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A Study Of Shared Instructional Leadership By Mentor Teachers In Southern California, Rita M. King Edd Jan 1988

A Study Of Shared Instructional Leadership By Mentor Teachers In Southern California, Rita M. King Edd

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Can implementation of a mentor teacher program create instructional leadership opportunities resulting in retention of talented and dedicated educators, eliminate teacher isolation, and promote teacher empowerment, collegiality, and teacher and administrator collaboration? The purposes of this research were to determine the extent to which mentor teachers have become instructional leaders and to show activities and interactions in which mentors demonstrated instructional leadership with colleagues within one district. The research examined a sample number of formal and informal key relationships. Six research questions examined qualitative interview data and quantitative survey questionnaire data from mentor teachers, teachers who may or may not …


On Being A Truant: A Phenomenological Study Of Students In A Comprehensive High School, Diane Berger Mcclure Edd Jan 1988

On Being A Truant: A Phenomenological Study Of Students In A Comprehensive High School, Diane Berger Mcclure Edd

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This dissertation was a phenomenological study of eight students in a comprehensive high school who exhibited symptoms of truancy. Student interviews, student journals, and field notes were examined and the content analyzed. Students who began to display a truancy pattern and who have displayed symptoms of truancy in a previous school year were selected from a stratified random sample. Students were chosen to represent the ethnic and gender percentages of their school. During the first months of truancy, behavior modification steps were applied to the students which incorporated successful elements of major exemplary truancy programs. These students having not responded …


The Impact Of The Father/Daughter Relationship On Women In Educational Administrative Leadership Positions, Marilyn Ann Skordas Edd Jan 1988

The Impact Of The Father/Daughter Relationship On Women In Educational Administrative Leadership Positions, Marilyn Ann Skordas Edd

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Research studies by Cartwright (1970), Helson (1971), and Hennig (1976) have indicated and demonstrated that a father's influence is critical to the development of skills in women who successfully obtained a position in business, medicine, and math, male dominated occupations. The public school teaching profession in the United States is an occupation dominated by women; however, the administrative positions such as principal, assistant superintendent, and superintendent positions of school districts are male dominated. This case study investigated the father/daughter relationship experienced during middle childhood, early and later adolescence, and early adulthood of ten women who are currently in positions of …


The Emergence Of The Middle School In Independent Education, Lawrence S. Sykoff Edd Jan 1988

The Emergence Of The Middle School In Independent Education, Lawrence S. Sykoff Edd

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Independent schools across the nation have adopted the middle school concept. The critical element in the evolution of the middle school in independent education is that the unique and marked changes in the overall intellectual and psycho-social development of adolescents have been systematically identified and integrated into a multi-divisional (K-12) structure. The literature and statistical information documenting the emergence of the middle school in independent education has been minimal. While contemporary research on public middle schools is extensive, very little data collection or theoretical models have been accumulated about the middle school movement in the private sector. The present study …


Improving Critical Thinking Skills Using Paideia Seminars In A Seventh-Grade Literature Curriculum, Stephanie A. Tarkington Edd Jan 1988

Improving Critical Thinking Skills Using Paideia Seminars In A Seventh-Grade Literature Curriculum, Stephanie A. Tarkington Edd

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There are many programs which purport to teach thinking skills. If thinking skills of reasoning, logic, explaining, judging, and deciding can be taught, are there some ways to teach thinking that are more effective than other ways? The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of Paideia seminars on the critical thinking skills of seventh grade students. Paideia seminars are discussions held in a seminar format and involve active participation on the part of students and teachers. The format for the Paideia seminars was taken from The Paideia Proposal: An Educational Manifesto (Adler, 1982). There were four main …


Viewpoint And Vision In George Eliot: The Novelist And Her Major Fiction, Patricia Ward Svec Jan 1988

Viewpoint And Vision In George Eliot: The Novelist And Her Major Fiction, Patricia Ward Svec

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The Chinese Minority In Thailand: Social And Educational Perspective, Supha Phinaitrup Jan 1988

The Chinese Minority In Thailand: Social And Educational Perspective, Supha Phinaitrup

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An Analysis Of The Functions Of The Director Of Medical Education In The Teaching Hospital, Elaine Lee Jan 1988

An Analysis Of The Functions Of The Director Of Medical Education In The Teaching Hospital, Elaine Lee

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An Analysis Of Desired Student Outcomes Of Catholic Elementary Schools As Perceived By Principals, Teachers, Parents, And Board Members, Mary Leanne Welch Jan 1988

An Analysis Of Desired Student Outcomes Of Catholic Elementary Schools As Perceived By Principals, Teachers, Parents, And Board Members, Mary Leanne Welch

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Teachers' Perceptions Of The Effectiveness Of The Post Observation Conference, Kenneth Sorrick Jan 1988

Teachers' Perceptions Of The Effectiveness Of The Post Observation Conference, Kenneth Sorrick

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Reciprocal Teaching: An Instructional Model Applied To Improve Written Language Performance And To Enhance Critical Thinking Skills Among Sixth Grade Students, Virginia Serrano Sison Jan 1988

Reciprocal Teaching: An Instructional Model Applied To Improve Written Language Performance And To Enhance Critical Thinking Skills Among Sixth Grade Students, Virginia Serrano Sison

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Augustine And America: Five Contemporary Autobiographical Works, Dennis Gillespie Jan 1988

Augustine And America: Five Contemporary Autobiographical Works, Dennis Gillespie

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A Survey To Determine The Relationship Between Self Concept And Reading Ability In A Selected Group Of Secondary Students: Case Studies Of Four High Schools In The Chicago Area, Doris Gross Jan 1988

A Survey To Determine The Relationship Between Self Concept And Reading Ability In A Selected Group Of Secondary Students: Case Studies Of Four High Schools In The Chicago Area, Doris Gross

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An Interpretive History Of The Sister Formation Conference, 1954-1964, Patrice M. Noterman Jan 1988

An Interpretive History Of The Sister Formation Conference, 1954-1964, Patrice M. Noterman

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School Architecture In Chicago During The Progressive Era: The Career Of Dwight H. Perkins, Donna R. Nelson Jan 1988

School Architecture In Chicago During The Progressive Era: The Career Of Dwight H. Perkins, Donna R. Nelson

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The Use Of Cognitive Heuristics In College Choice, Kelly Smith Jan 1988

The Use Of Cognitive Heuristics In College Choice, Kelly Smith

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Collective Bargaining: The Quest For Power In The Chicago Public Schools, Stewart Weinstein Jan 1988

Collective Bargaining: The Quest For Power In The Chicago Public Schools, Stewart Weinstein

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From Campus To Campus: The Relationship Of The University World To The Literary Pastoral Worlds Of Edmund Spenser, Phineas Fletcher, And John Milton, Gary Michael Bouchard Jan 1988

From Campus To Campus: The Relationship Of The University World To The Literary Pastoral Worlds Of Edmund Spenser, Phineas Fletcher, And John Milton, Gary Michael Bouchard

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The Acoustical Function Of The Lower Jaw Of The Bottlenose Dolphin, Tursiops Truncatus (Montagu), During Echolocation, Randall Louis Brill Jan 1988

The Acoustical Function Of The Lower Jaw Of The Bottlenose Dolphin, Tursiops Truncatus (Montagu), During Echolocation, Randall Louis Brill

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An Analysis Of The Search Stage Of The College Choice Process Undertaken By Community College Transfer Students, Judith Jean Lorenc Becker Jan 1988

An Analysis Of The Search Stage Of The College Choice Process Undertaken By Community College Transfer Students, Judith Jean Lorenc Becker

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Carleton W. Washburne: His Administrative And Curricular Contributions In The Winnetka Public Schools, 1919 Through 1943, William G. Meuer Jan 1988

Carleton W. Washburne: His Administrative And Curricular Contributions In The Winnetka Public Schools, 1919 Through 1943, William G. Meuer

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Gendered Reading Communities: The Feminization Of Reader Response Criticism And A Dialogics Of Reading, Patricia Lorimer Lundberg Jan 1988

Gendered Reading Communities: The Feminization Of Reader Response Criticism And A Dialogics Of Reading, Patricia Lorimer Lundberg

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An Analysis Of The Role Of School District Management Participants In The Collective Bargaining Process In Selected School District, Lynne B. Pierson Jan 1988

An Analysis Of The Role Of School District Management Participants In The Collective Bargaining Process In Selected School District, Lynne B. Pierson

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No abstract provided.


The Effect Of Direct Instruction Of Macroprocessing On The Comprehension Monitoring Strategies Of Developmental College Students, Martha E. Casazza Jan 1988

The Effect Of Direct Instruction Of Macroprocessing On The Comprehension Monitoring Strategies Of Developmental College Students, Martha E. Casazza

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No abstract provided.


Coping With Administrative Pressures In The Chicago Schools' Superintendency: An Analysis Of William Henry Johnson, 1936-1946, Theresa Mary White Jan 1988

Coping With Administrative Pressures In The Chicago Schools' Superintendency: An Analysis Of William Henry Johnson, 1936-1946, Theresa Mary White

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No abstract provided.


A Computer-Assisted, Base-Line Description Of The Frequency Of Occurrence Of Process Science Skills In An Exemplary, Elementary Science Program: Shaumberg Elementary District 54, Shelley Ann Lipowich Jan 1988

A Computer-Assisted, Base-Line Description Of The Frequency Of Occurrence Of Process Science Skills In An Exemplary, Elementary Science Program: Shaumberg Elementary District 54, Shelley Ann Lipowich

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Misconceptions In The Earth And Space Sciences: A Cross-Age Study, Kenneth J. Schoon Jan 1988

Misconceptions In The Earth And Space Sciences: A Cross-Age Study, Kenneth J. Schoon

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The Validity Of Credentialing Tests: An Application Of Content, Criterion-Related, And Construct Valitation Strategies To A Medical Laboratory Practitioner Certification Examination, James Robert Fidler Jan 1988

The Validity Of Credentialing Tests: An Application Of Content, Criterion-Related, And Construct Valitation Strategies To A Medical Laboratory Practitioner Certification Examination, James Robert Fidler

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No abstract provided.


Samuel Johnson's Sermons: Consolations For The Vacuity Of Life, Thomas George Kass Jan 1988

Samuel Johnson's Sermons: Consolations For The Vacuity Of Life, Thomas George Kass

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St. Mary's Training School (1882-1930): The Function Of Education In Society As Reflected In A Catholic Institution, Geraldine Augustyn Kearns Jan 1988

St. Mary's Training School (1882-1930): The Function Of Education In Society As Reflected In A Catholic Institution, Geraldine Augustyn Kearns

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No abstract provided.