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Education Policy Analysis Archives 08/39 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida Aug 2000

Education Policy Analysis Archives 08/39 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Moral considerations regarding the Arizona tax credit law : some comments / Anthony G. Rud, Jr.

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Using A Multiple Intelligence Checklist In Determining Multiple Intelligence, Rebecca Vee Ralston Aug 2000

Using A Multiple Intelligence Checklist In Determining Multiple Intelligence, Rebecca Vee Ralston

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Multiple Intelligence Theory was introduced in 1983 by Howard Gardner in his book Frames of Mind. Since the book was introduced. many educators who were searching for new methods to reach their students have utilized the theory of Multiple Intelligences in their classes. To assist in determining students' areas of strength in Multiple Intelligence. The Multiple Intelligence Checklist (MJC) was used in this study. Students, seven hundred seventy-seven, from a suburban elementary school were asked to complete the MIC. Data was collected from students in grades 2 through 5. A factor analysis was completed to determine if the checklist would …

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Education Policy Analysis Archives 08/35 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida Jul 2000

Education Policy Analysis Archives 08/35 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

State standards, socio-fiscal context and opportunity to learn in New Jersey / William A. Firestone, Gregory Camilli, Michele Yurecko, Lora Monfils, [and] David Mayrowetz.

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Education Policy Analysis Archives 08/34 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida Jul 2000

Education Policy Analysis Archives 08/34 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Implementation of the Kentucky nongraded primary program / Patricia J. Kannapel, Lola Aagaard, Pamelia Coe, [and] Cynthia A. Reeves.

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Education Policy Analysis Archives 08/32 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida Jul 2000

Education Policy Analysis Archives 08/32 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Student assessment as a political construction : the case of Uruguay / Luis Benveniste.

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Abstracts Of Papers Presented At The Seventy-Eight Annual Meeting, Virginia Academy Of Science, May 23-26, 2000, Radford University, Radford, Va Jul 2000

Abstracts Of Papers Presented At The Seventy-Eight Annual Meeting, Virginia Academy Of Science, May 23-26, 2000, Radford University, Radford, Va

Virginia Journal of Science

This document is a list of the abstracts of papers presented at the seventy-eighth meeting of the Virginia Academy of Science that took place at Radford University on May 23 through the 26th, 2000.

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Effect Of Cooperative Learning (Student Teams -Achievement Divisions) On African American And Caucasian Students' Interracial Friendships, James Edward Cook Jul 2000

Effect Of Cooperative Learning (Student Teams -Achievement Divisions) On African American And Caucasian Students' Interracial Friendships, James Edward Cook

Doctoral Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to gauge the impact of cooperative learning teams on interracial friendships. The participants were 256 sixth, seventh, and eighth grade students in English classes (20% African American and 80% Caucasian) at a rural middle school in Louisiana. After delivery of instruction, the experimental group studied worksheets in teams, received rewards based upon the team's performance, and received individual grades based upon individual exam scores. The control group studied worksheets individually and received individual grades. This eight week study utilized the sociometric question, “Who are your friends in this class?” as the pretest and posttest …

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A Parent Handbook: How Parents Can Foster Learning To Enhance Formal Schooling, Janet M. Mckee Jul 2000

A Parent Handbook: How Parents Can Foster Learning To Enhance Formal Schooling, Janet M. Mckee

All Master's Theses

This project examined the role of fostering brain development before formal schooling begins.

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Exploring The Professional Growth Of A First-Year Elementary Mathematics Teacher Utilizing The Model Of Holonomy, Joanna Philippi Jul 2000

Exploring The Professional Growth Of A First-Year Elementary Mathematics Teacher Utilizing The Model Of Holonomy, Joanna Philippi

Student Work

This thesis is written by one of three first-year mathematics teachers exploring the beginning of a career in education. As a group we met regularly to discuss our progress, share research, and at times collaborate in writing portions of this study. Parallel to this first-year experience is participation in a graduate program, CADRE (Career Advancement and Development for Recruits and Experienced Teachers).

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Education Policy Analysis Archives 08/27 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida Jun 2000

Education Policy Analysis Archives 08/27 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Challenges to distance edducation in an academic social science discipline : the case of political science / Steffen Schmidt, Mack C. Shelly, [and] Monty Van Wart, with Jane Clayton [and] Erin Schreck.

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Exploring The Professional Growth Of A First-Year Middle School Mathematics Teacher Utilizing The Model Of Holonomy, Angela D. O'Connor Jun 2000

Exploring The Professional Growth Of A First-Year Middle School Mathematics Teacher Utilizing The Model Of Holonomy, Angela D. O'Connor

Student Work

This thesis was written by a first-year middle school mathematics teacher who acted as a vulnerable observer while exploring the beginning of a career in education. During this first year experience I participated in a graduate program, CADRE (Career Advancement and Development for Recruits and Experienced Teachers) that enhanced my knowledge regarding the profession of education and supported me through the events that I encountered during this first year of teaching.

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Education Policy Analysis Archives 08/25 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida May 2000

Education Policy Analysis Archives 08/25 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Mathematics achievement by immigrant children : a comparison of five English-speaking countires / Gary G. Huang.

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Education Policy Analysis Archives 08/23 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida May 2000

Education Policy Analysis Archives 08/23 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

School-based standard testing / Craig Bolon.

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Education Policy Analysis Archives 08/22 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida May 2000

Education Policy Analysis Archives 08/22 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Influence of scale on school performance : a multi-level extension of the Matthew principle / Robert Bickel [and] Craig Howley

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Work -To-Family Conflict Of High School Assistant Principals, Stephen Gregory Aspleaf May 2000

Work -To-Family Conflict Of High School Assistant Principals, Stephen Gregory Aspleaf

Student Work

The purpose of this study was to examine specifically work-to-family conflict among high school assistant principals. The work-to-family conflict model as developed by Greenhaus and Beutell (1985) and further developed by Stephens and Sommer (1996) was used. The Stephens and Sommer survey instrument was modified to fit the educational setting. The assistant principal sample was selected from public high schools from the states of Illinois, Iowa, and Nebraska.

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Statistical Power Analysis Of Dissertations Completed By Students Majoring In Educational Leadership At Tennessee Universities, Heping Deng May 2000

Statistical Power Analysis Of Dissertations Completed By Students Majoring In Educational Leadership At Tennessee Universities, Heping Deng

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to estimate the level of statistical power demonstrated in recent dissertations in the field of educational leadership. Power tables provided in Cohen's (1988) Statistical Power Analysis for the Behavioral Sciences were used to determine the power of the statistical tests conducted in dissertations selected from five universities in Tennessee. The meta-analytic approach was used to summarize and synthesize the findings. The population of this study consisted of all dissertations successfully defended by doctoral students majoring in educational leadership/administration at East Tennessee State University, the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, Tennessee State University, the University …

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A Longitudinal Study Of Predictors Of Student Achievement Related To Socioeconomic Status, Race/Ethnicity, Attendance, And Student Mobility, Theresa Ann Norris May 2000

A Longitudinal Study Of Predictors Of Student Achievement Related To Socioeconomic Status, Race/Ethnicity, Attendance, And Student Mobility, Theresa Ann Norris

Student Work

The purpose of this study was to examine achievement gains of elementary students over a five-year period of time. This analysis identified predictors at the student, classroom, and grade level and analyzed them for their impact on academic achievement as measured by gain scores and scale scores. In particular, various aspects of mobility including type, timing, and reason for transfers were examined.

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The Effects Of Structured One-On-One Tutoring In Sight Word Recognition Of First-Grade Students At-Risk For Reading Failure, Laureen Goers Mayfield Apr 2000

The Effects Of Structured One-On-One Tutoring In Sight Word Recognition Of First-Grade Students At-Risk For Reading Failure, Laureen Goers Mayfield

Doctoral Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of an alternative reading program on the performance of at-risk first graders. Sixty first graders from three north Louisiana public elementary schools with high poverty rates, who were determined by their teachers and principals to be functioning in the bottom 20 to 30% of first grade reading students, were purposefully selected. Students were pretested on three subtests of the Woodcock Reading Mastery Test-Revised (WRMT-R), Form G: Letter Identification, Word Identification, and Word Attack. Participants were randomly assigned to either a control or an experimental group. Experimental group students received 15 …

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Education Policy Analysis Archives 08/17 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida Mar 2000

Education Policy Analysis Archives 08/17 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Appalachina rural systemic initiative : improving science and mathematics student achievement in economically disadvantaged rural counties in central Appalachia through a school based, teacher partner approach / Stephen A. Henderson [and] Wimberly C. Royster.

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Education Policy Analysis Archives 08/15 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida Feb 2000

Education Policy Analysis Archives 08/15 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Forces for change in mathematics education : the case of TIMSS / Donald S. Macnab.

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Education Policy Analysis Archives 08/14 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida Feb 2000

Education Policy Analysis Archives 08/14 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Teachers and tests : exploring teachers' perceptions of changes in the New York state testing program / S.G. Grant.

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Education Policy Analysis Archives 08/12 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida Feb 2000

Education Policy Analysis Archives 08/12 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Top-down, routinized reform in low-income, rural schools : NSF's Appalachian rural systemic initiative / Rober Bickel, Terry Tomasek, [and] Teresa Hardman Eagle.

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Broadly Speaking - February, 2000, Nova Southeastern University Feb 2000

Broadly Speaking - February, 2000, Nova Southeastern University

Broadly Speaking

No abstract provided.

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Education Policy Analysis Archives 08/10 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida Jan 2000

Education Policy Analysis Archives 08/10 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Collegiate grading practices and the gender pay gap / Alicia C. Dowd.

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Education Policy Analysis Archives 08/09 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida Jan 2000

Education Policy Analysis Archives 08/09 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Gender related differences in career patterns of principals in Alabama : a statewide study / William A. Spencer [and] Frances K. Kochan.

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Education Policy Analysis Archives 08/06 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida Jan 2000

Education Policy Analysis Archives 08/06 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Higher education finance reform in the Czech Republic : transitions in thought and practive / Matthew S. McMullen.

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Education Policy Analysis Archives 08/04 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida Jan 2000

Education Policy Analysis Archives 08/04 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Technology and school reform : a view from both sides of the tracks / Mark Warschauer.

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Education Policy Analysis Archives 08/03 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida Jan 2000

Education Policy Analysis Archives 08/03 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Social science research findings and educational policy dilemmas : some additional distinctions / Steven I. Miller [and] Marcel Fredericks.

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The Light Beneath The Bushel: A Discussion Paper On Early Years Education And Care In The Republic Of Ireland, Francis Douglas, Mary Horgan Jan 2000

The Light Beneath The Bushel: A Discussion Paper On Early Years Education And Care In The Republic Of Ireland, Francis Douglas, Mary Horgan

Irish Journal of Applied Social Studies

This discussion paper builds on 'Where Angels Fear to Tread' in vol. 1, no. 1 of this journal (Horgan and Douglas 1998). It seeks to provide recommendations concerning the way forward which were submitted by the authors to the National Forum for Early Childhood Education in February 1988. These were based on research carried out for more than a decade on Early Years Education and Care in the Education Department of University College Cork. The paper commences with an overview of the 'Early Years' in the Republic of Ireland and then considers quality child-centred provision under three headings; structures, training …

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The Emeritus Teacher, Raymond J. Dagenais, Betty E. Steffy, Billie J. Enz Jan 2000

The Emeritus Teacher, Raymond J. Dagenais, Betty E. Steffy, Billie J. Enz

Publications & Research

Mary, Clara, and Harry are part of what they call "the gray brigade." They met 6 years ago at a Retired Teachers Association meeting, warmed up to one another immediately, and began a lasting friendship. The trio has reached the emeritus phase of the Life Cycle of the Career Teacher model. They cared passionately about their profession when they were teachers, and that passion continues today. All are actively involved in helping schools improve and children succeed. Each of them goes about this quest in a very different way. Mary is a political activist well known in the halls of …

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