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Monday Update - August 19, 1985, Nova University

The Update

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Monday Update - August 5, 1985, Nova University

The Update

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Nova University Center For The Advancement Of Education 1985–1986 Catalog, Nova University

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

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Nova University Graduate Education Modules (Gem) The Extra Measure Of Professional Success August 1985, Nova University

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

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Using Instruction In Sentence Combining To Improve Syntactic Maturity In Student Writing, Judith B. Willig

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

Tenth grade students in two English Honors classes were given direct instruction on sentence combining. The goal of the program was to increase the syntactic complexity of student writing, to have them express more in each sentence.

Instruction was approached from different aspects. The students worked with two textbooks on sentence combining. They worked with sentences from the newspaper and a magazine. There were lessons in sentence combining as a means to understanding the style of two authors. Sentences combining was used as a means to encourage substantial revision of essays. Writing an abstract of the research paper was approached …

1985 Commencement - 16th Annual Commencement Exercises, Nova Southeastern University

NSU Commencement Programs

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Nova University Master's Program For Child And Youth Care Administrators 1985, Nova University

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

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The Training And Supervision Of Practicum Students To Utilize Precision Teaching With Exceptional Children, Shelley Cindy Obrand

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

Graduate students were given the opportunity to become involved in a teacher training program as a practicum experience toward advanced degrees in elementary education, learning disabilities, emotional handicaps or reading. The major focus of the practicum dealt with the training and supervision of practicum students in utilizing precision teaching to instruct children (grades K-6) within the framework of a specialized program. The aims were to increase teachers' repertoires of instructional methods, behavioral management techniques, and to develop a training manual to have teachers utilize precision teaching.

The program contained three pre-service workshops and seven in-service workshops. The format for each …

Monday Update - June 10, 1985, Nova University

The Update

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The Development And Evaluation Of A High School Law Education Unit, Gail Kennedy

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

The author developed and implemented a Law Education Unit in a metropolitan high school setting to promote the knowledge of law and the legal system of 130 high school seniors. The unit’s sims were to enable the student to identify sources of law, to describe how our legal system work and how individual rights and obligations are interrelated, to describe the consequences to the individual and society of disobeying the law and the personal and social values of obeying it, to define legal concepts, and to identify important Supreme Court decisions.

The unit contained four basic components: introducing law, exploring …

Increasing The Mathematics Performance Of Learning Disabled Children Through Self-Monitoring Of Attention Span, Geraldine B. Newton

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

A program to self-monitor attention spans for learning disabled students in grades three through six was implemented to aid them in remaining on task while in math class. A recorded “beeper” was set up to remind students to stay on task. Students marked a checksheet to indicate whether or not they were on task when the “beep” went off. The program’s aims were to help the students increase his mathematics performance as demonstrated by an increase of achievement on the math section of the Wide Range Achievement Test.

The Program consisted of a pretest, implementation of self-monitoring for 10 weeks …

A Plan To Reduce Library Book Losses, Darlene S. Craig

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

The author researched and adapted ways to promote responsibility for library books. The program's aims were to reduce and retrieve lost library books that were reported on the inventory check and to make students, parents, and teachers aware of the problems and the importance of being responsible library users.

Introduction to the project was done in three stages. Presentations were made to staff (team) leaders who presented the plan to team members. Intercom announcements were made to the student body. Project intentions were explained to parents via the school newsletters. By the end of the project fewer books were missing …

The Identification Of Right Brain Children And The Application Of Teaching Strategies To Improve Their Academic Achievement, Barbara B. Stutes

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

The author identified students with a right brain dominance through surveys and questionnaires. These students' past academic records were scrutinized and on the basis of repetitive low test scores, poor social and scholastic achievement and a pattern of apathetic behavior, a target group of five students was compiled for this study. Based on their mode dominance, a series of teaching strategies were created to strengthen the dominant mode and stretch the subdominant mode. The strategies were formulated for daily implementation and were specific activities that called on reaction from either the left or right hemisphere of the brain, and the …

Monday Update - May 28, 1985, Nova University

The Update

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1985 Commencement - 9th Annual Law School Commencement, Nova Southeastern University

NSU Commencement Programs

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Monday Update - May 13, 1985, Nova University

The Update

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Monday Update - April 29, 1985, Nova University

The Update

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Monday Update - April 15, 1985, Nova University

The Update

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Monday Update - April 1, 1985, Nova University

The Update

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Monday Update - March 18, 1985, Nova University

The Update

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A Comparison Of The Characteristics Of Successful And Non-Successful Associate Degree Nursing Students, Kenneth E. Digby

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

Applications for enrollment in the Associate Degree Nursing program at Fayetteville Technical Institute have for several years far exceeded the number of students who could be accommodated. During this same period. attrition from the program was among the highest of the nursing schools in North Carolina. The problem that must be fated is how to improve the qualified applicant pool without jeopardizing open access. If an objective means for screening candidates could be determined, the selection process could be improved and those candidates with the greater potential for success in the program and graduation would be admitted. An awareness of …

Monday Update - February 11, 1985, Nova University

The Update

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Monday Update - March 4, 1985, Nova University

The Update

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1985-1986 Nova College The Center For Undergraduate Studies Catalog, Nova Southeastern University

Undergraduate Programs Course Catalogs

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The Center For Undergraduate Studies 1985-86 Catalog, Nova University

Undergraduate Programs Course Catalogs

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Nova University The Doctorate In Early And Middle Childhood: A Regional Cluster Concept For Practicing Childhood Professionals 1985-1986, Nova University

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

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Nova University Center For Higher Education Catalog 1985-1986, Nova University

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

No abstract provided.

Nova University Center For The Study Of Administration, Nova University

Huizenga Postgraduate Course Catalogs

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Nova University Center For The Study Of Administration 1985-86 Catalog, Nova University

Huizenga Postgraduate Course Catalogs

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Nova University Graduate Education Module (Gem) Master's And Educational Specialist Degrees Educational Leadership Program In Florida [No Date], Nova University

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

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