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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.

A Follow Up Study On Persisters And Non-Persisters From Mirror Lake/Tomlinson Adult Center To Make Recommendations For Changes In The School Curriculum To Reduce Attrition, Herman Allen

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

For the past several years the high attrition rate at Mirror Lake Tomlinson Adult Center (MLT) has been of tremendous concern to the teaching staff and administrators. It is suspected Chat there are several major factors pertaining to curriculum that contribute to this dropout, problem. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to secure certain data relative to former MLT persisters and non-persisters, so that recommendations regarding curriculum and program changes could be made that might lead to a decrease in the attrition rate.

Persisters, in the attrition study, are those students who completed their program or graduated from MLT. …

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 …

Substance Abuse Education For Mentally Handicapped Teenagers, Harris R. Himot

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

The author developed a special program to help Mentally Handicapped teenagers gain knowledge in the area of Substance Abuse Education. Objectives included the recognition of good role models and self esteem, identification of the respiratory system and how it works, how the use of harmful substances impairs the body systems, identification of the commercialism involved in promoting tobacco and alcoholic products, identification of the reasons not to use harmful substances, the legal issues involved with using drugs and alcohol, and rehabilitation of persons with a substance abuse problem. There were six units that covered the objectives for Substance Abuse Education. …

Nova News, October 1986, Nova University

Nova News

No abstract provided.

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.

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.

Nova University Master's Program In Speech And Language Pathology 1986–1987 Catalog, Nova University

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

No abstract provided.

An Analysis Of Socio-Psychological Factors Affecting Marine Corps Recruit Training Attrition, Howard J. Christenson

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

The ability of the Department of Defense to recruit and retain adequate members in the All Volunteer Force constitutes a significant political, economic, and social issue. As the economy improves, recruitment and retention of enlisted personnel challenge military planners. High attrition rates of the past indicate that the full potential of recruits is not being achieved.

Each year, over 40,000 youth enlist in the United States Marine Corps. Of this number, approximately 88 percent successfully meet the demands of recruit training and graduate from one of two Marine Corps Recruit Training Depots located at San Diego, California and Parris Island, …

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 …

1986 Commencement - 17th Annual Commencement Exercises, Nova Southeastern University

NSU Commencement Programs

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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 …

Nova News, July 1986, Nova University

Nova News

No abstract provided.

Nova University Center For The Advancement Of Education Doctor Of Education In Computer Education Third Annual Summer Institute "The Future Of High Tech In Education And Training" July 26 – August 3, 1986, Nova University

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

No abstract provided.

The Development, Implementation, And Evaluation Of An Instructional Model To Increase Comprehension Through Written Structural-Response To Text, Jean Bravick

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

St. Petersburg Junior College (SPJC) requires large numbers of Incoming students to enroll in College Reading Techniques Classes because of deficient reading skills. These students have a particular lack of the higher level inferential reading/thinking skills. Although the value of using student writing to develop those skills has been indicated, little research has been done to identity the instructional methods most affective in college reading Classes.

It was the purpose of this study to develop, implement, and evaluate an instructional model to increase reading/thinking skills through written responses to the macro-structure of the text read. Answers were sought to 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 …

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 …

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 Experiment To Determine The Effectiveness Of Systematic Desensitization In Reducing Communication Apprehension., Tanya Johnson

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

The small group communication classes at Evergreen Valley College are experiencing large class sizes. Students enrolled in these classes tend to have high levels of communication apprehension (CA). which these large classes it is difficult to apportion class time to reducing CA. the purpose of this study was to determine whether the most often used treatment of CA, systematic desensitization (SD) lowers CA significantly enough to justify the use of class time.

Two intact small group communication classes of thirty-four students each were used and the SD treatment, consisting of four forty minute sessions, was randomly assigned. The same instructor, …

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.)

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Improving Reading Comprehension Skills In Fifth Grade Students, Roberta T. Strassler

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

[No abstract provided]

Monday Update - April 21, 1986, Nova University

The Update

No abstract provided.

School Of Psychology Spring Schedule 1986, Nova University

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

No abstract provided.

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 …

Development Of A Workshop To Train Trade And Industrial Teachers In The Use Of Performance-Based Curriculum Materials, Bobby L. Crosby

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

The purpose of this research was to develop a workshop to provide Trade and Industrial instructors with the skills necessary to develop and use performance-based curriculum materials in their occupational areas. Strategies for conducting this study included collecting data, investigating methodology associated with performance-based education, and comparing how others have used performance-based approaches in similar situations.

The need for this workshop grow out of the passage of the State of South Carolina Education Improvement Act of 1984. One section of this act specifically mandated that all vocational courses in the State of South Caroline use performance-based education by the 1987-88 …