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Effective Testing Procedures For Partial Vision Students Utilizing The Microcomputer, Deborah K. Emmons

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

A testing program utilizing a voice synthesizer and double-sized graphics was developed for high school partial vision students in a Business Education Microcomputer Applications class. Prior to the program, partial vision students had failing test grades. In order to take a test, the partial vision student had to go to a resource lab to use a reader. This took a great amount of time and the partial vision student missed regular classroom activities.

The program was implemented for 10 weeks. After the partial vision students were trained to use the speech synthesizer for one week, tests were administered on the …

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 …

Monday Update - June 16, 1986, Nova University

The Update

No abstract provided.

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.)

The Application Of A Behavior Management System To Increase Mathematics Academic Performance Of Secondary Learning Disabled Students, Joyce L. Stockdale

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

The author developed and implemented a behavior management program designed to aide learning disabled (LD) students in a large metropolitan school district. The objectives of the program were to help the LD students increase their grade level performance skills in mathematics, to reduce inappropriate behaviors which were interfering with their learning, and to assist the students in the development of a positive attitude toward mathematics, themselves, peers, adults and the school. The identified behaviors were: Tardiness to class, Walking around aimlessly, Unprepared for class, Talking out, Drawing and/or writing on tables, walls, desks and other school materials. The components of …

Stress Management Factors In Education, Marri J. Duncan

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

The high percentage of faculty and staff absenteeism due to significant stressful situations was addressed by the implementation of Stress Management Workshops in the target school. This occurred at a secondary institution where there were five different approaches to the program: Guest speakers, movies, after school activities, environmental improvements and positive sharing.

The workshop consisted of four guest speakers in the topics of: Stress Management Awareness, Time Management and Organizational Skills, Nutritional Needs During Stress, and Physical Fitness Related to Stress. All the speakers gave their presentations during morning school hours and nutritional morning munchies were served. Inservice points were …

Improving Auditory Sequencing Skills In The Kindergarten Age Child Through The Increased Instruction Of Music, Millicent Hume Brandt

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

The writer applied an increased frequency of general music instruction given to a target group of kindergarten children in order to measure its impact on auditory memory sequencing skills. A control group received the general music instruction on a less frequent basis. The writer, a music teacher specialist, theorized that skills learned in the music class setting would transfer to other (academic) classroom settings, as measured by a standardized testing instrument and a classroom teacher survey checklist.

The writer designed a method of instruction using music classroom materials selected to include sequencing and auditory memory skills. The target group received …

An Outdoor Environmental Education Center, Robert L. Booth

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

A program introduced by the author was developed and implemented to provide the school and community with An Outdoor Environmental Education Center and supportive curriculum. This program was implemented to satisfy a recommendation in the Pinellas County Elementary Schools Educational Specifications manual which called for such a center in the construction of new schools. There was also a request from the faculty to enhance the environmentally rich campus of the school with this education center for the use of school and community.

The program involved construction of an eight station nature trail and the design and development of curriculum enrichment …

An Assessment Of The Image Of The Wisconsin Vocational-Technical And Adult Education System Based On Rating By Employee Groups In A Five-District Consortium, Dorothy E. Stepien

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

Five vocational, technical, and adult education (VTAE) districts in the Wisconsin vocational-technical system have been organized into the East-Central Wisconsin YTAE Consortium to maximize use of member districts resources for improving services to their constituency. In 1984 the five districts began to experience a decline in enrollments which indicated a need to explore the marketing plan and institutional image.

The importance of views and efforts of the internal publics, especially the faculty, support staff, and management, to the overall image projected by the educational institution and the subsequent marketing efforts was acknowledged. A need to treat faculty and staff as …

The Alumni Network, May 1986 (Vol. Ii No. 2), Nova University

Alumni Network Newsletter

No abstract provided.

New Genera And Species Of The Megaluropus Group (Amphipoda, Megaluropidae) From American Seas, James Darwin Thomas, J. L. Barnard

Marine & Environmental Sciences Faculty Articles

The species of the Megaluropus group, here placed in three genera, two of which are described as new, are reported from the Caribbean Sea and the eastern Pacific Ocean. The west African Megaluropus longimerusSchellenberg is redescribed and a lectotype chosen. It is placed in the new genus Gibberosus which otherwise has three American species, G. falciformis, G. myersi, and a new species, G. devaneyi. Megaluropus is now confined to the Old World. A second new genus from the New World, Resupinus, is described to include R. visendus and two new species, R. spinicaudatus and R. coloni …

Two Species Of Hornellia (Subgenus Metaceradocus) From The Florida Keys And Belize (Amphipoda, Melphidippoidea), James Darwin Thomas, J. L. Barnard

Marine & Environmental Sciences Faculty Articles

Hornellia (Metaceradocus) atlanticus, a new species from Belize, related to M. occidentalis, an eastern Pacific species, is reported from the Caribbean Sea and a morphologically remote new species, M. tequestae, is described from the Florida Keys.

A Gifted Education Inservice Program For Regular Classroom Teachers, Diane L. Lethbridge

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

A ten week inservice training program in gifted education was developed and implemented for regular classroom teachers at the elementary school level. The goals were for the participants to show significant gains in identifying the gifted, in developing positive attitudes and in planning and utilizing appropriate methods and materials to meet their particular needs.

A local survey indicated that the majority of regular education teachers were not able to identify gifted students or to provide for their affective and intellectual needs. A creative inservice training program was developed to demonstrate effective gifted education strategies. Multi-media workshops presented information on identification, …

A Computer Assisted Instructional Program To Facilitate Eleventh Grade Remediation In Skill H68, Direct Address, Audrey P. Dunn

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

The author created and implemented a computer assisted instruction (CAI) program to remediate juniors in skill H68, dealing with direct address. This skill is found on the State Student Assessment Test, Part I. The program's aims were to increase student achievement, alleviate the problems of management, improve student attitude, and teach basic computer literacy to below average students.

The program consisted of two lessons, each dealing with one component of the skill of using the comma to set off proper names in direct address. The study group included all eleventh grade students who failed to master this skill. 100% achieved …

Improving Reading Skills Of Chapter I Third Grade Students Through The Infusion Of Daily Narrative And Expository Composition Into The Reading Program, Flora S. Joiner

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

Based on a study of valuable literature, this writer decided to improve reading skills of 16 third grade Chapter 1 students, who had a reading deficiency of one and two years below grade level, through the infusion of creative narrative and expository writing into the reading curriculum. A review of available literature and the writer's own observation indicated that meaningful, correlated writing activities would improve comprehension of the written word. A ten week curriculum was planned and implemented, consisting of instructional strategies with an emphasis on creative writing, oral reading and listening skills. The students were posttested and their scores …

Problem Solving For The Field/Dependent Chemistry Student, Barbara C. Schwartz

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

The author has created and implemented a program to help field/dependent chemistry students solve word problems (stoichiometry). Problem solving is the most complex form of human activity and one of the hardest to teach. Field/dependent students have the greatest difficulty doing word problems. Field/dependent students cannot separate relevent clues from misleading clues in word problems. Fifty eight percent of the regular high school chemistry students in this study are field/dependent.

The program contains six basic components: individual blackboards, games, analogies, special labs, imagery and testing format. Individual blackboards enable the student to receive individual attention, immediate feedback and work at …

The Use Of Quality Circle Techniques To Improve Problem Solving In Elementary School, Linda S. De Candido

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

A sequentially planned program using Quality Circle Techniques, adapted to the educational environment was implemented in an elementary school in Central Florida. The program consisted of ten sessions designed to acquaint the team leaders and administrators with the Quality Circle Techniques and, under the direction of a trained facilitator, developed and practiced the skills.

The sessions included activities on brainstorming, concensus, cause and effect diagrams, group functions, data collection techniques and management presentations.

The pre,post attitudinal survey showed a positive gain for all participants. Cognitive quizes during the sessions produced an average retention of 96.6%. These results were further strengthened …

Using The Newspaper To Teach Reading Skills, James R. Mcdermott

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

The practitioner developed and implemented an alternative to standard textbook/packet learning, Ninth graders, who were proven by testing as being deficient in four basic reading skills (stated main idea, implied main idea, fact/opinion, and following written directions), were remediated by utilization of the newspaper as a learning material source.

The remediation program featured a multitude of newspaper-related activities, Four specific units emphasizing each of the targeted skills were featured in ninth grade high school English classes over a 10-week development period. A pretest and posttest concept was utilized for summative evaluation. Formative evaluation devices (logs, surveys) were used as well. …

The Effectiveness Of Computer Assisted Instruction On Children’S Mathematical Problem-Solving Ability, Amy D. Pettit

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

The author provided activities for a target group of third grade students who were experiencing difficulties in mastering the skills required to solve problems involving money. The program’s aims were to remediate these students by giving them the opportunity to use instructional software that would increase their mathematical vocabulary, strengthen the logic behind their thought patterns, and assist them in mastering the skills necessary to solve word problems with confidence and success. The author developed and implemented a computer program that included reading, understanding, analyzing estimating, and computing with regard to the solving of word problems having to do with …

A Cross-Age Tutoring Program To Enhance Sight Word Recognition In Primary Resource Room Students, Janice Fay Langel

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

The problem addressed in this practicum was the significant deficit in recognition of sight word vocabulary among Primary Resource room students partially due to insufficient exposure to the words, little positive reinforcement, and a lack of consistent practice providing the correct responses.

The method devised to remedy this deficit was to implement a ten week, cross-age tutoring program in which the Resource students were drilled for 10 minutes daily on the Dolch Basic Sight Word Vocabulary, the Queen's Vocabulary List, and supplemental word lists with positive verbal, and correct-response reinforcement by fifth grade tutors. Student tutors were selected from low …

Designing And Implementing A Computer Literacy Course For Academically Excellent Disadvantaged Intermediate Elementary Students, Ronny A. Einbinder

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

The author designed and implemented a computer literacy course for academically excellent disadvantaged intermediate elementary students. The author introduced the students to a wide range of computer related skills. This information was presented in an introductory manner in order to acquaint students with the varied uses of the computer in today's technological society. The program's aims were to teach computer literacy to academically high achieving students who had little or no previous computer knowledge or experience, to provide computer time for students whose environmental background has denied them equal access to computers, and to build higher level thinking skills. The …

Development, Implementation, And Evaluation Of An Audio-Tape And Accompanying Visuals In Hemodynamics As A Supplementary Teaching Aid For Human Anatomy And Physiology, Ranjani H. Selvadurai

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

Difficulties associated with the comprehension of Hemodynamics in the Human Anatomy and Physiology course at NYCTC, had been the consensus of the course committee and large sector of the student clientele for some time. This had been attributed to the physical and mathematical principles involved in the topic. In addition, the material on the topic in the text used was found to be inadequate.

The purpose of the study was to develop, implement and evaluate an audiotape and accompanying handouts on the topic as a supplementary teaching aid in the health science learning center of New York City Technical College. …

Analysis Of How Societal Factors Have Affected Social Societies Of Broward Community College, Thomas J. Ryan

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

During the past year, Broward Community College (BCC) has witnessed a decline of social societies. Data ascertained to analyze how societal factors have affected social societies was collected through an alumni and student survey. The inquiry contained interview questions concerning the effects of societal factors on social societies and how they affected those organizations. The questions were responded to buy thirty former and current student leaders of the College’s social organizations, who volunteered solutions or the betterment of student life. These participants were selected on a non-random basis of availability from the college registration files.

The responses were computed by …

The Nova Knight Volume 4: Number 8, Nova Southeastern University

Student Newspapers

No abstract provided.

Phase Ii Report Hurricane Kate Report Capt. Crunch Report Wellwood Shipping Company, Richard E. Dodge, W. Goldberg, D. Landmeier, G. Mcintosh, B. Raymond, L. Rivas

Marine & Environmental Sciences Faculty Reports

No abstract provided.

A Dream: On Discovering The Significance Of Fear, Charles R. Lawrence

Nova Law Review

No abstract provided.

Survey: Evidence, Mark M. Dobson, Randolph Braccialarghe

Nova Law Review

Twenty-one years ago Chief Justice Earl Warren appointed an advisory

committee to propose evidentiary rules for the federal courts,

thus beginning a movement which has worked a minor revolution in

substantive evidence law.

The Pedagogy Of Community: Trust And Responsibility At Cuny Law School, John Farago

Nova Law Review

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.