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A Low Cost Mini-Program Of Walking And Behavior Modification For Weight Control And Fitness, Jeanne M. Longo

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

The author developed a program of behavior modification, nutrition, and fitness tips, and walking exercise for weight control and improved general fitness. The low cost program, targeted for semi-sedentary workers, but adaptable to the elderly and others, sought to promote fitness through an exercise program geared to the individuals tolerance and pace, and the format enabled the use of a lay leader/facilitator. (Appendices include survey forms, pre-program notice, program, tasks of facilitator, work sheet and poet program survey.)

A Study To Assess The Need At Oral Roberts University For A Specialized Seminar To Deal With Skills For Answering The Essay Question, Vercella Evelyn Manning

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

The purpose of this study was to assess the extent of need and willingness of students to participate in a special student seminar which should be focused on the essay question, and to determine the likelihood of their attendants. One hundred Oral Roberts University students from Cross Cultural classes were the subjects of this study. They completed a survey instrument designed to provide data for the above purpose.

Responses to the five questions of the survey indicated the following: (1) The subjects considered the objective question to be more difficult than the essay question by a small margin (50% to …

Development Of A Model Of Student Personnel Services For Bucks County Community College, Howard J. Freas

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

Bucks County Community College (BCCC) has been without a Chief Student Personnel Officer since 1972. The different student personnel organization structures that have been used since 1968 are reviewed in this paper. Since 1972, student services have lacked direction, a philosophy, a rationale of operation, an overall set of goals and objectives and cohesion. The purpose of the writes was to propose a student personnel organizational structure that will serve to motivate the personnel to develop philosophy, rationale, goals and objectives which in turn will lead to cohesion and directional planning. The assumption was that a structure different from those …

Improvement Of Cafeteria Behavior Through The Use Of Behavior Modification, Joseph S. Ronca

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

The practicum was entitled “Improvement of Cafeteria Behavior Through the Use of Behavior Modification”. The setting was an elementary school consisting of kindergarten through sixth grade. Previous methods for controlling lunchroom behaviors were not effective. By setting up a behavior modification system in which appropriate behavior was reinforced, the noise level was controlled and at least 60% of the class earned the opportunity to receive a weekly reward for following cafeteria rules. Furthermore, the project was successful enough that he faulty and administration wished for it to be an ongoing program.

The Design And Implementation Of A Speech, Drama, And Communications Course For Junior High Students, Virginia H. Miller

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

A semester elective fine arts course for junior high students in speech, drama, and communications was designed and implemented by the author for a private Christian day school in a metropolitan Florida city. The school serves 630 students in grades kindergarten-four through nine. The project's goals were to expand the school's fine arts program, to address the personal needs of the adolescent, and to increase the interactions between the school's junior high and primary and elementary students.

Following preliminary activities to assess and evaluate present skills, needs, and interests, students proceeded through sequence of activities to achieve objectives in four …

A Survey Of Student Religious Attitude At Tusculum College To Determine If An Increased Religious Life Program Could Impact Retention., Stephen R. Weisz

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This study sought to discover if there was a significant difference between freshmen and sophomores enrolled at Tusculum College during the Spring of 1985 in terms of religious beliefs and spiritual attitudes. This study was undertaken because a low interest in religious activities was observed among students during their first two years on the Tusculum campus. Tusculum is a four-year liberal arts college related to the Presbyterian Church U.S.A. The study was conducted shortly after a report was released that indicated that only twenty-three percent of the freshman Class entering in 1981 would be graduating from the college at the …

Improving The Cardiovascular Fitness Of Eighth Grade Girls With Aerobics, Harvey Cooper

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

The writer developed and implemented a program that would improve the eighth grade girls' cardiovascular scores with aerobics. The practicum setting was a junior high school located in a southern urban metropolitan area. The program's aims helped the eighth grade girls to improve their cardiovascular fitness, to adapt to stress, have a good self-image, and. to improve their physical being. They were made aware of the fact that regular exercise had many mental benefits. The program began with the testing of the girls in the 12-minute run. After testing, the students received a point chart. The students had to obtain …

School Of Psychology Fall Schedule 1985, Nova University

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

No abstract provided.

The Nova Knight Volume 4: Number 1, Nova Southeastern University

Student Newspapers

No abstract provided.

Nova University Center For The Advancement Of Education Student Handbook 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.

Nova University Center For The Advancement Of Education 1985–1986 Catalog, Nova University

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

No abstract provided.

Nova University Graduate Education Modules (Gem) The Extra Measure Of Professional Success August 1985, Nova University

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

No abstract provided.

Using Instruction In Sentence Combining To Improve Syntactic Maturity In Student Writing, Judith B. Willig

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

Tenth grade students in two English Honors classes were given direct instruction on sentence combining. The goal of the program was to increase the syntactic complexity of student writing, to have them express more in each sentence.

Instruction was approached from different aspects. The students worked with two textbooks on sentence combining. They worked with sentences from the newspaper and a magazine. There were lessons in sentence combining as a means to understanding the style of two authors. Sentences combining was used as a means to encourage substantial revision of essays. Writing an abstract of the research paper was approached …

1985 Commencement - 16th Annual Commencement Exercises, Nova Southeastern University

NSU Commencement Programs

No abstract provided.

School Of Psychology Master's Course Schedule Summer [And] Fall Session 1985, Nova University

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

No abstract provided.

The Identification Of Right Brain Children And The Application Of Teaching Strategies To Improve Their Academic Achievement, Barbara B. Stutes

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

The author identified students with a right brain dominance through surveys and questionnaires. These students' past academic records were scrutinized and on the basis of repetitive low test scores, poor social and scholastic achievement and a pattern of apathetic behavior, a target group of five students was compiled for this study. Based on their mode dominance, a series of teaching strategies were created to strengthen the dominant mode and stretch the subdominant mode. The strategies were formulated for daily implementation and were specific activities that called on reaction from either the left or right hemisphere of the brain, and the …

The Nova Knight Volume 3: Number 24, Nova Southeastern University

Student Newspapers

No abstract provided.

The Nova Knight Volume 3: Number 22, Nova Southeastern University

Student Newspapers

No abstract provided.

The Nova Knight Volume 3: Number 14, Nova Southeastern University

Student Newspapers

No abstract provided.

The Nova Knight Volume 3: Number 12, Nova Southeastern University

Student Newspapers

No abstract provided.

Behavioral Sciences And Life Sciences Catalog 1985-86, Nova University

Behavioral Sciences Center Course Catalogs

No abstract provided.

Problems Of Convicting A Husband For The Rape Of His Wife, Susan Ruby

Nova Law Review

Society has recognized family violence as a pervasive and serious

problem requiring intervention by the criminal justice system.

1985-1986 Nova College The Center For Undergraduate Studies Catalog, Nova Southeastern University

Undergraduate Programs Course Catalogs

No abstract provided.

The Center For Undergraduate Studies 1985-86 Catalog, Nova University

Undergraduate Programs Course Catalogs

No abstract provided.

In The Interest Of Children: Advocacy, Law Reform, And Public Policy, Laurence M. Hyde

Nova Law Review

No abstract provided.

Nova University The Doctorate In Early And Middle Childhood: A Regional Cluster Concept For Practicing Childhood Professionals 1985-1986, Nova University

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

No abstract provided.

Nova University Center For Higher Education Catalog 1985-1986, Nova University

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

No abstract provided.

The Doctor Of Education In Computer Education An Online Program For Professional Success, Nova Southeastern University

College of Engineering and Computing Course Catalogs

No abstract provided.

Doctoral Degree In Computer Education, Nova Southeastern University

College of Engineering and Computing Course Catalogs

No abstract provided.

Doctor Of Arts In Information Science 1985-86 Catalog, Nova Southeastern University

College of Engineering and Computing Course Catalogs

No abstract provided.