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Increasing Verbal Participation And Self-Concept Through Teaching Across The Curriculum, Linda A. Wolfe

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

The high percentage of students lacking verbal participation in schools and experiencing a low self-concept in an above achieving third grade class was addressed by the implementation of teaching strategies across the curriculum. The target group of 25 students was involved in social studies, science, and expressive language activities that were designed to increase verbal participation and self-concept. In addition, the target group engaged in weekly self-concept activities with the school counselor. The comparison of The Student Tally of Participation prior to and after implementation showed the average verbal participation measuring at 60 percent which was four percent above the …

Friedt School Catalog 1990-1991, Nova University

Huizenga Postgraduate Course Catalogs

No abstract provided.

Nova University Master's Programs In Child And Youth Care Administrators, And Family Support Studies 1990–1991 Catalog, Nova University

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

No abstract provided.

Nova University Master's Programs: Child And Youth Care Administrators, Family Support Studies (Application Packet) 1990–1991, Nova University

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

No abstract provided.

Science, Hope And Kindness In Psyoanalytic Therapy And Psychotherapy Of Schizophrenia: The Treatment Of Choice 1990, Nova University

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

No abstract provided.

Center For Psychological Studies 1990-1991, Nova University

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

No abstract provided.

Improving The Performance Of Social Workers During Multi-Disciplinary Team Case Reviews Of Delinquent Adolescents Through Public Posting And Verbal Feedback, Vincent J. Carbone

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

The social workers at the project site delivered services to welfare clients using a specialization model. This delivery model led to fragmented and haphazard services to clients. Such an approach did little to ensure the client's success in breaking the chains and cycles of poverty and becoming self-sufficient.

The author designed and implemented a strategy/ to prepare the social workers to begin the first phase of a transition from program component specialists to case managers. Case managers who help their clients to recognize and assist their clients to Overcome ail barriers to self-sufficiency. Strategy implementation began with the very basic …

A Study Of Psychologists’ And Social Workers’ Values And Roles And Design Of A Model Staff Development Plan, John A. Lucero

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

The purpose of this research project was to explore psychologists and social workers' views and roles within their community mental health organization and professional organizations. The study was to address how the psychologists and social workers' adaptive skills were valued to support the organization in how this adaptation or adjustment affects the individuals' job performance.

We surveyed localized to measure respondents' commitment to community mental health organizations and to his or her profession. The data were collected through a mailed questionnaire to 185 psychologists and 125 social workers and equals to 110 Kansas community mental health organizations. Returned usable questionnaires …

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

Alumni Network Newsletter

No abstract provided.

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

Huizenga Postgraduate Course Catalogs

No abstract provided.

The Use Of The College-Level Academic Skills Test For The Nontraditional Community College Student., Harry T. Albertson

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

In Florida, there is the anomaly of a student successfully completing a prescribed curriculum leading to the associate in arts degree and having the degree and access to the upper division delayed or denied because of an inability to pass a four-hour exam. The exam is called the College-Level Academic Skills Test (CLAST), and recent studies postulating biases within the Competency standards of the test et concern about statistically significant score differences between certain populations have raised issues about the test performance of nontraditional students.

Succinctly, this study utilized quasi-experimental techniques to isolate the performance of adult students. female students, …

The Development Of A Stress Management Training Program For Faculty On The Prevention And Recovery Of Burnout, Joseph W. Laing

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

Academic burnout and stress are experienced widely at both small and large private and public post-secondary institutions. This is perhaps due to the interpersonal relationships and expectations essential to academe. Faculty members at West Coast Christian College are not immune to potential sources of academic stress.

The purpose of this study was to develop a stress management program for faculty at West Coast Christian College on the prevention and recovery of burnout. A review of the literature led to the employment of the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) Educators Survey to assess faculty burnout; the results were then used to guide …

School Of Psychology A Center For Psychological Studies [1989-90], Nova University

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

No abstract provided.

Prenatal Education And Support (Pes) Program For Inner City Parents Who Have Children Enrolled In A Preschool Program, Sarah L. Mack

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

The problem addressed was that many women became pregnant in the Head Start program for the second, third, or more times and had received no or inadequate parental care. Many lacked the understanding of what constituted healthy conscience and quality prenatal care. Some of the low-expected women failed to see the relationship between adequate parental care and pregnancy outcomes.

The PES program operated for one and a half hours bi-monthly for eight months. A series of 15 sessions was conducted by medical professionals and educators to the benefits for the women and their unborn infants or use as incentives, along …

A Comparison Of Baccalaureate Degree Credit Hour Requirements At Selected Bible Colleges., Ronald C. Kroll

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

The board of directors at Practical Bible Training School (PBTS) has directed the administration and faculty to develop a baccalaureate degree program, the first degree offered by PBTS in its eighty-eight year history. The purpose of this practicum was to compare the baccalaureate degrees and credit hour requirements for degrees offered by institutions accredited by the American Association of Bible Colleges (AABC) to identify appropriate norms at colleges similar to PBTS.

A questionnaire was sent to the chief academic officer at the ninety-six AABC member and candidate schools to gather data on the degrees offered and the number of credit …

The Friedt School Of Business And Entrepreneurship 1988-89 Catalog, Nova University

Huizenga Postgraduate Course Catalogs

No abstract provided.

1987-1988 Nova University In Brief, Nova Southeastern University

Undergraduate Programs Course Catalogs

No abstract provided.

Nova University Master Of Public Administration Degree [No Date], Nova University

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

No abstract provided.

A New Direction In Legal Education: The Cuny Law School At Queens College, Charles R. Halpern

Nova Law Review

No abstract provided.

Nova University Center For Advancement Of Education:Student Directory For The Ed. D. Program In Early & Middle Childhood 1986, Nova University

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

No abstract provided.

Nova University Center For The Study Of Administration 1986-87 Catalog, Nova University

Huizenga Postgraduate Course Catalogs

No abstract provided.

Nova University Center For The Advancement Of Education Student Directory For The Ed.D. Program In Early & Middle Childhood 1986, Nova University

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

No abstract provided.

Training Lawyers For The Powerless: What Law Schools Should Do To Develop Public Interest Lawyers, Jan C. Costello

Nova Law Review

No abstract provided.

Teaching First-Year Students: The Inevitability Of A Political Agenda, Leon Letwin

Nova Law Review

No abstract provided.

Behavioral Sciences And Life Sciences Catalog 1985-86, Nova University

Behavioral Sciences Center Course Catalogs

No abstract provided.

Nova University Center For The Study Of Administration, Nova University

Huizenga Postgraduate Course Catalogs

No abstract provided.

Nova University Center For The Study Of Administration 1985-86 Catalog, Nova University

Huizenga Postgraduate Course Catalogs

No abstract provided.

Behavioral Sciences And Life Sciences Bulletin 1984-85, Nova University

Behavioral Sciences Center Course Catalogs

No abstract provided.

Funding The Most Costly Alternative: A Legislative Paradox, Wesley W. Jenkins

Nova Law Review

This article discusses the perhaps rather startling fact that legislators

traditionally tend to allocate funds for more costly social services

rather than for the less expensive ones.

The Governor's Constituency For Children: Concerned Adults Unite In Lobbying Efforts, Margaret Kempel

Nova Law Review

In the political lexicon of the 1980s, a "constituency" has come to

mean a special interest group coalesced around a single issue. These

single-issue constituencies, or special interest lobbies, range from right

wing to left wing, from neighborhood associations to well-organized political

action committees, from environmental causes to tax-slashing

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