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Nurturing Second Graders’ Literacy And Language Development Through Child-Centered Versus Curriculum-Centered Experiences, Gwendolyn C. Esch

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This program was designed to foster second graders' literacy and language development via child-centered as opposed to curriculum-centered experiences. The primary goal was to improve students' literacy and quantity of writing by allowing extra time, exposure to more and various non-basal literature, hands-on activities and experiences geared to their interest level. The second aim was to improve their: attitude toward reading by having them cooperatively and actively involved in a uniquely child-centered environment.

This writer administered pre/post quality and quantity of writing tests and pre/post attitude surveys. Journals, charts, and a log were kept. The number of library books, records, …

Provocations For Researching Clinicians And Clinical Researchers, Ronald J. Chenail

The Qualitative Report

No abstract provided.

Development And Analysis Of A Comprehensive Program For The Implementation Of Site Based Management Into The Milwaukee Public Schools, Clement L. Magner

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

In October 1986, the Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) Board of School Directors appointed a broadly based committee to study the feasibility of Site Based Management (SBM) for the MPS. The committee was comprised of varied staff from the educational community including elementary, secondary and college levels. Also included were business and professional people from the Milwaukee community. In March of 1987, the committee delivered their report to the Board. The committee recommended that the MPS establish SBM in all of the 140 school buildings, starting with a small number of volunteer pilot schools. In the fall of 1987, ten schools …

Improving Collaboration Among Primary Teachers To Facilitate Mainstreaming Of Limited English Proficient Children, Joy W. Trute

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This practicum was designed to organize collaborative efforts among primary, ESOL, and bilingual teachers. Limited English proficient children were receiving instruction isolated from mainstream class instruction. There was no cohesiveness between the plans of mainstream teachers and ESOL/ bilingual teachers. The students were at an academic disadvantage when mainstreamed because they were not familiar with the same materials as mainstream students.

The writer and mainstream primary teachers held planning meetings to develop a cohesive curricular plan whereby language arts and content area studies would be integrated. Bilingual instruction was coordinated with ESOL plans that were, in turn, reflective of mainstream …

Expanding Third Graders’ Vocabulary Using A Data Base, Individual Thesauri And Brainstorming Strategies, Ann M. Gaffuri

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This practicum aimed to expand written vocabulary for third graders through training in using a data base and brainstorming strategies. Individual thesauri were written and published to demonstrate the results of collecting vocabulary and applying it to specific topics.

Daily process writing which gave the third graders time, ownership and response became an integral part of the curriculum. Class time became an on-going procedure consisting of reading, writing, editing. Author's chair and rewriting. Brainstorming and computer bank word collecting were developed and linked to all aspects of written expression. Mini lessons in publishing and the use of a thesaurus were …

Improving Multiplication Mastery Using A Multi-Sensory Approach With Severely Emotionally Handicapped Students Grades Four Through Six, Susan S. Klingler

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

The focus of this practicum was to improve the learning of multiplication mastery demonstrated low on tests and teacher/student assessment. As a corollary aim, an overall increase in self esteem and behavioral improvement during math class was projected.

Twelve weeks of implementation included computer assisted instruction (CAI) with a multiplication program, making and working with flash cards, bi-weekly timings on math facts, completing drill sheets, playing various instructional multiplication games and use of manipulative devices. As supplementation progressed, students were encouraged to spend more time on the activities in an effort to master the times tables (0-12). Behavioral charts were …

Helping Dysfunctional Recovering Drug-Addicted Mothers To Build Healthy Families By Enhancing Parenting Skills And Providing Opportunities For Bonding, Nan Kelly Wilson

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This practicum was designed to enhance the parenting skills of drug-addicted recovering women and to give opportunities for successful family experiences in a half-way house setting.

The writer developed a curriculum, led weekly group meetings, arranged for guest speakers, assisted mothers with individual problems, and administered an evaluation. The Walker Problem Behavior Identification Checklist (1983) and the Systematic Training for Effective Parenting Workshop (Dinkmeyer & McKay, 1989) were used.

Results were positive. Recovering mothers completed parenting course activities, participated in weekly family experiences to develop bonding, and reported feelings of higher value as parents. Children’s scores on the Walker Problem …

Expanding Programs In An Early Childhood Center To Meet The Community’S Needs And To Improve Center Fiscal Stability, Theresa C. Rothschild

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This practicum was designed to provide additional sources of revenue for an early childhood center. The primary goal was to increase enrollment and offer new special classes.

The writer held meetings with the board and the staff to discuss the decline in enrollment. Ideas for new program offerings were suggested and tried. New programs were offered to increase center revenue. Advertising, marketing, public relations, and surveys were developed and implemented to increase enrollment.

The results of the practicum were positive. Analysis of the data revealed that the new special enrichment classes were successful. Board and parents revealed that the new …

A Peer Group Dependency Approach To Improve Tenth Grade Research Writing Experiences, Elaine L. Harrington

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

The situation needing improvement was that 85% of tenth grade students did not complete the research paper required by the Unified Curriculum. This practicum’s three main objectives were: (1) encouraging students to work in teams and utilize peer evaluation techniques to encourage, support, guide, and assist one another in pre-reading, sharing resources, and gleaning information, (2) achieving the goal of positive and successful completion of the research paper requirement for tenth grade in clients with specific curricular standards, and the students own calendar, design, and (3) increasing the percentage of students who successfully complete research paper. Additional aims were to …

Project Kind (Keeping Interfering Noncompliance Down) A Social Skills Training Program For Noncompliant Primary Students, Janice A. Masters

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

The practicum addressed the need of improving noncompliant, oppositional, defiant, under-socialized, primary aged, at risk students’ social skills. They exhibited poor study habits, academic failure, and were subsequent prime candidates of early school departures.

Project kind, a weekly social skills training program, was designed and developed by the writer to help students acquire socially acceptable behaviors. Its focus aimed at helping them acquire conflict resolution tools by developing problem-solving and decision-making skills that included anticipatory outcomes and/or consequences. Improved social adjustment embodied the concept of solving problems without physically or verbally abusing others.

The 18 students were selected by their …

Educating Parents, Teachers And High School Severely Emotionally Disturbed Students Regarding Vocational Rehabilitation Supplemental Security Income And Vocational Training, Van E. Wallace Iii

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This practicum was designed to educate Severely Emotionally Disturbed (SED) students, parents, and educational professionals in regards to supplemental security, income, vocational rehabilitation, and vocational training. Application and procedural information was conveyed to empower students and their parents with skills necessary to apply and receive, when eligible, financial assistance in enrollment in appropriate vocational training programs. The practicum also attempted to provide information to Exceptional Student Education (ESE) professionals involved with special needs students.

Instructional in-services were provided in one on one and family counseling sessions to S.E.D. students and to their families. And in service was provided to E.S.E. …

Improving The Morale Level Of Direct-Care Staff In A Residential Group Setting Through Support, Communication, And Recognition, Jimmy Mcadams

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This practicum sought to elevate the morale level of direct-care staff in a residential group care setting. Corollary aims were to reduce staff turnover and to improve staff performance both qualitatively and quantitatively.

Four solutions strategies were attempted, which addressed the areas of staff support, communication, and recognition. The writer, representative of a top administrative position, conducted personal visits with staff at service sites. Three round table, dialoguing meetings were held within each of three regions. Agency communication was enhanced through retargeting and increasing the frequency of an intro agency publication so that its focus was on direct care staff. …

Decreasing Overreliance On Basal Readers Through Staff Development, Deborah J. Evans

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This practicum aired to reduce overreliance on the basal reading program in the elementary school. It also endeavored to provide teachers with quality choices to enhance and enrich their reading/writing programs.

Five workshops were designed to meet specific areas of need in this district. Reducing the time spent on the tests accompanying [illegible] series was the first goal. Then teachers were [illegible] suggestions for successfully incorporating whole class reading activities and integrating the teaching of reading and writing. Decreasing the number of workbook and skillsheet pages used was another focus. Proven strategies were modeled for teachers during the workshops, through …

Improving Aids Awareness Through A Staff Development Program For Teachers In An Elementary School Setting, Gladys M. Cormier

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This practicum was aimed to improve AIDS awareness through a staff development program for teachers in an elementary school setting. Two broad aims were to increase teacher knowledge regarding the transmission of AIDS and to teach them how to protect themselves and others with regards to this disease.

Twelve (12) workshops designed to develop essential skills and to impart information on the transmission and personal risk factors involved with Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome/Human Immunodeficiency virus were held during the implementation phase of this practicum. New information regarding the AIDS virus was incorporated into every workshop when information occurred. AIDS related …

Improving Writing Skills Of Hispanic High School Students Enrolled In Tesol: Meeting The Challenge Through The Use Of Critical Thinking, Error Reduction, And Teacher Feedback, Daniel Devries Iii

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This practicum aimed to improve writing of Hispanic high school students and decrease the number of assignment errors over a twelve week time period. Readings selected for each task dealt with high-interest topic relevant to student needs. Explanation of readings was followed by group discussion of key points.

The cognitive taxonomy of Benjamin Bloom was adapted to each reading. Students answered questions related to readings from each level of the taxonomy. Corrective feedback followed as error patterns in writing were jointly examined. As students progressed in writing ability, assignments grew in length. Critical thinking was employed as pupils were able …

Improving The Delivery Of Academic Advising At West Coast Christian College, Joseph W. Laing

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

The purposes of this project were to identify the procedures and processes that affect the advising relationship and retention at West Coast Christian College, to discover what is being done to enhance academic advising in other postsecondary institutions that have similar organizational features to West Coast Christian College, and to devise directives to improve academic advising and enhance retention at West Coast Christian College. Answers were sought through five research questions to provide information about strengths and weaknesses of the existing advising program at West Coast Christian College: the student and advisor perception of academic advising at the College, the …

A Study Of A Baccalaureate Degree Curriculum In Hospitality Management, Joseph B. Gregg

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

The Florida International University School of Hospitality Management program has been in existence since 1973. It is the only university program rated by Florida's Board of Regents as a "Distinguished Program" and is consistently ranked by educational and industry leaders as one or the top four programs of its kind in the United States.

The undergraduate program consists of fifty-five courses on a 3000-4000 level, and they are taught by a distinguished faculty or thirty-five professors, plus adjuncts and visiting lecturers from the industry. In 1990 the school moved into its own $10 million state-of-the-art facility on the university's North …

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

Student Newspapers

No abstract provided.

The Update - November 1990, Nova University

The Update

No abstract provided.

The Alumni Network, November 1990 (Vol. Vi No. 4), Nova University

Alumni Network Newsletter

No abstract provided.

An Investigation To Determine The Prevalence Of Starvation Dieting Among High School Students As Affected By Gender, Race And Socioeconomic Status, Michal Lee Erickson

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

Sociologists report that twenty million Americans are on a 'serious' diet. There has never been a period when such large numbers of people have spent so much time, money, and emotional energy on their weight. The message conveyed by society, the Fashion and movie industries, modern medicine and the media is quite clear - thin is in! The problem lies in the fact that the message does not distinguish between realistic standards and unattainable ideals, especially for women.

Experts on eating disorders report that ninety percent of those suffering from anorexia nervosa (self-starvation) are females, ages 13-21, from white ethnic …

Clinical Applications Of The Mmpi-2 1990, Nova University

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

No abstract provided.

The Nova Knight Volume 1, Nova Southeastern University

Student Newspapers

No abstract provided.

The Nova Lawyer, Fall 1990, Volume 4, Number 2, Nova University Shepard Broad Law Center

Nova Lawyer

No abstract provided.

The Update - October 1990, Nova University

The Update

No abstract provided.

Quarterly Report - Fall 1990, Nova University

The Quarterly Report

No abstract provided.

Practitioners' News - October 1990, Volume 18, Number 1, Nova Southeastern University

Practitioners' News

No abstract provided.

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

Student Newspapers

No abstract provided.

The Development Of An Individualized Instructional System For Health Care Ethics, Charles Carroll

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

Daytona Beach Community College offers training in eight allied health areas including dental assisting, surgical technology, respiratory care, medical record technology, health unit coordinator, radiology technology, human services and child development. Students enrolled in these programs currently do not receive any formal course work or training in the area of ethics. A survey of the allied health instructors indicated three reasons for the lack of instruction in the area of ethics: (1) lack of formal training in the area by the instructors, (2) lack of time to thoroughly research the topic, (3) a lack of time in the program's curriculum …

The Development Of A Recruitment Program For Flight Faculty At Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, John E. Phipps

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University is a private institution offering graduate and undergraduate degree programs in aviation related fields. Members of the staff of Embry-Riddle's Flight Technology Department were concerned about the department's continued ability to attract sufficient quantities of qualified applicants for flight industry faculty positions given current trends in the industry. In response to those concerns a comprehensive plan for the recruitment of flight faculty was developed to meet both present and future departmental needs.

The research question investigated as a part of this developmental project was what steps need to be taken to ensure that Embry-Riddle is able to …