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Supporting First Graders’ Growth As Writers Through Whole-Language Strategies, Diana Deshazo Hyde

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This practicum sought to increase the opportunities first-grade students have to write for real, human reasons and in natural circumstances. They were to use writing as a natural and acceptable outlet for expression and to conceive their writing as an extension of themselves.

This practicum sought to increase the opportunities first-grade students have to write for real, human reasons and in natural circumstances. They were to use writing as a natural and acceptable outlet for expression and to conceive their writing as an extension of themselves.Each day, a name was drawn to take home a stuffed bear which served as …

Modifying Negative Attitudes Toward Reading Of Eighth Grade Literature Students Through An Individualized Reading Program, Cynthia J. Johnston

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This practicum was designed to provide a setting where negative attitudes towards reading in some eighth-grade literature students would be modified. The first goal of this practicum was that members of the eighth-grade literature class would have regular opportunities for successful experiences in reading, since reading for enjoyment usually means having a positive attitude towards reading. A second goal for this practicum was that members of the eighth-grade reading class will enjoy reading this year.

The author presented an individualized reading program as the curriculum for the eighth-grade literature class. Students chose their own reading materials and read during and …

Improving Educational Advising Services For Lower Division Students At Western Kentucky University., Fred B. Buys

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

The purpose of this project was to conduct a formative evaluation of academic advising practices and relationships at Western Kentucky University. The case study process was utilized as a problem solving method to determine the academic advising needs of lower division students, to identify current academic advising practices, and to develop strategies for dealing with unmet advising needs to improve retention at Western Kentucky University.

Answers were sought through eight research questions designed to provide information about existing advising needs, the kind and/or type of advising as currently done, the kind and/or type of advising environment that should exist to …

Development Of A Staff Training Program In A Residential Treatment Center For Abused And Neglected Children Ages, Allen F. Nelson

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

Because no effective staff Training program existed at the residential treatment center to  on issues of severe behavioral management, legal requirements in disciplining residents and emergency procedures, the treatment center and the staff are at risk of legal action should an inappropriate incident occur.

The author developed and conducted a series of five training sessions, which has resulted In the adoption of these sessions into the ongoing in-service training conducted for the treatment center staff, the author has identified five areas of primary concern as expressed by the treatment center director of programs and the supervisor of residential programs. There …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

The Development And Implementation Of An Educationanl Program For The Elderly Based Upon Stressful Life Events, Demographic, And Other Related Psychosocial Factors, Adrian A. Samojlowicz

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

The purpose of this study was to identify those variables which influenced health status, develop a survey instrument which established the prevalence of these variables among the county's elderly population, evaluate the results of the survey, and develop and implement a comprehensive educational program to meet the identified needs. Life events, along with demographic and other psychosocial variables, affect health status. It is anticipated that based upon the results of this study, the Community Medical Center (CMC) can develop programs which make coping with these events and variables easier and reduce their negative affects on thee elderly's health status.

The …

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 …

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

Student Newspapers

No abstract provided.

School Of Psychology Doctoral Program Fall 1989 [And] Summer 1990 Schedule, Nova University

College of Psychological Services / College of Psychology Postgraduate Student and Course Catalogs

No abstract provided.

Moratorium On Maltzman: An Appeal To Reason, Mark B. Sobell, Linda C. Sobell

Faculty Articles

Maltzman's comment on Cook (1985), which appears elsewhere in this issue, is an unveiled attempt to resurrect the same allegations about our research that he made 7 years ago. None of the allegations are new! Over the past 7 years, those allegations have been the topic of 5 separate inquiries, in each of which we were vindicated. In this response, we review the multiple inquiries and we show how Maltzman continues to (1) cite our work out of context, (2) make false assumptions about the inquiries and our procedures and (3) disregard evidence contradicting his assertions. He relies on data …

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

Alumni Network Newsletter

No abstract provided.

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 …

Increasing Levels Of Abstract Reasoning Ability In First And Second Graders Through Instruction In Inferential Thinking And Analogical Reasoning, Shelley Cindy Obrand

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

The ability of first and second graders to use reasoning skills was addressed by the implementation of strategies to develop inferential thinking and analogical reasoning. Piagetian theory was researched in reference to expected levels of cognitive development. The target group of students received instruction in problem-solving to enable them to make inferences. They also received instruction in determining relationships to enable them to solve analogies. Instructional strategies included: modeling, verbal rehearsal, metacognition, peer tutoring, manipulative learning, and discovery learning. The students' progress was measured by Precision Teaching (a monitoring system involving charting to document growth). Inservice training was provided by …

Nova University Center For The Advancement Of Education Graduate Education Module (Gem) Programs 1989–1990, Nova University

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

No abstract provided.

Nova University Center For Advancement Of Education The Gem Programs 1989–1990, Nova University

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

No abstract provided.

Nova University Center For The Advancement Of Education The Gem Program 1989–1990, Nova University

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

No abstract provided.

A Test Anxiety Study And Intervention For English As A Second Language Students At The Borough Of Manhattan Community College, Linda R. Markstein

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

The Borough of Manhattan Community College has a large English as a second language (ESL) population, and there is concern at the College about the low pass rate (20 - 25 percent per semester) of ESL students on the CUNY Writing Assessment Test (WAT). All students at the College are required to pass the WAT before they are allowed to enroll in freshman composition and to take courses in their major field. English as a second language students report performance inhibition on the WAT due to test anxiety. The first purpose of this study was to investigate some of the …

Can Drama Improve Student Performance In School?, William R. Peach

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

The problem of the existence of a number of students exhibiting low self-esteem and unacceptable behavior in fourth and fifth grade was addressed by involving a representative sample of the students population in the production of a major musical show. The Piers-Harris Children’s Self-Concept Test (Ellen V. Piers and Dale B. Harris, 1969), an analysis of students’ effort and behavior grades before and after the production, and an analysis of numbers of instances of administrative/ guidance referrals was used to evaluate whether or not involvement in drama would produce improvement in student self-esteem. All students who signed up to audition …