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Changing Patterns Of Centralization And Decentralization In American School Governance., Charles Walter Triche Iii

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This dissertation traces the evolution of American school governance and educational administration from the mid-seventeenth century through 1991. It examines the arguments which surround the centralization or decentralization debate and traces the rationale for the adoption of either a centralist or decentralist manner of school governance. In tracing the evolution of the rationale used by educational administrators for the adoption of either a centralist or decentralist form of governance, this dissertation establishes an order to the debate, traces shifts in philosophy, determines the dominance of either centralist or decentralist philosophy during each historical period studied, and identifies reasons why that …

Predicting Success Of Minority Nursing Students On The "New" Nclex-Rn., Janet Simmons Rami

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this study was to identify academic variables that could be used to forecast success for minority, baccalaureate (BSN) students enrolled in higher education in the south. A second purpose was to develop a methodological framework for predicting success on the post-1988 versions of the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses (NCLEX-RN), that enhanced external validity, and generalizability. The best predictors of success for minority BSN nursing students were the Mosby assesstest, school comprehensive exit exams, GPA microbiology, the college cumulative GPA, nursing course cumulative GPA, and ACT composite. The sample included 216 Black graduates of three …

The Methodological Issues Of Variance In Teacher Behavior And Student Achievement: The Relationship Of Variance To School And Teacher Effectiveness., Linda Jane Crone

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Three different issues were involved in this study. Issue I examined the means and variances of teacher behavior for teachers in effective school versus teachers in ineffective schools. Five teachers were evaluated from grade three and grade five of five effective and six ineffective schools (25 teachers from effective schools and 30 teachers from ineffective schools). Observations of seven dimensions of teaching behavior were conducted. In every case, the group means of teacher behavior were higher for the teachers in the effective school category. An examination of the coefficients of variation indicated that the dispersion of scores for the teachers …

An Evaluability Assessment Of The Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service 4-H Program., Robert F. Richard

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

In evaluation practice, Evaluability Assessment (EA) is recognized as an affective tool to determine if a plausible program logic exists before the effort is made to evaluate impact. Applying EA in the Cooperative Extension System, if programs lacked plausibility, the process was used as a design tool. Following the steps recommended in this process, a representative work group of Extension agents, specialists and administrators: (1) identified and developed an educational effects matrix for each of five target audiences of the 4-H program--4-H youth, other youth, family members, leaders and policy makers; (2) abstracted themes emerging from telephone interviews of 95 …

The Difference That Made A Difference: Nuances Of A Transformative Curriculum In The Life History Of Joy Hamilton, A Child Who Has Severe Disabilities., Phyllis James Leone

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Literature emerging in the field of special education advocates a significant departure from the traditional approach that has guided special education practices, procedures, and, ultimately the decisions made about children. To date, this literature and the debates it generates are focused primarily on special education for children who have mild or moderate disabilities. The dearth of information regarding the implications of an alternative approach for children who have severe disabilities is wanting. This study examines the life history of Joy Hamilton, a child who has severe disabilities, to reveal how curriculum has affected her life. Joy's birth, her infant intervention …

Symposium: Brown V. Board Of Education And Its Legacy: A Tribute To Justice Thurgood Marshall, The Limitless Horizons Of Brown V. Board Of Education, Louis H. Pollack

Fordham Law Review

Judge Pollak discusses the impact of Brown on Supreme Court jurisprudence. He begins by recounting Morgan v. Virginia--a significant Supreme Court decision that foreshadowed the holding of Brown. The remainder of Judge Pollak's speech highlights Brown's impact on, inter alia, First Amendment jurisprudence and international law.

A Parent And Student Handbook For Homework Motivation, Kathryn L. Graeser

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Cooperative Learning In The Intermediate Grades: A Handbook, Deborah Beck

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

More Than Print: The Home And School Literacies Of Three Fourth-Graders, Margaret M. Voss

Doctoral Dissertations

Through ethnographic case studies of three fourth-grade children, this study investigates the relationships between children's home and school literacies. The data were collected through participant-observation in the children's homes and at school; interviews of children, parents, and teacher; and analysis of children's products and processes (such as written work and hand-made crafts).

The study defines a literacy as a meaning-making system which can be used functionally, communicatively, reflectively, flexibly, and pleasurably. Schools typically focus on print literacy and do not always recognize or value the range of literacies children bring with them from home. This research shows children using not …

Someone Shot The Rainbow: Emergent Writing Patterns Of Securely And Insecurely Attached, Inner-City First Graders, Cindy Matthews

Doctoral Dissertations

The mother or primary caretaker of an infant establishes a communicative bond which has long-term implications for the child as a symbolizer and learner. John Bowlby's theory of attachment claims the mother is the secure base from which an infant, and later the child, can explore and master her environment, develop a sense of autonomy, and relate to peers. Attachment theory sheds light on the process and products of inner-city, first-grade children's written symbolization, yielding many patterns cogent to the study of emergent literacy.

Fifty-nine first graders participated in a study involving projective measures of attachment and language ability and …

Beliefs, Autonomy, And Mathematical Knowledge, Judy Ann Rector

Doctoral Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to investigate the apparent effects of students' beliefs about mathematics and autonomy on their learning of mathematics. The study utilized a multiple-case study design with analysis by and across cases. The cases represented six high school students enrolled in either Algebra II or Algebra II/Trigonometry. Data was collected in three phases: (a) classroom observations and assessment of the teacher's perception of her role in the learning process, (b) an assessment of students' beliefs about mathematics and autonomy, and (c) an assessment of students' newly formed mathematical constructs on functions.

The beliefs' assessment included observing …

An Ecological Perspective Of Writing: Teachers, Peers, And Authors As Resources In A Response-Based Classroom, Margaret L. Murray

Doctoral Dissertations

The present study examines the ways in which the available resources of books, classmates, and teacher affect three fourth-grade students' writing development within the same classroom. The study's unique contribution is its holistic description of how all three resources contribute collectively to the ongoing writing of these individuals over the better part of their school year. The study describes the ways in which the children's writing and their notions of good writing are being formed in the dialectical processes of interaction with these resources. Further, the study describes the global traits of their particular classroom's culture--its extant written forms and …

A Celebration Of Tradition Or Of Self? An Ethnographic Study Of Teachers' Comments On Student Writing In America And In China, Xiao-Ming Li

Doctoral Dissertations

The study builds a dialogue between teachers of writing in China and America on what "good writing" is, for the purpose of revealing the fact that "good writing" resides not just with student texts, but with the teachers who read and judge student papers.

Writing comments on student papers is a time-honored and widely accepted practice in writing classrooms in most countries. Teachers offer text-specific advice to each student and communicate to the student writer, among other things, the criteria of good writing. A close look at the teacher's comments, therefore, reveals the criteria with which teachers measure student papers. …

A Study Of The Differences In Induction Experiences For Teachers In Differentially Effective Schools., Carol Sue Ter Haar

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Research studies have concluded that many new teachers abandon their teaching careers shortly after starting them. Part of the reason is their lack of adjustment within the very special social structure of public education. Induction of teachers frequently appears to be inadequate. Research over the past 20 years suggests a correlation between positive induction experiences and the quality of schools. This causal comparative study entailed a 3 x 2 design with three levels of school effectiveness and two levels of teacher experience. The schools were classified as effective, typical, or ineffective based on a classification scheme produced by the Louisiana …

President's Report, 1991-1992, University Of Montana (Missoula, Mont. : 1965-1994). Office Of The President

University of Montana President’s Report, 1993-2016

The President’s Report of the University of Montana, produced by University Relations on behalf of the President’s Office.

Student Affairs: In Search Of Ethics, Christine E. Hobbs

Graduate Research Papers

Recently, ethics has been a topic that higher education administrators have been examining with intense interest. Ethics and moral responsibility are the themes for educational journal articles, book chapters, and conferences. This interest has led many institutions of higher education in search of ethical standards and guidelines for their professional staffs. There are several reasons that ethics has come to the forefront.

1992 Vol. 49: Spiritans And Education, The Generalate Team

Information Documentation (English)

I/D 49 -- THE GENERALATE TEAM, January 1992 -- Spiritans and Education – (pg. 1) -- This ID was originally planned to include both Education and the wider Youth apostolate but it was found impossible to compress such a vast field into the relatively confined space of an ID. In view of the extensive material available from the Symposium which took place at Duquesne University in June 1991 it was decided to concentrate on education in this publication.

Impact Of The Preservice Field Experience In Foreign Language Teaching: A Study Of The Development Of Preservice Teachers' Perspectives In Foreign Language Teaching. (Volumes I And Ii)., Denise Egea-Kuehne

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Within the broader issue of teacher education, the focus of this study is on one of the most neglected areas of inquiry in the field of foreign languages, the preservice field experience, and the development of student teachers' perspectives of foreign language teaching. The following questions were specifically addressed: (1) What perspectives of foreign language teaching do student teachers hold upon completion of their program of university courses? (2) Is there an alteration of student teachers' perspectives of foreign language teaching during their student teaching semester? (3) What factors appear to influence student teachers' perspectives of foreign language teaching during …

Alternative Education And Social Change In Brazil: A History And Case Study., Maria De Lourdes Nunes

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

In contrast to the elitism of the Brazilian formal education system are the efforts of educators at federal universities in promoting educational alternatives for the socioeconomically underprivileged population. Having reached its peak in the late 1950s and early 1960s and culminating with Paulo Freire's successful "conscientization" experiment in Angicos, educational alternatives were revitalized in the 1980s upon the nation's "return to democracy." Since then, Brazilian universities have committed themselves to contribute to the struggle for social transformation. Mission and objective statements of individual universities express their attitude towards active involvement in the process of alleviating educational and socioeconomic inequities which …

Developing A Research Agenda For The Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service., Fred S. Sanders Jr

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The primary purpose of this study was to determine potential future research priorities for the Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service. The Delphi method of forecasting was determined to be the most appropriate for use in this study. Having a knowledge of, and a current relationship with, the Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service (LCES) was the initial criteria for selecting panelists for this study. The final panel consisted of forty LCES personnel. Three rounds of questionnaires were used in this study. The Round 0 questionnaire was open-ended and was used to generate a list of perceived research items most in need of research …

Dialogue Journal Writing In A Foreign Language Classroom: Assessing Communicative Competence And Proficiency., Lynn Patricia Baudrand-Aertker

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This research studied dialogue journal writing, as it occurred between a teacher and twenty-one students in a French III high school. Results on attitude questionnaire indicated that dialogue journals helped students overcome their fear of the written form and increase their self-confidence and willingness to write. By demystifying the writing process, writing in their dialogue journals helped these students develop positive attitudes. The results on writing proficiency pre and post-tests indicated that students performed as well or better than students after four years of a foreign language in a high school setting or four semesters of college instruction. The dialogue …

Cosmology And Curriculum: A Vision For An Ecozoic Age., Angela T. Lydon

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The text of this dissertation explores interconnections between cosmology and curriculum. I believe the demands of an Ecozoic Age will initiate a reconceptualizing of curriculum. Further, I believe the particular cosmological perspective I advance can help us with this reconceptualization. Chapter 1 utilizes the multi-faceted insights of scientific, historical, and speculative thought. The texts used in this chapter incorporate an engagement with past cultures (Ong, Eliade), with contemporary theoretical perspectives (Munitz, Haught, and Stafford), and with a scholarship that envisions alternative futures (Bohm). Chapter 2 uncovers how modernity's relationship to the earth is rooted in the scientific, political, and social …

College Of Technology, Bolton Street Prospectus 1992-93, City Of Dublin Vocational Education Committee

Prospectus: Bolton Street

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

Enhancement Of Classroom Activities For The Improvement Of Giving And Following Directions For The Business Communication Student, Marcella Matthews

All Graduate Projects

Students in Business Communication at Ellensburg High School may not receive adequate instruction in giving and following written and oral directions. This project was developed to provide additional and/or alternative activities that support the presentation and instruction of giving and following directions. The eight activities presented were developed to build students' skills in giving and following written and oral directions. These activities are to be used in conjunction with applied communication materials which were adopted by Ellensburg High School.

Volunteer Assisted Reading, Linda Laurene Young

All Graduate Projects

The problem investigated in this study relates to the need in schools today to find ways of providing educational support assistance for classroom teachers as part of the classroom learning process. With the continued rise in school enrollments, it is difficult for school funding to keep up with growing educational demands. Favorable student-teacher ratio issues emphasize the need to provide additional help for the classroom teacher. Finding additional classroom help has become a major concern; parents' commitments to employment and social obligations have changed their availability to participate at the schoolhouse and have lessened parent-child contact time (Cassidy, 1981). According …

Perceptions Of Managers' And Hourly Employees' Job Satisfaction Resulting From Human Resource Development Training, Larry Everett Helphinstine

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Companies have realized the importance of investing in human capital in today's competitive workplace. Human resource development (HRD) programs have been implemented to meet this need. One component of an HRD program is training. One goal of HRD training is an increased level of employee job satisfaction. The study focused on two different problems in training. One problem was to determine if there were differences in perceptions of job satisfaction of managers who received HRD training as compared to managers who did not receive HRD training. A second problem of this study was to determine if there were differences in …

A Survey Of Teaching Strategies Used In California Community College Nursing Programs To Foster Critical Thinking, Nicki Harrington Edd

Dissertations

This study explicated critical thinking teaching strategies being utilized by California Associate Degree Nursing (ADN) faculty, and their perceived effectiveness, to serve as a model for faculties in nursing and other disciplines. Questions addressed by the study included not only teaching strategies in use and their perceived effectiveness, but also exploration of common threads among nursing educators in their definitions of critical thinking, and common themes of "especially effective" techniques. The study involved a pilot of the survey instrument, utilizing one sample school's nursing faculty, with subsequent distribution to all 69 other ADN program senior nursing course lead faculty. The …

The Effects Of Participation In A Socio-Psychoeducational Resource Centre Programme On The School Behaviour Of Primary School Boys With Behavioural And Emotional Problems, Lynn E. Priddis

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

This study examined the relationship between child and family factors, treatment approaches, and behavioural outcomes in a socio-psychoeducational resource centre for children with behavioural and emotional problems. Twenty four boys aged between five and twelve years on entrance to the centre were rated on “A Children's Behaviour Questionnaire for Completion by Teachers - Child Scale B” (Rutter, 1967). Data was also collected on the following variables: reading achievement, intelligence, problem severity, problem type, family disturbance, family involvement, and child living situation. On the basis of the type of problem the boys presented with they were selected for an additional therapy …

Wandering Scholars, Graveyards And Pearly Gates, Steve Hunter

Research outputs pre 2011

No abstract provided.

A Practical Project Resource Book, Roy Skinner

Research outputs pre 2011

This book has been written to help school students like yourself to produce better science projects. Project work of a practical kind would not have been very common when your mum and dad were at school, but over the last few years or so most schools have begun to encourage their students more and more to take up creative project work during the science courses. You will find this work interesting and enjoyable practical projects are fun!