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Increasing Parent Involvement In The Reevaluation Process Of High School Level Special Education Students By Accommodating Scheduled Meeting Times Valuing Parent Input And Sensitizing Parents And Staff To The Needs And The Rights Of Handicapped Students, Larry Taylor

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

The practicum was designed to address the problem of relatively few parents involving themselves in the reevaluation process of high school level special education students. The intervention sought to increase parent involvement in the development of their child’s academic and career/vocational programs.

The writer developed a three-month program and designed a comprehensive system which included personal attempts to get parents to attend reevaluation meetings. This design also incorporated a component where parents’ input in decision making was welcomed. Both parent training and staff training were conducted and deemed important parts of not just a short term solution to increase attendance …

Expanding The Risk Assessment Skills And Intervention Options Of Child Protection Caseworkers Investigating Abuse/Neglect Of Childrenaseworkers Investigating Abuse/Neglect Of Children, Patricia A. Verstraete

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This practicum was designed to enhance the skills of child protection workers who investigate child abuse that occurs in families where there is a chronically mentally ill caretaker. This project focused on three types of social casework skills, risk assessment, intervention strategies, and community networking.

Skill building was accomplished through three processes. Caseworkers were invited to a forum where current research data and literature that addressed risk issues were presented. Workers were encouraged to discuss and analyze this information as it related to current caseloads. The process used to enhance intervention strategies induced staffing CMI cases and reviewing a Intervention …

Developing Preschool Teaching Staff Motivation, Knowledge, And Skills Through A Learning Center-Based Preschool Environment Designed To Promote Active Learning For Preschool Children, Sue A. Wheeler

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This practicum aimed to enhance the preschool teachers' motivation, knowledge, and skills for implementing a learning center-based preschool program located in a shared space recreation center facility. Corollary goals were to increase parental approval of the preschool program, to increase preschool enrollment, and to increase each teacher's confidence in teaching in a learning center-based environment and in working as a member of a preschool team.

An ongoing staff development program comprised of four workshop sessions during the first month of implementation and one monthly workshop thereafter throughout the implementation was initiated. Workshop topics included developing the learning center environment; appropriate …

Gender Influences In The College Classroom: Optimizing The Learning Environment For Women, Susan Ross Bell

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

Administrators at Missouri Southern State College (MSSC) recently identified increasing student retention as a major goal. Consistent with postsecondary institutions across the country, women students at MSSC are the "new majority" of undergraduates. An effective retention effort would require identification of women's unique learning needs and the implications for teaching and learning.

Since the majority of MSSC students are commuters, the classroom represents their major learning environment. Few faculty members were aware of gender influences in the classroom and their effect on women's learning. The purpose of the project was to identify women's unique learning needs and recommend teaching practices …

Development Of A Promotional Plan For Programs For Higher Education, Joseph E. Campbell

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

Since 1976, Nova University’s Programs for Higher Education have awarded more than 1800 Ed.D.’s to working professionals in various areas of higher education. One of the main problems facing Nova University’s Programs for Higher Education has been its continued ability to attract, admit, and enroll students, who will successfully complete the program, in a changing and increasingly competitive environment. Name recognition, lack of knowledge about the quality of the program, as well as continued misconceptions about the validity of an external degree frequently cause enrollment problems. Also, the program has not comprehensively reviewed its on going promotional activities in several …

Development And Validation Of A Computer Keyboarding Seminar For Use In The United States Army, Europe, Robert R. Brooks

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

The purposes of this research project were to (1) develop a computer keyboarding seminar for personnel with units of the U.S. Army in Europe, (2) validate that seminar, and (3) develop plans for implementation and evaluation. The need for such a program was evident, as Army units in Europe must arrange local training for many personnel who use computers but who have never been trained because formal training courses have not been modified to include computer keyboarding. The need for- local keyboard training will continue because computers are being increasingly used by Army personnel in more activities. The following research …

Improving Academic The Self-Esteem Of Elementary Students, Sharon P. Burcham

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This report describes the implementation of a program designed to improve the academic self-esteem of elementary students. Following a spring 1989 implementation of a ten-week counseling program to improve the self-esteem of first grade students in four Calvert County elementary schools, the 30 students from five first grade classes in the sample population of Mt. Harmony Elementary had the lowest standard score on the Coopersmith and Gilbert Behavioral Academic Self- Esteem (BASE) rating scale. These same Mt. Harmony students also made the least gains on a pretest - posttest comparison of the average BASE total ratings.

This intervention began in …

A Dropout Prevention Program Designed To Reduce The Percentage Of Students Who Drop Out Of Lamar High School, Everette M. Dean Jr.

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This Major Applied Research Project (MARP) described a dropout prevention program for Lamar High School students. A search of the literature, comparisons of dropout rates, and Interviews with knowledgeable others confirmed that Lamar High School had a high dropout rate and that dropouts often negatively impact on the community, state, and nation in which they live.

The literature search, interviews with professional educators, and examination of the records of Lamar High School dropouts suggested probable causes for many Lamar High School students dropping out. Also, possible activities to assist school personnel in their efforts to encourage students to stay in …

Improving Science Achievement Of Third And Fourth Grade Students Through The Design And Implementation Of A Hands-On Approach To Teaching Science, George R. Nutter

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This project describes a plan to implement an instructional strategy, with emphasis on hands-on experiences, to improve the science achievement of third- and fourth-grade students in two schools. Hands-on experiences in science occurred between August 1990 and January 1992. Ongoing monitoring and evaluation of the project components by the practicum manager took place during that time frame.

The components of the action plan included workshops and Inservice sessions for third- and fourth-grade teachers. Process oriented tests to assess students' factual knowledge, attitude towards science, and process of science were used to evaluate the effectiveness of the instructional strategy.

The practicum …

The Development And Implementation Of A Program To Reduce At-Risk Students At Palm Springs Middle School, Allan R. Bonilla

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This report describes a program to reduce the number of students failing classes and subsequently being retained at Palm Springs Middle School. The number of students considered to be "at-risk" as determined by country-developed criteria has been historically high in relation to other middle schools. It is believed that the needs of the Hispanic student, in this predominately Hispanic school, are not being adequately addressed or met.

Probable causes of problems include the limited-English proficiency of many of the students and the inability of the curriculum to assist them the many students who enter school after school has begun, and …

Development And Implementation Of The Service Plan For Charter Renewal Of The Belmont County Schools, Steven C. Grimm

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This report describes the writing of a Service Plan for charter renewal of the Belmont County Office of Education and details the actions taken to Implement It. The Service Plan will be used by the Ohio State Department of Education in Its evaluation process.

If the components of the Service Plan are being Implemented satisfactorily, the State Department will renew the charter of the Belmont County Office of Education. failure to meet the expectations of the Service Plan will result in non-renewal of the charter and consolidation with another chartered office.

Analysis of problem symptoms revealed that people want to …

Improving Performance In Mathematical Problem Solving Of Fifth-Grade Students Through Use Of Calculators And Extension Of Time Spent Solving Problems Into The Natural Environment Of The Students., June S. Clarke

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This practicum was designed to improve performance in solving mathematical word problems by fifth-grade students by decreasing anxiety and increasing numeracy, text comprehension, and time spent on solving problems.

The writer created a Parent Problem Solving Packet to involve parents in an attempt to create more time spent on solving non routine problems outside of class. Calculator activities were planned and executed in the classroom in order that the time usually 1pent in repetitive computation could be used in mathematical problem solving A Calculator Club which met after school was established. The Club field test activities for use in the …

Increasing Knowledge About And Use Of Behavior Checklists And Rating Scales By School Clinicians In Identifying Attention Deficit Disorders And Differentiating Coexisting Disorders, Lloyd J. Campbell

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This practicum addressed the problem that school clinicians were unaware of the variety of behavior rating scales that help In the diagnosis of ADD/ADHD and other disorders that often coexist. The writer's goal was to provide a process to Introduce behavior rating scales to 73 school clinicians from 21 school districts to aid in identifying ADD/ADHO children and differentiate coexisting disorders.

During the Implementation phase, the writer initiated various contacts with groups of clinicians responsible for screening students. The writer met with individual and small groups of school clinicians to present a variety of ratings scales materials, and to offer …

Developing An In-School Suspension Program In An Elementary School As An Alternative To Home-Bound Suspension, Jerry Guindon

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This practicum was developed to address the staff concerns at an elementary school of frequent out-of-school suspensions (OSS) resulting from misbehavior referrals to the principal's office. The staff felt that suspended students were often rewarded by OSS, at risk on the streets, interrupted in their schooling and that they often continued to be repeatedly suspended.

With the school principal's permission, the writer developed an in-school suspension program (ISS) which served as a better alternative to sending students home. ISS was more punitive, safer, more instructive and more rehabilitative.

Collected data over a four-month period reveal that the school principal suspended …

Increasing Literacy Development Of At-Risk Kindergarten Students Through Cross-Age Tutoring, Marlene Henriques

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This practicum was designed, through a cross-age tutoring program, to increase emergent literacy skills of at-risk kindergarten children. The objectives were to increase letter recognition, book awareness skills, pre-reading strategies, and pre-writing strategies in the targeted students. In a structured program, the fifth and sixth grade tutors met with the tutees for 30 minutes twice a week for a three month period.

The writer administered qualitative and quantitative pretests which documented the lack of literacy development of at-risk kindergartners. The writer held workshops to train the tutors in reading and writing strategies, developed a schedule of structured activities to complete …

Field Test Of A Preschool, Substance-Abuse-Prevention Curriculum Planned For County-Wide Distribution, Kate Howze

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This practicum was designed to field test a preschool, substance-abuse-prevention curriculum that had been developed by the writer, had been approved by an oversight panel of professionals, but never had been implemented with a preschool population. Curriculum content areas include enhancement of self-esteem and positive peer relationships, and factual information about drugs. The curriculum is to be disseminated free to all county preschools and child care centers.

The writer prepared the curriculum for use by adding photos, sketches and typesetting copy; trained teachers in use of the curriculum; pre- and post tested children in the curriculum content areas; obtained evaluations …

The Flip Side Of Twist Cap: Letters Of Credit As Executory Contracts In Bankruptcy, Stephen M. Mcjohn

Suffolk University Law School Faculty Works

This article analyzes the treatment of letters of credit as executory contracts in bankruptcy. Some courts had stated that the bankruptcy of the beneficiary terminates a letter of credit. This article concludes that decisions were incorrect in treating a letter of credit as an executory contract to provide financial accommodations to the beneficiary. A letter of credit is not a means to provide credit to the beneficiary: it is a means to provide credit to the applicant (and thereby allowing the applicant and beneficiary to avoid extending credit to each other). The issuer is not dependent on the credit risk …

The Labyrinth Of The Wind And The Artifice Of Eternity: A Study Of The Lyric Poetry Of William Butler Yeats, Danita Sain Stokes

UNF Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This study of the lyric poetry of William Butler Yeats concentrates on his ideas about nature and art, with a focus on the imagery of the wind. Though each of Yeats's poems may be read and enjoyed individually, a study of the body of Yeats's lyric poems gives the reader a better understanding of a symbol such as the wind. As a whole, the poems form a narrative of the development of Yeats's mind; by looking closely at the single symbol of the wind, we gain insight into the development of Yeats's ideas about art and nature. In Yeats's early …

Regression Trees Versus Stepwise Regression, Mary Christine Jacobs

UNF Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Many methods have been developed to determine the "appropriate" subset of independent variables in a multiple variable problem. Some of the methods are application specific while others have a wide range of uses. This study compares two such methods, Regression Trees and Stepwise Regression. A simulation using a known distribution is used for the comparison. In 699 out of 742 cases the Regression Tree method gave better predictors than the Stepwise Regression procedure.

Appeals On The Merits, Terence G. Ison

Osgoode Hall Law Journal

This article deals with the limitations of judicial review and the possibilities of its augmentation or replacement by a regime of appeals on the merits. The author questions some assumptions that are commonly made about appellate structures. He criticizes the "broad-brush approach" and warns that there is no panacea. The article explains why any broad regime of appeals on the merits from tribunals to courts of general jurisdiction is not an available option, and it discusses alternative structures of appeals to tribunals. Finally, it explains why it would be irresponsible to propose any appellate structure covering any substantive subject except …

The Efficacy Of The Tort System And Its Alternatives: A Review Of Empirical Evidence, Don Dewees, Michael J. Trebilcock

Osgoode Hall Law Journal

This paper reviews the existing empirical evidence on the efficacy of the tort system and alternatives to it. The evidence is evaluated against three normative goals: deterrence, corrective justice, and distributive justice. Empirical evidence relating to five major categories of accidents is reviewed: automobile accidents, medical malpractice, product related accidents, environmental injuries, and workplace injuries. In each case, the paper proceeds by reviewing empirical evidence on the deterrence and compensatory properties of the tort system, and then reviews parallel bodies of evidence on regulatory or penal alternatives and on compensatory alternatives to the tort system. The paper concludes that the …

A Black (And Rising?) Tide: Controlling Maritime Oil Pollution In Canada, Suzanne Hawkes, Michael M'Gonigle

Osgoode Hall Law Journal

A series of dramatic oil spills in recent years has once again drawn critical attention to the nature and adequacy of existing domestic and international legislation regarding ship source oil pollution. Predictably, legislators and policy makers have responded with a plethora of studies, reviews, and consultations. However, past improvements to the domestic and international regimes have traditionally been slow and incremental, at best. In Canada, approximately three years have passed since the Nestucca spill took place off the B.C. coast. Yet, while there has been much discussion, domestic legislation remains virtually unaltered at the present time. The authors find that …

Stoical Sanctity: The Ethics Of Virtue And The Theology Of Robertson Davies, Eric Richard Griffin

Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)

Robertson Davies is, by his own definition and admission, both a religious novelist and a moralist. His writings evince a consistent theology that, aside from one or two departures, is quite within the liberal protestant tradition, despite his own claims to unorthodoxy. His theology is a moral theology, and the ethical theory or method most in keeping with Davies‘ approach is the "virtue" or "character" model. His claims of dualism and unorthodoxy have been seen to exhibit a "contemporary gnostic spirit," but it is my assertion that they do not; the teachings of the ancient Stoics, however, are much in …

The Principle Of Hou: A Source For Chinese Christian Ethics, Ambrose Pui Ho Tsui

Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)

In this paper, I have no intention to write about Chinese culture as such. The only purpose is to arouse the interest of thinking about Chinese culture in relation to Christian Ethics. To begin with, I write about the structure of Chinese society in which family is the base of it. In order to relate how the spirit of hou is in relation with Chinese culture, I try to explain how the principle of hou knits the Chinese society together. Then I go on to show how hou is related to all aspects of Chinese social life and how hou …

The Person Of Paul: A Study In The Apostle's Ethical Appeal, John W. Marshall

Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)

Understanding Paul’s ethos is essential to understanding the persuasive power of Paul’s writing. This thesis uses Paul’s letter to the Philippians as a test case for the study of Paul’s appeal through ethos. The guiding body of theory for the study (Chapter 2) is classic rhetoric, especially as developed by Aristotle, Cicero, Quintilian, and the Rhetorica ad Herrenium. The results of this chapter are a working definition of ethos for the purposes of study, and an understanding of the relationship of ethos to the deliberative genus. Chapter 3 provides an introduction to the basic questions which affect any detailed study …

Going By The Moon And The Stars: Stories Of Two Russian Mennonite Women, Pamela E. Klassen

Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)

The stories of women's religious lives are essential to understanding religion. This thesis records and interprets two Russian Mennonite women's religious lives, using methods of feminist ethnography. The first chapter is a video which presents Agatha Janzen and Katja Enns talking about their childhoods in the Soviet Union in the 1920s and 305, their flight to Germany during World War ll, and their subsequent emigration and life in Canada. Chapter 2 tells and interprets Agatha's and Katja's experiences of marriage during the war, and the effect of their status as widow (Agatha) and single mother (Katja) upon their entry into …

Thomas Scott's 'The Force Of Truth': A Diplomatic Edition From The First And Final Editions With Introduction And Notes, Gordon Bruce Rumford

Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)

Among the many influential preachers and writers of the Evangelical Revival in the Church of England in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century was Thomas Scott (1747-1821). The most widely read of all his publications was his 1779 Force of Truth which went through 12 editions in his lifetime. This thesis presents a diplomatic edition of that work, based on the 1821 Edinburgh imprint and includes the major textual variants from the first 1779 London edition, with an introduction and annotations.

Procedural Due Process In Guidelines Sentencing, Susan Herman

Faculty Scholarship

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Nursing's Agenda For Health Care Reform Guides Nursing Center Research Agenda, Marilyn Frenn

College of Nursing Faculty Research and Publications

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Nutrition, More Than Body Requirement: Risk, Marilyn Frenn

College of Nursing Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.