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Interactive Software Incorporated Into Education To Improve Learning, Brittany S. Keller

Senior Seminars

Today, in a society that is growing more and more into technology, teachers find themselves faced with learning the new technology and incorporating it into their classroom environments. Teachers have moved to internet questions and smart boards in forms of teaching styles compared to the old days where most lectures were done on chalkboards, dry erase boards, or overheads. With the upcoming technology advances, studies find that children are enjoying video and computer games more and more because the graphics and designs are just getting better and better. Therefore, many companies and educational programs are bringin in interactive software to …

Religious &(And) Philosophical Exemptions To Mandatory School Vaccinations: Who Should Bear The Costs To Society, Anthony Ciolli

Missouri Law Review

This Essay will discuss the impact that recognizing religious and philosophical exemptions to mandatory school vaccinations may have on society, with a particular focus on who should bear the costs of the negative externalities created by widespread use of such exemptions. Part I will discuss the rationale behind mandatory vaccinations and identify the costs associated with religious and philosophical exemptions. Part II will discuss the current state of school vaccination law and explain why society cannot expect legislatures to completely eliminate religious and philosophical exemptions or rely on the judiciary to provide a proper check on the abuse of such …

Access And Equity In Higher Education In Antigua And Barbuda, Elsie Hewlett-Thomas

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

Across the international higher education spectrum access represents a significant issue. The literature is replete with analyses of access in various higher education systems. Low and inequitable patterns of participation in higher education are particularly prominent in developing countries. This dissertation is a case study of the higher education system of the state of Antigua and Barbuda, former British territories of the Caribbean region, Focusing on the issue of access and equity of access this study addresses the trends related to participation in higher education in this twin-island state of the Caribbean region, and analyzes factors that affect participation in …

Emotional-Social Intelligence Of Physical Therapy Students During The Initial Academic Component Of Their First Professional Year, Helene Larin, Jean Wessel, Renee Williams

Internet Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Practice

Purpose: To describe and compare the development of emotional-social intelligence (ESI) of physical therapy students from a traditional education program and a problem-based learning (PBL) program during the initial academic component of their first professional year of studies. Methods: At the beginning of their first professional year (time 1), sixty students (39 from the traditional program, 21 from the PBL program) completed the Bar-On Emotional Quotient Inventory Short (EQ-i:S) for ESI. The EQ-i:S provides a total score and five subscale scores (Intrapersonal, Interpersonal, Stress Management, Adaptability, and General Mood). Higher scores mean higher levels of ESI. The students completed the …

The Design Of A Blended Approach For Teaching The Tpck Framework In A Technology Integrated Course, Andrea Velasquez

Theses and Dissertations

This report describes the design, development, implementation, and evaluation of a web-based unit that was designed to enable blended learning in a course for pre-service teachers learning about technology integration. The unit aims to teach students about the TPCK (Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge) framework and how to incorporate it in their teaching designs to make their instruction more effective. The report describes the process of design and development using the rapid prototyping technique. The evaluation section describes the results of the implementation of the design. Finally, the conclusion provides a critique of the project's strengths and weaknesses.

Taking It To The Streets! Engaging In The Praxis Of Community Organization, Paul Force-Emery Mackie

Social Work Department Publications

This grassroots action focused on excessive property development of affordable, single-family homes against aggressive property developers. This presentation traces the author's involvement with a variety of neighborhood stakeholders, socio-political entities, and BSSW students to work for real, positive, sustainable social change to improve their local community.

The Eagleville Times,Volume 7, Issue 6, Debbie Ryan

Eagleville Times

No abstract provided.

Dayton Educator, Spring 2009, University Of Dayton

Dayton Educator

The Dayton Educator, published out of the Office of Public Relations, later University Communications, then University Marketing and Communications, provided news from the University of Dayton School of Education and Allied Professions to alumni and friends. It was published from the late 1990s to about 2010. This collection is not complete.

Professional Learning Communities: Perfect Pamphlet, Kathleen (Kc) Heywood

All Graduate Projects

The intent of this study is to demonstrate how teacher collaboration can improve student learning. Research supports the relationship between teacher collaboration and academic success for students (DuFour & DuFour, 2004). Studies also show that a correlation between high achieving students is a direct result of teachers collaborating and having common goals for learning improvement (DuFour & Eaker, 1998). Therefore, collaboration among intermediate school teachers was studied (DuFour & DuFour, 2004). As a result of extensive research regarding teacher collaboration and student success at the intermediate school level, the Perfect Pamphlet was developed. All learning targets in the Perfect Pamphlet …

The Eagleville Times,Volume 7, Issue 5, Debbie Ryan

Eagleville Times

No abstract provided.

A Formative Experiment Investigating The Use Of Reflective Video Journals To Increase High School Students' Metacognition, Brian Jeffrey Dixon Edd

Dissertations

This study sought to determine the factors that enhance the effectiveness of reflective video journals to increase the metacognition of adolescent students. To achieve this pedagogical goal, this study followed the six-phase methodology of a formative experiment. Twelve high school students participated in a six- session after-school reflective video journaling program. Diverse data collection methods were used to determine the factors in the educational environment that enhance or inhibit students' metacognition, how the intervention and its implementation were necessarily modified to more effectively achieve the pedagogical goal, the potential impact of feedback and peer response, and any unanticipated positive or …

The Eagleville Times,Volume 7. Issue 4, Debbie Ryan

Eagleville Times

No abstract provided.

Enumclaw School District Summer Reading Program, Lea Kai Tiger

All Graduate Projects

The aim of this project is to improve the elementary summer school program currently offered by the Enumclaw School District by developing a reading program to be used by the summer school instructors. Instruction outside of the school day, characteristics of successful extracurricular programs, why reading needs to be the focus of the summer school program, and what to teach and how to teach reading were researched. Taking the information found after studying the aforementioned topics, a program to be used for the Enumclaw School District summer school was developed. The program consists of lessons, games, and strategies that can …

The Eagleville Times,Volume 7, Issue 3, Debbie Ryan

Eagleville Times

No abstract provided.

The Eagleville Times,Volume 7, Issue 2, Debbie Ryan

Eagleville Times

No abstract provided.

All The More Reason For Qr Across The Curriculum, Bernard L. Madison

Numeracy

No abstract provided.

The Hom-School, Malik Benjamin

Open Access Theses

During the second half of the 20th century, there was an epic deterioration of the urban fabric of the typical American neighborhood. Starting with the fleeing of city dwellers into the outskirts of suburbia in the 1950s and the exodus of commercial institutions in the 1970s, neighborhood sprawl hit its stride with the elimination of the neighborhood school in the 1980s. With this community-defining component being replaced by giant, remote educational facilities, the American neighborhood was finally a shell of its former self. If the neighborhood represents the cell, then the home represents the nucleus. In 2003, 1.1 million children …

Exploring The Impact And Implications Of Residential Mobility: From The Neighborhood To The School, Robin L. Ersing, Richard D. Sutphen, Diane N. Loeffler

Social Work Faculty Publications

This cross-sectional study examines residential relocation among a cohort of 495 fifth graders in one urban community in the Southeastern U.S. The impact of residential mobility is discussed in relation to student/family outcomes as well as the stressors placed upon schools. Results support previous findings which suggest residential relocation is correlated with academic problems. In addition, highly mobile students are twice as likely to be referred by teachers for disciplinary intervention and families are five times more likely than their residentially stable counterparts to be involved with child protective services. Implications from this study address the need for school systems, …

The Associations Between Social, Behavioral, And Health Risk Factors On A High School Student’S Decision To Pursue Post High School Plans, Richard Anthony Rodriguez

UCHC Graduate School Masters Theses 2003 - 2010

Background: Due to the relationship between SES and health, pursuing post high-school plans can lead to better future health outcomes for the student. The current paper assesses how behavioral and health risk factors, and family and social support, effect a student’s decision to pursue post high school plans. Methods: Data from the Youth Behavioral Component of the 2007 Connecticut School Health Survey were analyzed. Composite measures of exposure to/participation in violent behavior, mental and physical health, family/social support and substance abuse were created. The effects of these domains on the decision to pursue post high-school plans were assessed using logistic …

Nurse Anesthetists' Perception Of Their Rigorous Training Program A Grounded Theory Study, Joy Kieffer Phillips

Presidential Alumni Research Dissemination Award

There is no empirical understanding of the stressors that nurse anesthesia students encounter from their perspective as they negotiate a nurse anesthesia program. The initial research questions for this study examined what stressors these recent graduates encountered during their program and how they successfully negotiated those stressors. This study employed grounded theory methodology and the theory of symbolic interactionism. The data were collected from individual, semistructured, indepth interviews with 12 recent nurse anesthesia graduates who have been out of school for less than 2 years. The interview transcripts were analyzed using open, axial, and selective coding. The stressors discovered were …

A Preliminary Comparison Of Student Outcomes Between Distanceeducation Modalities And Traditional Campus-Basededucation, Andreas M. Kummerow

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

A comparison of student outcomes between a distanceEducation and campus-based is presented. Although there is dynamic growth in distanceEducation, there is little to no data available on learning outcomes aimed specifically at licensed practical nursing/licensed vocational nursing (LPN/LVN) students working toward baccalaureate degrees and registered nursing (RN) licensure. Learning outcomes were evaluated using results from a commercially developed content mastery test taken by students having completed a sophomore level mental health course. Admission criteria required students enrolled in the distanceEducation program to have a current LPN/LVN license while the students used for comparison in a classroom setting did not have …

Fighting Health Issues Through Nutrition Education For Mentally Disabled Adults, Kristin Bean

Capstone Projects and Master's Theses

Because mentally disabled adults have the ability to make their own choices about food without having adequate knowledge of healthy nutritional habits, many have a high risk of becoming obese or suffering from malnourishment. My capstone addresses the need for nutrition education for mentally disabled adults through a detailed curriculum implemented over a six week period. The curriculum focuses on the Food Pyramid guidelines, understanding food labels, preparing food at home, eating at restaurants, and taking control of one's health through healthy nutritional habits. The components of the curriculum include lesson plans, helpful resource materials, worksheets, discussion topics, handouts, and …

Educators! : Physically Challenged Students Want To Have Fun, Juan Gonzales-Medina

Capstone Projects and Master's Theses

This project focuses on bringing awareness among educators on the issues concerning schooling elementary (k- 5) students with physical disabilities. This is achieved through the creation of a friendly workshop, where educators are presented with information on understanding their students' unique needs and how to help them succeed inside the classroom. The workshop contains five different components: a presentation, informative video, instructional activities, and discussions, along with two surveys. Furthermore, each aspect of the workshop inserts other educators' opinions throughout the entire presentation. In other words, educators are able to learn from each other rather than just listening to the …

The Challenge Of Educating In A Highly-Connected And Multitasking World, Daniel A. Brazeau, Gayle A. Brazeau

Pharmaceutical Sciences Faculty Publications

Today’s students are more connected and more integrated with their world than any past generation and information is readily available today from a multitude of sources. To what extent have these advances improved our students’ ability to become learned pharmacy professionals who are informed not only of the current world and its events but the profession itself?

Effective Inclusion Practices, M. Alyssa Barnes Ph.D.

Electronic Journal for Inclusive Education

This study examines effective instructional practices, which support the inclusion of students with special needs. Eight teacher and administrator participants completed interviews about their experiences working in a full-inclusion environment. In addition, the research includes narratives based on observations from the school. The findings summarize five practices essential in successful inclusive environments. These strategies include assessing the whole child, performance-based assessments, and use of visuals, specifically graphic organizers, and collaboration. Finally, the data demonstrate the idea that all of these practices benefit students with and without disabilities.

Language Module, April Dixon

Electronic Journal for Inclusive Education

A study of children with learning disabilities and of children without provides a clear picture of the acquisition of language development of children. Language skills are generally typical of children at different age levels who do not have diagnosed learning disabilities. Language skills of the learning disabled are generally atypical due to constraints placed on the child during critical learning periods by the disability. Analyzation of the data in this study shows a correlation between Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and language development in young children. Strategies can be implemented by classroom teachers to enhance the acquisition of language.

Media Literacy Education, Elizabeth Etherington Wood

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This study offers an analysis of media literacy practices and techniques used at local public middle and high schools in Colorado. Media literacy is an emerging field in education that blends literacy skills such as critical analysis and evaluation with an inquiry-based questioning process that encourages students to process information using cognitive, moral, aesthetic and emotional dimensions. This inquiry-based process is not a new educational approach; it has been used to critically evaluate literature for centuries. However, media literacy scholars argue that applying inquiry-based approaches can enhance learning across all grades and content levels by applying new methodologies.

The literature …

"Education Will Be Our Mother": An Exploration Of Resilience Mechanisms Relating To The Educational Persistence Of Sudanese Refugees, Lucinda S. Spaulding

Faculty Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to explore the cultural and contextual resilience mechanisms operating in the lives of Sudanese refugees living in Virginia. A convenience and snowball sampling of 10 Sudanese refugees (1 female, 9 male) living in Virginia were selected to participate in this study. Through interviews, I gathered and documented participant narratives. For the purpose of triangulation, I collected demographic information and data about the level of traumatic events experienced and the impact of these events using quantitative instruments. I analyzed the data using grounded theory methodology in order to explore the meaning attributed to past events …

An Examination Of Communities Of Practice On Leadership Capacity And Organizational Functioning: A Case Study, Mary J. Meduna

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

While reformation of the U.S. public school system has been at the forefront of public discourse since the 1980s, the system continues to fall short of the expectations of employers, communities, and parents. The responsibility for a successful school tends to fall on the shoulders of the building principal (Cotton, 2003). Research in the field ofEducational leadership has isolated specific principal responsibilities that impact student achievement (Cotton; Edmunds, 1979; Hallinger & Heck, 1998; Leithwood, Louis, Anderson, & Wahlstrom, 2004; Leithwood & Riehl, 2003; Marzano, Waters, & McNulty, 2005). The assumption is that if principals would apply these responsibilities, student achievement …

Curing Nature-Deficit Disorder: How Environmental Education Helps Kids Learn, Jamie Leigh Langley

Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects

Walk into any public school and talk with the children about their experiences in nature and you will begin to see a pattern. Children have made few connections with the world around them. They do not spend much time outdoors and the time they do spend outdoors is not spent interacting directly with nature. Why does this matter? Look at these same kids and you will see another pattern emerging: Attention-Deficit Disorder, depression, obesity, emotional problems, etc. While not all of these problems are directly caused by a lack of interaction with the natural world, current research shows that there …