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Effective Writing Instruction For English-As-A-Foreign-Language University Students In Korea, Inung Yeo
Effective Writing Instruction For English-As-A-Foreign-Language University Students In Korea, Inung Yeo
Theses Digitization Project
Beginning with an analysis of current problems in English education in South Korea, this project is intended to suggest various ways to implement effective English education, especially for writing instruction. The project is designed for students who have low English proficiency in South Korean colleges and universities.
Methods And Techniques For Valuation Of Patents, Charles David Dunbar
Methods And Techniques For Valuation Of Patents, Charles David Dunbar
Theses Digitization Project
The goal of this project is to compare and contrast four different techniques used to valuate a company's Intellectual Property (IP); specifically a patent portfolio.
The Role Of Motivation Within An Activity System For Adults Learning English As A Second Language, Priscilla Beth Jenison
The Role Of Motivation Within An Activity System For Adults Learning English As A Second Language, Priscilla Beth Jenison
Theses Digitization Project
This project attempts to conceptualize the relationship between the language learner and the social world, developing a comprehensive theory of identity that integrates the language learner and the language learning context, while trying to keep motivation high.
Has The Passage Of Proposition 227 Had An Effect On The Redesignation Rates Of English Language Learners In The Rialto Unified School District?, Moises Mauricio Merlos
Has The Passage Of Proposition 227 Had An Effect On The Redesignation Rates Of English Language Learners In The Rialto Unified School District?, Moises Mauricio Merlos
Theses Digitization Project
The purpose of the project was to develop a study that would test whether the promise of students learning to speak English fluently in a shorter amount of time was met by Proposition 227.
Emotional Intelligence, Storytelling And Learning Strategies In English-As-A-Foreign-Language Learning, Hsin-Chih Chuang
Emotional Intelligence, Storytelling And Learning Strategies In English-As-A-Foreign-Language Learning, Hsin-Chih Chuang
Theses Digitization Project
English as a foreign language is an essential skill both in schools and in the domain of work in Taiwan. Students' English ability has become more and more important to their academic and career success. The purpose of this project is to provide instructors methods that enhance students' learning process.
Content-Based Whole-Language Instruction For Elementary English As A Foreign Language, Hyeyoung Cho
Content-Based Whole-Language Instruction For Elementary English As A Foreign Language, Hyeyoung Cho
Theses Digitization Project
The purpose of this project is to propose content-based instruction as a way of teaching for English-as-a-foreign-language learners.
A Tabular Propositional Logic: And/Or Table Translator, Chen-Hsiu Lee
A Tabular Propositional Logic: And/Or Table Translator, Chen-Hsiu Lee
Theses Digitization Project
The goal of this project is to design a tool to help users translate any logic statement into Disjunctive Normal Form and present the result as an AND/OR TABLE, which makes the logic relation easier to express by using a two-dimensional grid of values or expressions. This tool is implemented through a web-based and Java-based application. Thus, the user can utilize this tool via World Wide Web.
Coaching As A Teaching Model In English As A Foreign Language Classroom, Sunhwa Won
Coaching As A Teaching Model In English As A Foreign Language Classroom, Sunhwa Won
Theses Digitization Project
The purpose of this project is to examine interactive methodologies which provide effective EFL instruction and curricula that foster listening, speaking, and reading through the teaching of writing, peer review, and oral presentation skills.
After-School Programs For English Learners: A Consideration Of Age And Proficiency Levels In Effective Reading Remediation, Darrel P. Nickolaisen
After-School Programs For English Learners: A Consideration Of Age And Proficiency Levels In Effective Reading Remediation, Darrel P. Nickolaisen
Theses Digitization Project
This study reviews characteristics and needs of struggling readers from different age groups. It summarizes special needs characterizing english language learners in relation to reading remediation programs and compare such programs relative effectiveness for younger and older elementary students at various levels of English proficiency.
American Gypsies: Immigration, Migration, Settlement, Katherine Bernice Stephens
American Gypsies: Immigration, Migration, Settlement, Katherine Bernice Stephens
Theses Digitization Project
The intent of this thesis is to provide new information about American Gypsy history, specifically migration, immigration and settlement in the United States.
Two-Way Immersion: Parental Choice For A Successful And Culturally Diverse Future, Margarita Esperanza Machado-Casas
Two-Way Immersion: Parental Choice For A Successful And Culturally Diverse Future, Margarita Esperanza Machado-Casas
Theses Digitization Project
This study focuses on parental choice for student placement in Two-Way Immersion classes as optional bilingual education. Parents who have their children enrolled in a TWI program in Banning, California responded to a questionnaire and were interviewed about their decision. The analysis of the data indicates that parents value cultural diversity and second language acquisition.
Utilizing The Principles And Strategies Of Brain Based Learning In Educating The Deaf, Cynthia Grassel Szabados
Utilizing The Principles And Strategies Of Brain Based Learning In Educating The Deaf, Cynthia Grassel Szabados
Theses Digitization Project
This project was designed to integrate brain based learningprinciples and strategies into an existing curriculum being used in a science classroom for deaf students.
Language Brokering: A Parent's Perspective, Lucy Sloan
Language Brokering: A Parent's Perspective, Lucy Sloan
Theses Digitization Project
Language brokering is known as the translating transaction between two individuals. This study seeks to investigate the language brokering which occurs between Latino parents and their children. In particular, it seeks to examine Latino parents' comfort level in different brokering settings/places and with different individuals.
The Knowledge And Skills Of Freshman Writers, Aram Paul Sarkisian
The Knowledge And Skills Of Freshman Writers, Aram Paul Sarkisian
Theses Digitization Project
This research identifies what proficient writers know and do by the end of their freshman year in college and raises the kind of questions that improve the articulation of English instruction.
The Effect Of Graphomotor Exercises And Music On Normal Children And Children With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Lucy Ellen Heyming
The Effect Of Graphomotor Exercises And Music On Normal Children And Children With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Lucy Ellen Heyming
Theses Digitization Project
Although drug therapy is the more common treatment of ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder), and has been shown to reduce symptoms, the benefits of the theraputic drugs are temporary, and the therapy can have adverse side effects. For these reasons, many prefer not to use drug therapy for ADHD. Alternative treatments have been shown to have some efficacy, especially when used in conjunction with drug therapy. Dynamic Systems theory suggests that an intervention which combines graphomotor exercises with music may have a positive effect on a child's behavior and attention. A 2 x 2 pretest-posttest design tested the hypothesis that …
A Distance-Learning Program To Serve Migrant Families, April Dawn Marone
A Distance-Learning Program To Serve Migrant Families, April Dawn Marone
Theses Digitization Project
The education of the children of migrant farmworkers is difficult to manage because of their mobile lifestyle. The dropout rate of these children is extremely high and remains the highest of any group in the United States. This project offers an historical overview of the creation and development of the migrant education programs of today. After examining sample distance learning programs and their important components, this project features a model distance-learning program for migrants. The goal is to create distance learning programs that will allow migrant children to continue school as they travel, guide them to graduation, and lead them …
Re-Examining The Personal Narrative In First Year Composition, Kathryn Marie Hansler
Re-Examining The Personal Narrative In First Year Composition, Kathryn Marie Hansler
Theses Digitization Project
This thesis explores the current theories on the personal narrative (as a tool in teaching freshman composition) and examines the ways that this essay is now being used in first year courses at California State University, San Bernardino.
The Avoidance Of Absolute Commitment In Speech Acts: Modality, Deborah Kay Leavell
The Avoidance Of Absolute Commitment In Speech Acts: Modality, Deborah Kay Leavell
Theses Digitization Project
After defining speaker commitment as it pertains to propositional truth in speech acts and exploring influences and motivations that may effect speaker commitment, this thesis will introduce and define modality in the context of actual speech.
Advanced Practice Nursing Health Care Needs Assessment In An Underserved Community, Michael Dean Conrad, Anna Kampanartsanyakorn
Advanced Practice Nursing Health Care Needs Assessment In An Underserved Community, Michael Dean Conrad, Anna Kampanartsanyakorn
Theses Digitization Project
The purpose of this study was to gain information about the community health care needs through a comprehensive assessment. This information will allow providers to identify services and groups of people where the biggest gap exists in receiving needed health care services. This may provide the basis for the design of an advanced practice preventative health intervention for the community.
The Star Quilt: A Symbol Of Lakota History And Worldviews, Bonnie Lou Mcjennett
The Star Quilt: A Symbol Of Lakota History And Worldviews, Bonnie Lou Mcjennett
Theses Digitization Project
When the United States government and troops attempted to destroy the Lakota culture by killing the buffalo, placing the Lakota on reservation, and forcing the Lakota to adopt European-Aemrican attitudes and behaviors, Lakota women preserved elements of their culture by symbolically sewing Lakota history and worldviews into the Star Quilt.
What's In A Word?: Connotation In Teaching English To Speakers Of Other Languages, Marie Linnea Bozzetti-Engstrom
What's In A Word?: Connotation In Teaching English To Speakers Of Other Languages, Marie Linnea Bozzetti-Engstrom
Theses Digitization Project
This thesis focuses on connotative meaning routinely ignored or difficult to locate in the available ESL textbooks and dictionaries. This perceived absence led to the following study: a review of ESL textbooks, a review of standard monolingual English and learner dictionaries, and a survey of ESL instructors.
Launchpad: Using Students-Owned Computers In The Classroom, Justin James Whiteford
Launchpad: Using Students-Owned Computers In The Classroom, Justin James Whiteford
Theses Digitization Project
The purpose of this project was to address the need for integrated technology in schools by presenting LaunchPad as a means of implementing student-owned laptops in the classroom.
Examining English As A Second Language: Textbooks From A Constructivist Perspective, Juliana Theresa Reineman
Examining English As A Second Language: Textbooks From A Constructivist Perspective, Juliana Theresa Reineman
Theses Digitization Project
The purpose of this thesis is to question the methodological practices of ESL textbooks.
The Old Man And The Sea: Hemingway, Heteroglossia, And The Hero's Voice, Carole Sue Spitler
The Old Man And The Sea: Hemingway, Heteroglossia, And The Hero's Voice, Carole Sue Spitler
Theses Digitization Project
In this subjective hero concept lies an intriguing aspect of Bakhtin's paradigm: A hero is not necessarily a living entity; a hero can be ideas, objects and locations. When viewed through the lens of traditional western rhetorical theory, Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea appears as a monologue wherein Santiago seemingly speaks for the author about the subject of doom and man's relationship to the world.
Integrating Technology Into Standards-Based Instruction For Second Grade English Language Learners, Catherine Levander Enbody
Integrating Technology Into Standards-Based Instruction For Second Grade English Language Learners, Catherine Levander Enbody
Theses Digitization Project
Rapid growth in the use of technology and the need for education reform resulted in the need for educators to integrate technology and standards-based instruction into their daily lessons. The growing number of students whose first language is not English requires a diverse set of teaching strategies and assessments to provide these students with optimal opportunities for achieving high standards.
The Effects Of Computer Assisted Language Learning And Specially Designed Academic Instruction In English On Second Language Acquisition, George Edward Williams
The Effects Of Computer Assisted Language Learning And Specially Designed Academic Instruction In English On Second Language Acquisition, George Edward Williams
Theses Digitization Project
The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of two methods of instruction for second language acquisition. The first method used a computer based software program known as English Language Learning Instructional System (ELLIS). The second method used Specially Designed Academic Instruction in English (SDAIE).
Evaluating The Effectiveness Of A Diversity Training In An Educational Organization, Bonnie Gail Elliott
Evaluating The Effectiveness Of A Diversity Training In An Educational Organization, Bonnie Gail Elliott
Theses Digitization Project
Diversity training programs are increasingly being incorporated into organizations as a strategy to meet moral standards and legal challenges. Unfortunately, little research as been conducted to demonstrate the effectiveness of these programs. This study describes an effective diversity training program as one that changes a member of the organization's negative attitude about racial differences toward a positive attitude.
Gunsmoke: An Investigation Of Conversational Implicature And Guns & Ammo Magazine, Kerry Lynn Winn
Gunsmoke: An Investigation Of Conversational Implicature And Guns & Ammo Magazine, Kerry Lynn Winn
Theses Digitization Project
No abstract provided.
Using Computer Technology To Enhance Science Education, Cynthia Lynn Peterson
Using Computer Technology To Enhance Science Education, Cynthia Lynn Peterson
Theses Digitization Project
The purpose of this project is to determine if using computer technology as a tool for conceptual change would be an effective pedagogical strategy in replacing science misconceptions.
Using Technologies Of The Self To Stimulate Students' Intelligences In English As A Foreign Language Learning, Shao-Hung Chen
Using Technologies Of The Self To Stimulate Students' Intelligences In English As A Foreign Language Learning, Shao-Hung Chen
Theses Digitization Project
The purpose of this curriculum project is to provide an approach to enrich the process of teaching and learning. This project uses psychological tools to stimulate students' multiple intelligences and to encourage students to know how to manage their learning, so that learning English will no longer be boring; instead it will be creative and practical.