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Using Student-Managed Interventions To Increase Homework Completion And Accuracy, Daniel E. Olympia, Susan M. Sheridan, William R. Jenson, Debra Andrews

Department of Educational Psychology: Faculty Publications

We examined the effectiveness of self-managed individual and group contingency procedures in improving the completion and accuracy rates of daily mathematics homework assignments. A group of sixth-grade students having homework difficulties in mathematics were selected for the study. There was substantial improvement in the amount of homework completed over baseline for a majority of the students, whereas the results for accuracy were mixed. Students who participated in the self-management training made significant gains on standardized measures of academic achievement and curriculum-based measures of classroom performance. Parents also reported significantly fewer problems associated with homework completion following the intervention. Students who …

Education Policy Analysis Archives 02/06 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

School choice : a discussion with Herbert Gintis / Gene V. Glass, editor.

Education Policy Analysis Archives 02/04 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Educational system and resistance to reform : the limits of policy / John F. Covaleskie.

Education Policy Analysis Archives 02/05 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Public speech : the DeGarmo lecture for 1993 / Thomas F. Green.

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 Analysis Of Individual Philosophical Foundations And Pedagogical Teaching Behaviors, Steven Charles Bailey

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.

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).

Practitioners' News - Winter 1994, Volume 22, Number 2, Nova Southeastern University

Practitioners' News

No abstract provided.

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 …

The Leadership Of A Superintendent: Putting The California School Reform Movement To Work, Jennifer L. Jeffries Edd

Dissertations

Public education has been engulfed in a dramatic and turbulent time. In California, the drive for improvement in public education was codified in Senate Bill 813, passed in 1983. Each school district wrestled with the intent and the mandates of this massive reform document. During the implementation stage of this legislation, the organizational climate in school districts was ripe for leaders and followers to engage each other in dialogue and debate about the direction and form the legislation would take. This dialogue and debate rendered policies in response to the legislative mandates. Senate Bill 813 provided opportunities to promote and …

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.

An Analysis Of Student And Parent Opinions Toward Doing Homework For Third Grade Students, Sally L. Dicke

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

A Video Case Study Designed To Teach The Function Of Persistance [Sic] In Problem Solving, John David Felmet

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Integrating The Teaching Of Organizational Skills Into A Primary Classroom, Cherie Charlene Ledgerwood

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

A Resource Guide To Thematic Teaching For Teachers Of Primary Grades, J. Ernestine Daugherty

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

A Sociological Study Of The Manifestation Of Multi-Culturalism In Public Schools, Christy Lee Hammer

Doctoral Dissertations

Debates on multi-culturalism are prevalent in politics, the mass media, and the educational system. I identify the range of local and national views concerning multi-culturalism and multi-cultural education, and explore how these views are manifest in actual multi-cultural practices in the schools. My central thesis is that the implementation of multi-culturalism in the schools threatens core, traditional values functional to the power structure. Yet, effective, quality multi-cultural education does takes place. This reveals a contradiction between the needs of the Nation-State to maintain certain core values and the need for multi-culturalism by international capitalism.

I have explored multi-cultural issues in …

Personal And Occupational Mobility Characteristics Of Selected Dislocated Newspaper Workers., Jackie Lamar Benton

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this study was to describe the personal and occupational mobility characteristics of selected dislocated newspaper workers and the residual effect of their separation and unemployment. Objectives of the descriptive study focused on: (a) demographic characteristics, (b) employment history, (c) occupational mobility, (d) economic and emotional impact, (e) attitudes and perceptions, and (f) education and training. A defined population of 132 dislocated newspaper workers was surveyed six and 18 months after departure from the industry. The researcher-designed survey instrument had 41 items (six months) and 43 items (18 months). Sixty-four dislocated newspaper workers responded at six months, and …

Error Correction In Second-Year Students' Compositions: A Comparative Study Of Native And Non-Native Speakers/Instructors Of French., Catherine Annie Jolivet

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this dissertation was to determine whether or not there are differences between native and non-native speakers/instructors of French when they correct second year students' compositions. The research questions this study set forth to answer are: (1) Are there any differences in the number of corrections performed by native and non-native speakers/instructors of university intermediate French classes when they evaluate compositions? (2) Are there any differences between native and non-native speakers/instructors in the categories (verb, noun, spelling, other) where error correction was performed? (3) Are there any differences between native and non-native speakers/instructors when and if they paid …

A Comparison Of The Effects Of Multiple Visual Examples And Nonexamples Versus Prototypical Examples On Science Concept Learning: An Exploratory Study Based Upon The Concept Of Photosynthesis., Eleanor Deane Abrams

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Two researcher-produced, standard-length videos on photosynthesis (and accompanying ancillary materials) were developed with the input of educators and content experts. The control treatment video script contained the standard number of prototypical examples and graphics based high school textbooks. The experimental treatment video script was based on the theory of conceptual change. Two student focus groups met daily for one week and reviewed portions of the original experimental treatment script for clarity, brevity, and choice and placement of examples and nonexamples. Their suggestions and conceptual change have implications for curriculum design. The main research question of this study was: Do students …

Factors Influencing Conceptual Change In Evolution: A Longitudinal, Multicase Study., Sherry Southerland Demastes

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

A high school Biology II classroom was observed daily in order to study students' conceptual change in evolution of life. The conceptual frameworks of four student participants were documented and the patterns of conceptual change were studied closely throughout the full school year. Data collected included open-ended and structured individual interviews, student journals, daily classroom observations, field notes, and pre-and posttests. All 68 student interviews (17 per student) were recorded, transcribed, coded, and sorted to find patterns of conceptual change. Additional interviews were conducted with the teacher, parents, principal, and high school counselor. The researchers' interpretations were shared with the …