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The Impact Of Covid-19 On Student Motivation In Secondary Instrumental Music, Martha Jane Robinson Apr 2024

The Impact Of Covid-19 On Student Motivation In Secondary Instrumental Music, Martha Jane Robinson

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

The purpose of this study was to provide strategies to improve student motivation in band and orchestra programs in Elkhart Community Schools. The problem for band and orchestra teachers was declining enrollment and student participation in outside music activities such as audition opportunities since the COVID-19 pandemic. The rationale for this study was to examine student motivation and provide educators with immediately applicable strategies to improve student participation in instrumental music programs. Educators must understand why students continued to struggle with returning to normalcy by seeking strategies as to how to reach and help these students. Early research following the …


Covid-19_Umaine News_Maine Public Reports Increasing Out-Of-State Enrollment At Umaine, Ums Campuses, University Of Maine Division Of Marketing And Communications May 2021

Covid-19_Umaine News_Maine Public Reports Increasing Out-Of-State Enrollment At Umaine, Ums Campuses, University Of Maine Division Of Marketing And Communications

Division of Marketing & Communications

Screenshot of UMaine in the News regarding a story about out-of-state students applying to Maine colleges and universities, Maine Public shared University of Maine System data about enrollment at six of the seven campuses in the system, including the University of Maine, from 2019–2021.


Covid-19_Umaine News_Keim, Richards Cited In Press Herald Reports Of Student Challenges During The Pandemic, University Of Maine Division Of Marketing And Communications Jan 2021

Covid-19_Umaine News_Keim, Richards Cited In Press Herald Reports Of Student Challenges During The Pandemic, University Of Maine Division Of Marketing And Communications

Division of Marketing & Communications

Screenshot of UMaine in the News regarding the Portland Press Herald interviewing Karen Keim, director of the Maine Educational Opportunity Center and Maine Educational Talent Search at the University of Maine, in a story about the economic impact of the pandemic on college students across the state. In a separate story, Christopher Richards, vice president of enrollment management, noted that high school juniors and seniors are experiencing burnout and have been slower to apply to college during the pandemic.


Engagement And Computational Thinking Through Creative Coding, Dana Hoppe Apr 2020

Engagement And Computational Thinking Through Creative Coding, Dana Hoppe

Honors Theses

Rising enrollments in Computer Science pose an opportunity to engage students from diverse backgrounds and interests; and a challenge to deliver on positive learning outcomes. While student engagement is the driving factor for increased learning performance and retention, it has been declining to new lows for Computer Science students in recent years. In order to further explore the potential of contextualized computing as a tool for increasing engagement in computing and developing Computational Thinking aptitude in students, we have developed an introductory computing course contextualized with Art and Design with modules centered around guiding pedagogical principles and aimed at middle …


Fall 2017 Enrollment Report, Robert Zuercher Oct 2017

Fall 2017 Enrollment Report, Robert Zuercher

General University of Maine Publications

The following report provides summary information regarding enrollment at the University of Maine System for the 2017 Fall Semester. All data reported is as of the census date, October 15, 2017.


Spring 2017 Enrollment Report, Nathan J. Grant Mar 2017

Spring 2017 Enrollment Report, Nathan J. Grant

General University of Maine Publications

The following report provides summary information regarding enrollment at the University of Maine


Interview Of Margaret "Peggy" Emme, Margaret Emme, Carlos M. Contente Apr 2015

Interview Of Margaret "Peggy" Emme, Margaret Emme, Carlos M. Contente

All Oral Histories

Margaret “Peggy” Walsh Emme was born in Philadelphia, PA in 1957 at Nazareth Hospital. Her parents are Marita A. Dunphy and Richard J. Walsh. They both owned business while Mrs. Emme was a child. Her mother owned a small boutique in the basement of her parents’ house (Mrs. Emme’s maternal grandparents) and her father owned a local tavern. Mrs. Emme would help out at both of these businesses. Mrs. Emme is the oldest of five children. Her four younger brothers are: Richard, Michael, Brian, and John. She attended Catholic school as a child, first attending St. Bernard’s Parochial School and …


Ua45/2 Registrar Student Registers, Wku Archives Jan 2009

Ua45/2 Registrar Student Registers, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Student registers of varying types. Student registers contain name, address and county. Enrollment books also contain the number of hours a student has completed. Aviation Cadet records include name, rank, serial number, course(s) taken and grades.


Looking Ahead: The Next Five Years At Umo, Part 1, University Of Maine Feb 1972

Looking Ahead: The Next Five Years At Umo, Part 1, University Of Maine

General University of Maine Publications

The first of four sections of a report prepared for the Educational Policy Committee of the Board of Trustees of the University of Maine in 1972. This section includes a foreword by Winthrop Libby, Seeing into the Seventies by James Clark, and Two-Year Programs by Dr. Robert Tredwell.


Looking Ahead: The Next Five Years At Umo, Part 2, University Of Maine Feb 1972

Looking Ahead: The Next Five Years At Umo, Part 2, University Of Maine

General University of Maine Publications

The second of four sections of a report prepared for the Educational Policy Committee of the Board of Trustees of the University of Maine in 1972. This section includes Adult Education and Summer Session by Edward Hackett; The Onwards Program by Gerald Herlihy; Research and Public Service at UMO/B by Bruce Poulton; and Residential Life by Dwight Rideout.


Looking Ahead: The Next Five Years At Umo, Part 4, University Of Maine Feb 1972

Looking Ahead: The Next Five Years At Umo, Part 4, University Of Maine

General University of Maine Publications

The final of four sections of a report prepared for the Educational Policy Committee of the Board of Trustees of the University of Maine in 1972. This section includes Innovations in Educational Techniques by James Clark; Accountability in Higher Education by Irwin Douglass; Capital Construction Program by University Vice President Blake; Development at the University of Maine, Orono by Harold Chute; and Equal Employment Opportunities Policy by Paul Dunham.


Looking Ahead: The Next Five Years At Umo, Part 3, University Of Maine Feb 1972

Looking Ahead: The Next Five Years At Umo, Part 3, University Of Maine

General University of Maine Publications

The third of four sections of a report prepared for the Educational Policy Committee of the Board of Trustees of the University of Maine in 1972. This section includes Student Aid by John Madigan; Recreational and Leisure Time Needs by Arthur Kaplan; Student Health Center by Robert Graves; Office of Career Planning and Placement by Philip Brockway; and The Role of Physical Education, Recreation and Athletics at UMO by Harold Westerman.


Ua3/3/1 Correspondence Re: Minorities, James Pope, Kelly Thompson, Wku President's Office Oct 1963

Ua3/3/1 Correspondence Re: Minorities, James Pope, Kelly Thompson, Wku President's Office

WKU Archives Records

Correspondence between Kelly Thompson and James Pope of the Louisville Courier-Journal regarding the racial makeup of the student body and faculty in 1961 and 1963.


A Three-Point Financial Program For The University Of Maine Submitted To The 101st Maine Legislature 1963-65 Biennium, University Of Maine Jan 1963

A Three-Point Financial Program For The University Of Maine Submitted To The 101st Maine Legislature 1963-65 Biennium, University Of Maine

General University of Maine Publications

A scanned version of a document that presents various educational statistics on enrollment, salaries, and the budget at the University of Maine, requesting an appropriation from the 101st Maine State Legislature.