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Empowering Learning Disabled Students Through Direct Interventions In The Classroom, Dorothy Gleberman

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This: practicum was designed to empower six severe learning disabled students In the district's self-contained program for the middle grades. These students exhibited a cluster of observable behaviors that reflected their poor self- concept, external locus of control, and poor social skills. These behaviors and attitudes were detrimental to their learning and success in school.

The writer restructured the self-contained class from a teacher-directed one to a student-directed one that provided dally leadership roles and changed the Instructional Bode from traditional to cooperative. The students were also provided direct instruction In social skills, learning, and learning disabilities, In collaboration with …

The Development Of A Model Faculty Training Program To Promote The Integration Of Technology Into The Curriculum, Judy C. Lever

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This practicum identified and implemented a series of technology training strategies to provide faculty with the ability to improve the integration of technology into the curriculum. The practicum objectives included an increase in faculty computer literacy, an increase in the awareness of technology applications, an increase in the awareness of technology and the creation of a replicable model.

The practicum implemented these strategies in two diverse training environments and evaluated their effectiveness in each. During the implementation phase of this practicum. a selection of individual, group and campus training strategies were selected and tested in both environments. Faculty needs were …

A Cross-Age Tutoring Program To Raise Self-Esteem In Learning Disabled, Regular And Gifted Elementary School Students, Marian J. King

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This practicum was originally designed to provide teachers with a means of enhancing the self-esteem of learning disabled (LD) students by using them as cross-age tutors in a Kindergarten class. It was assumed that, by engaging them to help younger students, LD tutors would experience a feeling of accomplishment and self-worth, and therefore develop a sense of being capable, useful, and appreciated. It was further assumed that this more positive self-esteem would lead to a healthier social, emotional and intellectual self-perception and behavior. As the project developed, other students (regular and gifted, including whole 5th and 6th grade classes) asked …

Evaluating Student Learning In Language Arts In The Primary Grades Through Whole Language Assessment Techniques, Diana Deshazo Hyde

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This practicum sought to measure and document real learning in natural circumstances through the use of whole language assessment techniques: Observation checklists on which skills for the language arts (writing, spelling, reading) were listed; the skills of students were measured using descriptor words such as stable, evident, and not evident. In this way, a student’s progress along the road of literacy development was plotted in a positive way.

A reading behavior form was also included. This classified students into one of three learning groups, according to the answers given to a list of seven questions; emphasis was on behavior and …

British Literature: Increasing Relevancy For High School Seniors Through Multicultural Augmentation. Doctoral Report Thesis, Nancy C. Kirkland

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

The goal of this practicum was to Increase the relevancy of the regular senior English course In British literature and composition by expanding the curriculum to Include selections from countries, other than the United States, influenced by the British Colonial Empire. This approach would render the curriculum more germane to the ethnic diversity of the contemporary classroom.

Using a thematic approach, works were selected to include writer’s representative of African, Aslan, and Hispanic cultures. These additions were enmeshed into the regular canon of British authors. Learning styles and cooperative Learning strategies were employed to promote cooperation and understanding within the …

Implementing A Collaborative Consultation Model For Learning Disabled And At-Risk Students In Grade 9, Ester Zager Levine

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This practicum was uncertain in an effort to Improve the education of learning disabled and at-risk ninth grade students in regents level courses. The goal of this collaborative consultation was to implement the Resource Teacher Consultant Model by having individual teachers work collaboratively with a resource room teacher. The project was expected to, and did impact on two groups of students (six learning disabled and five at-risk youngsters) in tour different classrooms. Improved teaching and learning was accomplished through analysis of teaching style and learner needs and creation of strategies to meet those needs.

In addition to meeting all of …

Using Environmental Print Media To Enhance Third Grade Children’S Reading And Writing Abilities, Rhoda Orenstein

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

A course of study was designed by the writer to enhance the effectiveness of the traditional third grade reader and workpack as instructional tools. The goal was to create, in the targeted third grade students, a familiarity with the purpose and function of varied print media available within the community, thereby creating a foundation upon which the students could base their understanding of the settings, themes, and experiences of the traditional third grace reader.

The writer created a program that utilized varied print media and speakers from within the students' school and community environment. Classroom cooperative learning centers were established. …

Improving The Keyboarding Composition Skills Of Secondary Business Education Students Through A Structured Approach, Gay E. Parker

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This practicum was designed to improve the student's manual keyboarding composition skill. Traditionally, students learn to keyboard from material that is already typed or handwritten and seldom have opportunities to learn the advanced skill of composition keyboarding. Inherent in learning this skill are other requisite skills of well written composition, accurate punctuation and grammar, and fastidious proofreading.

This writer developed a program to integrate these skills in a structured, progressive plan. To develop the manual skill, the students were dictated questions requiring one letter responses, progressing to full-paragraph responses as demonstrated each day in a 5 minute warm-up journal writing. …

Using Portfolios For More Authentic Assessment Of Writing Ability, Richard J. Marchesani

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This practicum sought to improve student writing and student attitude towards writing through a performance-based assessment which featured peer and teacher conferencing, holistic grading and publication of material written by students. The practicum involved seventh and eighth grades and five teachers who instituted all aspects of the writing process from prewriting to evaluation.

The writer organized a twelve-week writing program which encompassed all four types of writing; provided folders for all students; outlined procedures for peer and teacher conferencing; conducted summative evaluations among teachers; enacted a letter-writing project among students; arranged for the collection and sealing of student folders for …

Nurturing Writing Attitudes Through Collaboration Across The Intermediate Grades, Flora I. Mckenzie

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

The problem for this eight-month practicum was that there were 30 intermediate students who had adverse feelings for writing. The problem was documented as a result of responses to a writing survey by Donato (1990). The survey was administered to a group of 71 students. The highest possible score was 30. Ten students from each grade level (third, fourth and fifth) with the lowest scores completed the practicum activities.

Students viewed a film for the first strategy. Following the film, the students were guided through a brainstorming activity. The students' reactions to the film served as the basis for a …

Teaching The Cultures Of Francophone Countries To High School French Students Through Group Activities, Brenda J. Pulliam

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This practicum addresses the need to improve the cultural proficiency of high school students studying French. The writer developed and implemented a twelve-week unit designed to teach the cultures of francophone countries to 20 randomly selected first-level students.

The writer developed and administered a survey and a pretest to determine the difficulty of students to demonstrate knowledge of and appreciation for French-speaking countries and people. Individual and group activities and a posttest measured the outcomes of the implementation.

Analysis of the evaluation data indicated an improvement in students’ level of cultural proficiency. They displayed an increase ability to recognize and …

Integrating A Study Skills Program Throughout Special Education Classes In A Middle School Setting, Dianne M. V. Lotz

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This practicum was designed to integrate a Study Skills Program throughout special education classes in a middle school. The major objectives were to develop a variety of instructional strategies to meet the students’ needs in the area of study skills, to foster the teaching of study skills in each subject area by the special education teachers through direct instruction, and by providing specific segments of time for study skills awareness activities in each subject area of the students' core curriculum.

The writer designed and administered a study skills self-assessment inventory to the classified students involved and a staff needs assessment …

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

Student Newspapers

No abstract provided.

Ccis Networking - December 1991, Nova University

CCIS Networking / SCIS Networking magazines

No abstract provided.

A Case Study Of The Weaknesses In Postsecondary Mathematics Problem Solving And A Program To Eliminate Such Deficiencies, Robert E. Cinnamond

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

The purpose of this Major Applied Research Project was to investigate the weaknesses in post-secondary mathematics problem solving and to develop an instructional design that would help mathematics majors become better problem solvers. A case study was conducted including an extensive literary search to determine which strategies were needed to enhance problem solving. Three basic research restrictions were examined: 1. Why do Brescia mathematics majors fail to develop correct cognitive strategy selection during their normal course of study. 2. How can an appropriate course of study be designed to teach proper cognitive strategy selection? 3. How can an appropriate course …

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

Student Newspapers

No abstract provided.

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

Student Newspapers

No abstract provided.

The Update - November 1991, Nova University

The Update

No abstract provided.

The Alumni Network, November 1991 (Vol. Vii No. 4), Nova University

Alumni Network Newsletter

No abstract provided.

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

Student Newspapers

No abstract provided.

Interview With Bob Scanlon, Dr. Joseph M. Juran Collection

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

No abstract provided.

Interview With Kent Sterett, Dr. Joseph M. Juran Collection

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

No abstract provided.

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

Student Newspapers

No abstract provided.

The Nova Lawyer, Fall 1991, Volume 5, Number 2, Nova University - Shepard Broad Law Center

Nova Lawyer

No abstract provided.

Nova Law Review-Volume 16-1991-1992, Holiday Hunt Russell, Sherril M. Colombo, David B. Earle, Eric Lee, Linda A. Church, Andrew N. Kessler, Alexandra Kissanis, Stuart J. Mac Iver, Theresa Scala Pecaro, William W. Booth, Marc S. Buschman, Chedly C. Dumornay, Daniel A. Harris

Law Review Mastheads

No abstract provided.

Quarterly Report - Fall 1991, Nova University

The Quarterly Report

No abstract provided.

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

The Communicator

No abstract provided.

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

Practitioners' News

No abstract provided.

Implementing A Gang - Awareness Program/And A Middle School Gang Prevention Curriculum, Donald J. Samuels

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

The first segment of this report describes a program for improving the awareness of youth gangs in our schools and in the community. The program was designed to team school personnel with law enforcement agencies and other allied groups in a systematic plan to increase the awareness of parents, school staff, and members of the community of youth gangs and their activities in Broward County, Florida. In a survey of teachers and administrators during a Youth Gang Conference which was held in February of 1989, it was revealed that the majority of the participants indicated a need to be trained …

A Case Study To Determine The Essential Components Of A Capstone Office Administration Course And The Creation Of A Model Course., Sandra J. Goodwin

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

The office administration faculty members at the Community College of Southern Nevada (CCSN) recently completed a business community needs assessment. After reviewing the needs assessment, the faculty determined that the present curriculum did not address many of the skills that employers listed as being important to their businesses.

The present curriculum has a highly advanced word processing course as the final course in the curriculum. Although the students learn many advanced word processing features that businesses indicate as important, none of the personal traits and characteristics that businesses indicate that they need their employees to have are included in the …