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The Perceived Effects Of State -Mandated Testing In New Hampshire, Stephen A. Kossakoski Jan 2000

The Perceived Effects Of State -Mandated Testing In New Hampshire, Stephen A. Kossakoski

Doctoral Dissertations

The purposes of this study were: (1) to examine the perceptions of third grade teachers in the state of New Hampshire concerning the state's mandated testing program, and (2) to determine if there was a relationship between teachers' perceptions and their schools' socioeconomic status. The survey instrument designed for this study contained 61 closed response Likert scale items that measured teachers' perceptions regarding changes in curriculum and instruction, sources of pressure to improve test scores, and attitude toward the third grade test. A stratified random sample of 310 third grade teachers was selected to participate in this study. The percentage …

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Tuned In: Television And The Teaching Of Writing, Bronwyn Thomas Williams Jan 2000

Tuned In: Television And The Teaching Of Writing, Bronwyn Thomas Williams

Doctoral Dissertations

College writing teachers often consider the reading and writing experiences students have had in elementary and high school classes as their only relevant discursive influences. When they do so they risk ignoring what is perhaps the most powerful and ubiquitous form of public discourse and communication in our society: television. This dissertation explores how the pervasive discourse of popular culture on television influences the ways in which incoming college students perceive and engage in writing and reading when they enter a first-year composition course. Through interviews with students and observations of them watching television, I have studied the skills students …

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The Impact Of Cultural Sensitivity Training On Filipino Nurses As Measured By Alterations In Caring Behaviors, Mary Beth Russell Jan 2000

The Impact Of Cultural Sensitivity Training On Filipino Nurses As Measured By Alterations In Caring Behaviors, Mary Beth Russell

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

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Conceptions Of Learning Identified By Indigenous Students Entering A University Preparation Course, Alison M. Bunker Jan 2000

Conceptions Of Learning Identified By Indigenous Students Entering A University Preparation Course, Alison M. Bunker

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

The increase in Indigenous participation in university courses in recent years has not been matched by an increase in graduation. In the mainstream university population, student success has been linked to approaches to learning, which are linked to conceptions of learning. This study investigates what conceptions of learning Indigenous students identify at the beginning of their university career. Thirty six students completed a 'Reflections on Learning Inventory' developed by Meyer (1995). Nine of these students were interviewed in depth about what they thought learning was and how they would go about it. The interview analysis for each of the nine …

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What Counts As Accountability? : Towards An Accountability Framework For The Pre-Primary, Lennie Barblett Jan 2000

What Counts As Accountability? : Towards An Accountability Framework For The Pre-Primary, Lennie Barblett

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

Accountability in the pre-primary year has become a focus for attention as schools develop corporate school plans. Pre-primary teachers can no longer work in isolation and are required to implement the school development plan in order to account for their portion of the school's work. This study aimed to find out how pre-primary teachers accounted for their educational programs and what factors influenced their accountability notions and practices. The study conducted in Western Australia used an ecological theoretical framework. Data was collected using multi-modal techniques and analysed using an interpretive-constructivist approach. Three case studies, a questionnaire and focus groups of …

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Nsu Graduate Teacher Education Program (Gtep) Class Schedule Fall–Winter–Summer 2000–2001, Nova Southeastern University Jan 2000

Nsu Graduate Teacher Education Program (Gtep) Class Schedule Fall–Winter–Summer 2000–2001, Nova Southeastern University

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice College Archive

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Is It Wise? : The Ursuline Studies Program Revisited, Connie S. Swift Jan 2000

Is It Wise? : The Ursuline Studies Program Revisited, Connie S. Swift

Graduate Research Papers

Katherine Keough, chairwoman of the education department at Xavier University in Cincinnati is quoted in USA Today as saying, "It almost smacks of a Chinese mind, a black mind, a white mind, a female mind .... It suggests that brains are gender-specific or that knowledge is gender-specific" (Manning, 1992, p. 6A). Keough is referring to Ursuline College's use of Women's Ways of Knowing as the basis for its college core curriculum, fearing this may cause further division between men and women (Manning, 1992, p. 6A). Anne Marie Diedrich, O.S.U., Ph.D., president of Ursuline College, disagrees: We're not saying that ours …

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(2000) The Psychodynamics Of Community Of Inquiry And Educational Reform: A Cross-Cultural Perspective, Pavel Lushyn, David K. Kennedy Jan 2000

(2000) The Psychodynamics Of Community Of Inquiry And Educational Reform: A Cross-Cultural Perspective, Pavel Lushyn, David K. Kennedy

Collected Papers of David Kennedy

Community of inquiry is a ''whole" pedagogy, in that it recognizes the systemic nature of group process, the congruence of personal and social systems, and the identity-in-difference of thought and feeling, self and other, and individual and group. Above all it recognizes the fundamental urge-however tortuous and conflicted in its outworking-of both individual and social systems for self-actualizing transformation; for the chaotic passage to higher, both more inclusive and more diversified, levels of integration. In this regard it provides a deep-structural theory, not just for the democratic personality, but for democratic systems as well. It produces individuals who are capable …

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A Comparison Of Social Skills In Graded And Nongraded Elementary Schools, Angela D. Caster Jan 2000

A Comparison Of Social Skills In Graded And Nongraded Elementary Schools, Angela D. Caster

Student Work

Previous studies comparing the effects of graded and nongraded schools have focused on students' achievement, attitude, and mental health variables. However, social skills have not been directly compared in these instructional settings examined. The current study compared graded and nongraded school structures in relation to students' social skills. Students in four elementary schools were evaluated by the Social Skills Rating System (SSRS), as rated by themselves. It was predicted that students in nongraded schools would demonstrate better social skills. In addition, the Cooperation subscale of the SSRS was expected to be more predictive of the nongraded schools.

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Black And White Undergraduate Resident University Students' Stages Of Intercultural Sensitivity And Racial Identity At Indiana State University, Kenneth Darryl Coopwood Jan 2000

Black And White Undergraduate Resident University Students' Stages Of Intercultural Sensitivity And Racial Identity At Indiana State University, Kenneth Darryl Coopwood

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The summary report of the 1996 climate study conducted at Indiana State University revealed that the campus could appropriately be termed chilly”. The study further revealed that only 54% of Black students and 74.9% of White students would recommend the university to another potential student. The ability to survive in chilly” climates has many determinants rooted in students' ability to identify with self (Tatum, 1997). However, since there were no or inaccurate references to student present identities, retention-based programmatic developments thought to be central to student perceptions of campus life were perceived to be in vain. The use of cognitive …

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Effectiveness Of The Infusion Of Reading Component Model Based Remedial Reading Instruction On The Reading Achievement Of Students In Learning Disabilities And Title I Remedial Reading Programs, Sonja O'Lita Frantz Jan 2000

Effectiveness Of The Infusion Of Reading Component Model Based Remedial Reading Instruction On The Reading Achievement Of Students In Learning Disabilities And Title I Remedial Reading Programs, Sonja O'Lita Frantz

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The present study tested the effectiveness of the infusion of remedial reading instruction, derived from the Reading Component Model, on the reading achievement of children in learning disabilities and Title I classrooms. The Reading Component Model is based on the premise that the reading process is composed of two major components, word recognition and comprehension, and poor functioning of either component can affect reading performance. Remedial instruction based on the component model focuses and tailors instruction on the weak component. In contrast, the discrepancy model, a model that is predominant in U.S. schools, classifies students into two categories: those with …

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The Effects Of Placement And Instruction In Resource Rooms On Reading Achievement And Measured Intelligence (Iq) Of Elementary School Children In Learning Disability Programs, Kwesi Ewusi Bentum Jan 2000

The Effects Of Placement And Instruction In Resource Rooms On Reading Achievement And Measured Intelligence (Iq) Of Elementary School Children In Learning Disability Programs, Kwesi Ewusi Bentum

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The present study is an attempt to examine long term effects of learning disability instruction and resource room placement on reading achievement. The study also examines the level of cognitive functioning (IQ) of students identified as having reading disability who had been placed in resource rooms over periods of three and six years. Using initial evaluation data on students' reading achievement and level of cognitive functioning (IQ test scores) as a base, the effects of instructional and placement for periods of three and six years were studied on the basis of changes in these variables. Two groups of elementary grade …

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The Perceptions Of Highereducation Administrators As They Relate To Student Retention Issues, Julia Bickel Jan 2000

The Perceptions Of Highereducation Administrators As They Relate To Student Retention Issues, Julia Bickel

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to determine the perceptions of the chief academic officer and the chief student affairs officers at public and private Indiana baccalaureate institutions, and to determine what programs, practices, and policies those four officers groups perceive as important, which ones are available at the officers' institutions, and then how effective the officers perceived them to be. A survey instrument was developed to determine those perceptions within response modes for important,” available,” and effective” as they affected eight topics related to retention. Those topics were (1) Mission and Policy, (2) Budgeting and Funding, (3) Institutional Awareness, …

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A Comparison Of Wealth In Public School Corporations In Relation To Specialeducation Costs, Jeffrey Scott Baer Jan 2000

A Comparison Of Wealth In Public School Corporations In Relation To Specialeducation Costs, Jeffrey Scott Baer

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The study's purpose was to test if there is a significant difference in the amount of general fund monies used to support specialEducation programs among Indiana school corporations identified by wealth. The independent variables were defined as: (1) the percent of households with children living in poverty, (2) assessed valuation per pupil, and, (3) general fund per pupil appropriations. The dependent variable was defined as the amount of general fund monies used to support specialEducation programs. This study was completed in Indiana including all Indiana public school corporations. The sample of school corporations was selected from the three defined variables …

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A Study Of Indiana State University's Pds Partnerships Through Qualitative Review Of Liaison Activities, Collaborative Inquiry, And Teacher Perceptions, Kevin Bruce Bolinger Jan 2000

A Study Of Indiana State University's Pds Partnerships Through Qualitative Review Of Liaison Activities, Collaborative Inquiry, And Teacher Perceptions, Kevin Bruce Bolinger

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of his study was to examine the characteristics of the Professional Development School partnership between Indiana State University and several local school sites to determine the extent of institutional commitment, the roles which are valued and practiced by university liaisons, and the types of collaborative inquiry research which are conducted by university and school personnel. A survey of school teachers within PDS school sites was conducted to elaborate on the perceptions and opinions about the function and results of the PDS partnership. A sample of 425 teachers was non-randomly selected from five PDS sites; 171 teachers completed and …

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Alcohol Consumption Patterns, Death Attitudes, And Personal Meaning Among College Women, Christopher Hugh Nolan Jan 2000

Alcohol Consumption Patterns, Death Attitudes, And Personal Meaning Among College Women, Christopher Hugh Nolan

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Viktor Frankl's logotheory proposes that personal meaning in life and the attitudes people hold toward their own subjective mortality play important mediating roles in the way individuals choose to view and conduct their lives. The purpose of this study was to test the effectiveness of Frankl's existential model in explaining problem drinking among college women by determining whether there are group differences in personal meaning and death attitudes as a function of alcohol consumption patterns. The sample consisted of 154 college women whose patterns of alcohol consumption allowed for participant classification into one of three groups: (a) non-drinkers (n = …

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Nature And Justifiability Of The Act Of Collective Worship In Schools, Jeanette Gill Jan 2000

Nature And Justifiability Of The Act Of Collective Worship In Schools, Jeanette Gill

Plymouth Institute of Education Theses

This thesis, which moves through three stages, asks whether the compulsory provision of a daily act of collective worship can be justified in the schools of a liberal society. It begins with an analysis of the public debate which has surrounded its presence since legislation in 1944 formalised existing practice, and notes that its arguments are based on differing perceptions of the value of religious practice, the needs of the child, the relationship between religion and morality, and the nature of society. Because this public debate is often distanced from actual practice, research was undertaken in primary and secondary schools …

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The Effect Of Social Support And Health Behavior On Psychosocial Adjustment Of Coronary Heart Disease Patients, Theresa Annette Drewniak Jan 2000

The Effect Of Social Support And Health Behavior On Psychosocial Adjustment Of Coronary Heart Disease Patients, Theresa Annette Drewniak

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to examine whether three aspects of social support and four aspects of health behavior would significantly predict psychosocial adjustment in patients with coronary heart disease. The participants were recruited from two cardiologists' offices. One-hundred thirty-one patients completed four questionnaires. Due to exclusionary criteria, 80 were selected for the data analysis. The UCLA Social Support inventory was used to assess three domains of social support. The Health Behavior Scale assessed four domains of health behavior. Psychosocial adjustment was assessed using the Psychosocial Adjustment to Illness Scale-Self Report. The hypothesis that three domains of social support …

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Conflict Resolution For Peace: Giving Voice To Young Children, Nancy Alice Grote Jan 2000

Conflict Resolution For Peace: Giving Voice To Young Children, Nancy Alice Grote

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Purpose of the study . The purpose of the study was to explore six-to-nine-year-old children's ideas about peace and strategies to resolve conflicts peacefully. Procedures . Participants in the study were twenty-four first, second, and third graders, twelve girls and twelve boys, from an urban magnet public school based on the Montessori philosophy. Data were triangulated by three developmentally appropriate activities during semi-structured interviews. Each interview was audio recorded and transcribed into a verbatim transcript. The data were coded and analyzed using the qualitative research computer program, QSR NUD*IST/N4 Classic. Findings . Two themes emerged from the analysis of the …

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Elementary Classroom Placement Of Multiples, Robin Keller Shamsaie Jan 2000

Elementary Classroom Placement Of Multiples, Robin Keller Shamsaie

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Parents of multiples seek practical advice in parenting. One area of great concern expressed by parents of multiples is in appropriate classroom placement decisions for their children. A great deal of anecdotal literature and folklore exists, which suggests placement in separate classrooms is best, so that each multiple can develop as an individual, rather than part of a set. There is, however, no research that supports the appropriateness or effectiveness of this belief. Research does support the merit of assessing each case individually when making classroom placement recommendations (Emmons, 1976; Dreyer, 1991; Hay, 1991; LeRoux, 1992; Segal, 1992). This study …

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Telling Stories In School: Using Case Studies And Stories To Teach Legal Ethics, Carrie Menkel-Meadow Jan 2000

Telling Stories In School: Using Case Studies And Stories To Teach Legal Ethics, Carrie Menkel-Meadow

Fordham Law Review

"We tell ourselves stories in order to live." -Joan Didion, The White Album (1970) "Their story, yours, mine - it's what we carry with us on this trip we take, and we owe it to each other to respect our stories and learn from them." -William Carlos Williams in Robert Coles, The Call of Stories: Teaching and the Moral Imagination 30 (1989)

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Achievement, Locus Of Control, Self-Concept, Social Problem Solving Training And The Acquisition Of Prosocial Skills In Children, Laura Russomano Jan 2000

Achievement, Locus Of Control, Self-Concept, Social Problem Solving Training And The Acquisition Of Prosocial Skills In Children, Laura Russomano

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

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Construct Validity Of The Career Decision Scale With Hispanic High School Students, Richard F. Coco Jan 2000

Construct Validity Of The Career Decision Scale With Hispanic High School Students, Richard F. Coco

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

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Using Solution-Focused Brief Therapy With Problem Students, Karen Y. Boyle Jan 2000

Using Solution-Focused Brief Therapy With Problem Students, Karen Y. Boyle

Theses

The traditional approaches of spending hours of time addressing each student's problems is no longer feasible today due to the large caseloads of students school counselors and teachers often face. Solution-Focused Brief Therapy is an approach which may be used for typical student concerns to achieve rapid observable change. School administrators and leachers will also benefit since each component of the approach may be used independently in a variety of situations. This thesis describes an outcome study of solution-oriented strategy in working with middle school students identified by teachers as having behavioral difficulties in the classroom. Subjects involved were a …

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Development Of A Predictive Model For Faculty Integration Of Technology In Higher Education, Debra L. Hargrove Jan 2000

Development Of A Predictive Model For Faculty Integration Of Technology In Higher Education, Debra L. Hargrove

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2000 - 2009

The purpose of this research project was to develop a predictive model for faculty integration of technology in higher education, specifically among faculty who are members of the Commission of Professors of Adult Education. The variables included both those that the educational institution could affect, such as technical support, release time, tenure and promotion opportunities, and personal variables of faculty, such as computer self-efficacy, attitudes towards computers and perceived institutional support. Three hundred and eighty-nine (389) surveys were mailed to the sample participants. One hundred and twenty-four (124) were returned completed, thirty-six were returned undeliverable and seven were deemed unusable, …

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Influence Of Home And School Environments On The Academic Performance Of Chinese-Australian And Anglo-Australian Students Studying At An Academically-Oriented High School In Perth, Western Australia, Ranbir Singh Malik Jan 2000

Influence Of Home And School Environments On The Academic Performance Of Chinese-Australian And Anglo-Australian Students Studying At An Academically-Oriented High School In Perth, Western Australia, Ranbir Singh Malik

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

Although minority status has been associated with low academic achievement, the “high Asian achieving syndrome" remains as one of the unresolved sociological puzzles. Consistent evidence suggests that regardless of the family status, children from the Asian migrant families, settled in the industrialised countries, tend to perform academically better than their counterparts from the dominant group. This disparity is attributed to a number of factors, which taken separately, do not address this complex issue. In Australia little research has been done to compare the home environment and school experiences of children coming from Chinese-Australian and Anglo-Australian families even though the number …

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Aboriginal Students Perceptions Of The Effect Of Vocational Education And Training On Post School Experiences, Steven J. Florisson Jan 2000

Aboriginal Students Perceptions Of The Effect Of Vocational Education And Training On Post School Experiences, Steven J. Florisson

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

Over the past decade there have been dramatic and unprecedented changes in post compulsory education, with an increase of over 40% for year 12 retention rates to 76.6% in 1992 and huge expansion of year 11 and 12 vocational education and training programs. However, for Aboriginal past compulsory age students, the picture is very different. In 1993 the year 12 Aboriginal retention rate was only 24.48% or 982 students (Australia wide), and by 1996 only 10% of the indigenous 15 and older population had any post school qualification, compared to 35% of the total population. Only 34% of West Australian …

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Broadly Speaking - December, 1999, Nova Southeastern University Dec 1999

Broadly Speaking - December, 1999, Nova Southeastern University

Broadly Speaking

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Factors Of Job-Related Stress As Perceived By Middle School Principals In Virginia, Teresa I. Snyder Dec 1999

Factors Of Job-Related Stress As Perceived By Middle School Principals In Virginia, Teresa I. Snyder

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This study was conducted among middle school principals in Virginia to determine their perceptions of job-related stress factors. The entire population of middle school principals (grades 6, 7, 8) was selected to participate in the study. The Administrative Stress Index was used to assess factors that cause principals stress on the job and to measure their stress levels. A demographic data form was used to collect data on the variables of age, gender, administrative experience, assistant principal support, student enrollment, adults supervised, percentage of students receiving free or reduced lunch, location of school, type of school, experience as a middle …

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A Qualitative Study Of A Team-Teaching Classroom And A Traditional One-Teacher Classroom In An Elementary School Setting, Johnny D. Thompson Dec 1999

A Qualitative Study Of A Team-Teaching Classroom And A Traditional One-Teacher Classroom In An Elementary School Setting, Johnny D. Thompson

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This study describes two heterogeneously grouped second-grade classrooms during the 1998-99 school year. One class featured collaborative team teaching, and the second class was taught by a traditional single teacher. There were 33 regular education students and nine at-risk students in the team classroom and 14 regular education students and eight at-risk students in the one-teacher classroom. One hundred three interviews were conducted with 21 students in the team classroom and 18 students in the one-teacher classroom, with 13 parents, with three teachers, and with the school principal. The researcher observed the two classes 61 times from September to May. …

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