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Investigation Of Teacher Attitude Toward Merit Pay At Sheridan Vocational-Technical Center, Barbara S. Deturk

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

The purpose of this study was to investigate vocational teachers attitude about merit pay. The State of Florida, in an attempt to improve the quality of education, implemented in 1984 what is known as the Master Teacher Plan. The problem was that, because of hasty implementation, frequent last-minute revisions, and bureaucratic mix-ups, there was little teacher support for the plan. An attitude survey of 72 teachers at Sheridan vocational-Technical Center was conducted for the purpose of providing the State, through the director of that center with information that could contribute to improved implementation of the plan when it is revised. …

The Identification By Using Dacum Of Maternity Nursing Competencies For Public Health Nurses, Janet Garzone Kosidlak

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

The Virginia State Department of Health is committed to improving pregnancy outcome. Of the many initiatives that deal with improving pregnancy outcomes, upgrading public health nursing practices in maternity nursing is essential. This Practicum used the DACUM process to identify the competencies public health nurses needed to provide maternity nursing services to pregnant women during the prenatal period.

A DACUM Committee was selected. committee members represented nursing faculty, nurse practitioners, staff nurses, nursing consultants and a nursing supervisor. The DACUM process steps were followed: (1) the job was defined, (2) the general areas of responsibilities identified, (3) the tasks for …

A Study To Assess The Need At Oral Roberts University For A Specialized Seminar To Deal With Skills For Answering The Essay Question, Vercella Evelyn Manning

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

The purpose of this study was to assess the extent of need and willingness of students to participate in a special student seminar which should be focused on the essay question, and to determine the likelihood of their attendants. One hundred Oral Roberts University students from Cross Cultural classes were the subjects of this study. They completed a survey instrument designed to provide data for the above purpose.

Responses to the five questions of the survey indicated the following: (1) The subjects considered the objective question to be more difficult than the essay question by a small margin (50% to …

Developing Study Skills Of First Graders Through Direct Teaching Of A Sequential Program Involving Listening To Follow Directions, Bonnie J. Locicero

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

A sequential approach to daily independent work involving direct teaching of integrated board work, and activities to build the skill of listening to follow directions was developed and implemented by the author for use with first grade elementary students. The program’s aims were to develop study and the skills of listening to follow directions, to increase time on task during independent work time.

The program contained the following basic components; pre and post inventories of on task behavior, with samples taken at 15 minute intervals; pre and posttests of the kill of listening to follow directions; implementation of direct teaching …

A Low Cost Mini-Program Of Walking And Behavior Modification For Weight Control And Fitness, Jeanne M. Longo

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

The author developed a program of behavior modification, nutrition, and fitness tips, and walking exercise for weight control and improved general fitness. The low cost program, targeted for semi-sedentary workers, but adaptable to the elderly and others, sought to promote fitness through an exercise program geared to the individuals tolerance and pace, and the format enabled the use of a lay leader/facilitator. (Appendices include survey forms, pre-program notice, program, tasks of facilitator, work sheet and poet program survey.)

An Investigation Of Portfolio Use For Nova University’S Programs For Higher Education Applicants, Thomas W. Macfarland

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

The purpose of this investigation was to explore the flexibility of the portfolio requirement for applicants to Nova University programs for higher education. In justification of the investigation, it should be mentioned that the mean age of Nova University progress for higher education students is 22.8 years, and that professional stature is a prerequisite for acceptance. Accordingly, it is recognized that because of both age and position, Nova University programs for higher education students have enjoyed many experiences that could potentially contribute to their achievement in the programs.

If those experiences are to be used as a basis for counseling …

1986-1987 Nova College The Center For Undergraduate Studies Catalog, Nova Southeastern University

Undergraduate Programs Course Catalogs

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An Analysis Of The Relationship Between Clerical Employee Salary And Reason For Leaving, Georgia Weathers

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

The relation between salaries and turnover within an organization is one of the most troublesome and disruptive problems that management must face. The affects of inadequate salary can result in low morale. low productivity. and high employee turnover.

The campuses of Texas State Technical Institute have experienced a rise in the turnover rate for clerical employees. The system administration has attributed this turnover increase to salary.

This study examined the reasons given by the clerical employees who voluntarily resigned from Texas State Technical Institute during a designated time frame and analyzed these reasons to determine if there was a relationship …

A Survey Of Faculty Attitudes Toward Information Sources Which Could Be Used In A Faculty Evaluation Program At Tusculum College, Stephen R. Weisz

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This study sought to discover what sources of information the faculty at Tusculum College, a small liberal arts college, wanted to have used in a faculty evaluation program. This study was undertaken because it was observed that the faculty felt left out of the planning of faculty evaluation efforts at the college.

The results of the study were based on data received from thirty faculty members who attended a Faculty Workshop on Faculty Evaluation during the Fall Semester of 1985. Participants in the workshop completed an instrument developed by Arreola (1979) in which they indicated what roles they felt were …

A Plan To Implement Meaningful Observation Of Local Governmental Bodies By Students In U.S. Government Classes, Eldon Grauberger

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

The author implemented a program of observation of local governmental bodies in the community with his four classes of twelfth grade U.S government students. Its aim was to make students aware of their local governments and how they effect them by observing a sample of local government bodies in action.

The program consisted of three components: orientation, implementation, and evaluation. The students were given a slide presentation and an information packet that explained the program and its requirements. The packet also gave a description of the bodies the students would be observing and a map that showed the locations of …

Development Of A Model Of Student Personnel Services For Bucks County Community College, Howard J. Freas

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

Bucks County Community College (BCCC) has been without a Chief Student Personnel Officer since 1972. The different student personnel organization structures that have been used since 1968 are reviewed in this paper. Since 1972, student services have lacked direction, a philosophy, a rationale of operation, an overall set of goals and objectives and cohesion. The purpose of the writes was to propose a student personnel organizational structure that will serve to motivate the personnel to develop philosophy, rationale, goals and objectives which in turn will lead to cohesion and directional planning. The assumption was that a structure different from those …

Monday Update - December 23, 1985, Nova University

The Update

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Monday Update - December 9, 1985, Nova University

The Update

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A Survey Of Student Religious Attitude At Tusculum College To Determine If An Increased Religious Life Program Could Impact Retention., Stephen R. Weisz

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This study sought to discover if there was a significant difference between freshmen and sophomores enrolled at Tusculum College during the Spring of 1985 in terms of religious beliefs and spiritual attitudes. This study was undertaken because a low interest in religious activities was observed among students during their first two years on the Tusculum campus. Tusculum is a four-year liberal arts college related to the Presbyterian Church U.S.A. The study was conducted shortly after a report was released that indicated that only twenty-three percent of the freshman Class entering in 1981 would be graduating from the college at the …

Improvement Of Cafeteria Behavior Through The Use Of Behavior Modification, Joseph S. Ronca

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

The practicum was entitled “Improvement of Cafeteria Behavior Through the Use of Behavior Modification”. The setting was an elementary school consisting of kindergarten through sixth grade. Previous methods for controlling lunchroom behaviors were not effective. By setting up a behavior modification system in which appropriate behavior was reinforced, the noise level was controlled and at least 60% of the class earned the opportunity to receive a weekly reward for following cafeteria rules. Furthermore, the project was successful enough that he faulty and administration wished for it to be an ongoing program.

The Design And Implementation Of A Speech, Drama, And Communications Course For Junior High Students, Virginia H. Miller

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

A semester elective fine arts course for junior high students in speech, drama, and communications was designed and implemented by the author for a private Christian day school in a metropolitan Florida city. The school serves 630 students in grades kindergarten-four through nine. The project's goals were to expand the school's fine arts program, to address the personal needs of the adolescent, and to increase the interactions between the school's junior high and primary and elementary students.

Following preliminary activities to assess and evaluate present skills, needs, and interests, students proceeded through sequence of activities to achieve objectives in four …

Monday Update - November 25, 1985, Nova University

The Update

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Creative Approaches To Vocabulary Enrichment In Fourth Grade Students Through Semantic Analysis, Jeannine G. Counts

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This practicum report focuses on an enrichment strategy designed and implemented by the author to increase the vocabulary of accelerated fourth grade students. There were two criteria to be met by members of the target selection. First, they had to excel in language arts as indicated by superior test scores on the county reading test. Secondly, each participant had language arts grades of excellent status as evaluated by the previous instructor.

The aim of the strategy was to present similarities and dissimilarities of target words and affect positive changes in the students' performances and attitudes toward their creatively written expressions. …

Improving The Cardiovascular Fitness Of Eighth Grade Girls With Aerobics, Harvey Cooper

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

The writer developed and implemented a program that would improve the eighth grade girls' cardiovascular scores with aerobics. The practicum setting was a junior high school located in a southern urban metropolitan area. The program's aims helped the eighth grade girls to improve their cardiovascular fitness, to adapt to stress, have a good self-image, and. to improve their physical being. They were made aware of the fact that regular exercise had many mental benefits. The program began with the testing of the girls in the 12-minute run. After testing, the students received a point chart. The students had to obtain …

Monday Update - October 28, 1985, Nova University

The Update

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Monday Update - October 14, 1985, Nova University

The Update

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Monday Update - October 6, 1985, Nova University

The Update

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The Alumni Newsletter, October 1985 (Vol. I No. 1), Nova University

Alumni Network Newsletter

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Determining The Impact Of Biographical And Situational Variables On The Leadership Styles And Effectiveness Of Community/Junior College Administrators, Steven W. Jones

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

Despite recently reported increases in the number of female administrators in higher education, the fact remains that men significantly outnumber women in senior level administrative positions in America’s community/ junior colleges. Employment pattern similar to those at Phillips County Community College (Arkansas), where no female has ever held a senior level administrative position, are common in higher education.

Criteria used to select individuals for administrative positions have led to an underutilization of females at the top levels of college management. Often central to these selection criteria are the assumptions that men and women manage differently, that men are better suited …

Monday Update - September 30, 1985, Nova University

The Update

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Monday Update - September 16, 1985, Nova University

The Update

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Monday Update - September 2, 1985, Nova University

The Update

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Nova University Center For The Advancement Of Education Student Handbook Ed.D. Program In Early And Middle Childhood September 1985 Revised 10/1986, Nova University

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

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An Investigation Of An Association Between Readiness For Self-Directed Learning And Learning Style Preference., Beverly Golemba

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

The Military Education Program of Saint Leo College differs from traditional universities in that campuses are located on military basis, semesters are only nine weeks, long, and students are primarily employed full-time, and are older than typical college students. Self-directed learning would be a viable learning mode for these more mature and responsible students if they show potential for self-directed learning, if the faculty are able to use this teaching method, and if governing regulations do not prohibit its implementation.

At the Langley campus of Saint Leo College, structured sampling of 150. Currently enrolled undergraduate representatives of the four divisions …

The Development Of A Model Plan For Support-Services Programs For Reentry Students In The California Community Colleges, Elizabeth Hansen Wright

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

Large numbers of students who are 26 years of age or older, are enrolling in California community colleges to seek educational opportunities that will bring them job and coping skills, employment training, financial security, and emotional stability. These students, many of whom are between the ages of 26 and 49, may be classified as reentry students. The definition used in this study for a reentry student is a student 26 years of age or older who returns to or enters an institution of higher education after an absence of five or more years from a formal educational program.

The purpose …