Georgia Basic Skills Competency Test as first-time test takers in the tenth grade at Greene/Tallaferro Comprehensive High School in Greensboro, Georgia. The skills program consist of skill packets, each individually addressing the Georgia Basic Skills Objectives. Students come into the seventh grade deficient in specific math skills and continue to do poorly throughout high school.

Solution strategies include: a) development of a skills instructional program to meet the basic skills objectives in the area …

Designing And Implementing A Social Studies Program For The Learning Disabled Student In The Elementary Grades Of Caroline County Schools., Fannie Page

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This report describes the Inservice training activities that were designed to improve the social studies achievement of students with Specific learning Disabilities. The students scored consistently low in the area of social studies despite the high cognitive abilities of the students.

The probable causes of the problem were identified as: lack of proper social students textbooks, textbook budget constraints at the building level, and inappropriate teaching materials. A review of the literature, interviews, and observations were conducted to assess and plan practicum activities and the probable outcomes.

The Solution strategies proposed were to: design in social studies curriculum that would …

Utilizing The Whole Language Approach To Literacy As A Foundation For Developmentally Appropriate Practice In The Primary Grades., Evangeline Nicholas

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This report describes a model program that through the administering of staff development Inservice workshops (allowing for feedback and support services), assists teachers in utilizing developmentally appropriate practices in the primary grades. The Inservice workshops were designed to facilitate the development of optimum team work strategies through and examination of the interests and performance styles of the teacher and teacher aide. The improved teamwork allowed the teacher and teacher aide to create and maintain enriched child-oriented classrooms.

The model shown a sequential plan for increasing parent-child story-telling and story reading interactions. The plan included workshops for parents, parent-child activities, and …

The Alumni Network, May 1991 (Vol. Vii No. 2), Nova University

Alumni Network Newsletter

No abstract provided.

The Calendar - May 1991, Nova University

The Calendar

No abstract provided.

Improving Physical Fitness For Fifth Grade Students At China Grove Elementary School., Alan D. King

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

During the spring of the 1988-89 school year, all 115 fourth-grade students at China Grove Elementary School were given the American Alliance Physical Fitness Test. The students were also given blood-cholesterol screening and blood-pressure tests. The tests were given because of concern by faculty members anu school administrators that the students were physically unfit and this may be affecting academic performance.

Formal interviews were conducted with all 115 target group members during the 1988-89 school year. Health and exercise practices by students and parents were discussed. Students candidly participated in the interview.

All fifth-grade students during the 1989-90 school year …

Datascan - April 30, 1991, Nova University

DataScan

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Nova University: Organization, Programs, And Services, John M. Flynn

NSU Fact Book

No abstract provided.

The Calendar - April 1991, Nova University

The Calendar

No abstract provided.