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Cad Associate Degree Programs In Public Post-Secondaryeducation, Xin-Ran Duan

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This study investigated what community colleges were teaching in CAD associate degree programs in manufacturing and construction fields, and what knowledge and skills were required to empower CAD students to become successful in the workplace. In order to better meet business and industry needs, a model curriculum for CAD associate degree programs was developed and presented. This model curriculum could more effectively prepare students with the required knowledge and skills for successful employment. A three-round Delphi technique was used to collect data from CAD professors at community colleges and experts in industry. A total of 32 members in the Panel …

Factors Related To Academic Gains For Adult Learners In A Correctionaleducation Program, Maria Deanne Sells

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Education programs within the Indiana Department of Correction are evaluated on the number of student to teacher contact hours provided, the number of students enrolled and the number of students promoted or graduated from each program. Since each facility develops its own program design forEducation, it is important for each program to evaluate the effectiveness of the program design based on the individual program goals and objectives. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships among program placement, motivational time factors (i.e., age, length of sentence, time served, earliest possible release date, and time cut eligibility) and academic …

Increasing Enrollment Sustainability: A Practical Model For A Community College’S Leadership, Dwight D. Dorman

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This applied dissertation describes an academic achievement program designed to keep 1st-year college students eligible for continued learning. At the onset of the program, results of the English department’s records indicated that approximately 60% of the students enrolled in English 101 were not eligible to continue to advance in a sequential manner. This study identified the problem areas that confronted 1st-year English 101 students who did not successfully complete the course.

A creative teaching model was developed that sought to improve the attendance and retention rate of students. The project also sought to empower the students to be responsible and …

Intervention Plan To Reduce Truancy Of Seventh-, Eighth-, And Ninth-Grade Students, Mike Stiefel

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This applied dissertation describes the attendance problems of students at Wellborn High School. Wellborn High School is 1 of 7 high schools in the Calhoun County School District. Located in a community with a high poverty rate and limited employment opportunities, the school has the highest percentage of truancy of 7th-, 8th-, and 9th-grade students in the district. Many parents of this community do not value education; therefore, they are indifferent to enforcing the attendance policy of the school district.

A review of selected literature was conducted to identify causes of truancy. After identification of many characteristics of truancy and …

Literacy As A Performing Art: A Phenomenological Study Of Oral Dramatic Reading, Neva Virginia Cramer

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Based on semiotic, aesthetic response, reader response, and drama in education theories, this phenomenological study seeks to describe the literary experience of text through oral interpretation for middle to high SES, fourth and eighth grade students as compared to Low SES fourth and eighth grade students. Using the research methodology of Moustakas (1994) and data analysis of Teddlie (2000), this study proposes to describe and understand the relation of literary understanding and oral dramatic expression implicit in the descriptive paralinguistic and chronemic patternizations of the oral rendition of text and describe the act of reading as phenomenology. Descriptions of the …

Education, Technological Progress And Economic Growth, Winston T. H. Koh, Hing-Man Leung

Research Collection School Of Economics

An important role of education – and the resultant accumulation of human capital – for a less-developed economy is to facilitate technology diffusion in order for it to catch up with developed economies. This paper presents a model linking education, the accumulation of physical capital and technological progress. In the model, investment in education and the accumulation of physical capital are complementary, and intertwine with the technology progress through related effects on technology diffusion and the expansion of the technology frontier. The allocation of effort to education, the optimal savings rate and the technology gap are endogenously determined in the …

A Case Study Analysis Of The Writers' Room Writing Process As An Effective Elementary Program In An Elementary School, Joan H. Moriarty

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

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A Descriptive Study Of The Criteria Used For School Choice Selection And Preference Among African American Parents/Caregivers In An Integrated Magnet School District Of Choice, Adunni Slackman Anderson

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

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A Quantitative Descriptive Study Of The Academic Achievement Of Black Students In Nonpublic Secondary Schools, Denise M. Brown-Allen

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

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A Study Of Elementary School Teachers' Perceptions Regarding The Match Between Teachers' Teaching Styles And Students' Learning Styles, Sandra Eileen Sutton

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

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A Study Of Significant Differences Between Board President Expectations At Candidacy Vs. Board President Perceptions At Contract Renewal, Anthony S. Bundy

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

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A Study Of The Attitudes Of Veteran Teachers Toward Professional Development, Johanna Silane Ruberto

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

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Adequate Funding Of A Thorough Efficient Education In New Jersey Abbott Districts: A Historical Cross-Sectional Longitudinal Study And Analysis Of Per Pupil Spending In New Jersey (1995 - 2002), Edward F. Izbicki

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

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An Analysis Of Expectations Of School Business Officials As Perceived By Superintendents And School Business Officials, Carla D. Gutman

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

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Educational Mission Statements: Determining How Mission Impacts Curricular And Policy Decisions At The Hudson School, Deborah L. Krause

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

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Evaluating The Effectiveness Of Professional Development, Christine Scheffert Lowden

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

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Factors Of Non-Faculty Administrators Perceptions To Influence Their Performance, Oscar Darryl Butler

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

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Instructional Leadership Characteristics Of Secondary Blue Ribbon School Principals, Dennis Copeland

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

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The Creation Of A Multimedia Tutorial Based On The Traditional Model Of Communication, Daniel Yates

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

Computer mediated multimedia learning is playing an increasingly important role in education. This study seeks to create and implement an interactive multimedia tutorial on the process of communication. The tutorial will be based on the traditional basic model of communication in used entry level undergraduate speech communication courses. The study examines the evolutionary development of the basic model of communication as well as models currently in in use popular textbooks. The study also examines educational theory, visual communication and multimedia learning as they pertain to the creation of the communication tutorial.

Problem-Based Learning In Allied Health And Medicine, Todd A. Mcloda

Internet Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Practice

This paper reviews the applicability and procedures for the adoption of problem-based learning in allied health and medical education. A summary of PBL as a practical innovation for professional preparatory programs is included as well as an overview of the features and evaluative techniques of PBL. The paper is directed at PBL in health and medicine but those educators seeking to enhance integrative thought processes, problem-solving, creativity, critical thinking, interpersonal communications, and resourcefulness among students are advised to consider PBL as an alternative approach to teaching and content delivery.

Improving The Performance Of Transfer Students In Mathematics At Jericho Christian Academy, Joyce Y. Parker

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This applied dissertation was designed to provide mathematics enrichment activities for 7th-grade students who transfer to Jericho Christian Academy (JCA). The students who were continuously enrolled at JCA were outperforming the 7th-grade transfer students on daily performance and on the Stanford 9 Test. The transfer students were having difficulties adjusting to their new environment, expectations, and requirements. Attendance and behavioral referrals were higher for the transfer students than for the continuously enrolled students. The parents of the transfer students were not actively involved in their children’s education.

The writer developed a 4-part intervention to address the areas of concern. The …

“Head Start Works Because We Do”: Head Start Programs, Community Action Agencies, And The Struggle Over Unionization, Eloise Pasachoff

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

In the summer of 2002, the city of Boston watched a fierce battle unfold between low-wage workers who provide child care and the social service agencies that employ them. Boston requires its city contractors to pay more than twice the federal minimum wage of $5.15 an hour to their employees, according to the terms of the city's "living wage" ordinance. The social service agencies, which receive government subsidies to run their child care programs, claimed that they could not afford to pay this rate. These agencies mounted an intense legal and political campaign, arguing that they would be forced to …

September 11th: Pro Bono And Trauma, Marjorie A. Silver

Scholarly Works

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A New Era In Humane Education: How Troubling Youth Trends And A Call For Character Education Are Breathing New Life Into Efforts To Educate Our Youth About The Value Of All Life, Lydia S. Antoncic

Animal Law Review

The purpose of education is to create in a person the ability to look at the world for himself, to make his own decisions, to say to himself this is black or this is white, to decide for himself whether there is a God in heaven or not. To ask questions of the universe, and then to learn to live with those questions, is the way he achieves his own identity. But no society is really anxious to have that kind of person around. What societies really, ideally want is a citizenry which will simply obey the rules of society. …

Quilting| A Thread To Connect The Curriculum, Mary Jane Mcallister

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

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When Urban Education Meets Community Activism: A Case Of Student Empowerment In New Orleans, Lisa Richardson

LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

This is an ethnographic study of urban education and community development in the city of New Orleans. In New Orleans, as in all American cities, the public schools are at the center of local politics and the policies that affect community life. Institutions of public education have come under fire for failing to prepare youth to compete in the global economy. This is particularly true in urban communities, where schools serve a higher proportion of students of color facing greater incidences of poverty, underemployment and economic distress. As education policymakers and business leaders look to improve education, many of the …

Fair Use Guidelines For Educational Multimedia, Aziza Ellozy

Faculty Journal Articles

Faculty at AUC are facing questions that many educators in the US and around the world are facing: What guidelines are there for the production of multimedia materials? Under what conditions can we introduce video and audio clips, digitize images and text for educational purposes? How do we take advantage of innovative instructional technologies and changing educational needs without running the risk of violating the copyright law?

Education Policy Analysis Archives 10/50 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Case that won't go away : besieged institutions and the Massachusetts teacher tests / Larry H. Ludlow, Dennis Shirley, [and] Camelia Rosca.

Education Policy Analysis Archives 10/49 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Failing Georgia : the case against the ban on social promotion / Donald R. Livingston [and] Sharon M. Livingston.

Education Policy Analysis Archives 10/48 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

K-12 voucher programs and education policy : an exploratory study of policy maker attitudes and opinions / Dan Laitsch.