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Empowering Staff, Students, Parents And Community Leaders To Improve The Academic Learning Climate At East End Middle School, William H. Joyner

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This report describes the process used by Bast End Middle School to develop and implement a positive academic learning environment. Areas of need addressed included low teacher morale and low student achievement. Probable causes of the low teacher morale and low student achievement were identified as: inconsistent attendance monitoring and lack of parent notification, Ineffective classroom instruction, lack of adequate alternative programs, low student participation in extracurricular activities, poor parent and community Involvement, Inadequate provisions for diverse learning styles, inadequate reward, inadequate recognition program and frequent changes in school administrators. A review of the literature and interviews were conducted as …

The Alumni Network, August 1991 (Vol. Vii No. 3), Nova University

Alumni Network Newsletter

No abstract provided.

The Update - August 1991, Nova University

The Update

No abstract provided.

Development Of A Model For A Classroom Instructional Complex In The College Of Education At Alabama State University., Essie L. Harris

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

The purpose of this study was t develop a model of an instructional resource complex in the College of Education at Alabama State University (ASU) for the enhancement of learning outcomes of students.

Alabama State University, a historically black institution, has a total student population of approximately utilizes an “open admission” policy. Because of this policy, a large number of students are admitted to the College of Education. Admission standards for entering teacher education programs are much higher than those required by other colleges within the university. The following are among the requirements to be admitted to a teacher program: …

Changing Elementary Students’ Attitudes Toward Reading At Mutual Elementary School, John H. Williams

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This report describes an intervention implemented in order to achieve a change in students' attitudes toward reading. The efforts were put into action by the principal of a rural elementary school with an enrollment of 579 students in grades one through five. The principal was increasingly aware of the existence of students' negative attitudes toward reading as a result of his 17 years’ experience as a principal in four counties in Maryland and as a result of his successful implementation of reading programs which ranged from completely individualized to tri-basal. Initial evidence of the existence of a problem came from …

The Calendar - July And August 1991, Nova University

The Calendar

No abstract provided.

Nova University National Ed.D. Program For Educational Leaders Innovations In Practice, Volume V July 1991, Nova University

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

No abstract provided.

An Action Plan For Opening A New School, Larry C. Payne

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This major applied research project describes a practical action plan developed to assist in the opening of a new secondary school In a suburban area with diverse population characteristics. The results of a student survey indicated resistance on the part of students leaving their existing schools to attend the new high school. Comments and responses from community informational meetings revealed anxiety about curriculum, staffing and extracurricular activities.

The related literature supported an action plan that provides intensive public relations activities designed to increase the visibility and positive image of the new school. Areas of need which were addressed included the …

1991 Commencement - 22nd Annual Commencement Exercises - Undergraduate Program, Nova Southeastern University

NSU Commencement Programs

No abstract provided.

The Calendar - June 1991, Nova University

The Calendar

No abstract provided.

Nova University Graduate Education Modules (Gem) Master's And Educational Specialist Degrees And Graduate Courses In Education 1991–1992, Nova University

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

No abstract provided.

Developing And Implementing A Plan To Improve The Reading Achievement Of Students In Grades Two Through Five At Union Elementary School., Cecil G. Hargett

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This applied research practicum describes a program for improving reading achievement for a target group of students in grades two through five in a small public elementary school in a southeastern rural community. Problems originally noted includes students reading below grade level, and low test scores on the California Achievement Test as compared to system, state and national scores. Weaknesses in reading have been documented from 1986 to 1989. The test data were analyzed on the basis of the major reading components of word analysis, reading vocabulary, and reading comprehension. The reading objectives under each of the three major components …

Designing And Implementing A Social Studies Program For The Learning Disabled Student In The Elementary Grades Of Caroline County Schools., Fannie Page

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This report describes the Inservice training activities that were designed to improve the social studies achievement of students with Specific learning Disabilities. The students scored consistently low in the area of social studies despite the high cognitive abilities of the students.

The probable causes of the problem were identified as: lack of proper social students textbooks, textbook budget constraints at the building level, and inappropriate teaching materials. A review of the literature, interviews, and observations were conducted to assess and plan practicum activities and the probable outcomes.

The Solution strategies proposed were to: design in social studies curriculum that would …

Providing An Infant And Toddler Program For Calvert County, Frederick J. Distler

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This report described a series of intervention strategies directed at providing services and programs for developmentally delayed infants and toddlers at-risk, birth through two. Evloence clearly indicated that at the proposal stage. Calvert County did not have a coordinated delivery system in place to provide such progress. A search of the literature showed that in order to reduce longitudinal problems it was in the best interest of Handicapped Infants and Toddlers to receive assistance at the earliest possible time in their development. It was further demonstrated that programs for Handicapped Infants and Toddlers were a major educational concern by the …

Interview With Don Juran, Dr. Joseph M. Juran Collection

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

No abstract provided.

The Alumni Network, May 1991 (Vol. Vii No. 2), Nova University

Alumni Network Newsletter

No abstract provided.

The Calendar - May 1991, Nova University

The Calendar

No abstract provided.

Improving Physical Fitness For Fifth Grade Students At China Grove Elementary School., Alan D. King

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

During the spring of the 1988-89 school year, all 115 fourth-grade students at China Grove Elementary School were given the American Alliance Physical Fitness Test. The students were also given blood-cholesterol screening and blood-pressure tests. The tests were given because of concern by faculty members anu school administrators that the students were physically unfit and this may be affecting academic performance.

Formal interviews were conducted with all 115 target group members during the 1988-89 school year. Health and exercise practices by students and parents were discussed. Students candidly participated in the interview.

All fifth-grade students during the 1989-90 school year …

Datascan - April 30, 1991, Nova University

DataScan

No abstract provided.

Moving Toward Effective Teacher Empowerment Through Improved Decision Making At A Secondary School In Wyoming, Fran Mayeski

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This report describes an intervention in the implementation of strategies for group decision making by two committees in a secondary school. Teacher unrest with the decision-making process existed at this school as measured by responses on a school wide self-evaluation tool. questionnaires, comments made in meetings, interviews, letters end the faculty successfully petitioning to rescind a decision that had been made by a committee.

The intervention was designed to increase the group decision-making skills of the members, including the principal, of the Faculty Advisory Council (FAC) and the department chairs. A skill development model of training, practicing, monitoring, receiving feedback …

Nova University: Organization, Programs, And Services, John M. Flynn

NSU Fact Book

No abstract provided.

A Model To Assist Elementary Principals When A District Changes From A Centralized Decision-Making Process To A School-Centered Decision-Making Process., Tim D. Tarleton

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This report describes a model created for assisting 15 elementary school principals in making the transition from a district-centered decision-making process to a school-centered decision making process. Issues requiring attention related to culture, trust between principles and central administration, inability of the principals to work together, lack of decision making processes, control of the group by a few principals, and a lack of an agreement upon a process on how they would conduct their business.

The plan included administering a survey to the principals which indicated that there were significant discrepancies between District action and what the principals thought would …

The Update - April 1991, Nova University

The Update

No abstract provided.

Quarterly Report - Spring 1991, Nova University

The Quarterly Report

No abstract provided.

The Calendar - April 1991, Nova University

The Calendar

No abstract provided.

The Role Of Inositol Phosphate Cascade In Visual Excitation Of Invertebrate Microvillar Photoreceptors, Tamara M. Frank, A. Fein

Marine & Environmental Sciences Faculty Articles

The identity of the transmitter(s) involved in visual transduction in invertebrate microvillar photoreceptors remains unresolved. In this study, the role of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP₃) was examined in Limulus ventral photoreceptors by studying the effects on the light response of heparin and neomycin, agents that inhibit the production or action of IP₃. Both heparin and neomycin reduce responses to brief flashes of light and the transient component of responses to steps of light, and also inhibit IP₃-induced calcium release, indicating that IP₃ plays a direct role in invertebrate visual excitation. The effects of BAPTA, …

The Nova Knight Volume I: Xii, Nova Southeastern University

Student Newspapers

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Developing And Implementing A Program To Raise Verbal Scholastic Aptitude Scores Of High School Seniors In A Non-Public School., Janne B.H Banks

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

Flint River Academy is a private, independent school with enrolled of 410 students in pre-kindergarten through grade 12. This major research project describes a program that was designed to raise the Verbs’ Scholastic Aptitude Scores of seniors in high school. Students at Flint River Academy consistently scored below the national mean verbal score on the Scholastic Aptitude Test. The writer documented this disparity for the 1982-89 school years. Interviews with parents, students, and staff indicated concern about the verbal scores being lower than the national mean verbal score.

Probable causes of the existing problem were: students were not being taught …

Development And Implementation Of A Community-Drawn Community Life-Based Curriculum For Individuals With Mental Retardation And Developmental Disabilities Living In Summit County., Norman W. Czubaj

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This report describes a project that resulted in the development and implementation of community life-based curriculum for students in the County of Summit Board of Mental Retardation and Development Disabilities (CSBMR/DD) school program. The Summit curriculum altered the present self contained system of classroom instruction and utilized the community settings as a means to increase the amount of student instruction time in the “real” community environment. The most recent review of the Weaver School programs, by the Ohio Department of Mental Retardation and Development Disabilities suggests that the curriculum and the districts IEP process by re-designed to promote more and …

Datascan - March 11, 1991, Nova University

DataScan

No abstract provided.