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Education Policy Analysis Archives 12/16 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Education and alternate assessment for students with significant cognitive disabilities : implications for educators / Mary C. Zatta [and] Diana C. Pullin.

Education Policy Analysis Archives 12/14 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

How feasible is Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP)? Simulations of school AYP , Äúuniform averaging, Äù and , Äúsafe harbor, Äù under the No Child Left Behind Act / Jaekyung Lee.

Education Policy Analysis Archives 12/13 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Reform ideals and teachers, Äô practical intentions / Mary M. Kennedy.

Pages News, Volume 12, No. 1, April 2004, Christoph Kull, Leah Christen, Keith Alverson

PAGES

Contents: Editorial: The Future of PAGES -- Inside PAGES -- Tales From the Field: A Novel Use for the Classical Hiller Borer -- National Page -- Lithuania -- Science Highlights -- Indian Rainfall Variation as Reconstructed from a Speleothem -- The Use of Diatom Oxygen Isotopes in Lake Sediments -- Reconstructing Mass Balance and Climate from a Cerro Tapado Ice Core (Chile) -- The Southern Ocean as the Flywheel of the Oceanic Conveyor Belt Circulation -- Sharp Cooling of the Northern Hemisphere in the Early Subatlantic Age -- The Behavior of Modern Low-Latitude Glaciers -- Early Anthropogenic Overprints on Holocene …

Education Policy Analysis Archives 12/10 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Increasing equity and increasing school performance , Äî conflicting or compatible goals? : addressing the issues in Williams v. State of California / Jeanne M. Powers.

The Future Of Guinn V. Legislature, Troy L. Atkinson

Nevada Law Journal

United States Supreme Court Justice Robert Jackson best articulated the human element, giving life to the Nation's Highest Court, when he stated: "We are not final because we are infallible, but we are infallible only because we are final." With the Legislature eventually approving a balanced budget by a supermajority vote, the Nevada Supreme Court's ruling in Guinn v. Legislature, will stand, at least for now, because it is "final." However, the Guinn ruling is far from "infallible." The circumstances leading to the Court's decision, as well as the court's logic, have created a dangerous precedent that could extend far …

Abstinence-Only Adolescent Education: Ineffective, Unpopular And Unconstitutional, James J. Mcgrath

ExpressO

This article examines the recent changes in the funding of “abstinence only” educational programs that attempt to reduce the incidence of teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases. Although funding for these programs was previously ruled to be facially constitutional, this is no longer the case as their lack of efficacy for their stated purpose has been exposed. Newer programs are in direct violation of unconstitutional conditions doctrine, and none of these programs address a significant segment of the student population, lesbian and gay students. My article addresses this oversight as dangerous public health policy as well as a potential constitutional …

Education Policy Analysis Archives 12/04 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Group and interaction effects with , Äúno child left behind, Äù : gender and reading in a poor, Appalachian district / Robert Bickel [and] A. Stan Maynard.

Education Policy Analysis Archives 12/01 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Reconsidering the impact of high-stakes testing / Henry Braun.

Epistemology And Education: An Incomplete Guide To The Social-Epistemological Issues, Harvey Siegel

Philosophy Articles and Papers

Recent work in epistemology has focused increasingly on the social dimensions of knowledge and inquiry. Education is one important social arena in which knowledge plays a leading role, and in which knowledge-claims are presented, analyzed, evaluated, and transmitted. Philosophers of education have long attended to the epistemological issues raised by the theory and practice of education (along with the moral, metaphysical, social-political, and mind/language issues so raised). While historically philosophical issues concerning education were treated alongside other philosophical issues, in recent times the former set of issues have been largely neglected by philosophers working in the core areas of the …

Memphis Sings 'Soul' Music, Rural Does Country: School Finance Litigation In Tennessee, Lee A. Harris

University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class

No abstract provided.

Graduate School Of Computer And Information Sciences--Master Of Science Degree Programs 2004-2005, Nova Southeastern University

College of Engineering and Computing Course Catalogs

No abstract provided.

If It Takes A Village, Then We'd Better Educate The Villagers: Preservice Teachers' Attitudes And Beliefs About The Inclusion Of Students With Severe Disabilities, Pamela Pruitt Garriott Ph.D., Lynne Snyder Ph.D., Lilly Tennant Ph.D., Ravic Ringlaben Ph.D.

Electronic Journal for Inclusive Education

The purpose of this study was to examine the attitudes and beliefs of preservice teachers concerning inclusive education for students with severe disabilities. Individual interviews were conducted with 35 preservice teachers to determine their attitudes and beliefs concerning inclusion of students with severe disabilities and to examine the factors that influenced these attitudes and beliefs. Following qualitative data analysis procedures, findings indicated that the preservice teachers were relatively evenly divided on their opinions about where students with severe disabilities should receive educational services. The most significant finding of this study was that the preservice teachers attributed the underlying basis of …

Using Research Based Teaching Strategies With Bilingual Students, Miriam Perez Blum

Theses Digitization Project

This project examines instructional approaches that have been used to teach literacy to the English language learner. It also examines elements of the Foundation for California Early Literacy Learning (2003) and how they become integrated into daily classroom instruction.

The Development Of An Environmental Ethics Undergraduate Curriculum For California, James Rowland Roberts

Theses Digitization Project

This study included an environmental ethics syllabi research project, an environmental ethics curriculum development survey of all colleges in California, and the subsequent development of tables to compare the results. The curriculum development survey of California colleges includes a listing of all course descriptions of environmental ethics and related courses.

Learning Theories And Higher Education, Francis Ashworth, Gabriel Brennan, Kathy Egan, Ron Hamilton, Olalla Sáenz

Level 3

This paper offers a number of materials and resources which may be used as teaching aids for introduction-level courses in learning theories, especially those in higher education. The materials were developed during our participation in a postgraduate diploma module on the psychology of learning and learning theories in 2004, as part of the diploma in third-level learning and teaching at the DIT Learning and Teaching Centre.

The materials include:

• three timeline diagrams illustrating the development of learning theories which locate key thinkers and key ideas in their historic and socio-political contexts
• three summary diagrams of behaviourist, humanist and social learning …

Attention Deficit Disorder: Are Schools And Physicians Working Together?, Paul Koulouris

Electronic Journal for Inclusive Education

Over the past twenty years, the existence of Attention Deficit Disorder has been documented through hundreds of scientific studies. Schools play a vital role in the early in the early identification of children which ADHD and, in many cases; school personnel coordinate efforts among teachers, parents, physicians, and community resources in the assessment and treatment of children and adolescents with ADHD (Sloan, Jensen & Hoagwood, 1999). In their research, (Satterfield and Cantwell 1981) viewed the classroom teacher as the major determining factor in whether a student with ADHD succeeds or fails in the classroom.

Despite the documented importance of close …

News From Gold Circle - Winter 2004, Nova Southeastern University

Gold Circle

No abstract provided.

Using Food As A Content Domain In An English-As-A-Second-Language Program, Janna Edith Kaas

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this project is to propose project based learning by cooking food as a way of teaching English as a second language to elementary school children. In using foods, recipes, and cooking utensils, the students are using all their senses to help them understand the messages presented.

The Judicial Betrayal Of Blacks - Again: The Supreme Court's Destruction Of The Hopes Raised By Brown V. Board Of Education, Nathaniel R. Jones

Fordham Urban Law Journal

This Article discusses the history of school desegregation beginning with the pivotal decision in Brown v. Board of Education and noting the hopes that the case raised for black americans. The Article notes the resistance that Brown faced, especially from political forces who began to subvert the desegregation process, and examines the Supreme Court's subsequent decisions which aimed to secure Brown's objectives. The Article also examines the desegregation attempts in the North and discusses the difficulties plaintiffs faced in proving racial discrimination in school districts. The Article concludes by stating that the commitment to desegregation is waring and that segregation …

Speech-Language Pathologists' Opinions On Communication Disorders And Violence, Dixie Sanger, Barbara J. Moore-Brown, Judith Montgomery, Susan Hellerich

Communication Sciences and Disorders Faculty Articles and Research

Purpose: This study investigated the opinions of speech-language pathologists (SLPs) regarding their role, education, and training in serving students with communication disorders who have been involved in violence.

Method: A survey consisting of 26 items was given to 598 SLPs from eight states representing geographic regions of the United States.

Results: Participants acknowledged that violence is an increasing concern. They also recognized the valuable role they have in planning prevention programs and serving on multidisciplinary teams. In contrast, SLPs' opinions suggested that they did not feel well trained to deal with violence, nor did they feel that …

University Dons And Warrior Chieftains: Two Concepts Of Diversity, Thomas H. Lee

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.

A Study Of The Performance Of Third-Grade Mexican American Students On The Indiana Statewide Test Foreducational Progress, Javier Manuel Abrego

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to investigate how third grade Mexican American language deficient students performed on the Indiana Statewide Test forEducational Progress (ISTEP) exam with a bilingual bicultural curriculum as compared to third grade Mexican American students in a monolingual curriculum. The eighty-eight students in the study attended Benjamin Franklin Elementary School in East Chicago, Indiana during the years 1999 through 2001. English and math ISTEP scores were collected from third grade teachers. The research determined the statistical difference of student scores as influenced by four independent factors: (1) curriculum placement, (2) students' first language, (3) mother'sEducation level, …

Are There Differences In Moral And Social Character Between High School Athletes And Non -Athletes?, Robert Haworth

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to determine if high school team sports athletes, particularly basketball players, support social character over moral character as a result of the way character may be defined and fostered by coaches, parents, society and the media. The research questions guiding this study were as follows: (1) Is there a significant difference in moral character, as measured by the RSBH Value Judgment Inventory, between high school basketball athletes and non-athletes? (2) Is there a significant difference in social character, as measured by RSBH Value Judgment Inventory, between high school basketball athletes and non-athletes? (3) Is …

Shifting Worlds: Leading Educational *Change In A Quantum Universe, Mary O Douglas Singer

Doctoral Dissertations

The twentieth century theories of quantum physics and chaos theory in mathematics have had an impact across disciplines, but in many ways educational leaders have been trapped in the old Newtonian paradigm. The conceptual portion of this study bridges the paradigms to suggest new ways to view school leadership for the twenty-first century, using New Science constructs, systems thinking, and leadership concepts of business writers Senge (1990) and Wheatley (1992). It argues that such business models are appropriate for school organizations, and builds a conceptual model of a quantum principal who may participate in creating change through transformation (Burns, 1978) …

Interracial Dating Among College Students: Cultural Norms And Partner Violence, Carolyn Field

Doctoral Dissertations

This study examines three important issues for race relations in the United States today using a sample of college students: interracial dating patterns, attitudes towards interracial dating, and dating violence among same-race versus interracial couples. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, African American/White couples make up less than 1 percent of all married couples in the U.S. Rates of intermarriage for Hispanics and Asians in the U.S. are much higher. Using a sample of college students (N = 1174) from two Historically Black Universities and three Predominantly White Universities, results indicate that attitudes towards interracial relationships differ by race, but …

Writing American Subjects: Race, Composition, And The Daily Themes Assignment For English 12 At Harvard, 1886--1887, Amy A. Zenger

Doctoral Dissertations

This study works to develop a way of reading the functions of race in classroom contexts---specifically in the predominantly white contexts in which composition was formed as a university subject. The model of race chosen for this study is based on critical race theories that conceive of race as being socially constructed, but also a force that organizes identity and experience in powerful ways, even when (or perhaps especially when) its presence is apparently silent---or is, in the terminology of Charles Mills, "normalized."

Primary data for the study is drawn from materials related to the daily theme assignment designed by …

The Role -Taking Experience Of Undergraduate Peer Tutors: A Cognitive -Developmental Approach, Margaret Coulthard Pobywajlo

Doctoral Dissertations

The two purposes of this study were (1) to investigate the effects on undergraduate peer tutors of taking on the role as tutors (2) to explore what happens in tutors' experience to impact growth. Three research questions investigated changes in tutors' cognitive-structural development, the complexity of their thinking about tutoring, and tutoring practice. The fourth question investigated the mechanisms of change. This study addresses the lack of research about undergraduate college tutors and the ways in which they change as a result of taking on the tutoring role.

The participants were nine undergraduate peer tutors at an urban commuter college …

The Interplay Between Instructional Policy And Its Constituents: How Mathematics Teachers Interact With And Understand "Principles And Standards For School Mathematics", Dawn M. Berk

Doctoral Dissertations

Educational policies aimed at reforming school mathematics education have been disseminated at an increasing rate in recent years. The impact of such policies hinges on if and how constituents decide to implement the policy recommendations, and these decisions depend largely on constituents' interpretations of the policy. Investigating how classroom teachers make sense of policy recommendations is particularly important, for teachers are the ones who ultimately decide what mathematics students learn, and how they learn it. This research followed a group of teachers as they studied a particular instructional policy, Principles and Standards for School Mathematics (NCTM, 2000). Fourteen middle school …

Congregationalist Richard Cordley And The Impact Of New England Cultural Imperialism In Kansas, 1857-1904, Nathan Wilson

Great Plains Quarterly (through 2013)

What constitutes an authentic western hero? The archetypal image of the Jeffersonian ideal, the yeoman pioneer farmer who brought all the benefits of the American republic to the West, was the quintessential western hero until the Civil War era. Following this destructive period in American history, the armed gunfighter or cowboy replaced the yeoman farmer as the popular image of what it meant to be a western hero. But what about the clergy? As a major social force throughout the nineteenth century, religion proved an important factor in the settlement of the American West. Yet the idea of a religious …