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Assisting Students With Concept Acquisition In Basic Skills Reading Through The Use Of An Interactive Website, Michele Barbara Laveaux Jan 2005

Assisting Students With Concept Acquisition In Basic Skills Reading Through The Use Of An Interactive Website, Michele Barbara Laveaux

Theses Digitization Project

This project creates an interactive website on the literature surrounding reading and concept acquisition skills in adult learners. This website used in conjunction with the Basic Skills English 10A course given in community colleges will enhance reading and concept acquisitions skills enabling student the self cofidence, encouragement and motivation to complete the course.


Computerized Reading Assessment Using The Star Reading Software, Brian Michael Bartlett Jan 2004

Computerized Reading Assessment Using The Star Reading Software, Brian Michael Bartlett

Theses Digitization Project

This thesis focused on the use of a computerized reading assessment program called Star Reading. Reading has been one of the most difficult areas across the curriculum to assess. Reading asssessment differs widely from teacher to teacher, and has traditionally been very subjective.


Teacher Professional Development In Technology Integration, Geraldine Lee Soderquist Jan 2003

Teacher Professional Development In Technology Integration, Geraldine Lee Soderquist

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this project was to design, create, and produce a web site for teachers that instructs them on the creating, developing and sharing of Web Quests. Web Quests utilize the wealth of information on the internet to provide a means of moving the teacher away from lecturer and toward facilitator.


Effectively Incorporating Web Tools Into The Community College Composition Curriculum, Michael James Shefchik Jan 2003

Effectively Incorporating Web Tools Into The Community College Composition Curriculum, Michael James Shefchik

Theses Digitization Project

This project shows how web tools can be effectively integrated into the community college composition curriculum through staff development. It shows the need for adaptation of materials designed for K-12 education to the community college level and the development of grade-appropriate materials using web resources. The need for authentic assessment is explored and the means to prove it were supplied. Examples of web tools, sites for developing web tools and resources for accessing and applying authentic assessment tools were given.


Focus On School Improvement: A Planning And Implementation Guide For Effective Technology Integration, Nancy Ellen Pitre-Jasko Jan 2000

Focus On School Improvement: A Planning And Implementation Guide For Effective Technology Integration, Nancy Ellen Pitre-Jasko

Theses Digitization Project

This study focuses on teachers' perceptions of their computer practices in various aspects of their work and the factors which enable or impede them.


A Guide For Technology Coordinators, Sally Anne Miller Jan 1996

A Guide For Technology Coordinators, Sally Anne Miller

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.


Developing A Teacher Directed Inservice Plan For Technology, Robert Norman Charpentier Jan 1995

Developing A Teacher Directed Inservice Plan For Technology, Robert Norman Charpentier

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.


Matchmaker Plus: Information Management Tool At A Classroom Level, Barry J. Hadley Jan 1995

Matchmaker Plus: Information Management Tool At A Classroom Level, Barry J. Hadley

Theses Digitization Project

This project will show how a computer-based information management system can be used by elementary school teachers. Using a desktop database manager software, FileMaker Pro, this project will describe how technology can help a classroom teacher manage information through an application model.