Digital Commons Network^™

Education Policy Analysis Archives 03/10 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Language choice and global learning networks : the pitfall of lingua Franca approaches to classroom telecomputing / Dennis Sayers.

Education Policy Analysis Archives 03/09 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Brave new reductionism : TQM as ethnocentrism / Dion Dennis.

The Alumni Network, May 1995 (Vol. Xi No. 2), Nova Southeastern University

Alumni Network Newsletter

No abstract provided.

The Oral Physician... Creating A New Oral Health Professional For A New Century, David A. Nash

Oral Health Science Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

The Adaptation Of Regular Elementary Classrooms For Children With Moderate And Severe Disabilities: Inclusion Practices From The Principal's Perspective, Jerry R. Herman

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This study examined the perceptions of elementary school principals in Tennessee regarding the desirability and feasibility of adapting regular elementary classrooms and programs for the inclusion of children with moderate and severe disabilities. The purpose of the study was to add an administrative dimension to current research on inclusive educational programming for children typically educated in special (CDC) class settings. Data collection for the descriptive design of the study was accomplished by use of a 40 item survey instrument with a 7-point Likert-type scale for each construct (i.e., desirability and feasibility). Four ten item subscales addressed the areas of Staff …

The Adaptation Of Regular Elementary Classrooms For Children With Moderate And Severe Disabilities: Inclusion Practices From The Principal's Perspective, Jerry R. Herman

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This study examined the perceptions of elementary school principals in Tennessee regarding the desirability and feasibility of adapting regular elementary classrooms and programs for the inclusion of children with moderate and severe disabilities. The purpose of the study was to add an administrative dimension to current research on inclusive educational programming for children typically educated in special (CDC) class settings. Data collection for the descriptive design of the study was accomplished by use of a 40 item survey instrument with a 7-point Likert-type scale for each construct (i.e., desirability and feasibility). Four ten item subscales addressed the areas of Staff …

Machiavellian Attitudes Acknowledged By Principals Of Tennessee Secondary Schools, George M. Williams

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study is to determine the level of Machiavellian attitudes acknowledged by secondary school principals as measured by the Mach V Attitude Inventory Scale. The data were collected from an ex post facto survey of 169 public and nonpublic secondary school principals, grades 9-12. Principals completed the Mach V scale and a 13-item demographic survey. Sixteen research questions were formulated to examine the relationship among the variables which produced seventeen null hypotheses. Of the seventeen null hypotheses, four were found to be significant and thirteen were nonsignificant. A review of the descriptive data indicated that the majority …

Comparative Characteristic Lifestyle Approaches Of Persisters And Dropouts In Adult High Schools In Tennessee, Samuel J. Shepherd

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The problem of this study was that no data existed on characteristics of life style management as related to persisters and dropouts among adult high school students in the state of Tennessee. The purpose of the study was to determine the characteristic life style approaches most prevalent among persistent enrollees, graduates, and dropouts of selected adult high school programs in Tennessee. Five hundred fifty-nine persisters and 868 dropouts were surveyed by mail, by telephone, or by school site visits. There were 419 participants in the study, 311 persisters and 108 dropouts. The research was descriptive in nature and utilized data …

The Communicator - Vol.7 No. 1 - Spring, 1995, Nova Southeastern University

The Communicator

No abstract provided.

Communications Connection - Vol.2, No. 4 - Spring 1995, Nova Southeastern University

Communications Connection

No abstract provided.

Latinos Need Not Apply: The Effects Of Industrial Change And Workplace Discrimination On Latino Employment, Edwin Meléndez, Françoise Carré, Evangelina Holvino

New England Journal of Public Policy

The objective of the research described here is to assess how recent changes in the organization of industry and discrimination in the workplace affect the employment of Latinos. One of the most important developments in labor markets during the past two decades is the erosion of internal labor markets. Employers are responding to intensified competitive conditions that developed during the 1980s: increased international competition in domestic markets and deregulation in telecommunications, banking, insurance, and other industries. The development of information technologies and the diffusion of secondary and postsecondary education have enabled organizations to cut labor costs. In particular, firms are …

Education Policy Analysis Archives 03/05 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Diversifying finance of higher education systems in the third world : the cases of Kenya and Mongolia / John C. Weidman.

The Alumni Network, February 1995 (Vol. Xi No. 1), Nova Southeastern University

Alumni Network Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Lesley Lantern: Strengthening The Alumni Connection, Spring 1995, Lesley College

Lesley Lantern

The Lesley Lantern, a publication for and by alumni of Lesley College, was published twice a year.

Effects Of Size And Wealth On Implementation Of Tech Prep In Indiana, John Robert Hutton

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

In 1987, Indiana became the first state to mandate the development of a Tech Prep curriculum. Since Tech Prep was essentially an unfunded legislative mandate, this study was designed to determine whether school corporation wealth or high school size were implementing factors. A one-way and two-way analysis of variance along with a chi square statistical test were utilized to analyze the data in this study. The following conclusions were drawn: (1) The wealth of school corporations did not affect the stages of Tech Prep implementation in Indiana high schools. (2) Differences did exist in the stages of implementing the five …

The Animal Research Controversy: Protest, Process & Public Policy, Andrew N. Rowan, Franklin M. Loew, Joan C. Weer

Experimentation Collection

The controversy today regarding the use of animals in research appears on the surface to be a strongly polarized struggle between the scientific community and the animal protection movement. However, there is a wide range of opinions and philosophies on both sides. Mistrust between the factions has blossomed while communication has withered. Through the 1960s, 1970s and early 1980s, the animal movement grew in numbers and financial resources, and developed much greater public recognition and political clout. The research community paid relatively little attention to the animal movement for much of this period but, alarmed by several public relations coups …

Nps Educational Directory, Kathryn L. Farrell-Poe

All Archived Publications

No abstract provided.

Prior School Leadership Experience Of Secondary School Assistant Principals, Dennis Goldberg

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to identify whether the type of previous extracurricular leadership experiences of secondary school assistant principals was related to their current role as secondary school assistant principals. In particular, the study examined whether secondary school assistant principals were more likely to have athletic rather than non-athletic extracurricular activities as part of their background leadership experiences. In addition, type of background leadership experience was examined for relationship to a number of sociodemographic factors including principals' ages, number of years in the field of education, number of years as administrators, gender, and grade configuration of the school. …

Year Round Education: History, Philosophy, Future, Don E. Glines

Books

"A definitive book on year-round education, including the Mankato Wilson program and the year-round education history from the first program in 1909 to 1995"--Don E. Glines (2023).

Early Childhood Educators' Beliefs, Knowledge Bases, And Practices Related To Assessing Early Literacy, Linda G. Marley

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Two major pedagogical orientations currently dominate literacyEducation of young children in American schools. These two philosophies, "reading readiness" and "emergent literacy," share the common goal of efficiently and effectively teaching children to read. The purpose of this study was to determine if there has been a split between the theoretical orientation that practitioners believe they hold and the teaching methods that they practice. A survey instrument was designed to study the relationships among the early literacy assessment beliefs, knowledge bases, and practices of a systematically selected sample of Head Start, kindergarten, and first grade educators within the state of Indiana. …

The Effects Ofeducational Intervention On Perceptions Of Sexual Harassment, Diana L. Bonate

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The effect ofEducational interventions upon perceptions of sexual harassment was the focus of this study. An additional focus was whether oft-reported sex differences, if any, were altered byEducational interventions. Ninety-six undergraduates volunteered to participate, with participants being randomly assigned to three groups. All participants completed the pretest Harassment Sensitivity Inventory and demographic data form during their first group meeting. A meeting for each group was held two weeks hence, at which time Group One viewed anEducational video about sexual harassment and completed the posttest, Group Two readEducational literature about sexual harassment and completed the posttest and Group Three, the control …

Parenting For Emotional Growth: Lines Of Development, Henri Parens, Md

Parenting for Emotional Growth

In developing the Parenting for Emotional Growth Textbook, we planned to structure the units in such a way that the same issues, be it the development of self and relationships, of aggression, etc., would be addressed in the same sequence at the various stage levels of the child's development. Thus, in the Textbook, the issues will be ordered in the same sequence in all of the units.

While using the textbook for classroom or workshop preparation or for individual study, some users have sought to follow one or another particular line of development through the length of its …

Parenting For Emotional Growth: Textbook, Henri Parens, Md

Parenting for Emotional Growth

This textbook, on which the Parenting for Emotional Growth Curriculum, Workshops, and Lines of Development are based, is highly detailed and is based in psychodynamic theories that address parenting issues pertinent to optimizing the child's psychological development, mental well-being, and abilities to adapt constructively. The presentation of materials is organized by the rationale that when parents know, understand, and can positively handle the child's evolving emotional and experiential needs and psychological developments, the parents' rearing strategies tend to better optimize their children's developmental potential than when such knowledge, understanding, and handling are lacking. It is exactly because this …

Parent Communication In A Second Grade Whole Language Classroom, Christina Watts

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

A Descriptive Analysis Of High School Teachers' Implementation Of Selected Research-Based Teaching Models, Lisa L. Brewer

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Professionalization Of Occupational Therapists: A Study Of Emergent Identities, Lou Ann Sooy Griswold

Doctoral Dissertations

The unprecedented demand for occupational therapists and resulting growth in student numbers necessitates the need to understand how students acquire professional ideology, learn expected role behavior, and identify themselves as occupational therapists. This ethnographic study includes interview data from a series of three interviews with 37 trainees, from freshmen to the first year of employment, who had been or were in the occupational therapy program at Worcester State College, in central Massachusetts. Students included women and men who were preparing for either a first or second career. Interviews with six academic faculty and seven fieldwork supervisors in three areas of …

Self-Reported Factors That Influence Eighth Graders' Performance On Standardized Mathematics Tests: An Empirical Analysis., Joseph Appolinaire Meyinsse

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This study examined some of the factors that influence African-American and Caucasian eighth graders' performance on standardized mathematics tests. Specifically, I examined the effects of high and low achievers' beliefs and attitudes toward mathematics and perceptions of self, mathematics, teacher, school, and parents on their performance levels. I employed a two-phase design with qualitative and quantitative approaches. The qualitative phase focused on one grand-tour question: Considering the times you took standardized mathematics tests, would you please describe some of the things that affected your performance on those tests? Individual students and focus groups were the units of analysis. I interviewed …

Career Aspirations, Expectations, And Beliefs Of African-American, White, And Hispanic Male Adolescents With Holland Social Personality Types, Davies E. Bellamy

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to investigate differences in career aspirations, expectations, and beliefs of male adolescents as a function of race and Holland social personality type. Participants were 22 African-American, 38 White, and 28 Hispanic male, ninth-graders from a suburban high school. Participants responded to four instruments: (a) A demographics form (b) a career aspiration and expectation questionnaire, (c) the Vocational Preference Inventory, and (d) the Career Beliefs Inventory. Two null hypotheses were tested using a 3 X 2 analysis of covariance. There were no differences in career aspirations and expectations either by race or by Holland social …

Effects Of Parental Presence/Absence On Children In Extended Families, Shirlene Denise Smith

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The focus of this study was to determine if children in parent-present and parent-absent extended homes could be differentially described by a subset of the following variables: self-esteem, school performance (grade, absences, conduct), and psycho-social adjustment (relationship, personal growth, system maintenance). The sample comprised standard six students from ten parochial schools in Belize City. One hundred seventy-two students were identified as living in extended families. Seventeen of these cases had missing information on at least one discriminating variable and were excluded from the study. Of the resulting sample, 55 were identified as living in parent-present extended and 42 in parent-absent …

The Comparison Of The Test Of Cognitive Skills And The Wechsler Intelligence Scale For Children-Revised For Students With Learning Disabilities, Jennifer Louise Mcgiverin

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This study investigated the criterion-related validity of the Test of Cognitive Skills (TCS) as an estimate of cognitive ability for students with learning disabilities. Research indicates that knowledge of scores from group ability tests significantly influences teachers' instruction and treatment of students. In contrast, school psychologists rarely consider group administered test scores and must devote substantial time to administering and interpreting individual intelligence measures. The present study compared the TCS to the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children - Revised (WISC-R) for students with learning disabilities in order to contribute to the valid use of the TCS by both teachers and …