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The Development And Implementation Of A Mandatory Continuing Education Plan For The Louisiana State Board Of Nursing, Oswald A. Ferry

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

The purpose of this study was to develop a plan for mandatory continuing education for Registered Nurses in the State of Louisiana. This plan for mandatory continuing education was adopted by the Louisiana State Board of Nursing in September of 1990 as a requirement for the annual re-licensing of practicing nurses. The intent of this plan was to mandate Registered Nurses, through continuing education, to maintain their knowledge and skills in order to safely practice nursing in the State of Louisiana.

Continuing education for nurses throughout their licensed careers is an issue receiving increasing attention. In most jurisdictions, licensure to …

Development And Validation Of An Instructional Inservice Program For Higher Education Science Consultants Involved In Florida’S Summer Inservice Institute Program, Susan Elizabeth Chattan Dabb

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

The State of Florida requires that all sixty-seven counties within the state participate in a Summer Inservice Institute Program (SIIP) that provides content area instruction to elementary and secondary public school teachers. Critical need areas such as mathematics and science take priority in the consideration for funding and programming in all counties. The state requires that the emphasis in these summer training sessions be placed on college-level content instruction. Workshops presented solely on methods are considered not appropriate.

The rationale for funding the required program is that public school personnel, unlike their postsecondary level liberal arts counterparts, lack content-area training …

An Investigation And A Plan To Alleviate Grade Inflation In Multi-Sectioned Science And Mathematics Courses Of Community College, Charles W. O'Neill

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

Edison Community College, Fort Myers, Florida, has experienced difficulty in the area of grade, inflation, comparable to other institutions. institutional and academic division policy changes on grading have resulted in changes in grading practices. One purpose of this project was to examine these changes and historic trends in grade inflation with multi-sectioned courses of the Division of Basic Science and Mathematics for academic year 1979-1980 through academic year 1989-1990. The other purpose of this project was to develop a plan to alleviate grade inflation in multi-sectioned courses. Accomplishment of this purpose required a determination of the impact of policy changes …

Community-Based Instruction As A School Program That Will Enable Developmentally-Disabled Persons To Benefit From Instruction., John A. Waldron

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This report describes a program designed to improve the educational experiences of developmentally-disabled pupils who attended the Kaplan School in Rockland County, New York, These students demonstrated inconsistency in their ability in the areas of interpersonal relations, listening, self-confidence, responsible behaviors and adaptive behaviors.

Probable causes of the problem were identified as: pupil assignment to a segregated facility, a lack of access to non-handicapped persons and lessons that were partially based on normal infant development stages and phases for pupils who will be expected behave like non-handicapped adults in the post-high school environment. A review of the literature and school …

Strategies For Reducing The Number Of Dropouts In The Ninth And Tenth Grades At Haralson County High School., Janice W. Boatwright

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

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Datascan - February 18, 1991, Nova University

DataScan

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Developing And Implementing A Differentiated Pay Plan For Certified Personnel Employed By The Union County School System., Jerry W. Thomas

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This report describes a plan to develop and implement a differentiated pay plan for certified employees in Union County. Certified employees were being paid on a salary schedule which recognized experience and earned degrees only as documented by a review of state salary schedules. A second thrust of the MARP involved using the differentiated pay plan to improve student performance in the 30 indicator areas identified in school improvement plans. Baseline data used by individual schools and the system to develop three-year goals were provided by the Department of Public Instruction. Four schools were selected as pilot locations for studying …

The Development Of Procedures For Adopted Policies In The Governance Manual Of The Camden County Educational Services Commission., Anthony R. Sorce

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This Major Applied Research Project describes a process whereby policies and procedures were developed to correct and eliminate problems which resulted from the deficiency of certain policies in the Governance Manual of the Camden County Educational Services Commission of New Jersey in accordance with federal, state and local regulations.

The present manual was developed in 1982 and was to be updated and/or revised by the Superintendent. However, due to the lack of expertise by the Superintendent and a uninvolved board of directors and instructional staff, procedures were never developed to implement those policies in the Governance Manual. The staff, facilities, …

The Update - February 1991, Nova University

The Update

No abstract provided.

The Alumni Network, February 1991 (Vol. Vii No. 1), Nova University

Alumni Network Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Family Strengths Among Black Families In Alaska: A Case Study, Washington W. Brown Jr.

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

The idea of a strong family is a very subjective concept. A strength, according to one set of criteria, could easily be interpreted as a weakness according to another set of criteria--and vice-versa. Most scholars of the family would agree that a strong bond of affection between family members is usually an asset. But if this affection is manifested in extremely dependent and stifling relationships among family members, such a bond would generally be characterized as a "pathological" liability.

The family has traditionally provided the foundation for society, and, though in contemporary America some of its functions have been absorbed …

Twenty-First Century Military Education: A Case Study With Analyses And Projections Of Current And Anticipated Programs, Lillian H. Stewart

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

Changes in funding and emphases for military education programs are heavily influenced by the national and international politics climate. Restricted funding for Army Continuing Education System (ACES) programs and downsizing for the Army mandate close scrutiny of current and anticipated programs to determine optimum benefits to the Army for dollars spent. The research project employed the case study method to examine five current program area of emphases for trends in cost and participation, and for anticipated future need for each program. Past records of participation and funding were graphed and extrapolated to project trends. Four new or projected initiatives were …

Using Critical Thinking To Improve Achievement: An Inservice And Instructional Program For New Castle Middle School., Janet Lacy

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

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Utilizing Integrative Approaches To Increase Academic Efficiency In Eighth Grade At-Risk Learners., Mattie B.H Gay

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This report describes four aspects of a two-year research project to promote an efficacy continuum as a school based paradigm in the face of infusion overload and fragmented instructional delivery system mandates. The targeted group is "at risk" Yellow House eighth grade students for which the project intervenes. The planning and implementation phases of the practicum facilitates renewal, continuity and integration of proposed system goals although the system is in constant upheaval and flux because of the change in two State Chief Officers.

The practicum initiates a school wide metacognitive study- thinking skills program to routinize independent skill development to …

The Use Of Cooperative Learning Strategies To Improve Achievement And Self Esteem Levels Among A Group Of Middle School Perceptually Impaired Students., John R. Dorney

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This report described a program for improving student achievement, as measured by the California Test of Basic Skills, and levels of self-esteem, as measured by the Piers-Harris Children’s Self-Concept Scale, in a middle school in a suburban/rural district of middle to upper middle class population.

Analysis of problem symptoms revealed initial perceptual impairments, low levels of self-esteem relative to intellectual and school factors, and a consistent history of below grade level achievement levels. Contributing factors were also found to exist in familial structure and attendance and behavioral factors. The research project sought to improve student performance in these areas through …

Developing And Implementing A Plan To Improve The Science Achievement Of Students In Kindergarten Through The Fifth Grade At Western Union Elementary School., Jerry T. Cross

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This practicum had four components. The first part involved assessing the current status of the science instruction at all grade levels in Union County. The assessment included investigation of teachers’ methods and procedures for teaching science, and their attitude toward science. The second component involved the continuation of the science lab at the writer’s school. The writer was responsible for assembling science materials from throughout the school, ordering new materials from school funds made available for the lab, preparing a science lab schedule for teachers kindergarten through grade five, and compiling an inventory list of lab materials for each teacher. …

Improving Language Skills At The Harker-Wylie Elementary School Through The Science Content Area., Joseph M. Poedubicky

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This report describes a program to improve language skills for the elementary students, grade one through grade six, at the Harker-Wylie Elementary School. Review of students reading placement, based on Ginn Criteria Reference Test scores, indicated that 46 percent of students are reading below grade level. On the language subtest of the 1988 California Achievement Test, 44 percent of the students scored below the 50th normal curve equivalent.

The following factors were identified in this Research Project as possible causal factors: a single instructional methodology used for the teaching of reading, the limited usage of the language arts experience approach …

1990-1991 Nova Knights Sports Media Guide, Nova University

NSU Athletics Sports Programs and Media Guides

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The Update - January 1991, Nova University

The Update

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Bpm Notes - January 1991, Nova University

BPM Notes

No abstract provided.

The Calendar - January 1991, Nova University

The Calendar

No abstract provided.

The Calendar - February 1991, Nova University

The Calendar

No abstract provided.

Practitioners' News - Winter 1991-1992, Volume 19, Number 2, Nova Southeastern University

Practitioners' News

No abstract provided.

Nova University 1991 Annual Report, Nova University

NSU Annual Reports

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1991-1992 Nova College James M. Farquhar Center For Undergraduate Studies Catalog, Nova Southeastern University

Undergraduate Programs Course Catalogs

No abstract provided.

Nova College 1991-92 Catalog, Nova University

Undergraduate Programs Course Catalogs

No abstract provided.

Nova University Master's Program In Speech-Language Pathology 1991–1992, Nova University

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

No abstract provided.

The Ed.D. Program In Child And Youth Studies 1991, Nova University

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

No abstract provided.

Improving Attendance For At-Risk Elementary Students Though An Attendance Committee And Adopt-A-Student Program, Diana E. Pope

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This practicum was designed to increase the attendance rate of at-risk students in an elementary school. The primary goal was to increase attendance for elementary students in grades three through five. The scope of the practicum was expanded to include community resource persons as volunteers. with the involvement of mentors, the second objective was to increase students' reading levels. The third objective was to develop staffs' awareness about intervention strategies.

In setting up a mentoring program, the writer secured permission from the State Department of Education, local school district and school, oriented administrators and community personnel; established advisory attendance/mentoring committee; …

Nova University Master's Programs In Child Care, Youth Care And Family Support 1991–1992, Nova University

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

No abstract provided.