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The Importance Of Writing With Young Children, Melissa Wood

Senior Honors Theses and Projects

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Using Drama As An Effective Method To Teach Elementary Students, Mandie M. Moore

Senior Honors Theses and Projects

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Literacy Education And The Ell, Tammara L. Schober

Senior Honors Theses and Projects

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Investigation: Pairing Eastern Michigan University's Hearing Impaired Department Practicum Opportunities With The Hearing Impaired Camp At Lion's Bear Lake Camp, Alana Townsend

Senior Honors Theses and Projects

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Integrating Multicultural Literature And The Arts Across The Curriculum, Phyllis Mae Davis Dragun

Senior Honors Theses and Projects

With the current emphasis on improving reading and comprehension in the school system, many teachers find it difficult to meet this challenge to providing increased reading time for students and still maintain the required classroom instruction in other areas of curriculum. Additionally, present teacher education classes stress the importance of recognizing the diversity in our classroom, school, community, and the world. The use of multicultural literature to create lessons across the curriculum is a good way to address literacy and diversity concerns. While we do live in a diverse world, I feel that one group of cultures that has been …

The Psychometrics Of Student Evaluations Of Instructors And Courses At Eastern Michigan University, Thomas P. Proctor

Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations

The study applied Classical Test Theory to the student evaluation forms for 25 departments to assess reliability. The study also applied Generalizability Theory to assess the reliability of the Psychology Department evaluation form. Regression analysis on the Psychology Department form assessed the effect of absolute expected grades on student ratings of teaching effectiveness and courses. The results show that the reliability of the 25 department forms is very high, exceeding .80 for each form. Generalizability theory indicates the Psychology Department form to be reliable for assessment of student ratings of the effectiveness of teaching but not necessarily of courses. Results …

Educational Politics In Thailand: A Case Of The 1999 National Education Act, Sarayuth Poolsup

Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to understand educational policy-making and politics in Thailand. The researcher sought to answer the questions “What is the nature of Thai politics?” and “What is the nature of educational policy-making in Thailand?”

The study followed an institutional approach to political research adopted by sociohistorical theorists (Kato, 1996; Scott, 1995). The research design was based on the qualitative, case-study strategy. The study consists of two parts: (a) an investigation into the historical development of Thai politics, society, and education and (b) the case study of the bill on the establishment of the council of teachers …

Organizational Persistence And Change: A Case Study Of A Community College, Paula L. Welmers

Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations

This longitudinal case study examined the origins, growth, and development of one community college in Michigan, North Central Michigan College (NCMC). The purpose of the study was to understand organizational persistence and change through learning how one organization formed and developed over time.

Five eras between 1958 and 1995 were described, and a conceptual frame considered three levels of organizational responsibility: national, state, and local environments; core technology activities; and leadership activities. Core technology activities were further analyzed using eight indicators of centrality and marginality: a) policy, b) number and type of employees, c) dedicated facilities; d) funding source, e) …

Black Serious Composers, Janice Y. Wilson

Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations

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The Origin And Development Of The Office Of City Superintendent With A Discussion Of The Powers And Duties Belonging To The Office, William James Mckone

Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations

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The School Courses Of Fifty-Two Schools, Walter C. Hewitt

Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations

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Aesthetics: A Force In Education, Warren Charles Hull

Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations

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National Educational Institutions Of China, Edna A. Haskins King

Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations

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Chinese Education, Harry Edwin King

Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations

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