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Relationships Among Teachers' Efficacy, Teachers' Locus-Of-Control, And Student Achievement, David L. Burrell

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to determine if teacher effectiveness, as measured by value-added gain scores on student achievement, was related to the teacher personality characteristics of efficacy and locus of control. The value-added mean gain scores for each teacher were correlated with teachers' scores on the Rand Corporation Efficacy Scale and the Rose and Medway Teacher Locus of Control Scale. A multiple regression analysis was used to determine if these teacher characteristics along with selected demographic variables could be used as good predictors of achievement gain. The population consisted of 132 middle school teachers across five subject areas …

The Relationship Of Visionary Leadership And Organizational Climate Between Elementary School Principals And Business Managers, Lowell W. Biller

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to determine if there was a difference in visionary leadership between and among elementary school principals and managers of manufacturing corporations in Northeast Tennessee. A second purpose was to ascertain if there was a relationship between visionary leadership and organizational climate. Data from this study were collected from 26 elementary schools and 24 manufacturing corporations. The research participants completed two questionnaires: Leader Behavior Questionnaire-Visionary Leadership, 3rd. Edition and Managerial Mirror: A Climate Inventory. There were 410 of 480, or 85% of the questionnaires that were returned from the elementary schools. The manufacturing corporations had …

Tech Prep: To Investigate And Develop An Analysis Of Two On-Site Visits, Sandra C. Birchfield

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

There was no educational plan that served as a comprehensive model to more adequately prepare students for economic success as defined by securing and retaining employment in existing and prospective business settings. Tech Prep Professionals were asked questions on existing programs to investigate and develop an analysis of two on-site visits. The research questions were as follows: (1) What components comprised other Tech Prep Programs? (2) What differences and commonalties existed in the Tech Prep programs? (3) What impact, if any, did the demographics of the region have on the existing Tech Prep programs? (4) What procedures were followed in …

Parent Perceptions Of Actual And Ideal Levels Of Involvement In Decision-Making In Tennessee Elementary Schools, John R. Clark

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The problem of this study was to determine differences between parent perceptions of the actual and ideal amounts of involvement of parents, teachers and principals in decision-making at the elementary school level. This study was conducted in conjunction with two parallel studies that considered principal and teacher perceptions with the same hypotheses. The last chapter (six) presents a summary with conclusions and recommendations of all three studies. A questionnaire, designed to examine parent perceptions of the actual and the ideal levels of involvement of teachers, parents, and principal in decision making in elementary schools in the areas of budget, personnel, …

The Attributes, Teaching Effectiveness, And Educational Commitment Of Part-Time Faculty In North Carolina Community Colleges, Joseph W. Franklin

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This study evaluated the attributes, teaching effectiveness and educational commitment of part-time faculty in enrollment-funded community colleges. The Student Instructional Rating instrument was used to measure student perceptions of instructors in the community college. Twenty four community colleges were randomly selected from North Carolina. Within each college, four full-time and four part-time faculty were randomly selected to participate in the study. Attributes of part-time faculty were compared to attributes of full-time faculty. Teaching effectiveness was assessed from dimensions on the Student Instructional Rating instrument. Various dimensions on the SIR including Faculty/Student Interaction, Overall Quality of the Course, Course Difficulty, and …

Planned Change In Higher Education: A Case Study Of The Nassp Alliance For Developing School Leaders, Penny L. Smith

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The problem was that much effort was being put into an alliance for preparing school leaders with little evidence concerning how effective such groups were in promoting positive change. The purpose of this study was to provide a historical background for the National Alliance for Developing School Leaders that included the rationale for the endeavor, the identification of key actors and their roles, and perceived changes resulting from Alliance affiliation. The information gleaned from the study was intended to answer the formulated research questions. Data were collected using semi-structured interviews and through examination of relevant documents. Data were coded and …

Perceptions Of Classroom Social Environment Held By Virginia Community College Students And Instructors In Developmental Courses, Ann C. Bartholomay

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to determine students' classroom social environment needs by identifying characteristics of actual and ideal classroom environments as perceived by students taking developmental math or English courses in Virginia community colleges, characteristics of the actual classroom environments as perceived by their instructors, and characteristics of actual and ideal classroom environments as perceived by subgroups of students. The subgroups were formed by gender, race, age, type of developmental course, size of college, and whether students were first generation college students. The Adult Classroom Environment Scale was administered to students and instructors in developmental studies classes in …

Identification Of Tennessee Teacher And Principal Beliefs About National Standards And National Goals In Education, Shirley R. Ellis

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to determine the beliefs of Tennessee principals and teachers in relation to national standards and national goals. This was a descriptive study, which utilized a survey methodology. The population under study was limited to 232 principals and 268 teachers randomly selected from the 1992-1993 membership of the Tennessee Education Association. The instrument, developed by the researcher for this study, was the National Standards/National Goals Questionnaire. The 32 item instrument was designed to determine the level of belief of national goals and national standards. Descriptive statements were used to analyze the data gathered from the …

Perceived Barriers To Upper Level Career Ladder Status By Eligible Tennessee Educators, Julia J. Price

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This study examines the phenomenon that although 8,900 educators have obtained Career Ladder Levels II and III, there are 27,620 in Tennessee who are eligible for the upper levels of the Career Ladder, but have not obtained these levels. The purpose of the study was to identify the barriers, as perceived by eligible educators in Tennessee, which discourage them from attempting to gain upper level Career Ladder status. The research design was descriptive and utilized data from a survey instrument constructed by the researcher. A pilot test of the instrument was conducted, reliability coefficients calculated, and survey items retained, modified, …

Actual And Ideal Shared Decision-Making Perceptions Of Elementary School Principals In East Tennessee, Steven F. Dixon

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The problem of this study was to determine if differences existed in the perceptions of elementary school principals regarding the amount of involvement parents, teachers, and principals had in school decision making. The study was one part of a more comprehensive project conducted in the First Tennessee Developmental District which also investigated parents' and teachers' perceptions of involvement. A questionnaire was developed to survey principals' perceptions of the actual and ideal level of involvement of parents, teachers, and principals in the areas of budget, curriculum, and personnel. A total of 95 principals (76%) returned the questionnaire. Based on the significant …

Langston University, A History: Education And Programs From 1897-1994, Monica D. Lee

McCabe Thesis Collection

Originally known as the Colored Agricultural and Normal University, Langston University is Oklahoma ' s only historically black college and the only institution of higher education in Oklahoma and perhaps in the United States which has both a land grant and urban mission. Founded in 1897 as a result of the Morrill Act of 1890 and Oklahoma Territorial House Bill 151, Langston University has been providing higher education in Oklahoma for almost a century. Originally the University's purpose was to instruct "both male and female colored persons in the art of teaching various branches which pertain to a common school …

Occasional Papers: On Collaboration In Education, Janice Rowan

Hollybush Series

Volume 4 of The Hollybush Series contains 11 faculty essays on collaboration in education, with artwork from students at John Fenwick School and Elmer School.

Faculty authors are: Jane Sullivan, Carl Calliari, Sharon Davis-Bianco, Donna Hathaway, Jody Blohm, Christine Johnston, Gary Dainton, Charles Ivory, Christy Faison, Peggy Beck, David Kapel, Carol Sharp, Janet Moss, Edith Thompson, and Brenda Benson-Burrell.

Soldiers Of Christ, Angels Of Mercy: The Daughters Of Charity In Los Angeles, 1856–1888, Michael E. Engh S.J.

Vincentian Studies

This article describes the challenges the Daughters of Charity faced on the American frontier and how they successfully coped with them. Their efforts “contributed to the ongoing Americanization of their denomination” because the Daughters adapted their religious practices to life on the frontier. They responded to local needs and their works expanded far beyond the initial founding of a school and an orphanage. Among other things, they built a hospital, served as nurses and found jobs for women. As the first female business executives in Los Angeles, they did creative fund-raising for their own projects and for many Catholic causes. …

The Alumni Network, February 1994 (Vol. X No. 1), Nova Southeastern University

Alumni Network Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Education Policy Analysis Archives 02/03 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Special issue comprised of two book reviews.

Education Policy Analysis Archives 02/02 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Dealing with diversity : some propositions from Canadian education / Benjamin Levin [and] J. Anthony Riffel.

Education Policy Analysis Archives 02/01 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Payment by results : an example of assessment in elementary education from nineteenth century Britain / Brendan A. Rapple.

Hats, Heels, And High Ideals: The Student Dean Program At Syracuse University, 1931- 1960, Thalia M. Mulvihill

The Courier

Mulvihill tells the story of the Student Dean Program: how it started, what it was all about, and how its impact is still being felt.

Special Educators, Employers, And Special Students: A Comparison Of Perceptions Of The Working World, Lena Arrington-Mcclenny

Theses & Honors Papers

Education is designed to prepare all students for productive citizenship. Students with disabilities, however, are employed at lower rates, earning less money, and accruing fewer benefits than their nondisabled peers. In order to design a curriculum that targets employment as an outcome, special educators must determine the needs and expectations of employers. This study compared the perceptions of employers, special education teachers, to learning disabled students .Employers and special education teachers rated work related, communication, personal, and social skills similarly while students with learning disabilities formed in congruent perceptions of the working world.

An Historical Comparative Analysis Of The Ideology Of Selected Educational Reformers Of The 1950s And 1980s, Etta Lou Sellars

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This was a historical study which analyzed similarities and differences between selected reformers of the American education system during the decades of the 1950s and 1980s. These two decades were chosen because of similarities concerning competition between America and foreign countries: Russia in the fifties, and Japan, Germany, and Korea in the eighties. Two catalysts, Sputnik in 1957, and the Commission report A Nation at Risk in 1983, caused these years to be watershed years in American education. Three reformers from the fifties, Arthur Bestor, Hyman Rickover, and James Conant, were compared and contrasted with four reformers from the eighties, …

Bitter Knowledge: Socrates And Teaching By Disillusionment, Thomas D. Eisele

Faculty Articles and Other Publications

This essay examines Socratic teaching by investigating one aspect of my own practice in law school today; its companion essay, "The Poverty of Socratic Questioning: Asking and Answering in the Meno," examines Socratic teaching by investigating Socrates' practice in the Meno. They are meant to complement, and to complicate, one another. They also are meant to extend and to supplement some of the views of Socratic teaching expressed in two earlier essays'ofmine: Must Virtue Be Taught?, 37 J. LEGAL EDUC. 495 (1987); and "Neuer
Mind the Manner of My Speech," 14 LEGAL STUD. F. 253 (1990).

Part-Time Courses 1994-95, City Of Dublin Vocational Education Committee

Prospectus: Bolton Street

Courses for the College of Technology, Bolton Street, Dublin 1.

Brother Brigham Challenges The Saints, Hugh Nibley

Maxwell Institute Publications

This volume in the collected works of Hugh Nibley features the gifted Latter-day Saint scholar’s reflections on the thoughts of Brigham Young regarding politics, education, leadership, and the environment. Nibley has brought together a priceless collection of the early Mormon leader’s counsel to the Saints of his era—counsel that is still relevant today. Add to these prophetic insights the scholarship and plain speaking that characterize Dr. Nibley’s works and the result is an eye-opening and sobering invitation to reevaluate our priorities.

The timeliness of Brigham’s counsel on these topics will quickly become apparent to readers, as will the unique insights …

Practitioners' News - Winter 1994, Volume 20, Number 5, Nova Southeastern University

Practitioners' News

No abstract provided.

Whole Language Experiences For Bilingual/Biliterate Students, Judy Karyl Ruliffson

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.

The Cognitive Connection: Contextual Learning Through The Integration Of Community College Vocational And Academic Curricula, Richard Betancourt

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.

Effect Of Selected Student Incentives On Average Daily Attendance Rates, Student Dropout Rates And Academic Performance In Indiana Senior High Schools, Kirk Alan Freeman

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The study was designed to determine if incentive programs affect student grades, average daily attendance rates, and dropout rates in public, senior high schools in Indiana as perceived by the high school principal. The intent of the study was to determine whether a relationship existed between recognition, special privileges, and tangible awards relative to average daily attendance rates, dropout rates, the number of students generally earning As and Bs on report cards, and the number of students generally earning Cs and Ds as opposed to failing grades on report cards. Questionnaires were sent to all 231 senior high school principals; …

Continuity And Change: President Constantine Curris' Annual Address To The Faculty, 1983-1993, Constantine Curris

History of Education Book Gallery

Since assuming office at the University of Northern Iowa in 1983, President Constantine (Deno) Curris has addressed the faculty at its opening meeting each fall. This collection of his annual speeches, prepared in recognition of his first ten years of service, reveals an overarching dedication to the university's mission in terms of continuity and change. These speeches cover a range of topics that continue to be pertinent. They demonstrate the president's support of academic freedom, his concern for academic integrity, his awareness of international interdependence, and his dedication to student advancement. Time and again President Curris reminds the faculty of …

Handbook On How Parents And Schools Can Become Partners In Education, Barbara J. Vincent

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

The Design And Implementation Of A Preschool Program, Debra Colson-Mccarthy

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.