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A Survey Of Teaching Strategies Used In California Community College Nursing Programs To Foster Critical Thinking, Nicki Harrington Edd Jan 1992

A Survey Of Teaching Strategies Used In California Community College Nursing Programs To Foster Critical Thinking, Nicki Harrington Edd

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This study explicated critical thinking teaching strategies being utilized by California Associate Degree Nursing (ADN) faculty, and their perceived effectiveness, to serve as a model for faculties in nursing and other disciplines. Questions addressed by the study included not only teaching strategies in use and their perceived effectiveness, but also exploration of common threads among nursing educators in their definitions of critical thinking, and common themes of "especially effective" techniques. The study involved a pilot of the survey instrument, utilizing one sample school's nursing faculty, with subsequent distribution to all 69 other ADN program senior nursing course lead faculty. The …


Leadership In A Different Voice: An Ethnographic Study Of A Latina Chief Executive Officer In A California Community College, Lois Margaret Knowlton Edd Jan 1992

Leadership In A Different Voice: An Ethnographic Study Of A Latina Chief Executive Officer In A California Community College, Lois Margaret Knowlton Edd

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The purpose of this ethnographic research was to discover the influence of President Judith Valles' gender and ethnicity on her leadership behavior at Golden West College in Huntington Beach, California, and to determine if similar influences existed among the other eight Hispanic women presidents of community colleges in the U.S. A composite profile of the nine presidents was developed. More than 100 interviews were conducted from a broad spectrum of participants, including seven of the nine Hispanic women presidents. The researcher became a participant observer at Golden West College for the fall of 1991. All the presidents were strongly influenced …


An Investigation Of The Relationship Between Participation In The Odyssey Of The Mind Program And Mathematical Problem Solving Achievement, Terri Spreckman Carman Jan 1992

An Investigation Of The Relationship Between Participation In The Odyssey Of The Mind Program And Mathematical Problem Solving Achievement, Terri Spreckman Carman

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Mathematics Achievement Among Chinese-American And Caucasian-American Fifth And Sixth Grade Girls, Carol S. Huntsinger Jan 1992

Mathematics Achievement Among Chinese-American And Caucasian-American Fifth And Sixth Grade Girls, Carol S. Huntsinger

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Study Of The Hexamethylenetetramine, Ammonia, And Formaldehyde System: Quantitative Determinations, Gary Lee Madsen Jan 1992

Study Of The Hexamethylenetetramine, Ammonia, And Formaldehyde System: Quantitative Determinations, Gary Lee Madsen

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No abstract provided.


Palladium(Ii) Catalysis, Glenn Noronha Jan 1992

Palladium(Ii) Catalysis, Glenn Noronha

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Problem-Solving And Problem-Solving Appraisal In Weight Loss Maintenance, Richard Michael Alford Jan 1992

Problem-Solving And Problem-Solving Appraisal In Weight Loss Maintenance, Richard Michael Alford

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Peer Coaching: A Study Of Teacher Involvement And Motivation, Christine A. Jakicic Jan 1992

Peer Coaching: A Study Of Teacher Involvement And Motivation, Christine A. Jakicic

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An Analysis Of The New Teacher Orientation Programs At Selected Large High Schools, Rochelle Kroan Singer Jan 1992

An Analysis Of The New Teacher Orientation Programs At Selected Large High Schools, Rochelle Kroan Singer

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An Analysis Of The Role Of Instructional Leader As Fulfilled By Selected Dupage County Elementary Principals In Accordance With The Illinois School Reform Act Of 1985, Lawrence J. Golden Jan 1992

An Analysis Of The Role Of Instructional Leader As Fulfilled By Selected Dupage County Elementary Principals In Accordance With The Illinois School Reform Act Of 1985, Lawrence J. Golden

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Lithium Transport, Mg2+ Competition, And Phospholipid Composition In Human Erythrocytes: A Multinuclear Magnetic Resonance Study, Aida Abraha Jan 1992

Lithium Transport, Mg2+ Competition, And Phospholipid Composition In Human Erythrocytes: A Multinuclear Magnetic Resonance Study, Aida Abraha

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Spin Label Studies Of Radical Reduction In Normal And Sickle Erythrocyte Membranes Associated With Antioxidants, Yin Zhang Jan 1992

Spin Label Studies Of Radical Reduction In Normal And Sickle Erythrocyte Membranes Associated With Antioxidants, Yin Zhang

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Nursing Faculty Perceptions Of Critical Thinking, Cynthia N. Sander Jan 1992

Nursing Faculty Perceptions Of Critical Thinking, Cynthia N. Sander

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William Harvey Wells: His Superintendency And Contributions To The Chicago Public Schools, Cynthia Felton Jan 1992

William Harvey Wells: His Superintendency And Contributions To The Chicago Public Schools, Cynthia Felton

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Multinuclear Magnetic Resonance Study Of Chlorine And Cesium Ion Distribution In Human Erythrocyte Suspensions, Lisa Wittenkeller Jan 1992

Multinuclear Magnetic Resonance Study Of Chlorine And Cesium Ion Distribution In Human Erythrocyte Suspensions, Lisa Wittenkeller

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An Investigation Of The Cognitive And Affective Differences In Japanese And American Mathematically Talented Students, Michael J. Boyle Jan 1992

An Investigation Of The Cognitive And Affective Differences In Japanese And American Mathematically Talented Students, Michael J. Boyle

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Using Children's Trade Books To Enhance The Mathematics Curriculum In The Elementary School, Dorothy Giroux Jan 1992

Using Children's Trade Books To Enhance The Mathematics Curriculum In The Elementary School, Dorothy Giroux

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Thinking Gelassenheit Through Heidegger: The Encounter With The Possible Impossible, Shahriar Mohammad Reza Shafaghi Jan 1992

Thinking Gelassenheit Through Heidegger: The Encounter With The Possible Impossible, Shahriar Mohammad Reza Shafaghi

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The Impact Of The Accountability Movement On Principals In A Large Southern California School District, Dianette T. Mitchell Edd Jan 1992

The Impact Of The Accountability Movement On Principals In A Large Southern California School District, Dianette T. Mitchell Edd

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Organizations achieve uniqueness in their functions despite similarities in their structure. This uniqueness is true of school districts as well. Though there are specific similarities which have been found in effective schools and districts who have joined the accountability movement, each has its own systematic method of modifying and controlling desired behavior and possible achievement. This research focuses on one unique group of people, the site administrators in a large school district, and seeks to ascertain the effects of the effective schools' accountability movement as seen from the perspective of school principals. The three major objectives of this study were …


Low Temperature Spectroscopic And Annealing Studies Of Disordered Organic Solids, Dwayne L. Labrake Jan 1992

Low Temperature Spectroscopic And Annealing Studies Of Disordered Organic Solids, Dwayne L. Labrake

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Reconsidering Psycholinguistics' Project : Language As Praxis In Lacan And Kristeva, Suzanne Barnard Jan 1992

Reconsidering Psycholinguistics' Project : Language As Praxis In Lacan And Kristeva, Suzanne Barnard

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No abstract provided.


An Exploratory Study Of The Aims And Methods Of Family Worship In The Seventh-Day Adventist Church, L. Edgel Phillips Jan 1992

An Exploratory Study Of The Aims And Methods Of Family Worship In The Seventh-Day Adventist Church, L. Edgel Phillips

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Problem

The Adventist Church places a high value on family worship yet less than 50 percent of those surveyed indicated that the observance was practiced. It was posited that an investigation of the aims and methods of family worship might provide a partial answer to this phenomenon. This present study was to determine the underlying dimensions of the aims and methods of family worship and to discover which methods have a significant correlation with the aims of family worship.

Method

An instrument was developed for collecting data from individual members of the Seventh-day Adventist Church who reside in the geographic …


Remote Dianions In The Synthesis Of Indolizidine Alkaloids, Diana L. C. Green Green Jan 1992

Remote Dianions In The Synthesis Of Indolizidine Alkaloids, Diana L. C. Green Green

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No abstract provided.


Evangelical Christian Higher Education, Culture, And Social Conflict: A Niebuhrian Analysis Of Three Colleges In The 1960'S, David Larsen Jan 1992

Evangelical Christian Higher Education, Culture, And Social Conflict: A Niebuhrian Analysis Of Three Colleges In The 1960'S, David Larsen

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No abstract provided.


Using Iva As A Predictor Of Instructional Performance In A Graduate Management Program, Donald R. Carter Jan 1992

Using Iva As A Predictor Of Instructional Performance In A Graduate Management Program, Donald R. Carter

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An Analysis Of Staff Development Practices In Selected Illinois Elementary School Districts, Barbara J. Mackey Jan 1992

An Analysis Of Staff Development Practices In Selected Illinois Elementary School Districts, Barbara J. Mackey

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The Relationship Of Self Esteem And Personal Problems To The Academic Success Of Adult Juniors And Seniors At And Upper Division, Commuter University, Peggy G. Woodard Jan 1992

The Relationship Of Self Esteem And Personal Problems To The Academic Success Of Adult Juniors And Seniors At And Upper Division, Commuter University, Peggy G. Woodard

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No abstract provided.


An Investigation Of Gifted Students' Perceptions Regarding Preferences Involving Competitive And Non-Competitive Learning Situations, Mary. Christensen Jan 1992

An Investigation Of Gifted Students' Perceptions Regarding Preferences Involving Competitive And Non-Competitive Learning Situations, Mary. Christensen

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No abstract provided.


John Locke On The Naturalness Of Rights, Peter C. Myers Jan 1992

John Locke On The Naturalness Of Rights, Peter C. Myers

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Syntheses Of Azure-B Neuropeptide Conjugates And A Novel Bicyclic Triene, Milind D. Choubal Jan 1992

Syntheses Of Azure-B Neuropeptide Conjugates And A Novel Bicyclic Triene, Milind D. Choubal

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No abstract provided.