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Development And Implementation Of A Community-Drawn Community Life-Based Curriculum For Individuals With Mental Retardation And Developmental Disabilities Living In Summit County., Norman W. Czubaj

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This report describes a project that resulted in the development and implementation of community life-based curriculum for students in the County of Summit Board of Mental Retardation and Development Disabilities (CSBMR/DD) school program. The Summit curriculum altered the present self contained system of classroom instruction and utilized the community settings as a means to increase the amount of student instruction time in the “real” community environment. The most recent review of the Weaver School programs, by the Ohio Department of Mental Retardation and Development Disabilities suggests that the curriculum and the districts IEP process by re-designed to promote more and …

The Update - March 1992, Nova University

The Update

No abstract provided.

The Nova Knight, Nova Southeastern University

Student Newspapers

No abstract provided.

An Investigation And A Plan To Alleviate Grade Inflation In Multi-Sectioned Science And Mathematics Courses Of Community College, Charles W. O'Neill

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

Edison Community College, Fort Myers, Florida, has experienced difficulty in the area of grade, inflation, comparable to other institutions. institutional and academic division policy changes on grading have resulted in changes in grading practices. One purpose of this project was to examine these changes and historic trends in grade inflation with multi-sectioned courses of the Division of Basic Science and Mathematics for academic year 1979-1980 through academic year 1989-1990. The other purpose of this project was to develop a plan to alleviate grade inflation in multi-sectioned courses. Accomplishment of this purpose required a determination of the impact of policy changes …

Development And Validation Of An Instructional Inservice Program For Higher Education Science Consultants Involved In Florida’S Summer Inservice Institute Program, Susan Elizabeth Chattan Dabb

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

The State of Florida requires that all sixty-seven counties within the state participate in a Summer Inservice Institute Program (SIIP) that provides content area instruction to elementary and secondary public school teachers. Critical need areas such as mathematics and science take priority in the consideration for funding and programming in all counties. The state requires that the emphasis in these summer training sessions be placed on college-level content instruction. Workshops presented solely on methods are considered not appropriate.

The rationale for funding the required program is that public school personnel, unlike their postsecondary level liberal arts counterparts, lack content-area training …

Strategies For Reducing The Number Of Dropouts In The Ninth And Tenth Grades At Haralson County High School., Janice W. Boatwright

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

[no abstract provided]

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

Student Newspapers

No abstract provided.

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

Student Newspapers

No abstract provided.

The Update - February 1991, Nova University

The Update

No abstract provided.

Using Critical Thinking To Improve Achievement: An Inservice And Instructional Program For New Castle Middle School., Janet Lacy

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

[no abstract provided]

Utilizing Integrative Approaches To Increase Academic Efficiency In Eighth Grade At-Risk Learners., Mattie B.H Gay

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This report describes four aspects of a two-year research project to promote an efficacy continuum as a school based paradigm in the face of infusion overload and fragmented instructional delivery system mandates. The targeted group is "at risk" Yellow House eighth grade students for which the project intervenes. The planning and implementation phases of the practicum facilitates renewal, continuity and integration of proposed system goals although the system is in constant upheaval and flux because of the change in two State Chief Officers.

The practicum initiates a school wide metacognitive study- thinking skills program to routinize independent skill development to …

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

Student Newspapers

No abstract provided.

Race, Rap And The Community Standards Test Of Obscenity: The Community Of Culture, Steven Friedland

Nova Law Review

Controversy and obscenity laws appear to go hand in hand.2

Within the past year, for example, obscenity issues have cropped up in

disparate areas around the country, creating a public outcry3 stretching

far beyond the locales in which the issues arose.

Southeastern University Of The Health Sciences Catalog 1991-1993, Southeastern University

Health Professions Divisions Course Catalogs and Course Descriptions

No abstract provided.

1990-1991 Nova Knights Sports Media Guide, Nova University

NSU Athletics Sports Programs and Media Guides

No abstract provided.

Local Government, Joel A. Mintz

Nova Law Review

No abstract provided.

Wombalano Yerang, New Genus And Species Of Corophioid (Crustacea, Amphipoda) From The Great Barrier Reef, Australia, James Darwin Thomas, J. L. Barnard

Marine & Environmental Sciences Faculty Articles

Wombalano is characterized by having a interlocked basket of large spines on the bases of male gnathopod 2; these bases arc curved inward to afford the interlocking capability.

This genus differs from Lemboides Stebbing in the even more shortened inner ramus of uropod 3, in the simple mandibular palp, the fused articles of the flagellum on antenna 2, and the immense basket-shovel formed of spines on articl 2 of male gnathopod 2.

The Update - January 1991, Nova University

The Update

No abstract provided.

Protecting The Rule Of Law From Assault In The War Against Drugs And Narco-Terrorism, Bruce Zagaris

Nova Law Review

This paper discusses the rule of law under attack in the context of

international narcotics trafficking and narco-terrorism.

United States International Drug Control Policy, Extradition, And The Rule Of Law In Colombia, Mark Andrew Sherman

Nova Law Review

The United States has been fighting the importation, distribution,

and possession of illicit drugs for a long time.

The Calendar - January 1991, Nova University

The Calendar

No abstract provided.

Sea Turtle Conservation Project - 1991 Report, Curtis Burney, Cathy Mattison

Sea Turtle Nesting Trends Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

Nova University Master's Program In Speech-Language Pathology 1991–1992, Nova University

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

No abstract provided.

Curriculum-Oriented Cai Based On Instructional Technology To Be Used For Teaching Secondary School Students Introductory Library Skills, Theresa K. Toohil

CCAC Theses and Dissertations

In 1990, the New York State Education Department presented a syllabus that required the teaching of curriculum-oriented library skills and suggested the use of computers to be integrated with the teaching of these skills whenever possible. Schools in New York State are now trying to implement the suggestions in the syllabus. Many authors of educational articles have written at length concerning the incorporation of computer-assisted instruction (CAl) into the classroom, but clear directions have not been provided in the literature for the design or implementation of the necessary software.

The purpose of this study was to design a program based …

A Meta-Analysis Of Learner Control In Computer-Based Learning Environments, June A. Parsons

CCAC Theses and Dissertations

The objective of this meta-analysis was to integrate the results of a collection of primary research studies on learner control of computer-based environments. The scope for the meta-analysis was limited to inquiry on different learner-control models and their effect on student achievement as represented by posttest scores. Three specific research questions were defined:

1. What are the characteristics of the body of learner-control research which has examined the effect on achievement of learner control?
2. Is there a difference in the achievement of students who are provided with learner control and students who are provided with other control models?
3. Do specific moderator …

Center For Computer And Information Sciences 1991-1992 Catalog, Nova Southeastern University

College of Engineering and Computing Course Catalogs

No abstract provided.

Center For Computer And Information Sciences Doctor Of Science In Computer Science 1991-1992, Nova Southeastern University

College of Engineering and Computing Course Catalogs

No abstract provided.

Nova University Master's Programs In Child Care, Youth Care And Family Support 1991–1992, Nova University

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

No abstract provided.

Nova University Ed.D. Programs In Child And Youth Studies 1991–1992, Nova University

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

No abstract provided.

Nova University Master's Program In Child Care, Youth Care And Family Support 1991–1992, Nova University

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

No abstract provided.