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Mainstreaming: Is It Working?, Sue Ann Ketzler

Student Work

One of the most important decisions concerning special education, in the last 20 years, has been the passage of the Education for All Handicapped Children Act (EAHCA) in 1975, more commonly known as P.L.94-142. Even more specifically was the principle known as the mainstreaming mandate requiring that appropriate education be provided to all children with handicaps in the least restrictive environment at no cost to the parents.

Practitioners' News - Summer 1992, Volume 19, Number 4, Nova Southeastern University

Practitioners' News

No abstract provided.

Variations In Dicto-Comp, Ayesha Bashiruddin

Institute for Educational Development, Karachi

No abstract provided.

A Survey Of Physicians' Attitudes On Aging, Joan Swanson Hellbusch

Student Work

The purpose of this investigation was to answer the following research questions: 1. How do the attitudes of physicians toward the older adult compare to the attitudes of previously studied medical students? 2. What is the relationship between the attitudes of physicians toward older adults and the following: medical specialty, years in practice, sex, age, estimate of percent of patients 65 and older and whether or not a physician has ever taken a course on aging? Two hundred physicians completed the questionnaire. The number of respondents represented 27 different medical specialties, later regrouped to 14 specialties. Results of this study …

Development Of A Model High School Orientation Program, E. Gene Hobart

Student Work

Educating children is, without a doubt, one of the largest tasks taking place today in the United States. Education is a big business and can be categorized as an investment to develop our human resources (Bodley and Shapiro, 1969). The National Center for Education Statistics (1990) reports that by the year 1993, $180 billion will be spent annually on elementary and secondary public education. Almost seven million professionals and support personnel are employed in public schools. Expenditures for public education constitute nearly four percent of the gross national product (Swanson and King, 1991).

A Comparison Of Fourth Grade Students' Encyclopedia Research Skills Utilizing Traditional Instruction Contrasted With Traditional/Technological Instruction At King Science Center, Mary Louise Snook Kluver

Student Work

The King Science Center was created in 1985 by the Omaha School Board which serves 43,000 students. The center was originally a magnet for grades four, five, and six. Formerly the building was a junior high school or a ninth grade center from 1959 to 1988. The facility was reorganized into a science middle school magnet by first removing the ninth grade and then transferring grades four, five, and six from the former King Science Center facility and adding grades seven and eight.

Opportunities For Innovation: State Strategies For Groundwater Protection, Larry Morandi

Uncovering the Hidden Resource: Groundwater Law, Hydrology, and Policy in the 1990s (Summer Conference, June 15-17)

8 pages.

Contains references.

The European Learning Alliance Model And The Company Based Mba, P N Thirunarayana

IIMB Management Review

The concern that the traditional MBA is too academic and to create a “new cadre of students and faculty characterised by: interest in and knowledge of real problems... and (with) hands on orientation, experimental skills and insight” (Dertouzos et al. 1989), resulted in the collaboration between the business schools and business in the United Kingdom in designing the company-based MBA. These flexible, modular MBA programmes are integrated with work environment and give the participating companies a greater say in the development and implementation of the programme. This paper describes the underpinnings, the perspectives of the stakeholders and the architecture of …

An Investigative Study Of The Listening Skills Of Mentor Teachers And First Year Teachers, David Fringer

Student Work

This study was initiated to determine if there was a difference between first year and mentor teachers in perceived and actual listening skills. First year teachers were teachers who were completing their first year as a licensed teacher. Mentor teachers were teachers with at least three years of teaching experience who were selected by their district to act as a mentor for a first year teacher.

Hawaiian Eth(N)Ics: Race And Religion In Kamehameha Schools, Leigh Caroline Case

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

No abstract provided.

The Alumni Network, May 1992 (Vol. Viii No. 2), Nova University

Alumni Network Newsletter

No abstract provided.

The Use Of Computers To Enhance The Administrative Function In Tennessee Schools, Jerry W. Cole

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to compare the levels of computer use by school principals in administering their schools. Comparisons were made of the different techniques being employed by school principals as they manage the vast amounts of data that are present in today's educational process. A comprehensive collection of computer applications was identified and school principals were surveyed regarding their use of these applications. A random sample was selected from a population of 1,800 school principals in the state of Tennessee. School principals from 430 public schools and 70 private/parochial schools in Tennessee were surveyed for responses relative …

Continuing Professional Education: Priority Resources For Leadership Development, Joan Trentham

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to determine those resources that selected leadership development experts rated as most effective in discovering and fostering the continuing professional development of leaders. In this descriptive study, three research questions were formulated. A modified version of Hunter's reputational technique was used to collect data through a snowball sampling of the selected population. In phase 1 of the study, a survey was developed, validated, and mailed to 56 LEADership directors in all 50 states, yielding 34 (64%) returns, which were used in creation of the final questionnaire. In phase 2 of the study, the final …

A Regression Model Of The Interactions Between Higher Education And High-Tech Industries In East Tennessee And Southwest Virginia, William H. Blanton

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This study examined the interactions--(1) research grants and contracts, (2) faculty consultation, (3) employee training, (4) student internships and co-ops, (5) universities sharing firm facilities, and (6) firms sharing university facilities--between higher education and high-tech industries in East Tennessee and Southwest Virginia using multiple regression modeling. The purpose of the study was the development of a vision of what the future could be and the strategies to successfully overcome the threats and enrich the opportunities that exist between higher education and high-tech industries. Data were collected from the engineering and engineering technology faculty at Tennessee Technological University, East Tennessee State …

Guidelines For Planning Future Public School Facilities: A Trends-Oriented Approach, Harold E. Coffey

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this descriptive qualitative study was to establish guidelines for planning future public school facilities based upon identified global, societal, and educational trends that would most likely highly impact upon the types of public school facilities that will be built in the future. Based upon an extensive literature review, interviews with educational practitioners and facility specialists, and on-site visits to 15 schools in four states, 66 guideline elements were developed. These elements were submitted in a questionnaire/rating sheet format to a researcher-selected jury of 13 national educational facility planning specialists (100% Response Rate) for their evaluations. The five …

Leadership Perspectives Of Tennessee School Leaders, Jessie S. Strickland

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The problem was to determine factors Tennessee school leaders consider important to effective leadership. Organizational frames by Bolman and Deal were used. The four organizational frames used in the study were structural, human resource, political, and symbolic approaches to leadership. The frames were examined with regard to their relationship to Tennessee superintendent's leadership and management styles with the perception of his/her style by their superordinates and subordinates. Leadership Orientations, a validated instrument designed by Bolman and Deal, was used to gain insight about school leader perceptions from superintendents and from individuals who work in school administration with the superintendents. Individual …

Revitalization Of School Facilities, Andrea B. Coffey

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to analyze current practices in the revitalization of school buildings and assimilate data that can be used by school administrators to make informed decisions about the revitalization of school facilities. Through a review of literature, elements for planning the revitalization of school facilities were identified and analyzed. These elements were included in an interview guide used during on-site visits to selected revitalized schools. Nine schools renovated since 1985 in Virginia, Tennessee, and North Carolina were chosen to participate in the study. The treatment of data was reported around the use of identified elements of …

School-Based Decision-Making: What Is Necessary For A Successful Implementation In The Public Schools Of Tennessee, Helen F. Owen

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The Tennessee State Board of Education was moving to establish school-based decision making, with little or no apparent attention to what may be needed by educators. This study has been conceived based on the lack of an advertised plan of skill instruction, the lack of a supplied knowledge base from which educators can pull resources, and the lack of an obvious high level of understanding on the part of educators in general. A developmental inquiry and a survey were conducted to determine what principals and supervisors know about school-based decision making and what will be needed to increase the chances …

Advisement Effectiveness And Self-Directed Learning: A Comparison Between Traditional And Non-Traditional Students In Selected Regional Universities In Tennessee, James L. Daniel

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Because most academic advisement programs were established to accomodate traditional student populations, it was the purpose of this study to compare the effectiveness of these systems as perceived by traditional and non-traditional undergraduate students at three of Tennessee's regional universities. Traditional and non-traditional students were also compared on the extent to which they exhibit self-directed learning. A comparison of mean scores was made for responses made to items contained in the American College Testing (ACT) Survey of Academic Advising, including the total mean score for the Oddi Continuing Learning Inventory (OCLI) between traditional/non-traditional students, full-time/part-time students, students at the three …

Occupational Stress Among Nurse Administrators In General Hospitals In Tennessee, Ruby T. Davis

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to determine the level of occupational stress among nurse administrators and to identify the types of strategies used by nurse administrators to deal with or manage occupational stress. The study examined the relationship between selected demographic variables, occupational stress, and strategies. The research design included five research questions along with seven null hypotheses testing the relationship between occupational stress and demographic variables--age, gender, marital status, years of professional nursing experience, years as a nurse administrator, educational attainment, and hospital bed capacity. There were seven additional hypotheses testing the relationship between the same demographic variables …

Alaska Native Education: Issues In The Nineties, Judith Kleinfield

ISER Reports

No abstract provided.

Technical Report 148 - Final Technical Report Hope Basin Socioeconomic Baseline Study, Ernest Jr. Burch, Edward Busch, Robert Gal, Lee Gorsuch, Teresa Hull, Steven Mcnabb, Paul Ongtooguk, Linda Rinaldi, Judith Brogan

ISER Reports

No abstract provided.

April 14, 1992, Council On Teachers Education

Minutes

No abstract provided.

Quarterly Report - Spring 1992, Nova University

The Quarterly Report

No abstract provided.

Practitioners' News - Spring 1992, Volume 19, Number 3, Nova Southeastern University

Practitioners' News

No abstract provided.

The Communicator - Vol.4 No. 2 - Spring, 1992, Nova University

The Communicator

No abstract provided.

A Study Of The Reasons Students Do Not Enroll In Foreign Languages., Mary Ann Pederson

Student Work

This study was conducted to learn why some students avoid enrolling in foreign language classes. Prompted by a trend of decreasing enrollments in foreign language in the face of increasing need for global awareness and understanding, this study sought the opinions of students who did not included foreign language classes in their high school programs. The design of the study facilitated the investigation. It brought together randomly-selected students who were not currently enrolled in foreign language, and allowed them to brainstorm and discuss with other students in the same grade their reasons for omitting foreign language from their programs. They …

An Assessment Of The Satisfaction Of First-Year Omaha Public School Teachers Participating In The Mentor Project During The 1991-1992 School Year, Kathleen Jiede

Student Work

Because teachers work in classrooms behind closed doors and segregated from their colleagues, teaching can be a lonely profession. Except for team-teaching arrangements, teaching assignments generally hinder teachers from observing and learning from one another (Shulman, 1988). Teachers suffer from isolation and lack of opportunities to learn from their colleagues (Bowers and Eberhart, 1989). In addition to the segregated nature of their work, new teachers can especially feel isolated since they are also dealing with unfamiliar school routines, curriculum, lesson planning methods, and discipline practices. New teachers, however bright, capable, well-trained, and enthusiastic, lack the knowledge in teaching that is …

The Effects Of Teacher Attitudes Toward Prereferral Interventions As A Function Of Consulting Source, Denise Barsdorf Greenberg

Student Work

In recent years the topic of prereferral activities has received increasing attention in the field of education. The move toward prereferral interventions stems from dissatisfaction with the current system of referring a student for special education services (Graden, Casey & Christenson, 1985; Curtis, Zins, & Graden, 1987). In this system a child is referred for evaluation by the classroom teacher if the teacher feels the child is having academic or behavioral difficulties.

Choice And Innovation In K-12, Andy Warwick, Jack Phelps, Cheri Davis, John Havelock, Lee Gorsuch

ISER Reports

No abstract provided.