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Cynicism In Christian Secondary Schools: A Phenomenology, Victor H. Fordyce Mar 2007

Cynicism In Christian Secondary Schools: A Phenomenology, Victor H. Fordyce

Student Work

This study was accomplished to further the understanding of the phenomenon of cynicism in 3 conservative Christian secondary schools in the Midwest. The study consisted of interviews with 12 secondary school teachers from 3 schools in 3 different states and was designed to discover more about the definition, attributes, causes, and effects of cynicism in the context of Christian schools from the perspective of the teachers. Participants did not believe there was a large amount of cynicism in their schools. They identified negative affectivity, lack of trust, lack of self-efficacy, alienation, poor communication, and actions of leaders as contributors to …

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Fostering Creativity Through A Nonlinear Approach To Teaching Technology At Wood River Middle School, Warren Edgar Hull Feb 2007

Fostering Creativity Through A Nonlinear Approach To Teaching Technology At Wood River Middle School, Warren Edgar Hull

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this thesis is to address the following research questions: 1) what is the current status of creativity research in a typical classroom, and 2) how does an instance of exemplary teaching serve to encourage creativity in a technology education setting? The first research question is focused on through a thorough review of published literature on creativity in order to frame the second research question. The second research question is addressed by understanding how Mr. Brad Thode, the technology teacher at Wood River Middle School in Hailey, Idaho, encourages his students to be creative. By investigating this one …

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Enrichment Curriculum For Third Grade Mathematically Gifted Students, Brooke Anne Mcallister Feb 2007

Enrichment Curriculum For Third Grade Mathematically Gifted Students, Brooke Anne Mcallister

All Graduate Projects

Research shows that mathematically gifted students learn differently from their same age group peers. They require curriculum to be differentiated to meet their specific learning styles (Johnson, 2006). Studies have shown that formal instruction in elementary school classrooms often lacks challenge for the gifted learner since courses in regular classrooms sometimes have a relatively narrow range of topics, minimal investigation of concepts, repeated drill and practice, and yearly repetition (Fello, 2004). This project consists of curriculum for third grade gifted math students which takes the regular classroom curriculum to a more contextual level. This unit provides inquiry-based, discovery learning approaches …

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Repeated Reading To Improve Oral Reading Fluency, Loretta Lynn Powers Feb 2007

Repeated Reading To Improve Oral Reading Fluency, Loretta Lynn Powers

All Graduate Projects

The focus of this project was to review the available research on repeated reading as a method of improving a student's oral reading fluency (ORF), to determine its contribution to the reading process, and to create an implementation guide for middle school teachers to use in their language arts classroom. The results of the research show that there is a need for effective repeated reading instruction. Including this instruction at the middle school level will provide tremendous benefits for students. Repeated reading is an effective way to expose students to short, interesting, fictional and non-fictional texts. The project includes a …

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The Social Construction Of Authorship: An Investigation Of Subjectivity And Rhetorical Authority In The College Writing Classroom, Johannah Rodgers Feb 2007

The Social Construction Of Authorship: An Investigation Of Subjectivity And Rhetorical Authority In The College Writing Classroom, Johannah Rodgers

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

Although we use the term author on a daily basis to refer to certain individuals, bodies of work, and systems of ideas, as Michel Foucault and other critics have pointed out, attempting to answer the question “What is an Author?” is by no means a simple proposition. And, starting from the position that there is no single, or definitive answer to this complex question, this dissertation seeks to contribute to the ongoing discussion of the genealogy of authorship by investigating the ways in which conceptions of the author have informed models of the writing subject in the field of rhetoric …

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The Effect Of An Intensive Writing Instruction Assessment Preparation Program On Student Writing Proficiency, Edward J. Bennett Feb 2007

The Effect Of An Intensive Writing Instruction Assessment Preparation Program On Student Writing Proficiency, Edward J. Bennett

Student Work

An intensive writing instruction and assessment preparation program was evaluated to determine its effectiveness in helping students improve their performance on a standardized statewide writing assessment. Following the six-week program, pretest to posttest gains made by 8th-grade students ( N = 74) revealed significant improvement in writing performance on the statewide assessment. As reflected by subject test scores, the control group of 8th-grade students (N = 86) also demonstrated significant pretest to posttest gains. Although posttest statewide writing assessment scores were significant for both groups, Norm Referenced Normal Curve Equivalent posttest measures dipped significantly for both groups. However, the achievement …

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One Problem, Two Contexts, Danielle L. Gigger Jan 2007

One Problem, Two Contexts, Danielle L. Gigger

Theses and Dissertations

In this study, a group of students were presented with two mathematically isomorphic problems but in radically different contexts. Analysis of their thinking and reasoning as they worked to solve and explain each problem demonstrates that the thinking and reasoning that emerged in each problem responded to clear purposes that the problems elicited in these students. The first problem was posed in a context that relied on experience and intuition rather than a formal mathematical description. The second problem was posed in a formal, set-theoretic context. While the analysis offered here reveals similarities in the students' final reasoning in the …

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Improving Reading Acquisition In Elementary Boys, Rachel Ann Stork Jan 2007

Improving Reading Acquisition In Elementary Boys, Rachel Ann Stork

All Graduate Projects

The purpose of this project was to develop a guide for teachers and parents to improve reading acquisition in elementary-aged boys. The project will summarize current research and a brochure gives practical solutions for education professionals and parents to help increase the interest and acquisition of elementary boys in reading. Current literature and research shows an alarming problem in elementary boys' reading acquisition. This project analyzes best practices, brain research, and parent involvement that lead to improved literacy acquisition in elementary-age boys.

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Once Upon A Time: A Model Literature Based Approach To Teaching Social Studies In Early Childhood, Kristi Louisa Martone Jan 2007

Once Upon A Time: A Model Literature Based Approach To Teaching Social Studies In Early Childhood, Kristi Louisa Martone

All Graduate Projects

The purpose of this project was to design an early childhood social studies curriculum that integrated the use of children's literature, to be used in early childhood classrooms. Listening to and reading stories about social studies topics helps students to see the importance of various social studies issues and will allow them to connect personally with the theme by completing a wide range of related activities. National and state standards require students to understand many social studies concepts and using children's literature as a vehicle for learning the required standards can help students see the idea that social studies relates …

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Resiliency And Attribution Factors Associated With Racially And Ethnically Diverse Adolescents With Learning Disabilities, Karen Yvette Cruter Mcgee Jan 2007

Resiliency And Attribution Factors Associated With Racially And Ethnically Diverse Adolescents With Learning Disabilities, Karen Yvette Cruter Mcgee

Doctoral Dissertations

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Creating A School Based Family Literacy Institute, Teresa Ann Cimino Jan 2007

Creating A School Based Family Literacy Institute, Teresa Ann Cimino

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this project is to assist parents, through the development of a school-based Family Literacy Institute, to learn to actively help their children when they read at home. The study will teach parents how to pick appropriate books for and with their children and use them as a read aloud. It is, also, to get parents involved with their children's literacy development and to support their educational experiences from elementary school through high school.

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An Analysis Of The West Point Leadership And Command Programs Impact Upon Law Enforcement Leadership, Joseph Aloysius Devine Jan 2007

An Analysis Of The West Point Leadership And Command Programs Impact Upon Law Enforcement Leadership, Joseph Aloysius Devine

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

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Digging Through The Garden State's Digital Divide: A Descriptive Retrospective Study Of Differences In Educational Technology Resources In New Jersey Public Elementary Schools According To Socioeconomic Status, Percentage Of Minority Students, Abbott District Designation, And Charter School Designation, Veronica E. Geyer Jan 2007

Digging Through The Garden State's Digital Divide: A Descriptive Retrospective Study Of Differences In Educational Technology Resources In New Jersey Public Elementary Schools According To Socioeconomic Status, Percentage Of Minority Students, Abbott District Designation, And Charter School Designation, Veronica E. Geyer

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

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Espoused Curriculum And Philosophy And Curriculum And Philosophy-In-Use In A K-12 Public Charter School System, Elizabeth G. Polito Jan 2007

Espoused Curriculum And Philosophy And Curriculum And Philosophy-In-Use In A K-12 Public Charter School System, Elizabeth G. Polito

Doctoral Dissertations

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Is It Possible To Teach As A Christian In Today's Public School Setting?, Rachel Waggener Jan 2007

Is It Possible To Teach As A Christian In Today's Public School Setting?, Rachel Waggener

Honors Theses

I am a teacher. I have chosen to invest three years of my life as well as my undergraduate college experience to learn how to educate. In the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary (2007), education is defined as "the field of study that deals mainly with methods of teaching and learning in schools." Education, particularly as it relates to public school classrooms and teachers, is often a topic on talk shows, front page newspaper articles, and political campaign speeches. It should be. It affects every family in our country and world.

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The Role Of The President In Achieving Balance Between Athletics And Academics At Division I-A Institutions, Kristen Koehler Jan 2007

The Role Of The President In Achieving Balance Between Athletics And Academics At Division I-A Institutions, Kristen Koehler

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

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Florida First Year Teachers' Perceptions Of Preparedness To Meet National Educational Technology Standards For Teachers (Net, Larry Bedenbaugh Jan 2007

Florida First Year Teachers' Perceptions Of Preparedness To Meet National Educational Technology Standards For Teachers (Net, Larry Bedenbaugh

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to determine if first year teachers in Florida perceived they were adequately prepared by their preservice education programs to meet the National Educational Technology Standards for Teachers (NETS-T). The study was designed to gather data about first year teacher perceptions of personal technology proficiency and self-reported technology integration practices. The data were measured using the First Year Teacher Perceptions Related to Preparedness to Meet National Educational Technology Standards for Teachers (NETS-T) survey instrument. The sample (N=257) for this study was drawn from the population of Florida first year PreK-12 public classroom teachers from the …

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Application Of Emotional Intelligence In Elementary Education Classrooms, Sabrina D. Farmer Jan 2007

Application Of Emotional Intelligence In Elementary Education Classrooms, Sabrina D. Farmer

Regis University Student Publications (comprehensive collection)

Application of Emotional Intelligence in Elementary Education Classrooms Teacher preparation programs do not train teachers about emotional intelligence; nor do they train teachers how to integrate emotional intelligence into daily activities and the classroom environment. Focusing on emotional intelligence in the classroom can positively influence a child's learning, growth and development, and role in the social environment we all live. The following research project investigates the research on emotional intelligence, how it is used in the classroom, how it leads to student success, and how educators can encourage personal emotional inquiry and emotional intelligence in social and personal situations. The …

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The Use Of Continuing Professional Education (Cpe) By Practicing Presbyterian Ministers, Steven C. Martin Jan 2007

The Use Of Continuing Professional Education (Cpe) By Practicing Presbyterian Ministers, Steven C. Martin

Theses and Dissertations

This mixed method study investigated continuing professional education practices of active Presbyterian ministers serving congregations within the United States. In the first phase, a self-developed survey instrument was mailed to a stratified random sample of 1,000 Presbyterian ministers. The survey instrument contained items relating to demographics, educational strategies, and techniques used when participating in continuing professional education. The data from 439 completed surveys was analyzed to determine if any significant relationships existed between gender, career choice and educational strategies and techniques used by Presbyterian ministers. The second phase consisted of telephone interviews with 12 Presbyterian ministers from the overall sample …

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Core Content Teachers' Prepardeness And Perception Of Inclusive Education In Central Ohio Schools, Christine Ann Crumbacher Jan 2007

Core Content Teachers' Prepardeness And Perception Of Inclusive Education In Central Ohio Schools, Christine Ann Crumbacher

Browse all Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to survey core content teachers' (CCTs) perceptions of working with children with disabilities in the subject areas of English, math, science and social studies in two school districts (referred to as school district 1 and 2). The survey consisted of 3 subscales: internal, external and social and were formatted in a Likert-type scale. The research questions in this study are: 1.) Do CCTs feel prepared to teach students with disabilities across districts and buildings based on the internal subscale? 2.) Do schools prepare CCTs to teach students with disabilities across districts and buildings based …

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Personalization Efforts And The Relationship To School Climate In Select Michigan High Schools, Karl A. Pilar Jan 2007

Personalization Efforts And The Relationship To School Climate In Select Michigan High Schools, Karl A. Pilar

Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations

The American high school is on the verge of a reform movement like that seen in American middle schools throughout the early and mid-1990s. In 1996 the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) released its recommendations for reform in the study Breaking Ranks: Changing an American Institution. Among these are recommendations that call for high schools to become smaller, less bureaucratic, and more responsive to student needs, where students feel a sense of belonging. Hoy and Miskel (2001) defined school climate as a “relatively enduring quality of the school’s environment that is experienced by participants, affects their behavior, is …

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A Comparative Study Of The Effectiveness Of Three Middle Schools In A Pennsylvania School District Designated As "Making Progress", Teresa Lee Powell Jan 2007

A Comparative Study Of The Effectiveness Of Three Middle Schools In A Pennsylvania School District Designated As "Making Progress", Teresa Lee Powell

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

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A Study Of Beginning Teachers' Use Of Communication Technology Employing The Theory Of Planned Behavior, Molly Hupcey Marnella Jan 2007

A Study Of Beginning Teachers' Use Of Communication Technology Employing The Theory Of Planned Behavior, Molly Hupcey Marnella

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

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Evaluating The Effectiveness Of The Developmental-Interaction Approach On Student Achievement Within A Charter School Setting, Madeline M. O'Dea Jan 2007

Evaluating The Effectiveness Of The Developmental-Interaction Approach On Student Achievement Within A Charter School Setting, Madeline M. O'Dea

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

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Student Perceptions Of The Effectiveness Of A Student Random Drug Testing Program In One New Jersey High School, Lisa Brady Jan 2007

Student Perceptions Of The Effectiveness Of A Student Random Drug Testing Program In One New Jersey High School, Lisa Brady

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

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Contributing Elements To The Success Of A Hispanic Community In Central New Jersey, Dulce Rodriguez Jan 2007

Contributing Elements To The Success Of A Hispanic Community In Central New Jersey, Dulce Rodriguez

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

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The Influence Of Higher Education On The Levels Of Professionalism In The New Jersey State Police, Stephen J. Hoptay Jr. Jan 2007

The Influence Of Higher Education On The Levels Of Professionalism In The New Jersey State Police, Stephen J. Hoptay Jr.

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

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Study Analyzing The Perspectives Of National Board Certified Media Specialists, Melissa Ann Allen Jan 2007

Study Analyzing The Perspectives Of National Board Certified Media Specialists, Melissa Ann Allen

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to examine the perceptions of ESLMS's (Expert School Library Media Specialists) as total educators (Fullan & Hargreaves, 1996), including the SLMSs (School Library Media Specialist) purpose, the ESLMS as a person, the organizational context and the culture of the SLMS's school. The hypothesis was that ESLMSs role and development as experts in their field was directly related to their purpose and motivations, their view of themselves as persons including their beliefs and values, and the culture and organizational context of the specific school in which they work. Three SLMS's currently employed in Georgia public …

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Broadcast News Production In The Classroom As A Student Mediation For Bilingual And Cross-Cultural Education, Kristina Fabricius Jan 2007

Broadcast News Production In The Classroom As A Student Mediation For Bilingual And Cross-Cultural Education, Kristina Fabricius

Theses Digitization Project

"Broadcast News Production in the Classroom as a Student Mediation for Bilingual Education" describes a curricular design to meet interactive literacy projects for the K-12 Bilingual Education classroom. The author has designed or adapted mediation structures for use to implement "Broadcast News Production" in the classroom specifically for Bilingual and Cross-cultural Education. The study is theoretical and based on research.

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Perceptions Of High School Principals In A Southeastern Urban School District On Leadership Practices And Parental Involvement, Elizabeth Chattmon Graham Jan 2007

Perceptions Of High School Principals In A Southeastern Urban School District On Leadership Practices And Parental Involvement, Elizabeth Chattmon Graham

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to examine the leadership practices of high school principals and parental involvement and to examine to what extent those practices differed between principals and how they related to parental involvement. The study revealed major issues surrounding parental involvement such as how principals defined parental involvement, how principals communicated the importance of parental involvement; what parental involvement activities impact student achievement; what common leadership practices influenced parental involvement; and what are some common experiences of high school principals regarding parental involvement. The methodology employed to conduct this qualitative study was face-to-face audio-taped interviews at the …

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