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Acer 2006-2007 Annual Report, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

ACER Annual Reports

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A Search For Balance In The Whirlwind Of Law School: Spirituality From Law Teachers, Thomas L. Shaffer

Journal Articles

The first-year introductory course in property law is about all that is left of the traditional black-box curriculum. It is where beginning law students cope with and despair of the arcana of English common law; where, with more detachment than, say, in the torts course, analysis of appellate opinions is what "thinking like a lawyer" means, with no more than peripheral and begrudging attention to modem legislation and administrative law; where legal reasoning is a stretching exercise and initiatory discipline. And, incidentally, surviving bravely the rude invasion of teachers of public law, it is where a teaching lawyer can point …

A Look Inside The Dynamics Of Trust: A Guide For Managers, Adam Liljeblad, Alan E. Watson, William T. Borrie

Society and Conservation Faculty Publications

In the United States, federal public land managers are tasked with serving as stewards of land, but also as stewards of the relationships that people have with the land. By assessing the public’s trust in the actions of land managers, insight can be gained into how good of a job managers are doing. This paper outlines a number of factors that influence the public’s trust in managing agencies, and provides suggestions for monitoring the level of trust. The authors suggest that any efforts to increase the public’s trust require the general attentiveness of land managers.

Public Law And Private Process: Toward An Incentivized Organizational Justice Model Of Equal Employment Quality For Caregivers, Rachel Arnow-Richman

Utah Law Review

This Article advocates what I call an organizational justice approach to equal employment quality, consisting of a set of judicially enforceable private due process rights designed to enhance worker voice and provide incentives for voluntary employer accommodation of caregiving. In so doing, it joins the work of a number of advocates and scholars who have called for greater legal protection for working caregivers. These thinkers have made significant strides both in focusing the discussion toward issues of long-term success and employment quality and in theorizing normative and doctrinal bases for holding employers responsible for the status of caregivers. To date, …

Victim Participation In The Criminal Justice System: In Re Kenna And Victim Access To Presentence Reports, Matthew B. Riley

Utah Law Review

The issue of victims' access to presentence reports will undoubtedly receive more and more attention as federal courts continue to give definition to the provisions of the Crime Victims' Rights Act. While the CVRA clearly seeks to provide victims a greater participatory role in the criminal justice process, confidentiality concerns may outweigh full disclosure ofpresentence reports.

Naming Rights: Attribution And Law, Rebecca Tushnet

Utah Law Review

Attribution remains a powerful incentive for creative production. Moreover, norms of credit, including the ones that produced all the footnotes in this piece, are extremely valuable for particular professions and individuals laboring within those professions. Sometimes, however, law and morality should be left to diverge, when law's tools are too crude to make the fine distinctions that prevail in ethics. Attribution rights provide an example of this situation. "Who steals my purse steals trash, but should still go to jail; but he that filches from me credit for my creative works deserves condemnation, not injunction.

Special Masters In Child-Custody Proceedings, Allison Glade Behjani

Utah Law Review

Child-custody proceedings are an intricate, dramatic, and multi-faceted area of the family law system.! To determine custody, courts invade the privacy of the family to make decisions that will affect the rest of a child's life. There are many players in the system, all of whom strive for the best outcome in such highly emotional decisions.

Maine Law Magazine - Issue No. 86, University Of Maine School Of Law

Maine Law Magazine

Contents

• News Briefs
• Feature: Life, Work, Balance
• Feature: Bankruptcy
• Around Campus
• Faculty Notes
• Giving Back
• Alumni Feature

"Feelin' Blue, Oh What To Do?": Coping With Negative Emotions, Jana L. Brinkman

Graduate Research Papers

Over the past five years I have had the opportunity to work with children and youth, ages birth to eighteen, in a variety of environments. The settings in which I have interacted with children include nonprofit agency environments, after school programs, church environments, parks and recreation programs, individual and small group counseling sessions, classroom guidance settings, and home environments. My own observations and experiences along with those of parents, school staff, university faculty, fellow undergraduate and graduate students, and co-workers have supported my conclusion that children from early childhood to high school youth struggle with knowing how to appropriately respond …

Practice What You Preach : A Look At Retention Research And Classroom Practice, Angela R. Carpenter

Graduate Research Papers

This literature review examines the subject of grade level retention. A comprehensive overview of the history, trends, and current practices involving retention will provide the background to the research base. Looking at the common reasons students are retained and the short and long-term effects of retention decisions will help answer the question of whether retention research guides school practice. Alternative solutions that can be implemented in lieu of grade level retention or social promotion practices will also be addressed. The majority of grade level retention and social promotion researchers found the practices of retention and social promotion to be unfavorable. …

Motivation For Leisure Reading : A Model Camp Adventure Curriculum, Nicole Beth Geopfert

Graduate Research Papers

Much research has consistently revealed that the percentage of young children choosing to engage in leisure reading is declining. Instead, potential young readers are consumed many other forms of leisure activity such as video games, Internet, computer games, movies, and more. To become lifelong learners, children ought to be motivated to read. The questions explored in this paper are: what are the obstacles to developing avid independent readers and how can we help young children become engaged, recreational readers? This paper presents a review of the literature on reading motivation, reading attitude, and the gender gap in reading.

The information …

Adult Learners : Who Are They, And What Do They Need To Succeed?, Antoinette Givens

Graduate Research Papers

The unique learning needs of adults are important. Adult education as identified by the literature is a change of knowledge, attitude, or skill of an individual that performs ,, social roles assigned to the adult population. This literature review addresses the question: (a) who is the adult learner? (b) What are the learning needs of adult learners? (c) What are effective strategies for teaching adult learners?

The adult learner is not fully understood without examining education, andragogy and pedagogy, instructional strategies, motivation, and barriers to learning in adults. This area of research is important to the development of effective adult …

Reading Comprehension : What Strategies Make A Difference?, Jill Helgerson

Graduate Research Papers

A literature review was conducted on comprehension strategies. The comprehension strategies that are being reviewed were chosen based on past research of reading comprehension.This literature review will explore six comprehension strategies that have been found to improve students' comprehension abilities.

Building Relationships To Support Self-Regulation, Sherice Hetrick-Ortman

Graduate Research Papers

Discouraged students come to school unable to learn. Emotional and social factors affect their intrapersonal and interpersonal awareness and place them at high risk for school failure. This paper discusses the application of strategies influenced by; sociomoral atmosphere, trust development, self regulation, emotional intelligence, attachment theory, and cultural awareness.

The research addresses the question: Will emotionally discouraged children be able to regulate their emotions through positive relationship building with the classroom teacher? The results contribute to our knowledge of how to support children's ability to regulate themselves in the absence of external devices.

The Impact Of Grouping For Reading Instruction On Student Attitude And Self-Concept, Michelle Renee Keegan

Graduate Research Papers

Researchers have found a parallel between types of grouping and attitudes of students regarding reading. The majority of students placed in the "lower" reading group in their classrooms have had negative perceptions and overall attitudes about reading. Research has indicated that the curriculum taught in these lower reading groups has differed from those in medium and higher groups due to different skills and practice that teachers have felt were required for students to succeed. Teachers' overall expectations have been found to be lower for those in lower academic groups in school. Students who have had motivation, self-efficacy, self worth, competence, …

The Importance Of Building Classroom Community, Sara A. Retallick

Graduate Research Papers

This paper will examine the importance of building community within the classroom. Information will relate classroom community with student needs and classroom management. It will provide a written visual on what community looks like in a classroom and explore different strategies important to community building within the classroom. A review of the No Child Left Behind Act and policymakers' views on community in the classroom will be discussed along with various community building programs.

An Evaluation Of The Relationship Between Physical Fitness Measures And Academic Achievement, George Victor Harnick

Graduate Research Papers

Over the past several years, physical education has often been forced aside in the wake of increased emphasis on improvements to academic performance in the core areas of study such as science, math, and reading. This stems from the implementation of the Title II Elementary and Secondary Education Act (a.k.a. No Child Left Behind Act of 2001) and the expectation that all students in schools funded by the federal government will be "proficient" in these core subjects by the year 2014 (United States Department of Education, 2007). With this law in effect, many school districts are being forced to increase …

Nbpts Portfolio Option, Cindy L. Borske

Graduate Research Papers

My lesson that I have taught provides evidence of active scientific inquiry. Students are observing phenomena; formulating working hypotheses; gathering, recording and analyzing data; and expressing the significance of their findings. My learning goals for this lesson are for students to:

1. develop an understanding of the interdependence of organisms and population growth, and

2. demonstrate the ability to solve complex problems to enhance students' analytical and problem solving skills.

Effectiveness Of Instructional Strategies Emphasizing Cooperative Learning In The Acquisition Of English By Taiwanese University Students, Mei-Ling Chen

Graduate Student Dissertations, Theses, Capstones, and Portfolios

The primary purpose of this study was to explore and analyze Taiwanese university students in the effectiveness of cooperative learning strategies in the acquisition of English. This study employed the Theory of Second Language Acquisition (SLA) and Cooperative Learning (CL) as the framework to explain the interrelationship among second language learner factors, cooperative learning strategies, and English language proficiency (ELP).

This nonexperimental, correlational study used convenience sampling. Participants from Taiwan received e-mail invitations and voluntarily completed the online survey questionnaires. The survey was administered to a sample of undergraduate students who had attended the daytime Fortune Institute of Technology of …

Effect Of World Music Drumming On Auditory And Visual Attention Skills Of Adhd Elementary Students, Shannon Michael Chacona

Graduate Student Dissertations, Theses, Capstones, and Portfolios

ADHD is the most widespread childhood disorder in the United States today, affecting approximately 2 million children. Attention disorders, occurring in 5% to 10% of children are usually referred because of hyperactivity. Yet, only half of children with attention disorders are hyperactive. Research indicated between the years 1993 and 2003; the number of ADHD-related doctor visits grew from 3.2 million to 7.4 million. This increase led to a rise in stimulant medications prescribed by physicians. Despite evidence of some improvement in symptoms of ADHD following medication treatment, many are still concerned about the possible side effects that may arise due …

Why Students In The Hispanic Culture Dropout Of School?, Lori A. Schoenauer

Graduate Research Papers

Many Hispanic students, almost 1/3, dropout of high school, and it is important to understand the factors leading to this extremely high dropout rate (Munk, 2004). While only 9% of white and 12% of black students dropout of high school, the number of Hispanic dropouts is on the rise. The increase in Hispanic dropouts is not fully understood; however, research has shown that factors such as the parent's education, involvement, low expectations, school attitude, limited English skills, limited school funding, and cultural differences contribute to Hispanic dropout.

The paper is organized into five different chapters. The first chapter discussed the …

A Reflective Administrator To Lead In Learning : A Reflective Essay, Garrick Teckenburg

Graduate Research Papers

Like most educators today, a former teacher inspired me. This teacher taught a subject I thought was boring and turned it into something interesting and meaningful. He made me realize the power that an educator can have on an individual. His approach to education in the classroom changed the way I viewed education and its importance. Each person in his class could feel comfortable contributing and participating in the classroom setting. He had a way of connecting with students on an individual level regardless of their personality differences. I became an educator so that I could have a positive influence …

Identity Exploration In The Secondary Esl Setting, Sarah Wait

Graduate Research Papers

The investigation of the process of identity development is very complex, as a multitude of background information and influencing factors must be considered before suggestions can be made for incorporating identity exploration into a secondary school setting. Chapter One sets the groundwork for this investigation by first describing the nature of the issue and generally introducing topics which will be explored in later chapters. The research question is stated, then expanded upon to include the factors one must consider when attempting to answer the research question. The chapter continues by explaining the significance of the problem, as established in both …

Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder In Children, Jessica A. Weber

Graduate Research Papers

In the past ten years, many people have become aware of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). This sudden increase in awareness has been good, since more children with ADHD are now being properly diagnosed and treated. Furthermore, classroom teachers and parents are beginning to understand this disorder and how to manage it. Fewer parents feel the issues their children are having are their fault because they did not have a "good" parenting style (Phelan, 2000). The purpose of this paper is to continue to increase awareness about ADHD, the effects it has on children, and the treatments and interventions used …

Using Distance Education To Deliver English Instruction In Indonesia, Muhammad Yaumi

Graduate Research Papers

This paper highlights using distance education to support students in learning English in· Indonesia. The purpose is to discuss using distance education for English instruction in Indonesia, the cultural uniqueness of Indonesian students' learning styles, and a model of distance education to deliver English instruction in Indonesia. Library research involved resources relating to distance education and teaching English in the Indonesian culture. This research involved a variety of print references, electronic databases and a variety of Web resources. Research indicated that distance educat10n in Indonesia has been implemented since the 1950s. The developmental history of distance education in Indonesia was …

Judgmental Heuristics In Nonprofit Organizations’ Web Sites, Jennifer Sue Yarrow

Graduate Research Papers

The purpose of this study was to identify related judgmental heuristics cues that could be incorporated in Web site home and donation pages of charitable nonprofit organizations. These types of heuristics could persuade individuals to continue activity on the Web site; thus increasing the possibility for donation activity. As nonprofit organizations begin building more sophisticated and progressive Web sites, they must recognize that the importance of reviewing the content of their sites with the users' cognitive processes in mind. The financial support that is lost by poor or unpersuasive Web site content could be critical for many organizations, and an …

Self-Esteem & Developmental Assets: An Examination Of The Pertinent Literature Off The Relationship Between Self-Esteem And Developmental Assets In Adolescents, Angela Gorsuch

Graduate Research Papers

Adolescent development has been studied heavily as scholars have sought to understand the process of biological, emotional, and cognitive development during the transition from childhood and adulthood. Research has often focused on one indicator, self-esteem, on how well young people navigate this transitional period in their lives. Scholars have agreed that self-esteem is a reflection of a young person's psychological well-being during adolescence. High self-esteem generally indicates an adolescent is successfully handling these critical years of development and is exhibiting positive qualities and behaviors. On the reverse, low self-esteem is often an indication an adolescent may not be negotiating this …

Social Interaction Patterns Between Children With And Without Disabilities During Recreation Activities, Mary A. Parramore

Graduate Research Papers

Children are spending more time in community care facilities (i.e., after-school programs, day camp, etc.) and are interacting with other children of mixed abilities on a more consistent basis. Therefore, acceptable social skills and possessing the ability to interact and communicate effectively are of vital importance. The basis of this study was to examine and identify key components that generated positive and reciprocated social interactions between children of all abilities in an inclusive recreational program. Participants selected for this study were school-aged children of varying physical and/or cognitive abilities. All children utilized the services of the Family YMCA of Black …

Year Round Schooling, Rita Danielle Fiala

Graduate Research Papers

Research investigating the.effects of year-round schooling on student academic achievement is reviewed in this paper. Traditional, balanced and multi-track calendars are explored and compared. Benefits and drawbacks of a balanced calendar and multi-track calendars are discussed. It is recommended that more long-term research should be conducted on alternative calendars. However, the data that is present suggests that the benefits of a balanced calendar are more prevalent than the traditional calendar.

The Efficacy Of An Actor-Emotion Technique On Changing Communication Attitude In Children Who Stutter: A Treatment Outcome Study, Tiffany Marie Scavo

LSU Master's Theses

The purpose of the present study was to test the efficacy of an actor-emotion strategy approach on changing communication attitudes in an adolescent child who stutters. The participant for this study was an eleven-year, ten-month old male attending a public middle school in Baton Rouge, Louisiana who presented with a severe fluency disorder. The participant attended group sessions Monday-Thursday from 9:00-12:00 for 6 weeks as part of a fluency day camp. The study used a worksheet-based measure to evaluate emotionality on a daily basis. Using an ABA withdrawal design, two analyses were completed. The first analysis examined the stability or …