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Implementing Educational Software And Evaluating Its Academic Effectiveness: Part Ii, Karen Jolicoeur, Dale E. Berger

CGU Faculty Publications and Research

In Part I, published last month, we presented a successful classroom implementation plan for integrating educational software into elementary school classrooms. Implementing educational software successfully into classrooms is an essential prerequisite to achieving the second goal of the present research-evaluating how much students learned by using specific software programs. In Part II, we will measure how effective eight software programs were at teaching fifth grade students new fraction concepts and spelling words. In addition, we will examine the validity of teacher and student software ratings based on the effectiveness of each program.

Implementing Educational Software And Evaluating Its Academic Effectiveness: Part I, Karen Jolicoeur, Dale E. Berger

CGU Faculty Publications and Research

Two major obstacles are responsible for the delay in getting good educational software into schools. First, software implementation is a complex process that many schools are simply not prepared to undertake. Second, there is very little empirical research available on the specific factors that make educational software effective, leaving it extremely difficult to separate good from poor quality software. We will describe a basic plan for implementing educational software into classrooms, incorporating a research design that permits educational researchers to measure the effectiveness of the software. Part I of this series of two articles presents a basic plan for implementing …

The Alumni Network, August 1988 (Vol. Iv No. 3), Nova University

Alumni Network Newsletter

No abstract provided.

The Effects Of Stress Education On Stress Levels In Grade School Children, Lou Ann Hubbard

MSN Research Projects

The purpose of this quasi-experimental study was to evaluate the effects of stress management on stress levels in grade school children. The hypothesis to be tested was : There will be no significant difference in stress levels of grade school children following a stress education program. The setting included two third-grade classes in a small rural elementary school in North Alabama. There were 37 students in the study, 21 in the control group and 16 in the treatment group. Data were collected using the Teacher Questionnaire, to assess each student's stress level as perceived by the teacher, and the Everyday …

The Relationship Between Inservice Intensity And Skill Transfer, Rachel Ann Klein Billmeyer

Student Work

The purpose of this study was- to test for differences among three levels of inservice intensity in the transfer of active par¬ticipation into the teacher's instructional repertoire. The three levels of inservice intensity were: Level 1 - Theory/presentation, demonstration, practice with feedback Level 2 - Theory/presentation, demonstration, practice with feedback, and peer coaching Level 3 - Theory/presentation, demonstration, practice with feedback, peer coaching, and trainer coaching

The Relationship Of Actual Versus Needed Parent Participation And Stress Explained By Social Support, Ralf W. Schlosser

Student Work

This study examined the relationship of actual versus needed parent participation and stress explained by social support. It was the goal to develop a better understanding of individual differences in parents having a handicapped child related to actual and needed parent participation in their child's educational program. The subjects were 100 parents of children across various handicapping conditions from 2 to 25 years of age (M = 11.1) in Omaha, Nebraska. Twenty-eight fathers and 72 mothers completed the questionnaires. The majority of respondents were married (80%). The data collection procedures requested the completion of a "Demographic Data Sheet," the Social …

Staff Development Models In Education Compared To Actual Practice, Leanne Aurand Gifford

Student Work

Staff development, including in-service education, is an excellent method for improving instruction in our schools. Five common components of in-service models (needs assessment, establishing priorities, determining objectives, developing a program format, and evaluation) and four recommendations are discussed. Based on a selective literature review, three models of in-service education are presented based on two levels of operation. Orientation (expanding general knowledge) and In-Depth, Long-Term (emphasizing learning new skills) and three elements required for educational change; personal, organization-related, and curriculum-related development. The model used by a local school district is investigated and critiqued. Recommendations for empirical research are given.

Summit Record, Fort Wayne Bible College

TUFW Alumni Publications (All)

The June 1988 edition of Summit Record, published by Fort Wayne Bible College in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

The Alumni Network, May 1988 (Vol. Iv No. 2), Nova University

Alumni Network Newsletter

No abstract provided.

The Development Of Teacher Training Principles From Identified Teacher Concerns Related To Mainstreaming In A Day Care Center, Susanna M. Floyd

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The problem of this study was to identify teacher training principles which would aid day care teachers in integrating handicapped children into their classrooms. This was a descriptive study which utilized a questionnaire methodology. The questionnaire was administered to teachers of randomly selected day care centers in Tennessee. The sample size was 347. The questionnaire identified from the literature review was the Stages of Concern Questionnaire. The questionnaire was designed to identify concerns of individuals toward an innovation. The instrument was modified to be used in identifying the concerns of day care teachers toward mainstreaming young handicapped children into day …

Perception Of Selected Secondary School Personnel Related To Problem Detection, John E. Thompson

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The problem of this study was to determine the current methodologies used by selected secondary school personnel in early problem detection as the basis for development of generic detection paradigms. The sample size of this study consisted of 48 principals, 46 guidance counselors, and 347 classroom teachers. The principal of each secondary school in the study area was selected for inclusion in the study, and the guidance department chairman of each secondary school was selected for inclusion in the study, while the teachers were randomly selected for inclusion in the study. The total group was described based on demographic data. …

Newsbulletin Vol. 18, No. 11, Salve Regina College

Newsbulletin

No abstract provided.

Minorities In Higher Education: The Changing North, Judith Kleinfield, Lee Gorsuch, Jim Kerr

ISER Reports

This report examines the educational status of ethnic and racial minorities in Alaska and draws attention to the ways demographic changes in Alaska may affect these groups. The Alaska Native population, as opposed to other ethnic minorities, is the focal point of this study. This is the largest minority group in the state and the one experiencing the greatest economic and social difficulties. This group has been growing in absolute size but not as a proportion of the general state population. A decline in world oil prices has caused the state to be less able to support the expensive delivery …

The Alumni Network, February 1988 (Vol. Iv No. 1), Nova University

Alumni Network Newsletter

No abstract provided.

The Alumni Network, August 1987 (Vol. Iii No. 3), Nova University

Alumni Network Newsletter

No abstract provided.

The Lion 1988, Langston University

LU Yearbooks, 1980-1989

No abstract provided.

Taylor University Magazine (Winter 1988), Taylor University

The Taylor Magazine (1963-Present)

The Winter 1988 edition of Taylor Magazine, published by Taylor University in Upland, Indiana.

The cover is misprinted as "1987".

Perceptions Of Selected Indiana Superintendents On The Issue Of Comparing Student Achievement Test Scores, Isaac Barako Gimah

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This study investigates selected Indiana school superintendents' perceptions of student evaluation using standardized and teacher-made tests. In the survey instrument used for the study, superintendents' perceptions of student testing were verified from the perspectives of their age, experience and school district location. The survey instrument also incorporated questions intended to identify participating superintendents' opinions on student evaluation with tests from their educational beliefs, assumptions, and philosophical orientations. Two hundred Indiana school superintendents were selected to participate in the study. The method of selection was the stratified random sampling technique. Responses from sixty-nine percent of the two hundred participating superintendents were …

A Study Of The Compliance Review Of The Nep/Lep Program At Pomona High School, Manuel Gonzales

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.

Ideas For A Better South Carolina: State And Local Government Programs That Work, 1988, Horace W. Fleming (Horace Weldon) 1944-2009, Phil Noble

Publications

No abstract provided.

Prospectus Of Full-Time Courses: 1988-89, City Of Dublin Vocational Education Committee

Prospectus: Kevin Street

Courses for Dublin Institute of Technology, Kevin Street

The Role Of Imagery And Abstraction In Proverb Comprehension: A Dual-Coding Analysis Of Figurative Language, Mary-Elizabeth Walsh

Digitized Theses

Five studies evaluated the claim (Reichman and Coste, 1980) that a dual coding approach to language representation cannot explain interpretation of figurative language. That claim was based on earlier findings that were interpreted as showing that memory representations of the figurative meanings of proverbs are abstract and imagery-free.;Study 1 used a rating task to measure figurativeness of 240 proverbs that varied in rated imagery. As proverbs became increasingly abstract, they were rated as increasingly literal in the relation between surface wording and inferred intended meaning. The dual coding explanation is that concrete language has associated non-verbal representations which are necessary …

Authors Of Pictures, Draughtsmen Of Words, Ruth Shagoury Hubbard

Doctoral Dissertations

Human thought is unique. We have the ability to create and share meaning through the use of various kinds of symbol systems. This study explored the shared dynamics of visual and verbal symbolic thought processes and their consequences for the acquisition of literacy. In particular, the study focused on the writing, reading, and drawing processes of the children in a process-based first-grade classroom.

Research methods included participant/observations, open-ended interviews, audio-taped classroom discussions and interviews, and samples of the writing and drawing of the children in the entire class, with a special focus on five of the students. A detailed analysis …

Types Of Worlds: Writing And Reading Genres In A First Grade Process Classroom, Brenda Anne Miller

Doctoral Dissertations

The concept of genre has long been fundamental in both literature and literacy studies. In this qualitative study of first graders' concepts of genre, the researcher observed and interviewed Patricia McLure's class of first graders for six months. The teacher uses a process (or response-based) literacy curriculum.

The children were watched and interviewed while they wrote and read texts. As they defined their texts collectively in small and large groups, genres emerged. Many of these child-defined genres are different than adult-defined genres. The children's categories and conventions in texts reveal what the children and the teacher value in and outside …

The Impact Of The "C" Average Policy On The Academic Achievement And Attendance Of Student-Athletes At Stagg High School Between 1981 And 1983, Jean Katherine Fitzgibbons

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of the "C" average rule on student achievement at Stagg High School, Stockton, California. This study particularly addressed the issue of whether there were significant differences between athletes' grade point averages (GPA) before implementation of the policy and after. In addition, the study included assessing differences in attendance patterns of the athletes. The 1981-82 school year was identified as the year prior to implementation of the "C" average-rule. The 1982-83 school year was considered the implementation year and, finally, the 1983-84 school year was identified as the year after the …

The Relation Of Teacher Feedback To Student Achievement In Learning Selected Tennis Skills., Tony Eghan

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This study assessed the impact of teacher feedback on student achievement in learning three tennis skills (forehand, backhand, and the serve). It also described teacher feedback patterns in teaching beginning tennis. Subjects consisted of a professional tennis instructor and 40 undergraduate male and female students enrolled in two beginning tennis classes. Fifteen 30-min instructional sessions were videotaped and audiotaped within a 10-week period. Subjects were pretested and posttested on the three tennis skills. The tapes were coded for type and frequency of teacher feedback. The mean occurrence of teacher feedback directed to individual students was about 1 (M = 1.4, …

Thinking Processes, Management Routines And Student Perceptions Of Expert And Novice Physical Education Teachers., Karyn R. Nelson

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This study examined thought processes including problem-solving and interpretations of instructional situations of expert and novice physical education teachers at two grade levels. Four expert and four novice teachers (two each at the third grade and two each at the seventh grade) participated in the study. Thoughts, concerns, decisions, and awarenesses of expert and novice teachers during instruction were evaluated as well as their students' perceptions of the instruction. A total of 144 students were interviewed. Class rules and management routines established during the first week of the school year by two of the expert teachers (one at each grade …

Creating Pioneers For An Unknown Land: Education For The Future, Stephanie Pace Marshall

Publications & Research

Today's students must be actively engaged in real-life experiences with educational designs that foster experimentation and collaborative inquiry so that they are enabled to link their natural and more intuitive ways of learning with more formal and disciplinary forms of knowledge creation.

University Of Texas At Tyler Catalog, 1988-1990, University Of Texas At Tyler

Catalogs

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Relative Isometric And Dynamic Endurance Curves For Different Muscle Groups Of The Upper Extremities., Seung Ho Yoon

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This study analyzed the characteristics of both dynamic and isometric relative endurance curves for four different muscle groups of the upper extremities. College males (N = 56) were tested on the Cybex Isokinetic Dynamometer both isometrically and dynamically on four exercises: bench press, arm curls, shoulder internal rotation and wrist flexion. In all, eight separate exercises were examined. Each dynamic and isometric exercise bout was for 80 and 60 s, respectively and data were recorded ever 4 s. Parameters examined were Maximal Strength, Total Force Output, Relative Total (RT, TFO, divided by 80s or 60s x peak force), and Relative …