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Scans-Identified Employment Skills And Hampton Roads Employers, Glennon J. Lovett

OTS Master's Level Projects & Papers

There were three goals of this research study: 1) Examine the basic employment skills required by employers; 2) Examine the basic employment skills identified in the SCANS report; 3) Examine the correlation between employer identified skills and the skills outlined in the SCANS report.

A Study To Determine The Effectiveness Of Manipulative Mathematics On Student Learning Outcomes As Compared To Textbook Practices, Cheryl F. Robinson

OTS Master's Level Projects & Papers

The hypothesis of this study was: 1. There would be no significant difference in the learning outcomes of the students who were exposed to the manipulative mathematics curriculum as compared to those who were exposed only to textbook practices.

A Study To Determine The Training Methods Used With Full-Time And Seasonal Employees In Retail Businesses In The City Of Virginia Beach, Virginia, Steven D. Schools

OTS Master's Level Projects & Papers

The following goals were established to assist in answering this problem: 1) determine the methods used to train seasonal employees in retail business; 2) determine the methods used to train full-time employees in retail business; 3) compare the different training methods used on seasonal and full-time employees in retail business.

A Study To Determine The Effect Of Membership On A Varsity Athletic Team On The Discipline Of High School Males, Lorraine Lia Batchelor

OTS Master's Level Projects & Papers

The problem of this study was to determine the effect of athletic team membership on the discipline records of high school males. The hypothesis is that male students who are members of athletic teams have fewer documented incidents of both major and minor discipline problems.

A Study To Determine If Ged Classes Helped Students To Gain Employment And Build Self-Esteem, Diane J. Calhoun

OTS Master's Level Projects & Papers

The objectives of this study were to determine: 1. If GED classes were adequately preparing students to compete in the high-tech, competitive job market; 2. If GED classes are building student self-esteem.

A Study To Determine The Training Methods Being Utilized In Southeastern Virginia Organizations, J. Carol Gardner

OTS Master's Level Projects & Papers

The completion of this study will answer the following goals: 1. Do training departments use evaluation techniques? 2. What types of evaluation methods are utilized? 3. Should training managers receive formal training in program evaluation?

A Needs Assessment Study Of Technology Education Teachers In Virginia, James L. Kennedy

OTS Master's Level Projects & Papers

This study was developed with four goals in mind: 1. To determine the need by the teachers to understand the philosophy of the current curriculum; 2. To determine the need to understand the methodology used by the current curriculum; 3. To determine the equipment operation needs by the technology teachers implementing the technology education curriculum; 4. To develop recommendations for inservice programs to meet the determined needs of the technology education teachers.

A Study To Determine If Telecommunications Can Be Used As A Medium To Teach Basic Literacy Skills To Illiterate Adults In Virginia, Joan Hairston Jones

OTS Master's Level Projects & Papers

The following goals were selected to guide this study: 1. Determine which methods have been used and how successful they have been in the past to teach basic literacy skills to illiterate adults; 2. Determine the methods currently being used to supplement classroom instruction; 3. Determine how receptive adults are to self-paced, self-directed methods; 4. Determine the type of problems experienced using telecommunications to teach literacy skills.

A Study Of The Factors Which Determine The Persistence Rate Of Adult Basic Education Students, Vickie L. Kimmons

OTS Master's Level Projects & Papers

This study was guided by the following research questions: 1. Determine the beginning reading levels of participants; 2. Determine stated motivation of participants; 3. Determine age, race, and sex of students; 4. Determine the number of years since leaving formal education and the grade level attained at that time; 5. Determine participants' attitudes toward previous school experience; 6. Determine which factors influenced full participation in ABE programs such as PULL.

A Study Of American Colonial Myths, Susan A. Vasoti

OTS Master's Level Projects & Papers

The goals of the research study were to ascertain the following: 1. What types of Americans believe in historical myths? 2. If those who believe the myths are getting this false information from historic house tour guides, teachers, television, books or family members? 3. What can be done to keep the stories alive as myths, not fact.

A Study To Determine The Correlation Between The Level Of Cultural Literacy And The Rate Of Progress An Illiterate Person Experiences During The First Year Of Learning To Read, Elizabeth M. Lohman

OTS Master's Level Projects & Papers

The following hypothesis was applied to this study: 1. Adult non-readers who display higher levels of cultural literacy before beginning basic reading programs show average or rapid progress, during the first year of basic reading instruction, more often than those who display lower levels of cultural literacy.

The Development Of Return On Investment (Roi) Analysis For Training Programs In The United States, George Y. Bryson

OTS Master's Level Projects & Papers

This paper's goals are to support the intuitive feeling that training and education of employees is financially sound business procedure and may be empirically substantiated by citing studies that show: 1. Organizations that provide employees opportunities for training, education, and development are able to generate savings that significantly add to the profitability of the organization; 2. Education increases employee productivity; 3. Education of employees helps the company compete with changes in the economic world; 4. Education of employees produces a better quality product.

A Study To Determine What Knowledge, Skills And Abilities Chesapeake Marketing Education Students Should Possess In Order To Fulfill The Needs Of Retailers In Chesapeake, Virginia, Stephanie L. Freeman

OTS Master's Level Projects & Papers

To find a solution to the problem, the following questions had to be answered: 1. What background knowledge should Marketing Education students display before applying for a retail job? 2. What specific skills should Marketing Education students possess? 3. What abilities should Marketing Education students be able to perform without extemporization? 4. What additional needs do retailers have of Marketing Education students?

An Evaluation Of The Performance Of Retired Military Personnel Who Begin Teaching As A Second Career, Wendell Edgar Parker

Theses and Dissertations in Urban Services - Urban Education

With the increasing shortage of quality teachers, alternative certification programs have become a major source of attracting professionals from other fields and training them for the teaching profession. As a possible source of quality teachers, military retirees represent a large pool of prospective candidates. Despite their experience, and because of their alternative teacher training, the quality of their classroom performance is often questioned by both teacher unions and teacher training institutions.

This study focuses on military retirees who have been trained via an alternative certification and begun second careers as public school teachers. Specifically, this study determines the level of …

A Responsive Evaluation In Two Hampton Roads Museums: The Development Of A Performance Assessment System For Museum Volunteers, Joan Fishman Hecht

Theses and Dissertations in Urban Services - Urban Education

The purpose of this study is to evaluate volunteer performance in two Hampton Roads museums. The research question was: How can managers of museum volunteer services evaluate volunteer performance? The research design was a naturalistic, responsive, utilization-focused evaluation in response to the research question. The data was collected with a systematic examination of volunteer performance activities using techniques of in-depth interviews, participant observations, a questionnaire, documents and records. The data was analyzed by categorizing, sorting and characterizing the categories, conducting member checks, and prioritizing the data. Triangulation was used to verify the collected information. This study determined important traits, performance …

Teaching Rhetorical Delivery In Freshman Composition, Clayann Gilliam Panetta

English Theses & Dissertations

In recent decades the discipline of English has undergone a complete reexamination from a number of angles. Important pedagogical issues have been raised because of the growth of composition programs, and English departments have even witnessed the birth of several subspecialities within composition studies. Two of these subspeciality areas, rhetorical theory and computer-assisted writing, have received special attention. In this paper, I suggest. that, these two can powerfully coexist and can help students gain insights about writing.

Developmental Changes In Predictors Of Job Satisfaction For Female Elementary School Teachers, Donna Owens Collier

Theses and Dissertations in Urban Services - Urban Management

The purpose of this study is to examine predictors of job satisfaction for female elementary school teachers. Specifically, how do personal variables and career variables affect job satisfaction at various age levels?

The subjects in this study were 386 females who teach kindergarten through sixth grade in an urban public school system. A survey was used to collect information about age, personal variables, career variables, and current level of job satisfaction. Personal variables included marital status, number of children and educational level. Career variables included number of years in the teaching profession, number of positions held during the teaching career …

The Relationship Of Educational Attainment And Socioeconomic Factors In The Health Behaviors Of An Urban Population, George C. Maihafer

Theses and Dissertations in Urban Services - Urban Education

The purpose of this study was two fold: 1) to investigate the effects that level of educational attainment and income have on the health behaviors of an urban population, and 2) to examine the effects the level of motivation and selected demographic characteristics (e.g., age, race, gender) have on the study sample's perceived satisfaction with the medical encounter. Based on the findings of the study, a model community health education program was proposed. The study sample was comprised of 150 volunteers seeking health care for chronic conditions at a family practice clinic. The Krantz Health Opinion Survey (HOS) measured the …

Neural Network Based Vowel Articulation Training Aid For The Deaf, Andrew E. Beck

Electrical & Computer Engineering Theses & Dissertations

Teaching the hearing-impaired to speak is both a challenging and rewarding task. Computer-based training aids are valuable teaching tools and complement the speech therapist in the speech training process. We have developed a computer based vowel articulation training aid designed to provide visual feedback for vowel production to the hearing-impaired user. This system transforms speech spectra from a multi-dimensional acoustic space to a two-dimensional phonetic space which is displayed on a computer monitor. The system signal processing includes feature extraction designed to mimic the properties of the human ear, and a transformation to a two-dimensional display space. The dimensionality transformation …

Leadership Styles, William A. Owings, R. D. Barrack (Ed.), M. W. Bedwell (Ed.), J. S. Byrne (Ed.), S. H. Campbell (Ed.), T. Page Johnson (Ed.), R. E. Jones (Ed.), G. L. Koonce (Ed.), W. A. Owings (Ed.), H. R. Stiff (Ed.)

Educational Leadership & Workforce Development Faculty Publications

[First paragraph] Effective schools literature shows clearly that the leadership of the principal is key to the effectiveness of the school (Hoy and Miskell, 1982, and Arnn and Mangieri, 1988). To be effective, principals must use leadership styles appropriate to the situation.

Grievances, Florella H. Johnson, William A. Owings, R.D. Barrack (Ed.), M. W. Bedwell (Ed.), J. S. Byrne (Ed.), S.H. Campbell (Ed.), T. Page Johnson (Ed.), R. E. Jones (Ed.), G. L. Koonce (Ed.), W. A. Owings (Ed.), H. R. Stiff (Ed.)

Educational Leadership & Workforce Development Faculty Publications

[First Paragraph] The Virginia Board of Education has adopted a procedure for resolving disputes concerning the application of local board policies, rules, and regulations as they impact the work or disciplinary actions of teachers. It is vital that the principal be aware of the process and the timeline involved in the grievance procedure since the solution should be secured at the lowest administrative level in the process. It is beyond the scope of this article to provide every detail of the grievance process. For a complete detailing of procedure, please refer to Chapter 15, Article 3, Sections 22.1-306 through 22.1-314 …

Unit Plans, William A. Owings, Michael W. Bedwell, R. D. Barrack (Ed.), M. W. Bedwell (Ed.), J. S. Byrne (Ed.), S. H. Campbell (Ed.), T. Page Johnson (Ed.), R. E. Jones (Ed.), G. L. Koonce (Ed.), W. A. Owings (Ed.), H. R. Stiff (Ed.)

Educational Leadership & Workforce Development Faculty Publications

[First paragraph] Careful unit planning as a framework for daily lesson plans can help teachers individualize instruction, manage time and classroom behavior, bring cohesive-ness to a series of related daily lessons, and ultimately improve student achievement. Principals can help teachers by providing clear expectations and a consistent framework for unit planning. School and district philosophy will help determine the particular model chosen from the wide variety available. Following is one format.

A Comparison Of Self-Efficacy And Informational Career Counseling With Undecided High School Seniors, Beth Beddingfield Bangley

Theses and Dissertations in Urban Services - Urban Education

The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of two career counseling interventions upon the career decision-making self-efficacy of two groups of undecided high school seniors. The setting of the study was a large public high school in a metropolitan area in the Southeastern region of the United States. In order to identify students' initial levels of confidence and certainty for making career and educational plans, a brief self-report survey was administered to seniors. Seniors appearing to possess low levels of confidence and certainty were given the Career Decision-Making Self-Efficacy Scale (CDMSES) as a diagnostic screening measure. Forty-eight …

The Relative Effectiveness Of Programmed Instruction Versus The Lecture And Discussion Method On The Assessment Skills And Reporting Patterns Of Child Abuse And Neglect Among Undergraduate Nursing Students, Pamela Valleria Wilson Hammond

Theses and Dissertations in Urban Services - Urban Education

The problem studied in this investigation was whether different instructional methods could increase the assessment skills and affect reporting patterns of child abuse and neglect among undergraduate students majoring in nursing.

Two hundred and nineteen nursing students were selected for inclusion in the study from two urban universities located in Hampton Roads, Virginia. The sample was predominantly female (91.3%), African-American (79.9%) and mostly under 25 years of age (67.1%).

A programmed instruction manual, Child Abuse and Neglect, a pretest booklet, and a posttest booklet were developed specifically for this research. The pretest booklets and posttest booklets contained vignettes and questions …

The Marketing Process Based On Needs Assessment For A Non-Profit Adult Arts Program, Deborah Dickerson

OTS Master's Level Projects & Papers

The Marketing Process Based on Needs Assessment for a Non-profit Adult Arts Program.

A Study To Determine How Many Marketing Education-Training Specialist Graduates Work In A Training Profession, Joseph Lee Logan Iii

OTS Master's Level Projects & Papers

The following goals were established to answer this problem: 1. Determine the number of graduates from the Training Specialist program who are currently employed; 2. Determine those who are employed and what types of training positions they had secured; 3. Recommend program modifications to improve this curriculum.

A Study To Determine The Necessary Content For An Educational Unit For Career Path Research, Sally K. Shield

OTS Master's Level Projects & Papers

This study had three general research objectives: 1) to determine what information is currently provided the students through the existing efforts of admissions, program orientations, career search offices and current career development classes; 2) to determine the most valuable information for career planning to be included in an intensive unit of study; 3) to structure a unit of study to include the determined content for a currently existing Career Management course which would effect an increased satisfaction perception by the students.

A Study To Determine Why Students Enroll In Abe And Ged Preparation Classes At Madison Career Center, Norfolk, Virginia, Kimberly A. Brown

OTS Master's Level Projects & Papers

The goals of this research were as follows: 1. To determine why students enroll in ABE classes; 2. To determine why students enroll in GED Preparation classes; 3. To determine how students found out about the ABE and GED Preparation classes; 4. To determine how ABE and GED Preparation classes should be advertised in order to increase greater enrollment.

A Study To Determine The Need For A Health Care Services Guidebook For Female Military Dependents And Retired Military In The Naval Hospital, Beaufort South Carolina Area, Debra G. Flowe

OTS Master's Level Projects & Papers

This study will focus on the following goals: 1. To determine whether or not the study population felt their health care needs were being satisfactorily met by the military health care system; 2. To determine the health care options available to the military dependent female in the "local" community; 3. If necessary, develop a guidebook of applicable health care services available in the "local" community.

A Study To Determine The Learning Preference Of Blood Bank Technologist And Technicians, Tracey Theresa Skeete

OTS Master's Level Projects & Papers

The research questions used in this study were as follows: 1) What is the most preferred method for continuing education among laboratory professionals? 2) What is the least preferred method for continuing education among laboratory professionals?