Digital Commons Network^™

Computer-Based Graduate Programs In Computer Education 1987-88 Catalog, Nova Southeastern University

College of Engineering and Computing Course Catalogs

No abstract provided.

Organization For Collection Development In Medium-Sized Academic Libraries, Carol W. Cubberley

CCAC Theses and Dissertations

At the University of Central Florida Library, the librarians with collection development assignments, and the Head of Collection Development, were frustrated in their attempts to fulfill their responsibilities. Those librarians did not report to the Department Head, but to other departments, and only a small percentage of their time was set aside for collection development. This meant that collection development duties frequently were deferred to other duties. There also was uncertainty about what duties could be expected of these librarians. Some functioned only as liaisons to academic departments, while others did extensive selection of material, wrote collection development policies, and …

Third Annual Winter Institute Ed.D. In Computer Educations Program January 31 - February 4, 1987, 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 1986-1987 Catalog, Nova University

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

No abstract provided.

The Role Of Student Affairs Personnel In Curriculum Planning In The Community College, Howard J. Freas

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

The assumption was made that student affairs professionals are not utilized in or only play a minimal role in the curriculum planning process in community colleges. The fourteen community colleges in Pennsylvania were contacted to evaluate the role of student affairs professionals in curriculum planning in these colleges. The results indicate that the student affairs professionals have a minimal role. The literature review suggests that curriculum planning models either do not exist in community colleges or are poorly defined. Since a curricular planning process is needed at Bucks County Community College, a process model based on Hunkins (1980) was proposed. …

The Effectiveness Of Two Fitness Training Methods On Trainable Mentally Handicapped Students, Ann M. Goodman

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This practicum exposes middle school age trainable mentally handicapped students to an exercise program designed to improve their overall level of physical fitness. Fifteen students participated in the study conducted by a physical education teacher, a paraprofessional assigned to the teacher, and University c1f Florida student volunteers.

The Motor Fitness Test For The Moderately Mentally Retarded (1976) was used as a pretest and posttest to ascertain progress or lack of progress of students participating in the ten week fitness training program. Conclusions of the practicum were as follows:

1. Middle school age trainable mentally handicapped students exposed to a systematic …

Nutrition Profile Of Dietetic Technology Students: An Assessment Of Application Of Classroom Theory Learned., Perla Miranda-Kushida

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

A unique advantage of being enrolled in the Dietetic Technology program at Malcom X College is that it provides the students with the knowledge of nutrition theory as part of their curriculum requirement for graduation. With this in mind, it was the hypothesis that these students will be practicing good nutritional habits for themselves besides being prepared for a career in this field.

Because nutrition and health promotion have awakened a national consciousness at preventing illnesses, the Allied Health Department suggested that nutrition should be made part of the curriculum for all allied health students. However, the college administration, conscious …

Nova University Ed.D. Program In Early And Middle Childhood: Regional Cluster 1986-87 Catalog, Nova University

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

No abstract provided.

The Nova Knight Volume 5: Number 1, Nova Southeastern University

Student Newspapers

No abstract provided.

The Alumni Network, November 1986 (Vol. Ii No. 4), Nova University

Alumni Network Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Making Academic Remediation Programs More A Positive, Image Building Experience For The Adult Learner, Sue Bragg

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

The writer built into a vocational school’s remedial program techniques and strategies to develop in disadvantaged adult learners’ positive attitudes and a success oriented mind set in order to improve confident, self-image, and attitude about their personal potential for success in school, on the job, and in life. On entry into the remedial program, students were given an attitude survey to determine how they felt about their past academic success and about themselves in a school setting. They were also given the Barbe modality test at that time to enable the writer to better prescribe appropriate materials to meet their …

Nova University Graduate Education Module (Gem) 1986, Nova University

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

No abstract provided.

Nova University Graduate Education Module (Gem) Program Overview 1986, Nova University

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

No abstract provided.

Developing Music History Knowledge Through Computer-Assisted Instruction, Elaine A. Meils

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

A team effort led by the author developed and implemented a model program designed to improve fifth grade students’ knowledge of music history through computer- assisted instruction. The goals of the program were to have the student be able to identify the different periods of music history, music styles of those periods, composers and various writing styles of the composers.

The program contained four basic components: pre-test, implementation, post-test and results. After the fifth grade students were randomly chosen, a pre-test was conducted and the implementation began. Following the implementation period the author conducted a post-test, the findings of the …

Monday Update - October 20, 1986, Nova University

The Update

No abstract provided.

Nova News, October 1986, Nova University

Nova News

No abstract provided.

Nova Law Review-Volume 11-1986-1987, Dale Alan Bruschi, Robert S. Glazier, Kenneth James Potis, Mary Amanda Ebelhare, James Patrick Anderson, David C. Hawkins, Marsha Herbert, Arna Cortazzo, Anna Mae Burke, Morgan Roger Rood

Law Review Mastheads

No abstract provided.

A Comparison Of Grade Point Averages And Credit Hours Completed Between Students Who Attended A Formal Orientation Program And Those Who Did Not., Larry Cline

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This practicum addressed the effectiveness of a formal orientation program for new full time students at Central Arizona College. The study made a comparison between those students who participated in the orientation program those students who did not. The basis of this comparison was the total number of credit hours completed with a grade other than “W”, and the mean grade point average (GPA) for both groups at the conclusion of the Fall Semester, 1985. The population of each group was randomly sampled and a t-test was administered to determine if there was a significant difference regarding placement scores in …

Nova University Ed.D. Program In Early And Middle Childhood September 1985 Revised 10/1986, Nova University

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

No abstract provided.

Amplification And Chromosomal Dispersion Of Human Endogenous Retroviral Sequences, Paul E. Steele, Malcolm A. Martin, Arnold B. Rabson, Theodore Bryan, Stephen J. O'Brien

Biology Faculty Articles

Endogenous retroviral sequences in humans have undergone amplification events involving both viral and flanking cellular sequences. We cloned members of an amplified family of full-length endogenous retroviral sequences. Genomic blotting, employing a flanking cellular DNA probe derived from a member of this family, revealed a similar array of reactive bands in both humans and chimpanzees, indicating that an amplification event involving retroviral and associated cellular DNA sequences occurred before the evolutionary separation of these two primates. Southern analyses of restricted somatic cell hybrid DNA preparations suggested that endogenous retroviral segments are widely dispersed in the human genome and that amplification …

Reduction Of External Suspensions Through The Use Of An Effective Administrative Discipline Plan, Sharon Hill Shaulis

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

The author developed and implemented a model program to reduce the number of external suspensions in a middle school. The program's aims were to make sure that disciplinary actions such as suspension did not interfere with a handicapped student's rights to an appropriate education, and to reduce the total number of external suspensions focusing on exceptional students.

The program contained three basic components: a suspension module, suspension red,1ction techniques, and computerizing data base management of all suspension data. After school staff were inserviced on proper suspension procedures a consistent administrative discipline plan was implemented. This plan consisted of non-violent crisis …

The Alumni Network, August 1986 (Vol. Ii No. 3), Nova University

Alumni Network Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Development Of A Self Directed Learning Program On Arterial Blood Gas Interpretation For The Nursing Profession, Amy B. Bernard

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

The author developed implemented a self-instructional module on Arterial Blood Gas Interpretation for medical and surgical nurses. The program's goal was to provide more accessible continuing education for nurses who identified a need to learn Arterial Blood Gas Analysis. Nurses needed a supplemental learning program to educate them in current nursing practices at their convenience because they could not attend classes.

The module contained learner objectives, educational content, learner activities, feedback and pre- and post-instructional measures. Additionally, a survey was used to establish the nurses’ reactions to the curriculum style. Modules were distributed to those nurses who identified a need …

The Causes Of Student Absenteeism In Community College Classes, Lynn E. Mccutcheon

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

One of the biggest problems facing professors in the Social Science Division at the Annandale Campus of Northern Virginia Community College (NVCC) is poor classroom attendance on the part of some student. When students miss classes they often miss important announcements that impact directly on their grades, as well as learning experiences that are obviously grade-related. Furthermore, the cumulative effect of a combination of missed classes and low grades caused by absenteeism contributes to dropping out of college. One purpose of this MARP was to determine the causes and measure the relative contribution of each cause to the problem of …

Creative Writing: A Collection And Implementation Of Techniques To Motivate First Grade Writers, Dorothy J. Whittaker

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

The author developed and implemented a writing program to aid first grade students in acquiring skills and confidence needed to perform as independent writers on a voluntary basis. The program's goals were to increase the frequency of independent writing behaviors, improve writing skills and develop a positive attitude toward the task of writing. The program centered around a collection of techniques and strategies used to motivate and instruct young children on writing skills. Students engaged in daily structured writing activities or independent writing endeavors over a ten-week period. At the end of the program, the frequency of independent writing behavior …

Effect Of Television Programming And Advertising On Alcohol Consumption In Normal Drinkers, Linda C. Sobell, Mark B. Sobell, Diane M. Riley, Felix Klajner, Gloria I. Leo, Daniel Pavan, Anthony Cancilla

Faculty Articles

The drinking behavior of 96 male normal drinking college students was assessed after they viewed a videotape of a popular prime-time television program complete with advertisements. Different versions of the videotape were used to evaluate the effects of a television program with and without alcohol scenes as crossed with the effects of three different types of advertisements (i.e., beer, nonalcoholic beverages and food). After viewing the videotape, the subjects, who were led to believe that they were participating in two separate and unrelated sets of experimental procedures, were asked to perform a taste rating of light beers, which actually provided …

Three Individualized Reading Strategies For Mentally Handicapped Students Through A Modality Strength Approach In A Congregate Living Center, Helen Marie Mathews Phillips

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

The author used three reading strategies with mentally handicapped readers and nonreaders living together in a center. The aim was to improve reading comprehension through the use of familiar materials to which the students could relate in an independent living environment.

The reading materials were presented to each student according to his/her modality strength. Some students were use as reading tutors for the others. The reading materials focused on sequencing and following directions skills. Each student's general comprehension level was raised during the instruction period. The strategies as well as adoption in any beginning reading program.(Appendices include charts of individual …

Refocusing From Content Specific Ieps To Enabling Ieps, Kenneth J. Stevenson

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

Content specific lEPs address curriculum which is assumed the same for all students. Individual needs and "how" the student can benefit form the instructional setting and art the unique needs of the exceptional student. This methodology for writing IEPs is called "enabling skills."

This practicum sought to focus teachers' writing of IEPs from content specific IEPs to enabling IEPs.

A target school was selected where 89 percent of IEPs written were content specific only (individual needs and enabling skills Nere not addressed). A three hour inservice workshop and module was developed to explain the intent of individual Educational Planning under …

Developing An Understanding Of Haitian Culture Through Select Social Studies Objectives In A Class For Learning Disabled Students, Camilla Felicia Paggett

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

The author of this practicum developed and implemented a program to introduce global perspectives focusing on Haitian culture in a sixth grade class for learning disabled students. The program's aim was developed to get the students to develop an understanding of Haitian culture and a perspective of feeling and caring for others of a Haitian background.

The program contained seven strategies: film watching, game playing, food sampling, class discussions, story reading, Gestalt strategies and societal media involvement. All strategies were fully implemented throughout the ten weeks. At the conclusion of the program, all of the students showed a significant gain …

Strategies For Socialization Of Learning Disabled Students At The Secondary Level, Verden T. Smith

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

Learning disabled students at the secondary level have inferior socialization skills with peer groups and poor self-perceptual skills. Studies indicate that socialization appears to be the keystone of adolescent development. Evaluative instruments employed to discern interpersonal and socialization skills were the IPAT-Anxiety Scale Questionnaire Test-Self-Analysis Form (Cattell, Krug, Scheier) and the Self-Inventory (Simon-Howe-Kirschenbaum). Peer Counseling, observations, filmstrips and guest speakers were utilized to implement this socialization. skills program. Results indicated improved self-esteem, increased communication with peer groups and more positive attitudes toward self and others. (Appendices include sample instruments and student data.)