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Perceptions Of African-American Seniors Regarding Factors Of Institutional Support At Three Predominantly White Tennessee State-Supported Institutions Of Higher Education, Delmar L. Mack

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This study of African-American seniors at East Tennessee State University, Middle Tennessee State University, and the University of Tennessee at Knoxville was conducted to solicit student responses about the perceptions of their schools, university services, and experiences at those institutions. The study employed quantitative data and descriptive analysis was performed. Data collected in this study described the demographic characteristics of the students and their perceptions, attitudes, experiences and level of involvement in the campus environment for African-American seniors. Data in this study indicated perceptions that Tennessee must be committed to increasing financial support to the universities. Universities must be committed …

Education Policy Analysis Archives 07/16 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Race and policy / Ernest R. House.

Education Policy Analysis Archives 07/14 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Supporting community-oriented educational change : case and analysis / Linda Mabry [and] Laura Ettinger.

Fort Wayne Alumnus, Taylor University Fort Wayne

TUFW Alumni Publications (All)

The Spring 1999 edition of The Fort Wayne Alumnus, published by Taylor University Fort Wayne in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

Taylor: A Magazine For Taylor University Alumni And Friends (Spring 1999), Taylor University

The Taylor Magazine (1963-Present)

The Spring 1999 edition of Taylor Magazine, published by Taylor University in Upland, Indiana.

Practitioners' News - Spring 1999, Volume 26, Number 2, Nova Southeastern University

Practitioners' News

No abstract provided.

Nsu Achievements - Spring 1999, Nova Southeastern University

NSU Achievements

No abstract provided.

Education Policy Analysis Archives 07/11 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

First year implementation of the School to Work Opportunities Act policy : an effort at backward mapping / Arthur M. Recesso.

Education Policy Analysis Archives 07/09 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

High school staff characteristics and mathematics test results / Mark Fetler.

Education Policy Analysis Archives 07/08 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Scholastic achievement and demographic characteristics of home school students in 1998 / Lawrence M. Rudner.

Interview With Linda Pisano, Linda Pisano, Abby Kennedy, Darleen Feldman

Interviews

Linda Pisano, a member of the Church of Latter Day Saints, talks about growing up in Utah, why she joined the church, why she dislikes the term 'Mormon', and women in the LDS. She explains that LDS is still a christian church and offers some theories on why the church is so popular.

Broadly Speaking - March, 1999, Nova Southeastern University

Broadly Speaking

No abstract provided.

Place A La Litterature Dans Le Cours De Conversation!, Corinne Etienne, Sylvie Vanbaelen

Scholarship and Professional Work - LAS

Au niveau universitaire, la plupart des programmes de francais offrent un cours que l'on peut classer sous l'appellation generique de "cours de conversation" ("Conversational Skills", "French for Oral Communication, etc.). Si le but de ce cours est clair: ameliorer les competences communicatives orales des apprenants, son contenu est par contre tres ouvert. Dans ce type de cours, la "conversation" prend souvent appui sur l'exploitation de documents authentiques et permet ainsi aux apprenants d'approfondir leurs connaissances culturelles. Cette bipolarite: developpement des competences de communication orale et decouverte de la culture nous semble tout a fait appropriee. On peut cependant regretter l'absence …

Education Policy Analysis Archives 07/07 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Restructuring the schoolbook provision system in Indonesia : some recent inititiatives / Dedi Supriadi.

Pages, Volume 7, No. 1, March 1999, Frank Oldfield, Keith Alverson

PAGES

Contents: Editorial -- Program News -- Obituary -- Lakes -- Workshop Reports -- Announcements -- Inside PAGES -- Last Page

Unf In Review 1998, University Of North Florida

UNF in Review

An annual report to the community from the University of North Florida published as a supplement to the Florida Times Union. The supplement was produced by the Specialty Publication Division of the Florida Times-Union in cooperation with the Office of News & Publications at the University of North Florida. The report includes a letter from Dr. Anne H. Hopkins, the new president of University of North Florida and Dr. E.K. Fretwell, the leaving Interim President of the University, the University’s Master Plan which included information on the proposed University Center, soccer and track stadium, parking garage and new housing units, …

Education Policy Analysis Archives 07/06 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

College students' use of the internet / Anna C. McFadden.

Education Policy Analysis Archives 07/04 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Less than truth error? : an independent study of the Massachusetts Teacher Tests / Walt Haney, Clarke Fowler, Anne Wheelock, Damian Bebell, and Nicole Malec.

Education Policy Analysis Archives 07/01 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Ethnic segregation in Arizona charter schools / Casey D. Cobb [and] Gene V. Glass.

Kindergarteners' Acceptance Of The Social Behavior Of A Child With Special Needs, Colleen A. Finegan Ph.D.

Electronic Journal for Inclusive Education

Positive relationships between children are a concern in inclusionary classrooms. This naturalistic study examines the relationship between children's perceptions of their peer's capabilities and its significance in making friendship choices It was found that young children utilize verbal and non-verbal language skills as the basis of decisions about friendship.

Integrating Literature And California History In Fourth Grade Social Studies, Kristen Gayle Duffett

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.

The Quarterly Speaker - Winter 1999, Nova Southeastern University

The Quarterly Speaker

No abstract provided.

Social Skills Curriculum For Middle School Students At Risk, Eric Franz

All Graduate Projects

The purpose of this project was to develop a social skills curriculum for an effective After School Program for students at risk. To accomplish this purpose, current research and literature related to students at risk, motivational strategies, and alternative programs to assist them were reviewed. Additionally, on site visit to an actual program in the Yakima School District were conducted. At-risk students have a high potential for dropping out of school due to the lack of motivation and other factors. Students at risk live marginally outside of the socially excepted norm for adolescent youth. School systems need to have programs …

A Literature Review Of Parental Involvement In Public Schools From 1994-1999, Barbara Gohl Keene

All Graduate Projects

The purpose of this project was to see how parental involvement affected student achievement and how educators could involve parents at the middle grades and junior/senior high levels. American families and our society have changed dramatically over the past twenty-five years. These changes have had exciting effects on educational processes in schools. It has become a challenge to involve parents in the educational process, especially during the middle, junior and senior high school years. Parents are far more involved in their children's early childhood education than in their later years of schooling (Pryor, 1995). Involvement drops off dramatically when children …

Teachers' Concerns About Technology As A Classroom Innovation, Elizabeth Ann Stroh

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

American schools are rapidly introducing new technological tools to their staff members and students. Using both quantitative tools and qualitative strategies, the researcher undertook a case study at a small Midwestern school to determine whether teachers have concerns about technological innovations and if so, to specifically identify and measure teachers' levels of concerns about the introduction of computers to their classrooms. The quantitative data, collected from instruments developed by Concerns-Based Adoption Model theorists, revealed that teachers do have concerns about technology, and their concerns are most often centered in the self” domain. No matter how experienced the teachers were, they …

The Relationship Of Math Anxiety Andeducational Cognitive Style To Achievement In A Mathematics Content Course For Preservice Elementary Teachers, Rita L. Eisele

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Past research has shown that many preservice elementary teachers exhibit high levels of math anxiety. Knowledge about the learning styles of preservice elementary teachers can provide information to further the understanding of math anxiety. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship of math anxiety andEducational cognitive style to achievement in a mathematics content course for preservice elementary teachers. One hundred fifty students enrolled in two mathematics content courses at a public midwestern university served as the population. An abbreviated version of the Mathematics Anxiety Rating Scale (MARS) was used to measure math anxiety. The Albany Instrument, which …

A Comparison Of Self-Perceived Leadership Behaviors Between Ipla And Non-Ipla Trained Principals And The Relationship Between Those Self -Perceived Behaviors And Student Achievement, Alice Ann Neal

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Purpose of the study . The purposes of this study were to (1) investigate if there were differences in self-perceived scores on selected leadership behaviors between IPLA and non-IPLA trained principals. and (2) investigate the relationship between student achievement scores and self-perceived leadership behaviors after controlling for IPLA training. Procedures . A sample of 200 Indiana principals was drawn from data acquired from the Director of the Indiana Principal Leadership Academy and the Indiana Department ofEducation. The sample reflected approximately equal numbers of (1) principals who had or had not completed IPLA prior to 1995, (2) males and females, (3) …

Alternative Teacher Compensation Systems: Practices And Perceptions As Reported By New Hampshire Principals, Bradford Wilson Craven

Doctoral Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to determine New Hampshire principal's perceptions regarding alternative compensation plans for teachers. Alternative compensation plans, unlike traditional teacher pay plans, are not based exclusively on years of experience and formal educational attainment. Forms of alternative compensation plans include individually-based merit pay, career ladders, skill-and-knowledge-based pay, and group performance awards.

This research was intended to provide a better understanding of how principals view the various alternatives to traditional salary schedules. An assumption of this study was that principals in the state play the primary role in formal teacher evaluations, and any new compensation plans that …

Analysis Of Impact And Value Of Neasc High School Accreditation Procedures On School Accountability And School Improvement From 1987-1997, George Allan Cushing

Doctoral Dissertations

From a 1983 federal study which concluded, as its title suggests, that America had become A Nation at Risk because of a failing public school system, the modern standards movement was born. This educational reform movement beginning in the 1980's and continuing through the 1990's brought about the development and establishment of many accountability and improvement initiatives aimed at public schools. Also during this time, the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC), through its Commission on Public Secondary Schools along with five other regional accrediting agencies across the country, was continuously engaged in the practice of evaluating and …

The Use And Understanding Of Indiana Statewide Testing Foreducational Progress Data By Indiana Teachers And Principals, David Kim Sever

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The purpose of this study was threefold. First, it investigated how teachers and principals across the state of Indiana use standardized achievement test data. That is, how the use of test data influences decisions about instructional methods and curriculum within their schools. Secondly, the study investigated whether or not there is greater use of test data by educators at the elementary level (K–6) in comparison to their use at the secondary level (7–12) ofEducation. A third aspect of the study was to explore the teachers' and administrators' knowledge of standardized test terminology and basic concepts. Teachers and principals of grades …