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Officials In Sport: An Evaluation Of The Progress Made By The Sport Industry In Response To The Recommendations In The 1994 "A Fair Go" Report, Andrew Taggart, Rod Rate Jan 2000

Officials In Sport: An Evaluation Of The Progress Made By The Sport Industry In Response To The Recommendations In The 1994 "A Fair Go" Report, Andrew Taggart, Rod Rate

Research outputs pre 2011

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The History Of Our Lady Of The Lake College, 1923--2000: A Study Of Organizational Change., Linda Carol Rakestraw Pendergast Jan 2000

The History Of Our Lady Of The Lake College, 1923--2000: A Study Of Organizational Change., Linda Carol Rakestraw Pendergast

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This qualitative research study investigated the history of Our Lady of the Lake College from 1923 through 2000. It endeavored to determine the influence of the times, the events, the people, and the traditions that have contributed to its development and progress in the seventy-seven years that have passed since it was established. The study also sought to document the important institutional events that transpired during this time period and establish a continuity of the College's progress through the years from a hospital-based diploma program in nursing to a free standing degree granting institution. In addition to the evolutionary development …

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School Life On The Mississippi: An Inquiry Into The Impact Of The Louisiana Reform Movement Related To Standards In World History Instruction In Three Secondary School Settings., Michael Joseph Schramm Jan 2000

School Life On The Mississippi: An Inquiry Into The Impact Of The Louisiana Reform Movement Related To Standards In World History Instruction In Three Secondary School Settings., Michael Joseph Schramm

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this study was to explore the impact of standards on the instruction of world history in three secondary school settings. Contact with the Department of Education of the State of Louisiana found that the implementation of standards had only begun in 1997. After a grace period for implementation, the inaugural testing of the accountability system for these standards occurred in the spring of 2000. Therefore, this study became an exploratory investigation into the use of standards as they impact world history instruction. The first research question was designed to assist the researcher in exploring the influence that …

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Cross -Age Peers As Partners: Students' Perspectives On The Reciprocal Effects Of Paired Reading Using Cross-Age Peer Tutors., Karen Elizabeth Eason Jan 2000

Cross -Age Peers As Partners: Students' Perspectives On The Reciprocal Effects Of Paired Reading Using Cross-Age Peer Tutors., Karen Elizabeth Eason

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this study was to observe students implementing Paired Reading with cross-age peer tutors and to describe the attitudes and perceptions of the tutors about the reciprocal effects of participating in this program. This study examined the following aspects of the fourth grade students' perspectives on the reciprocal effects of cross-age peer tutoring using Paired Reading: (a) the interactions of the fourth grade tutor with the kindergarten tutee during tutoring sessions, (b) the tutor's perception of the effectiveness of her role as a teacher using cross-age peer tutors, and (c) the students' attitudes about and perceptions of themselves …

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Comparing Interventions On Disruptive Classroom Behaviors Derived From Descriptive Analysis, Experimental Analysis, And Reinforcer Assessment., Heather Peshak George Jan 2000

Comparing Interventions On Disruptive Classroom Behaviors Derived From Descriptive Analysis, Experimental Analysis, And Reinforcer Assessment., Heather Peshak George

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This study investigated whether descriptive analyses, experimental analyses, and reinforcer assessments produced similar patterns of data. Descriptive analyses were conducted to identify baseline levels of disruptive behavior and to systematically describe the co-variation between disruptive behaviors and teacher attention, peer attention, and the academic task. Data on disruptive behavior were analyzed by computing conditional probabilities associated with the preceding and maintaining stimuli (e.g., peer attention). Experimental analyses were conducted to examine the extent to which disruptive behavior was sensitive to the instructional task or to the systematically programmed consequences (e.g., teacher attention). A preference assessment was conducted to identify preferred …

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Female High School Biology Students' Biofilm -Focused Learning: The Contributions Of Three Instructional Strategies To Patterns In Understanding And Motivation., Jo Dale Hill Ales Jan 2000

Female High School Biology Students' Biofilm -Focused Learning: The Contributions Of Three Instructional Strategies To Patterns In Understanding And Motivation., Jo Dale Hill Ales

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This exploratory study examined three instructional strategies used with female high school biology students. The relative contributions of the strategies to student understanding of microbiology and motivation in science were analyzed. The science education community targeted underachievement in science by implementing changes in content and practices (NRC, 1996). Research suggested that teachers facilitate learnirig environments based on human constructivism (Mintzes, Wandersee, & Novak, 1997) that is rooted in meaningful learning theory (Ausubel, Novak & Hanesian, 1978). Teachers were advised to use both visual and verbal instructional strategies (Paivio, 1983) and encourage students to construct understandings by connecting new experiences to …

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Intention To Leave Teaching: A Study Of Louisiana Elementary School Teachers Early In Their Careers., Karen Elizabeth Callender Jan 2000

Intention To Leave Teaching: A Study Of Louisiana Elementary School Teachers Early In Their Careers., Karen Elizabeth Callender

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between the intention to leave teaching of teachers early in their careers and the variables: teacher self-efficacy, teacher age, school size, community type, socioeconomic background of student population, student discipline, and salary. Both quantitative and qualitative methods were employed to investigate these relationships. Survey data were collected from kindergarten through fifth grade teachers in Louisiana public schools, and interviews were conducted with those reporting the highest intention to leave. The quantitative data revealed school size to be significantly related to teacher intention to leave teaching, and teacher self-efficacy, student SES, …

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An Inquiry Into The Impact Of Teacher Variances Within The Implementation Of The Success For All Reading Program In Two School Districts., Karen Parker Guillot Jan 2000

An Inquiry Into The Impact Of Teacher Variances Within The Implementation Of The Success For All Reading Program In Two School Districts., Karen Parker Guillot

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Elementary school students walk single file to their respective classrooms where literacy should miraculously transpire. For literacy to occur, some schools adopt reading programs provided by their local district or state, while others utilize externally developed program designs. This multiple-case qualitative inquiry examined the externally developed program, Success for All, a program designed to benefit high poverty schools, founded by Robert Slavin and Nancy Madden as well as their cohorts at Johns Hopkins University. This research study examined the variances among seven teachers implementing the SFA reading program, "Reading Wings," in three schools in two school districts in Louisiana. It …

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The Effects Of The Laboratory On College Students' Understanding Of Evolution: Implications For Conceptual Change., Lorna Benita Holtman Jan 2000

The Effects Of The Laboratory On College Students' Understanding Of Evolution: Implications For Conceptual Change., Lorna Benita Holtman

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This study investigated eighty junior and senior college students' understanding of evolutionary biology concepts in lecture-only and lecture-laboratory settings. The evolution lab stressed the processes of evolution, and involved simulations, experiments, discussions, report writing, and reading. Test scores do not reveal everything about the actual process of learning in the laboratory. This study examined conceptual change patterns over a period of one semester using in-depth interviews with eight participants. The study revealed that the lecture-laboratory group performed better than the lecture-only group on certain shared items on the objective examination. The interview participants showed various patterns of conceptual change; that …

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The Function Of Speech (Verbal Mediation) On Corresponding Academic And Social Behavior., Kimberly Jo Callicott Jan 2000

The Function Of Speech (Verbal Mediation) On Corresponding Academic And Social Behavior., Kimberly Jo Callicott

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The role of language in self-control has been of interest to researchers across continents and time. This study attempted to isolate the functional role of language in relationship to subsequent academic and task engaged behaviors with four students aged 10--14. The students were diagnosed with Emotional or Behavioral Disorders had normal intelligence and were receiving their education at an alternative placement facility. The study used a single subject design and exposed the subjects to conditions of self-declaratory speech (SDS), SDS and reinforcement for correspondence, a return to baseline, SDS and reinforcement for correspondence, and SDS with delayed reinforcement. Results of …

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Psychosocial Correlates Of Decision Certainty In Academic Major Selection Of College Students., Claire Bienvenu Jan 2000

Psychosocial Correlates Of Decision Certainty In Academic Major Selection Of College Students., Claire Bienvenu

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This study explored relationships between several psychosocial variables and academic major decision certainty. Specifically, the study purpose was four-fold. First, this study attempted to expand the traditional conceptual framework for understanding academic major selection by creating a new construct of academic major decision certainty. Second, incorporated in this study was development of new instruments to measure academic major decision certainty, student academic self-appraisal, and student academic major self-efficacy motivation. Third, this study utilized social cognitive theory to better understand academic major decision certainty as a complex, multi-faceted construct. Finally, because the sample utilized in this Study extended to all subsets …

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Davis V. Monroe County Board Of Education: The Unresolved Questions,, Joan E. Schaffner Jan 2000

Davis V. Monroe County Board Of Education: The Unresolved Questions,, Joan E. Schaffner

GW Law Faculty Publications & Other Works

This article focuses on the recent trend of permitting liability of schools when students are sexually harassed, which the Supreme Court has only recognized for twenty years. I examine the majority and dissenting opinions of the Court’s most recent decision about this topic, Davis v. Monroe County Board of Education and analyze three questions brought to light by Davis and Gebser v. Lago Vista Independent School District. These questions are: (1) what qualifies as “actionable” sexual harassment, (2) who must receive notice, and (3) what satisfies the “deliberate indifference” standard from Davis. The answers to these questions are just …

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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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Women's Studies Program, By Eloise Buker; First Ten Years, Gill Miller Jan 2000

Women's Studies Program, By Eloise Buker; First Ten Years, Gill Miller

Looking Back, Looking Forward

Document outlining the first ten years of Denison's Women's Studies Program, 9 pages

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New Jersey Public School Principals' Perceptions Of The Impact Of Tenure On Principal Performance, Paul Russell Semendinger Jan 2000

New Jersey Public School Principals' Perceptions Of The Impact Of Tenure On Principal Performance, Paul Russell Semendinger

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

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Perceptions Of Implementation Of Key Middle School Concepts And Factors That Support Or Hinder Key Programs, Kenneth Shulack Jan 2000

Perceptions Of Implementation Of Key Middle School Concepts And Factors That Support Or Hinder Key Programs, Kenneth Shulack

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

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Perceptions Held By Host Secondary School Principals Toward The Marine Corps Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (Jrotc) Program, Rodney J. Logan Jan 2000

Perceptions Held By Host Secondary School Principals Toward The Marine Corps Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (Jrotc) Program, Rodney J. Logan

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

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Post-Tenure Review Opinions Held By Faculty In Highly Selective, Independent, Private, Liberal Arts Institutions, Constance Marie Willett Jan 2000

Post-Tenure Review Opinions Held By Faculty In Highly Selective, Independent, Private, Liberal Arts Institutions, Constance Marie Willett

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

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The Effect Of In-Class Support On Mathematics Performance Of Classified And Non-Classified High School Students, Lorraine Schlarman Jan 2000

The Effect Of In-Class Support On Mathematics Performance Of Classified And Non-Classified High School Students, Lorraine Schlarman

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

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The Impact Of Environmental Issues And Stakeholder Expectations On U.S. Institutional And Programmatic Accreditation, Barbara L. Tedesco Jan 2000

The Impact Of Environmental Issues And Stakeholder Expectations On U.S. Institutional And Programmatic Accreditation, Barbara L. Tedesco

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

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A Comparison Of The Congruence Between The Actual And Espoused Valued Work Of The New Jersey Secondary Principal, Anne Marie M. Esmerado Mcnamara Jan 2000

A Comparison Of The Congruence Between The Actual And Espoused Valued Work Of The New Jersey Secondary Principal, Anne Marie M. Esmerado Mcnamara

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

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A Study Of How Elementary School Principals Spend Their Time With Different Quality Levels Of Teachers As A Correlate Of Principal Focus And Time, Gloria Gibba Kieley Jan 2000

A Study Of How Elementary School Principals Spend Their Time With Different Quality Levels Of Teachers As A Correlate Of Principal Focus And Time, Gloria Gibba Kieley

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

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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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An Examination Of Educational, Occupational, And Religious Characteristics Associated With Decisions Of Suburban Catholic Parents About The Elementary School Education Of Their Children, Paul Edward Ward Jan 2000

An Examination Of Educational, Occupational, And Religious Characteristics Associated With Decisions Of Suburban Catholic Parents About The Elementary School Education Of Their Children, Paul Edward Ward

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

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Comparison Of Parental Involvement In Charter And Traditional Public Schools, William O. George Iii Jan 2000

Comparison Of Parental Involvement In Charter And Traditional Public Schools, William O. George Iii

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

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Criteria Formulating School Choice Decisions For A Middle School Parent Population, Suzanne W. Dunshee Jan 2000

Criteria Formulating School Choice Decisions For A Middle School Parent Population, Suzanne W. Dunshee

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

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Effects Of A First Semester Learning Community On The Academic And Social Integration Of Nontraditional Technical Students At A Commuting Institution, Barbara M.I. Goldberg Jan 2000

Effects Of A First Semester Learning Community On The Academic And Social Integration Of Nontraditional Technical Students At A Commuting Institution, Barbara M.I. Goldberg

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

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Faculty Perceptions Of The Impact Of Information Technology On Tenure And Promotion Decisions At Technologically Advanced Institutions Of Higher Education, Daniel Ositu Otieno Jan 2000

Faculty Perceptions Of The Impact Of Information Technology On Tenure And Promotion Decisions At Technologically Advanced Institutions Of Higher Education, Daniel Ositu Otieno

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

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Middle School Reading Clubs: A First Step Toward Increasing Pleasure-Reading Time, James Fazzone Jan 2000

Middle School Reading Clubs: A First Step Toward Increasing Pleasure-Reading Time, James Fazzone

Theses and Dissertations

This report describes the plans for, implementation of, and results of a reading club program conducted at a middle school. This program was a modification of an unsuccessful one that was criticized by the staff and students for lack of structure and meaning. The literature supported the need for students taking time out of the school day for pleasure reading. Krashen (1993), Atwell (1998), and Irvin (1998) all have recommended that students should be permitted to read appropriate reading materials of their choice and that they should be provided with a wide range of materials from which to choose. Therefore, …

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Charter Schools Office School Catalog (2000-2001), Grand Valley State University Jan 2000

Charter Schools Office School Catalog (2000-2001), Grand Valley State University

Charter School Reports from 1998-2005

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