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The Relationship Of Experience, Education, And Tennessee Career Ladder Status To Teachers' Perceptions Of Staff Development Needs In Block Scheduled Programs, Rita S. Mullins

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The problem related to this study was to develop a clearer understanding of the staff development needs of high school classroom teachers implementing block scheduled programs. The purpose of this study was to determine if teachers' perceptions of staff development needs differed when teaching experience, education (highest degree earned), and Tennessee Career Ladder status were considered. Four levels of each independent variable were analyzed by six categories of perceptions, the dependent variables. The categories were: (a) Planning, (b) Knowledge, (c) Satisfaction with staff development, (d) Adult learning strategies, (e) Level of involvement, and (f) Impact on student testing and grades. …

The Alumni Network, April 1997 (Vol. Xiii No. 1), Nova Southeastern University

Alumni Network Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Practitioners' News - Spring 1997, Volume 24, Number 3, Nova Southeastern University

Practitioners' News

No abstract provided.

Broadly Speaking - April Fools' Day, 1997, Nova Southeastern University

Broadly Speaking

No abstract provided.

The Relationship Of Training Methods Between Ncaa Division I Cross-Country Runners With 10,000 Meter Performance, Maximilian J. Kurz

Student Work

The scientific relationship between 10,000 meter performance and training methods of distance runners remains incompletely understood. Researchers such as Slovic (1977) and Pollock (1978) have attempted to study the relationship between training practices of distance runners with the use of surveys. However, these studies did not analyze the significance of various types of training regimens available. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the training methods of NCAA Division I runners and 10,000 meter performance. Fourteen Division I qualifying teams of the NCAA Division I national cross-country meet and 16 randomly chosen non-qualifying teams were recruited through the mail …

Education Policy Analysis Archives 05/08 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Response to Haskell : "academic freedom, tenure, and student evaluation of faculty" / Jeffrey E. Stake.

Broadly Speaking - March 10, 1997, Nova Southeastern University

Broadly Speaking

No abstract provided.

Education Policy Analysis Archives 05/06 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Academic freedom, tenure, and student evaluation of faculty : galloping polls in the 21st century / Robert E. Haskell.

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

College of Education Publications

Out of our minds : a review / Pat Clifford.

Education Policy Analysis Archives 05/04 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Learning from others : service-learning in Costa Rica and Indonesia / David D. Williams [and] William D. Eiserman.

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

College of Education Publications

Testing writing on computers : an experiment comparing student performance on tests conducted via computer and via paper-and-pencil / Michael Russell [and] Walt Haney.

Education Policy Analysis Archives 05/02 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Where have all the teachers gone? / Mark Fetler.

Book Review: Curriculum And Aims, James Magrini

Philosophy Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Student Motivation: Instilling A Desire To Learn In Middle School Students, Richard James Erbstoesser

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.

Kindergarten Handbook For Parents Of Palmetto Elementary School, Kerma Joan Gorringe Isaacson

Theses Digitization Project

The handbook tells about the characteristics of a five-year-old child, work and play in kindergarten, and when we respond to the environment. The handbook shares suggestions that will enable parents to understand the purpose and programs of the school and to promote understanding and enthusiasm for school.

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.

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

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.

Use Of Learning-Logs In High School Pre-Algebra Classes To Improve Mastery Of Rational Numbers And Linear Equations For High-Risk Minority Students, Peter August Sehlmeyer

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this study was to determine whether there was a relationship in the use of learning-logs to traditional or current math instruction in secondary school pre-algebra classes to improve the mastery of single-variable equations by high-risk minority students.

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.

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.

Promoting Phonological Awareness For Primary Grade Students Through Read-Aloud Book Activities: A Teacher's Guide, Mary Sue Warrington

All Graduate Projects

This project investigated phonological awareness as it relates to beginning literacy acquisition. The literature review provided a rational and guidelines for phonological awareness instruction. A manual containing a sequence of research supported activities based on read-aloud books for facilitating acquisition of phonoiogica! awareness with primary grade students was created. Many of the activities were field tested with a class of 14 kindergarten students in the last quarter of the school year.

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.

Parental Involvement In The Homework Process, Victoria D. Church

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.

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 …

Talk Before Writing: Oral Rehearsal As A Pre-Writing Strategy For High School Students With Difficulties In Retrieval, Valerie Sebern Aubry

Doctoral Dissertations

This study investigated the effects of oral rehearsal used as a pre-writing strategy by twenty-eight high school students (21 males, 7 females) with difficulties in retrieval. Study participants read texts, wrote summary-response essays, and revised their compositions in two conditions: with rehearsal and without rehearsal. A repeated measures (2 x 2) x (2) design with Passage and Order of Treatment as the between-subject variables, and Condition as the within-subject variable was used to assess differences in compositions.

Eight quantitative measures, with four considered primary, were used to evaluate differences in the quantity, complexity, content, and quality of compositions. Positive changes …