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Digital Collage-Access To Inspiration: The Use Of Multimedia As A Catalyst For Creative Thought, Frederick George Still Jan 2005

Digital Collage-Access To Inspiration: The Use Of Multimedia As A Catalyst For Creative Thought, Frederick George Still

Theses Digitization Project

This paper takes the position that creativity can be enhanced by multimedia. Computer software was designed and a study was conducted to measure that proposition. The author used participant self-analysis as a means to gather data on creativity enhancement holding to the presupposition that people can tell when they are creative and when their creativity is inhibited. The results of the study supported the belief that multimedia and the software designed for that purpose was able to enhance creativity.

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Factors Affecting Coaches With Stress And Burnout, Kirk Jack Frazer Jan 2005

Factors Affecting Coaches With Stress And Burnout, Kirk Jack Frazer

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this project was to examine the factors affecting coaches with stress burnout. This project was intended for all coaches from high school to college level.

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A Model For Instructional Integration For Science And English-Language Development, Patricia Diane Andreano Jan 2005

A Model For Instructional Integration For Science And English-Language Development, Patricia Diane Andreano

Theses Digitization Project

This project recommends a professional development model for the integration of language arts and science skills to improve the literacy and scientific proficiency of elementary students, specifically English language learners. The goal is to prepare students to score well on the fluency aspects of the advanced levels of the California English Language Development Test (CELDT).

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Promoting Oral Fluency For English Learners Using Differentiated Corrective Feedback, Chien-Fang Lin Jan 2005

Promoting Oral Fluency For English Learners Using Differentiated Corrective Feedback, Chien-Fang Lin

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this project is to address the need from helping English learners to improve their oral expression. The research mainly focuses on oral expression stategies with which students can overcome their fear of speaking in public and be better understood in society. Sample curriculum/lesson plans included.

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Recycling Program For The Shalom Institute, Lisa Kritzer Friedman Jan 2005

Recycling Program For The Shalom Institute, Lisa Kritzer Friedman

Theses Digitization Project

The goal of this project was to develop a recycling program for the Shalom Institute, a multi-use outdoor learning facility located in Malibu, California.

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Quarterly Nutrition Curriculum For California Women, Infants, And Children Participants, Martha Gloria Lopez Jan 2005

Quarterly Nutrition Curriculum For California Women, Infants, And Children Participants, Martha Gloria Lopez

Theses Digitization Project

There is a lack of public awareness in regards to nutrition education because of the limited amount of visits made to the WIC office by these participants. Take home material was designed to reinforce the curriculum taught in the WIC classroom. Learning the skills provided, these WIC families will discover new ways to promote family togetherness and opportunities to discuss and implement healthy eating and living habits.

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The Usage Of Internet Technologies By High School Students In The Completion Of Educational Tasks Outside Of The School Setting, Seth Freehling Jan 2005

The Usage Of Internet Technologies By High School Students In The Completion Of Educational Tasks Outside Of The School Setting, Seth Freehling

Theses Digitization Project

Examines the use of Information and Communicative Technologies (ICT) by high school students from economically-disadvantaged households to complete homework assignments. Results of a survey of 240 high school students at an urban, inner-city high school located in Southern California, indicated, (1) the Digital Divide is narrowing among social classes, as most students reported having Internet access from their homes, (2) students willingness to embrace new uses of ICT in their studies, (3) the speed of completing homework was increased through the use of ICT multi-tasking and the use of search engines and, (4) computer maintenance issues were not a significant …

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A Curriculum Guide For Teaching Business Planning, Dennis Patrick Larney Jan 2005

A Curriculum Guide For Teaching Business Planning, Dennis Patrick Larney

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of the project is two-fold. First, to design a curriculum guideline for career and technical educators to teach the elements of business planning to a new population of graduates that need the material to manage their vocation successfully. Secondly, it can be used as a very practical way of integrating academic and occupational training program.

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Educational Curriculum For Obesity In School Aged Youth, Carmen Vieyra Kemp, Melody Ann Mendiola Jan 2005

Educational Curriculum For Obesity In School Aged Youth, Carmen Vieyra Kemp, Melody Ann Mendiola

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this project was to develop an educational program to assist educators in keeping school children healthy. This program is designed to support professionals who are working to reduce the problem of oobesity in children and adolescents in elementary and middle school setting.

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Adult Learning Outcomes Based On Course Delivery Methodology, Timothy Edward Jenkins Jan 2005

Adult Learning Outcomes Based On Course Delivery Methodology, Timothy Edward Jenkins

Theses Digitization Project

This study compared student satisfaction and academic performance in online and face-to-face classes. 105 ITT Technical Institute students who were simultaneously enrolled in one online course and two on-campus courses were surveyed and interviewed. Factors examined included student to instructor communication, student to student interaction, content selection for online courses and course management for online courses. Sixty-four percent of the students did not pass their online courses and expressed dissatisfaction with the learning process. Course components and processes that could be improved were identified.

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Bicultural Identity And Emergent/Developmental Reading Strategies In English As A Foreign Language In Taiwan, Yuqing Wang Jan 2005

Bicultural Identity And Emergent/Developmental Reading Strategies In English As A Foreign Language In Taiwan, Yuqing Wang

Theses Digitization Project

This project demonstrates teaching strategies designed to illustrate bicultural identity development and reading skills in an English as a Foreign Language program for the elementary school level..

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Creative, Imaginative English-As-A-Foreign-Language Using Storytelling And Drama, Man-Lin Rau Jan 2005

Creative, Imaginative English-As-A-Foreign-Language Using Storytelling And Drama, Man-Lin Rau

Theses Digitization Project

With a view to improve English teaching, this project provides creative teaching methods for English teachers of elementary schools in Taiwan. Storytelling, creative writing, and creative drama are interesting and lively activities that are used to motivate students to learn English.

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The Intelligences Of Creative English-As-A-Foreign-Language Learning, Alvin Charles Yen Jan 2005

The Intelligences Of Creative English-As-A-Foreign-Language Learning, Alvin Charles Yen

Theses Digitization Project

This project provides a model for incorporating creativity in teaching English as a foreign language (EFL). It includes an instructional unit comprised of six lessons followed by accompanying assessments. Culture and language cannot be separated as students learn a foreign language.

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Tell Me A Story About Feathers: Teaching Discipline Through Literature, Carol Tripoli Rondeau Jan 2005

Tell Me A Story About Feathers: Teaching Discipline Through Literature, Carol Tripoli Rondeau

Theses Digitization Project

This project contends that the instructional time given to language arts is the appropriate time to teach discipline. Sample lesson plans incorporating the teaching of discipline into California's third grade curriculum are offered to inspire and inform educators to become teachers of self-discipline.

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Coordinated Compliance Review: Guidebook For The English Language Learner Coordinator, Dilma Cordeiro Bonzer Jan 2005

Coordinated Compliance Review: Guidebook For The English Language Learner Coordinator, Dilma Cordeiro Bonzer

Theses Digitization Project

The author has designed a guidebook to accompany the State of California Department of Education's Coordinated Compliance Review Manual. The purpose of the guidebook is to provide English language learners' (ELL) coordinators the information needed to facilitate and achieve compliance with the State of California's rules, regulations and policies that will insure that ELL students' needs are being addressed and met. The design and method of the project are discussed.

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Do Educators Value School Social Workers?, Keynasia Kami Daniels Jan 2005

Do Educators Value School Social Workers?, Keynasia Kami Daniels

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this study is to examine educators' (teachers and school administrators) level of knowledge about the professional role of school social workers and the value that educators place on the functions carried out by social workers as pupil support personnel.

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Play Therapy Interventions And Their Effectiveness In A School-Based Counseling Program, Nancy Cardenas Jan 2005

Play Therapy Interventions And Their Effectiveness In A School-Based Counseling Program, Nancy Cardenas

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this study was to add to the limited amount of information on the effectiveness of play therapy interventions in a school-based counseling program. The study focused on examining the reasons why clients were referred to counseling, the frequency and duration of their behavior, the clients' academic performance at the beginning and end of treatment, the total number of sessions received, and the type of play therapy that was used to determine how effective play therapy interventions were during treatment.

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Tibetan Buddhism And The Environment: A Case Study Of Environmental Sensitivity Among Tibetan Environmental Professionals In Dharamsala, India, Megan Marie Shearer Jan 2005

Tibetan Buddhism And The Environment: A Case Study Of Environmental Sensitivity Among Tibetan Environmental Professionals In Dharamsala, India, Megan Marie Shearer

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this study was to investigate environmental sensitivity among environmental professionals in a culture that is assumed to hold an ecocentric perspective. Nine Tibetan Buddhist environmental professionals were surveyed in this study. Based on an Environmental Sensitivity Profile Insytrument, an environmental sensitivity profile for a Tibetan Buddhist environmental professional was created from the participants demographic and interview data. The most frequently defined vaqriables were environmental destruction/development, education and role models.

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Integrating Computer Software Within The Houghton Mifflin Language Arts Program, Leslie Serine Ouren Jan 2005

Integrating Computer Software Within The Houghton Mifflin Language Arts Program, Leslie Serine Ouren

Theses Digitization Project

This project was created for third grade teachers who use the Houghton Mifflin Language Arts series and want to integrate computer software into their writing curriculum. The website created includes all the writing assignments that the students are to complete and the required software used to complete the assignment.

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Concept Attainment In Mathematics Within Content-Based Instruction For Secondary English As A Second Language, Kwang-Sug Lee Jan 2005

Concept Attainment In Mathematics Within Content-Based Instruction For Secondary English As A Second Language, Kwang-Sug Lee

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this project is to provide a useful model, the Concept Attainment Model in Mathematics, which implicates the concept attainment teaching method based on adjunct content-based instruction by using visuals and manipulatives in order to help ESL students be successful for both substantive content areas.

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Program Manual For International Business Academies, Gina Lee Pierson Jan 2005

Program Manual For International Business Academies, Gina Lee Pierson

Theses Digitization Project

This project is a Progam Manual for the International Business Academy of La Sierra High School for at-risk students to show how to successfully run an academy and graduate students in compliance with the California High School Exit Exam.

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Online Tutor Training: An Alternative To Person-To-Person Training, David James Reyes Jan 2005

Online Tutor Training: An Alternative To Person-To-Person Training, David James Reyes

Theses Digitization Project

This project examines the creation of an online tutor training Web site designed to teach those tutors at the California State University, San Bernardino's Learning Center who cannot attend tutor training in person. The training Web site utilizes the instructional design ADDIE model.

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Developing Oral Proficiency Through Poem Recitation In Elementary English As A Second Language, Anne Picpican-Bell Jan 2005

Developing Oral Proficiency Through Poem Recitation In Elementary English As A Second Language, Anne Picpican-Bell

Theses Digitization Project

This project addresses the need for a performance-based language-development curriculum to serve the growing number of non-English-speaker immigrants in California's public schools.

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The Children's Forest Association Fire Ecology Hike, Michael Stephen Dufilho Jan 2005

The Children's Forest Association Fire Ecology Hike, Michael Stephen Dufilho

Theses Digitization Project

This project provides a fire ecology lesson to accompany a hike for student groups from fourth through eighth grade. The lesson plan will acquaint students with the beneficial aspects of forest fires.

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Using Music To Create Effective Curriculum For English Language Development, Steven John Schulz Jan 2005

Using Music To Create Effective Curriculum For English Language Development, Steven John Schulz

Theses Digitization Project

Research supporting the viability of music to promote language and literacy development as well as the theory of multiple intelligences suggests that any sound educational program employ a multifaceted approach to teaching and learning. This project created a thematically based multiple intelligence curriculum for first grade English language learners that emphasized the use of song.

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Discovering The Path To Indian Uses Of Native California Plants: A Family Activity Guide For The Native Plant Garden At The San Bernardino County Museum, Lauren Anne Trish Holman Jan 2005

Discovering The Path To Indian Uses Of Native California Plants: A Family Activity Guide For The Native Plant Garden At The San Bernardino County Museum, Lauren Anne Trish Holman

Theses Digitization Project

The objective of this project is to develop an activity guide for the California native plant trail located adjacent to the San Bernardino County Museum that allows families to discover native California plants while increasing environmental and cultural sensitivity.

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Lessons In Character Development, Virginia Lizette Escobar Jan 2005

Lessons In Character Development, Virginia Lizette Escobar

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of the project was to provide first grade teachers at the Baldwin Park Unified School District with teaching approaches, tools, and strategies in instructing their students in character development education. These approaches, tools, and strategies will support students' academic learning as they develop a deeper comprehension of responsibility skills.

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Proposed Marketing And Advertising Campaign For The United Negro College Fund, Rashida Patrice Hamm Jan 2005

Proposed Marketing And Advertising Campaign For The United Negro College Fund, Rashida Patrice Hamm

Theses Digitization Project

This project seeks to develop a marketing and advertising campaign for the United Negro College Fund (UNCF). The proposed California campaign is designed to reach an underserved target market in the state of California and to increase donations to the UNCF by one million dollars a year.

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Empowering Pre-Adolescent Second-Language Learners In The Middle School Years, Robert Charles Quintana Jan 2005

Empowering Pre-Adolescent Second-Language Learners In The Middle School Years, Robert Charles Quintana

Theses Digitization Project

The thesis explores sociolinguistic issues facing pre-adolescent English-as-second-language learners. Topics covered include literacy issues, communicative competence issues at the intermediate and advanced English language development (ELD) levels, language and power relationships that affect pre-adolescent English language learners, politeness as a sociolinguistic tool, and the benefits of students acquiring the language of cooperative learning. The implications of these topics culminate in the development of a social studies curriculum unit designed for the middle-school classroom.

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Neurolinguistic Programming As Observational And Mediational Strategies In Teaching Primary-Level English As A Second Language, Amber Lee Hishmeh Jan 2005

Neurolinguistic Programming As Observational And Mediational Strategies In Teaching Primary-Level English As A Second Language, Amber Lee Hishmeh

Theses Digitization Project

This project serves as a resource for kindergarten ESL educators to explore more creative multisensory teaching strategies. The five methodologies presented are Neurolinguistic Programming, Suggestopedia, music, storytelling and Total Physical Response.

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