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Status Attainment Among Children Of Single Mothers: The Roles Of Parenting And Economics, Sarah Barfels

Honors Papers

My analysis adds to the literature on single motherhood by trying to refine a structural equations model to use to examine the causal importance and relationships between economics and parenting in single mother families and the effect on intergenerational attainment. This work also utilizes the relatively new longitudinal data from the second wave of the National Survey of Families and Households which includes more comprehensive (measuring participation in school activities and adding indexes to previously single indicator concepts) measures of parenting practices (Thomson, Hanson, and McLahanan 1994; Astone and McLanahan 1991). Further, the role of these and economic factors are …

The Development Of A Curriculum For Early Childhood Education, Leticia Espina Castor

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this project was to design a one-year curriculum for 3 to 5 year old low-income and minority children in the Pasadena and Glendale area, with the goal of child-initiated learning. The content of the curriculum will consist of a modification of the High/Scope program, consisting of an active learning program and using a plan-do-review sequence. The proposed early childhood curriculum relies heavily on active, child-initiated learning experiences during which children plan, or express their intentions, carry out their intentions in play experiences and then reflect on their accomplishments.

A Study Of A Special Education School For Students With Mild Mental Retardation In Bandung, Indonesia, Susanti Soebianta

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this project is to present information about education that is provided for children from Indonesia who have been placed into special education programs. It will provide background information that will help teachers in the United States understand students who come into this country and into American classrooms.

Full-Time Courses, Entry 1997, City Of Dublin Vocational Education Committee

Prospectus: Kevin Street

Courses for Dublin Institute of Technology, Kevin Street.

Utah Nonpoint Source Pollution Education Activities For Grades 1-12, Kitt Farrell-Poe

All Archived Publications

No abstract provided.

American Public Education And Change: Not An Oxymoron, Victoria J. Dodd

Saint Louis University Public Law Review

No abstract provided.

Brown V. Board Of Education: More Than Forty Years Of Asking The Wrong Question & The Case For Privatization Of Education, Robert W. Mcgee

Saint Louis University Public Law Review

No abstract provided.

Practitioners' News - Winter 1997, Volume 25, Number 2, Nova Southeastern University

Practitioners' News

No abstract provided.

A Study Of Social Support Variables In Three Stages Of Hiv-Illness, Urszula Izabela Klich

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Social Support (SS) has been shown to have an effect on health and well-being. Patients with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) are particularly vulnerable to stigmatization which may effect SS. This study examined the SS networks of 155 gay men with HIV. It was hypothesized that (a) perceived SS differs according to stage of HIV-illness and time since diagnosis, (b) there are select factors that are associated with variations in perceived SS, and (c) level of SS is predictive of future functional capacity and mental health. To assess SS, the Social Support Questionnaire based on the General Social Survey (1995) …

The Effects Of Two Brief Intervention Strategies On Homophobia And Negative Attitudes Toward Women, Bradley Benjamin Huffey

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This study investigated the effects of a gay and lesbian panel and a videotape on homophobia and negative attitudes toward women. The sample consisted of 96 undergraduate students from a variety of introductory courses at a midwestern university. Participants were randomly assigned to one of four groups: (1)Educational videotape with posttest; (2)Educational videotape with pretest and posttest; (3) gay and lesbian panel with posttest; and (4) gay and lesbian panel with pretest and posttest. The dependent variables included scores of homophobia (Index of Attitudes toward Homosexuals; Hudson & Ricketts, 1980) and scores of attitudes toward women (Attitudes toward Women-Simplified; Spence, …

Nf97-326 Family And Children Web Sites, Herbert G. Lingren

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

This NebFact presents Web sites that will provide you with useful information about family, children and parenting issues.

A Model Training Program To Prepare Candidates For Employment In The Service Occupations, Shu-Hsin Chang

All Graduate Projects

The purpose of this project was to design and develop a model training program to prepare candidates for employment in the service occupations. To accomplish this purpose, a review of literature regarding service industry trends, employment training criteria and essential service employment skills and knowledge.

Techniques And Strategies For Educating And Accommodating Students With Hearing Loss In The Classroom, Stacia H. Thompson

All Graduate Projects

The purpose of this study was to develop a teacher and administrator's handbook of techniques and strategies for educating and accommodating students with hearing loss in the classroom. To accomplish this purpose, a review of literature and current research on mainstreaming, educating, and accommodating students with hearing loss was conducted. Additionally, information from selected schools serving students with hearing loss was obtained and analyzed.

Gold & Blue, Winter 1997, St. Mary's University- San Antonio, Texas

Gold & Blue

This is the Winter 1997 edition of Gold & Blue which is St. Mary's University's official school publication.

Parenting For Emotional Growth: Workshop Series For Parents And Other Caregivers, Henri Parens, Md

Parenting for Emotional Growth

The Workshops, like the Lesson Plans, contain many opportunities for the participants and students to learn both didactically and experientially by direct, live observations. Questions and discussions, role-plays, interactional exercises, written and oral lessons and occasional games provide ample opportunity to experience the Workshops contents both intellectually and emotionally.

Workshop Instructors must be cognizant of ethnicity-specific mores and customs of Workshop participants; guidelines are provided to facilitate such ethnic considerations.

Effects Of Parental Involvement, Socio-Economic Status And Family Structure On Student Ability, Jodi L. Back

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

A Correlation Study Comparing Parental Involvement And Academic Achievement, Kelley Layne Profitt

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

The Integrated Early Childhood Program: An Option For Parents, Pamela Pursifull

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Exploring The Need For A Catholic Based Preschool In Piqua, Ohio, Joyce M. Kemper

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Student Achievement, Parental Effort And Schooling, Andrew James Houtenville

Doctoral Dissertations

When evaluating public education programs that are aimed at improving student achievement, it is often assumed that a child's family background is an exogenous factor, albeit an important factor. However, parental decisions may be influenced by such programs. It is the assertion of Becker and Tomes (1976) that distortions in parental behavior (time allocation) may be one of the reasons that compensatory education fails to improve student achievement. In short, parents reduce their own effort when school services (schooling) is increased. However, theoretically parental responses are ambiguous; parental effort can increase or decrease in response to increased schooling. This dissertation …

The Multidimensionality Of Illusory Judgments: Reexamination Of Illusion Of Control Research, Paul Keith Presson

Doctoral Dissertations

The present dissertation examines the well-established research paradigm known as the illusion of control. Until now, researchers have employed one basic paradigm which has addressed the illusion of control as a unidimensional phenomenon. In Study 1, 91 female undergraduates were presented with three induction conditions used by previous researchers. Factor analyses showed that judgments from these tasks did not tap into a single process, but rather fell into two types of illusory judgments--belief- and contingency-based. In Study 2, 182 female undergraduates were exposed to the same three induction conditions used in Study 1 plus two additional contingency tasks. As in …

Sharing Reality: The Construction Of Professional Knowledge In A Middle School Team Setting, Carol Walker Mulligan

Doctoral Dissertations

In this case study of a middle school team of teachers, I describe and interpret daily meeting conversations among one group of practitioners over the course of one school year. Through the lens of the social construction of reality, I examine processes of sharing and co-constructing aspects of professional knowledge in this setting.

To conduct the study, I collected data from the regularly scheduled daily team meetings of my own interdisciplinary middle school team. The result is an insider view of the conversations of a group of practitioners who share the same population of students. For purposes of elaboration and …

The Female Coach In The World Of Collegiate Sport: Accommodation And Resistance To The Dominant Sport Culture, Nita Marie Lamborghini

Doctoral Dissertations

This research explores the nature and meaning of collegiate coaching as an occupation for women and the extent to which women coaches accommodate to and resist the dominant sport culture. This study includes a brief historical analysis of the roots of coaching as an occupation for women and the emergence and nature of the "female model" of sport. To further explore the nature and meaning of coaching and the extent of accommodation and resistance to the dominant sport culture, forty-six (46) in-depth interviews were conducted with women collegiate coaches currently employed at an NCAA affiliated institution. A brief survey and …

The Relationship Of Womanist Identity Attitudes To Age, Life Events, And View Of Women's Roles, Ingrid Karen Toews

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Similar to minority groups, women often possess inferiority feelings about themselves and have difficulty developing a positive view of womanhood. Womanist Identity Development is the stage-wise process by which women develop womanist attitudes, forming a positive gender identity. The stages are associated with specific attitudes about womanhood, including external negative definitions (i.e. societal stereotypes) and positive internal definitions. The purpose of this study was to determine whether or not womanist identity attitudes vary according to age and whether or not attitudes are related to views of women's roles and life experiences. The sample consisted of fifty-two participants ages 20 to …

Nf97-318 Nebraska Welfare Reform Act, Kathy Prochaska-Cue

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

This NebFact has information on the 1995 Walfare Reform Act.

The Role Of The Federal Government In Education – Supporting A National Desire For Support For State And Local Education, U.S. Secretary Of Education Richard W. Riley

Saint Louis University Public Law Review

No abstract provided.

Education: Where The Stakes Are As High As Children Can Dream, Congressman Bob Clement

Saint Louis University Public Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Untitled News: Lesley College Expressive Therapy Program News, V.3, Spring 1997, Lesley College

Expressive Therapy Newsletters

Lesley Expressive Therapy Newsletter was first published in Fall 1996 as The Untitled News. From Fall 1997, it was called Expressions. In 2001, it became Expressive Therapy News, and by Spring 2003, it was renamed Exth Press.

A Uniform Dress Code Policy For Middle/Junior High School, Cynthia A. Thoman

All Graduate Projects

The purpose of this project was to design a model uniform dress code policy for the student population of a selected middle/junior high level school district in Washington State. To accomplish this purpose, a review of current literature regarding student dress codes and policies was conducted. Additionally, related information from selected public schools currently using student uniforms was obtained and analyzed.

A Descriptive Study Of Motivation Factors Leading To The Selection Of A School-To-Career Transition Curriculum By High School Students In Arkansas, Virginia Stevenson Anderson

Theses and Dissertations

The goal of the study was to identify elements that encourage high school students to select the school-to-career curriculum. The study included elements from successful school-to-career programs, background of the history of vocational legislation, and an examination of motivation theories including goal-setting, needs satisfaction, and choice. A survey was administered to 175 students in four districts in Arkansas. Students were given open- and closed-response questions to determine their present interest in the school-to-career curricula and elements they considered motivational. A univariate analysis was conducted. Responses were placed in a frequency distribution. The responses from the surveys indicated enrollment would increase …