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A Conceptual Model To Assisteducational Leaders Manage Change, John Richard Cochren

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to develop a conceptual model to assistEducational leaders manage change. Research for the study concentrated in the realm of theory development and model building rather than hypothesis testing. The goal of the study was to answer the following research questions: (1) Is there a need for assistance in managing change effectively? (2) Will major components that inhibit change be revealed by a review of the literature? (3) Are the most salient features of the components identified? (4) Can the major components be interrelated in a way that will assist in managing change effectively? The …

Perceptions Of Managers' And Hourly Employees' Job Satisfaction Resulting From Human Resource Development Training, Larry Everett Helphinstine

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Companies have realized the importance of investing in human capital in today's competitive workplace. Human resource development (HRD) programs have been implemented to meet this need. One component of an HRD program is training. One goal of HRD training is an increased level of employee job satisfaction. The study focused on two different problems in training. One problem was to determine if there were differences in perceptions of job satisfaction of managers who received HRD training as compared to managers who did not receive HRD training. A second problem of this study was to determine if there were differences in …

Components Of Effective Leadership, William A. Owings, R. D. Barrack (Ed.), M. W. Bedwell (Ed.), J. S. Byrne (Ed.), S. H. Campbell (Ed.), T. Page Johnson (Ed.), R. E. Jones (Ed.), G. L. Koonce (Ed.), W. A. Owings (Ed.), H. R. Stiff (Ed.)

Educational Leadership & Workforce Development Faculty Publications

[First paragraph] The effective schools literature demonstrates that the principal's leadership is key to the revitalization of schools. The purpose of this article is to feature those components of leadership on which principals need to place attention and to provide suggested activities to enhance these components.

The Differences In Maternal Stress Levels Between Participants And Non-Participants In Formal Parenteducation Programs, Nancy Jean Tully

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This study examined the differences in stress levels of first time mothers of newborn children as measured by The Parenting Stress Index (PSI) (Abidin, 1986). Two groups of mothers were compared. One group of parents were subscribers to the monthly publication, Growing Child, and another group of mothers did not receive any specific instruction regarding child development. The data were gathered in a pretest-posttest format with an approximate interval of six months. Data were analyzed using t-tests and scatterplots. Results showed insignificant differences between pretest to posttest gain scores on the Child Domain, Parent Domain and Total Stress scales of …

Wandering Scholars, Graveyards And Pearly Gates, Steve Hunter

Research outputs pre 2011

No abstract provided.

A Practical Project Resource Book, Roy Skinner

Research outputs pre 2011

This book has been written to help school students like yourself to produce better science projects. Project work of a practical kind would not have been very common when your mum and dad were at school, but over the last few years or so most schools have begun to encourage their students more and more to take up creative project work during the science courses. You will find this work interesting and enjoyable practical projects are fun!

Silence (And Its Voluble Partner), Andrew Taylor

Research outputs pre 2011

Silence may traditionally have been golden, but how is it valued today? Can it survive the impact of a technology which can, and does, bring the apparently irresistible seductions of noise to the remotest parts of the world, and which invades the most reclusive aspects of our lives? And what place has silence in a culture such as ours which classifies it as "unproductive"?

But what is silence anyway?

Professor Taylor considers two ways in which, from the Romantic period onward, silence has been conceived. One tradition equates silence with Truth itself; the other considers it the condition which enables …

The Success Of Native American Students At Bennett County High School And Parent Involvement, Janet F. Varejcka

Student Work

The history of Native Americans has been checkered. No more so than in the history of their plight for quality education. The concept of racial inferiority was an excuse to push Indians from land they had always occupied. Native American men, women, and children were treated like animals.

Caregiver Education Program, Lesli Demers

Theses

Alzheimer's Disease is a progressive, irreversible disease of the brain. It is not a normal or inevitable result of the aging process. However, as more people live to advanced age, the susceptible population will increase, as will the number of people afflicted with this disease. Alzheimer's Disease presents a challenge by taking away the patient's ability to remember, as well as the ability to learn.

Alzheimer's Disease has been characterized by many professionals as "the thief of minds" (Gewertz 23). Memories of life experiences and even one's own family members fade away leaving the person a stranger to those who …

Lesley Lantern: Strengthening The Alumni Connection, Fall 1992, Lesley College

Lesley Lantern

The Lesley Lantern, a publication for and by alumni of Lesley College, was published twice a year.

Symposium: Brown V. Board Of Education And Its Legacy: A Tribute To Justice Thurgood Marshall, Panel I, Concluding Remarks, Paul R. Dimond

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.

Symposium: Brown V. Board Of Education And Its Legacy: A Tribute To Justice Thurgood Marshall, Panel Ii, Concluding Remarks, Paul R. Dimond

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.

Symposium: Brown V. Board Of Education And Its Legacy: A Tribute To Justice Thurgood Marshall, The Other Desegregation Story: Eradicating The Dual School System In Hillborough County, Florida, Drew S. Days, Iii

Fordham Law Review

Professor Days describes the successful desegregation of the Hillsborough County, Florida school system. The Hillsborough case was originally filed by Thurgood Marshall and Constance Baker Motley and exemplifies the optimal outcome of Brown.

Symposium: Brown V. Board Of Education And Its Legacy: A Tribute To Justice Thurgood Marshall, Milliken V. Bradley: Brown's Troubled Journey North, Nathaniel R. Jones

Fordham Law Review

Milliken v. Bradley represents the impact that Brown v. Board of Education had on Northern school In this discussion, Judge Jones describes the social changes that led to the Detroit school case and the plaintiffs'path up and down the judicial system to ultimate desegregation of Detroit schools.

Nova University Graduate Education Module (Gem) Program Master's And Educational Specialist Degrees And Graduate Courses In Education 1992-1993 Catalog, Nova University

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice College Archive

No abstract provided.

Nova University Ed.D. Programs In Child And Youth Studies 1992-1993 Catalog, Nova University

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice College Archive

No abstract provided.

North American Division Local Conference Survey Of Educational Costs, Richard Osborn

Human Subject Research Archive

This paper presents a survey of educational costs. The extensive 6-page survey was sent to the 57 North American Division local conference superintendents of schools by the Columbia Union. Its purpose was to find out what percentage of a local conference tithe and total income (tithe, unrestricted non-tithe income, K-12 NAD Reversion Funds, and union subsidies) was spent in 1992 on K-16 education.

A Comparison Of Cognitive Abilities Test Scores Of Second Graders From Four Different Preschool Backgrounds, Judy A. Conner

Graduate Research Papers

This study focused around a research question involving middle and upper socioeconomic status children: Do public school second graders who previously attended Montessori preschools demonstrate higher cognitive abilities (as measured by the Cognitive Abilities Test) than second graders who attended traditional preschools or did not attend preschool? Although there was a wide variability of scores within each group, t-tests analyses revealed significant differences favoring preschool attenders when compared to those who did not attend preschool, and for Montessori preschoolers when compared to the other groups.

Bringing Back The Librarian, Part Two, Richard A. Lyders

Library Staff Publications

No abstract provided.

The Effect Of A Weight Training Program On The Happiness Of Young Women, Natalie Dowty

Student Work

An increasing body of research indicates that exercise has some positive psychological effects. But few studies focus specifically on weight training as the treatment, or happiness as the dependent variable. Additionally, much research has focused on psychological state changes from immediately before, to immediately following a physical activity. Little has been reported on the relationship between weight training and general happiness over a longer period of time, (i.e. three to four months). The purpose of this study was: (a) to determine the effect of beginning and maintaining a regular weight training program on the happiness of previously sedentary women, (b) …

Dean Ashenden's Proposal For Restructuring Teachers' Work: A Junior Primary School Perspective, Rod Chadbourne, Susan Robertson

Research outputs pre 2011

This report documents the findings of a study on Dean Ashenden's proposal for radically restructuring schools. Dean Ashenden is a highly influential educationist in Australia. Over the past twenty years he has written and talked extensively on equality of educational opportunity, the nature of teachers work', and Award Restructuring; his counsel has been sought by key decision makers in education systems throughout the country; and in 1988 he was a facilitator on several occasions during negotiations between the W.A. Ministry of Education and the State School Teachers Union.

Using Music To Enhance Beginning Reading, Shirley Yvonne Herrud

All Master's Theses

Research finding of factors which facilitate beginning reading were investigated. Results were used to form the foundation for developing an approach that integrated music with beginning reading instruction for first grade students. A handbook was produced to enhance the development of reading skills through song-reading techniques. Materials such as song charts, overhead transparencies, sentence strips, student and class song books, language experience songs, mini-books, big books, cassette tapes, records, and videos were used to motivate beginning readers through increased interest and excitement for learning .

The Value Of Hebeler Children's School, Janet Lucille Smith

All Master's Theses

This thesis consists of a historical review of laboratory schools at Central Washington University. It is supplemented by the results of two informal surveys of in-service teachers who graduated from Central, along with present and retired faculty, administrators, teachers, and others connected and concerned with the education of teachers (see Appendices A and B). The surveys focus on the perception of the role of laboratory school experience in teacher preparation. Also included are interviews and correspondence with persons connected to Central and its laboratory schools (see Appendix C). Recommendations were given for opportunity to explore, study and identify the roles …

The Impact Of Bilingual Education For Native American Students In North Dakota, Gabriel John Kampeska

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

They Can Be Heard!, Arthur Valeriano

Whittier Scholars Program

Within the content of the paper, a brief history of sign language in America was given. It was explained where it originated and developed. The implementation of sign language, and exactly how to use it, was described. The two areas of sign language (SEE) and ASL) were explained and described. My investigation of its use as a teaching method for the learning handicapped was then described. The results showed only small increases, but from personal observation, I feel that the method is successful. Through the development and completion of this project, I learned about the many aspects of signing, and …

Prose Fiction Preferences Of Lower Secondary Urban Aboriginal Boys, Stephen James White

Theses : Honours

The purpose of this study was to investigate the prose fiction preferences of lower secondary urban Aboriginal boys. The Likert scale scores from the 2 x 4 factorial design were analysed using an ANOVA test of significance. It was found that the research group significantly preferred action genres to non-action genres, Aboriginal characterisations to white Australian characterisations, and contemporary story extracts to traditional story extracts.

The Use Of Jargon In Education, 1920-1990, Susan Lynn Pearson Hollingshead

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

The Use of Jargon in Education: 1920-1990 provides a qualitative study based on communication theory was conducted on every issue of selected education journals at ten-year intervals from 1920 to 1990. Ninety preselected vocabulary words were the specific jargon terms evaluated in this study. Content analysis was the methodology for this study. The use of these terms was defined, quantified, tabulated, and graphed and similar terms and/or uses were identified. The ninety preselected vocabulary words were used 12,716 times for all five codes. Code 5 was deleted since it was for a different meaning than the one identified in this …

An Evaluation Of Student Perceptions Of Academic Advising In A Rn/Bsn Distance Educational Nursing Program, Barbara A. Trent Edd

Dissertations

Over the past decade, RN/BSN programs have gained popularity across the nation with an emphasis upon structural flexibility and/or adult student learning principles. Research has shown a positive association between advisement and decreased attrition rates for this unique student body. The purpose of this research was to determine from the perception of students enrolled in a RN/BSN educational program, the importance of advisement in relation to three elements: functions, outcomes and advisor style. It was also the purpose to determine if these three elements had either been provided, achieved or employed, respectively, by their advisors. An evaluative design was used …

Improving Primary Grade Reading Skills Through The Introduction Of An Alternative To The Traditional Basal Text Program, Joseph A. Somers Jr

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This report describes a program to Improve reading skills of first-grade students in an elementary school in southern New Jersey.

Analysis of the problem situation revealed that standardized test response percentages for first-grade students were lower than expected over a three-year period for reading subtests in comprehension and vocabulary. A traditional, basal approach. had been used for more than five years. The manner in which standardized test scores were reported gave a false impression of student progress. Item analysis by teachers had not taken place on a thorough or consistent basis. Past attempts to involve teachers in the investigation of …

Symposium: Brown V. Board Of Education And Its Legacy: A Tribute To Justice Thurgood Marshall, Introductory Remarks, William Michael Treanor

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.